Ideas - Game: Carrion

First Person Slasher game

You play the part of a creature that can absorb the genes / life force of others by killing them and keeping a limb inside them as they die. After absorbing them you have the ability to metamorphosize in to them.

Rather than shooting, the game would involve lots of slashing and stabbing. As it takes time to 'drain' the creature you've killed, there would be danger in trying to absorb some creatures if you are being attacked by others.

Different creatures would be good at different things, i.e. a fast, slinky creature could be good at speed, but not powerful at attacking. Having drained one of these creatures, you could run up to future prey and metamorphosize in to one that is more suited to attacking. Changing between forms should take a short but reasonable amount of time and leave the player defenseless, so sometimes it would be better to use a fast form with hit-and-run tactics rather than running in and changing in to something that could kill anything easily.

Initially, your avatar would start out quite weak, perhaps giving the game a 'stealth' element that seems very popular at the moment. As you gradually kill and drain creatures your strength / flexibility increases so you can take on larger creatures or different environments. Some sections of the game would be easier if you have drained the right creature earlier in the game, e.g. one good for a jungle environment.

Paul Silver, 9 June 2003