Themes and brainstorming for Ludum Dare 38

You control the game, not the player

keyboard controls the world to solve puzzles
you control the guardian angel who has to protect a drunken man on his way to another tavern

On / Off

Two Colors (simmilar to On / Off)

Dark / Light (simmilar to On / Off and Two Colors)

Parallel Dimensions

puzzle, you have to stuff stuff into your closet pentomino-style, but you'll have to throw something into a parallel dimension, because there's no room

Pausing has Consequences

platformer, pausing pauses you, but not the world

Keep it Alive

tamagotchi-esque game
td

Island

sink the Atlantis!

A World in the Skies

olympian gods racing

You are Alone

Inconvenient Superpowers

body-mass change, but only for a few seconds

Death is only the Beginning

escape heaven to kick Hitler's ass

Start with Nothing

One Tool, Many Uses

every key on the keyboard does something else (platformer, rpg, puzzle?)

Everything has a Cost

an rpg, but every action costs money

A Small World