I really don't like those "find the objects" games. But I was thinking yesterday how much of the background goes whizzing by you as you move from place to place and you really only slow down maybe the first time you go there to take it all in. But what if there was a location where the environment was crammed full of things to find.
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What if the player could climb a rope (much like a ladder) but get the rope to swing with left and right arrow keys, and swing about collecting quoins, or swing and jump to platforms? Kind of like a swinging Rainbow Run. Oh...and you have to put on a Tarzan outfit to do it.