You can think of these as building materials which you can use to make whatever game you want. You're not limited to these. They're just here to give your brain some things to think about.

If you think of more that we should add, post them below and I'll get them added to the official list here.

(See here for a cool list of tons of tropes to draw inspiration from.)

No Plot? No Problem!

Games don't need no stinkin' plot! If skipping the plot is good enough for Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Thrust, it's good enough for you.

Camera Centering

The game's point of view moves to follow the player's character, ship, avatar, or representation as they move around in the world.

Made of Paper

One hit kills you. There's no armor or shields to keep you safe. (Yes, even though Thrust did have a shield, for much of the game, you don't have it, and one hit kills you.)

Outrun the Fireball

Some portion of the game involves outrunning or escaping from a fireball or explosion.

Newton's Laws

The game has some non-trivial physics in it that the player has to deal with.

Save the Princess

The game involves rescuing, saving, capturing, or stealing an object (the pod in Thrust).

You Require More Vespene Gas

The player must deal with completing the game or level with limited resources (excluding time).

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace Loops_Input_Math_Practice { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Some variables to store information about the user. int age; int favoriteNumber; string firstName; string lastName; Console.Write("How old are you: "); // Display message asking for age. string ageAsText = Console.ReadLine(); // Store age as a string age = Convert.ToInt32(ageAsText); // convert it to an integer Console.Write("What is your favorite number: "); string favoriteNumberAsText = Console.ReadLine(); favoriteNumber = Convert.ToInt32(favoriteNumberAsText); Console.Write("What is your first name: "); firstName = Console.ReadLine(); // Don't need to convert since we are dealing with a string Console.Write("What is your last name: "); lastName = Console.ReadLine(); // The loops are pointless but I can't think of good examples. int counter = 0; do { if (counter == 0) // If counter is at 0, display user's age. { Console.WriteLine("Your are " + age + " years old."); } else // Else display double the user's age. { Console.WriteLine("Twice your age is " + age * 2 + " years old."); break; // Get out of the forever loop we made. } counter++; // Update counter so we can exit the loop during the next iteration or we will be stuck here forever. } while (true); // Won't exit till it runs into something like a break statement. // This loop would of been more clear if written as a for loop, but this is for demonstration purposes. int number = 0; // Value we will be updating and checking in the loop while (number <= 10) // Will use the values 0 - 10 { // Shows the multiplication chart for the user's favorite number from 0 - 10 // Example: 7 x 0 = 0, 7 x 1 = 7, etc.! Console.WriteLine(favoriteNumber + " x " + number + " = " + favoriteNumber * number); number++; // Update the value so we can eventually exit our loop } Console.Write("Give me a number from 1 - 10: "); string aNumberAsText = Console.ReadLine(); int aNumber = Convert.ToInt32(aNumberAsText); for (int count = 0; count < aNumber; count++) { for (int first = 0; first < 1; first++) { Console.Write(firstName); Console.Write(" "); // Note: You could just add Console.Write(lastName); here and forget the for loop below. Was just to show a 3 tiered(nested) loop. for (int last = 0; last < 1; last++) { Console.Write(lastName); } } Console.WriteLine(); } Console.ReadKey(); } } }

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace Loops_Input_Math_Practice { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Some variables to store information about the user. int age; int favoriteNumber; string firstName; string lastName; Console.Write("How old are you: "); // Display message asking for age. string ageAsText = Console.ReadLine(); // Store age as a string age = Convert.ToInt32(ageAsText); // convert it to an integer Console.Write("What is your favorite number: "); string favoriteNumberAsText = Console.ReadLine(); favoriteNumber = Convert.ToInt32(favoriteNumberAsText); Console.Write("What is your first name: "); firstName = Console.ReadLine(); // Don't need to convert since we are dealing with a string Console.Write("What is your last name: "); lastName = Console.ReadLine(); // The loops are pointless but I can't think of good examples. int counter = 0; do { if (counter == 0) // If counter is at 0, display user's age. { Console.WriteLine("Your are " + age + " years old."); } else // Else display double the user's age. { Console.WriteLine("Twice your age is " + age * 2 + " years old."); break; // Get out of the forever loop we made. } counter++; // Update counter so we can exit the loop during the next iteration or we will be stuck here forever. } while (true); // Won't exit till it runs into something like a break statement. // This loop would of been more clear if written as a for loop, but this is for demonstration purposes. int number = 0; // Value we will be updating and checking in the loop while (number <= 10) // Will use the values 0 - 10 { // Shows the multiplication chart for the user's favorite number from 0 - 10 // Example: 7 x 0 = 0, 7 x 1 = 7, etc.! Console.WriteLine(favoriteNumber + " x " + number + " = " + favoriteNumber * number); number++; // Update the value so we can eventually exit our loop } Console.Write("Give me a number from 1 - 10: "); string aNumberAsText = Console.ReadLine(); int aNumber = Convert.ToInt32(aNumberAsText); for (int count = 0; count < aNumber; count++) { for (int first = 0; first < 1; first++) { Console.Write(firstName); Console.Write(" "); // Note: You could just add Console.Write(lastName); here and forget the for loop below. Was just to show a 3 tiered(nested) loop. for (int last = 0; last < 1; last++) { Console.Write(lastName); } } Console.WriteLine(); } Console.ReadKey(); } } }

ConsoleWrite(How old are you ) Display message asking for age. string ageAsText = ConsoleReadLine ) Store age as a string age = ConvertToInt32(ageAsText) convert it to an integer

int[] numbers = new int[5]; numbers[5] = 3;

Console.WriteLine();

namespace Loops_Input_Math_Practice { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { } } }

using System;

using System;