For the mechanics my game would have, I decided to research some of the not-used-enough mechanics in games. I chose 10 that sounded most interesting to me, and then I used random.org to select 5 that I would include in the game.
I got ‘Building Your Own Level’, ‘Seeing the consequences’, ‘Targeting’, ‘Time Hopping’ and ‘Destructible Environments’. I tried to connect these to the second game idea, Journey Back to the Origins and this is what I obtained:
A game where you play as a creator / destructor, by targeting stuff you wish to interact with. You also have the power to time travel, but you should always be aware that your actions may affect everything else (in a bad or good way).
James gave me the idea of using vocal recognition to interact with the universe things (e.g.: say ‘more heat’ to heat up a star to change its colour). I like this, and I think it would perfectly fit the game universe.