I'm remaking the ghost minigame from Nintendo Land. (Nothing is public just yet.)
I've called it "Ghost Game" during early development because it's simple and I like the alliteration, but there's already two games on Steam with very similar names.
I'm currently considering these names:
- Ghost Game (just use it even though other games have similar names)
- Ghost Mansion
- Spectre Mansion
- Haunting Hijinks
I'd love to hear feedback on these names and get ideas for other names I should consider. Thanks!
10 Comments
je_skirata@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2y
"Hijinks" makes me think of exactly the kind of casual mess-with-your-friends gameplay that can happen with Nintendo games. I like it.
As a side note, I'm curious to see how the game turns out. Nintendo Land was the only game I've played on the Wii U that made proper use of the game pad, and the ghost mansion was my favorite minigame.
Zibetnu@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
Since you might want to know, Haunting Hijinx launches in two weeks! It's free and open-source.
je_skirata@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y
Yay! It looks awesome! I'm going to get my friend to play it with me as soon as it goes live
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
@Zibetnu@programming.dev my vote goes for Hijinks too! Makes me think of "Heebee-jeebees" 👍
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Donut@leminal.space · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not very creative with names but lmk when you have something public. This minigame was so much fun!
Zibetnu@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Will do! I'll for sure have something ready to show off later this year.
Zibetnu@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Haunting Hijinx launches in two weeks! It's free and open-source.
Kissaki@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Maybe you can include the activity/kind of activity/what is happening in the name?
Ghost is well known. [As a non-native speaker] Spectre is not.
No idea what Hijinks is.
Ghost Mansion sounds like a Mario game level.
I think Haunted Mansion could be good. But surely games with that name already exist. So I would try to make it more unique. Including the activity, or personalizing it (using a character or something) could make that possible.
cobysev@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
"Haunted Mansion" is a Disney property; both a theme park ride and two films. You don't want The Mouse™ coming down on you for making a game with a similar name. Knowing them, they probably already have some crappy mobile games based on the latest film, using that exact name.
dmalteseknight@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I think Haunting Hijinks is a fun name and reminds me of shows like Scoopy Doo
A couple of suggestions: