Proposal: Bat Cave. Kristen Burns

Proposal

Game: Bat Cave

By: Kristen Burns

The way I came up with this idea was, in class when it was said to make the game apply to students in school and my age. Right away what came to mind were paper air planes. Paper air planes have been the thing to do in school when one was bored. So I figured I could make those paper airplanes into an enjoyable game for students like me and slackers in the class who are looking for something to keep them entertained. Also at the moment teens are into things that are gloomy and a bit on the death side of things, for example

I wanted to incorporate this into the toy and came up with Bat Cave because it applies to students my age because they enjoy the dark and gloomy which are the bats.

So for my Toy called Bat Cave, I have used paper air planes shaped as bats and I have a board that is a target. ( The game is basically mapped out the same way as darts, but on the ground.) The way it works is that the aim is to get the bats into the cave which is a black box in the middle of the bored which is worth 100 points. But if you are able to get the bat on the game board it counts as points as well.

Bat Cave Instructions

Place board down on the ground and pull the yellow string as far away from the board as possible and that is where the players will stand to shoot.

1. Each player chooses there colour of bat
2. Each player gets two bats to throw each turn and you add up the points for both bats for the one round.
3. Each player takes turns to shoot there two bats
4. The player stands at the strings length away from the centre cave
5. Player tosses bat to try to get the bat in the cave or as close to the cave a s possible.
6. If the player doesn’t get the bat on the black mat then no points are rewarded
7. The game ends after the 29 rounds
   

Points

Inside yellow/green ring = 10 points

Inside blue ring= 50 points

In black cave= 100points

*If the bat lies on the line of blue or yellow or both it is whatever the majority of the bat is in.

* Even if it bounces and lands somewhere is still counts

I have also come up with an easy way to keep score so then you can challenge you friends to this fun and exciting game. I made the game 29 rounds because the game is challenging, and you need enough time to actually get it in the cave. It is very difficult to get to the bat into the cave, which makes the appeal more to older kids.

There are some things that I noticed will have to change, when I saw people playing with the prototype. The way the bats are made out of paper, they are to light, which makes it hard to get the bat to go were you are pointing it to go. So what I would change is make the bat out of plastic and nylon, and make it very aerodynamic and weighted at the nose so it will drop into the cave.

This game is fun, challenging, colorful, and brings friends together for a good time, which are great qualities in a successful toy. It is very easily understood and all the player has to think about it trying to get there bat onto the score board more then there opponents.

By Kristen Burns