# I need help coming up with a game idea, around a certain theme

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-help-coming-up-with-a-game-idea-around-a-certain-theme/6186
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**Created:** [February 15, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-help-coming-up-with-a-game-idea-around-a-certain-theme/6186 "2021-02-15T01:33:45Z")
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### Author: ![shakao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/shakao/32/113_2.png) [@shakao](https://forum.makecode.com/u/shakao)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-help-coming-up-with-a-game-idea-around-a-certain-theme/6186/6 "2021-02-16T17:46:15Z")

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Ah that’s awesome!! Hmm some ideas:

- Platformer where you are a small creature with one ability (“jump”) and you pick up other creatures that have other abilities (“shoot”, “double jump”). Basically a platformer with powerups, but you could draw/style it so that the “player” is a group of creatures that are “stronger together”
- I like the bridge building idea too! A quick variant on this could be something like @livcheerful’s award-winning [mount 'em goooaaats](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-advanced-stream-60-mount-em-goooooooooaaaaaaaaaaats/2621) where you are building a stack to get to the top (or horizontally, across a river)
- A version of [Mastermind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)) where you’re an alchemist trying to find the right elements to synthesize the strongest element of all!

Super cool to see Arcade being used in non-MakeCode game jams, I hope it’s a fun experience!

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