javapool/ideas.md

javapool game ideas

tabbed interface

like https://candybox2.github.io/

• first tab: device count and buying stuff
• second tab: aerial view of the garden
• third tab: side view of the pool, all the way to the bottom

currencies

• devices
• spoons
• energy

shop

• metal detector
  • can only be bought once
• batteries
  • when bought, immediately gives 1 energy
• oracle
  • costs 3 billion devices
  • ends the game with a thank you note from sun microsystems

the garden

• You can metal detect on a timer

the pool

• if you own a spoon, you can use it to control the water level
• if you walk into the pool in the garden view, you can then swim around in the pool
• you have a limited oxygen supply that decays if you are not on the surface
• if you run out of oxygen, you lose control of the game for a minute
• you can use the detector on the pool's bottom for 2 energy
• you might find a bunch of devices or batteries with the detector