Name the Game Contest II: Bootdisk Revolution Project
August 20, 2013 87 Comments
Contest is now closed. We’ll be announcing a winner sometime between September 2 and 8.
Last year, a contest was held at Indie Gamer Chick to figure out the name for a game about running your own call center. The winning name was Smooth Operators, a name which helped the title exceed expectations. Based on the success of that promotion, Bootdisk Revolution, the developer of the critically acclaimed hit Bleed, wants your help as well. They have a project that will release soon, and it needs a name. Here’s your chance to give them one.
If the name you submit is used, you’ll win the following:
- 1600 Microsoft Points (Card is for United States or Canada use only. If you win and are not from the US or Canada, you’ll have to arrange a trade on your own to get points that work in your region, or you can choose to not accept this prize).
- Your name in the game’s credits.
- A free copy of the game when it is released.
The winner will be determined by a panel of four judges. Each of the four judges are free to use their own criteria to determine the winner, but must come to a unanimous decision. If they cannot, the deadlock will be broken by Bootdisk Revolution. I will not be a judge, and instead act as a moderator. Each of the judges and their criteria are as follows.
Cyril Lachel – Owner and operator of DefunctGames.com
A game’s title is a statement. It’s a promise of what’s to come. As a result, I want to take the name seriously. It should be original and not rhyme with another game’s title. It should also be shorter than 140 characters, that way I will be able to Tweet about it. I’m looking for a name that goes well with a fine box of wine.
Bob Reinhard – Owner and operator of LowOnLife.com
A good title not only describes your game, but catches your attention. A little cleverness, wit, and pop goes a long way when trying to draw in interest.
Tim Hurley – Owner and operator of TheXBLIG.com
Obviously the title of the game has to make sense. It has to be relevant to the gameplay presented, and it has to be as Google-friendly as possible (Indies have a hard enough time getting discovered). Other than that, get creative. The more unique / sellable it is, the more I like it, and, by extension, you. Good luck.
Jed Pressgrove – Co-Founder and writer for FateOfTheGame.com
I’m looking for something simple and clever that gives people a good idea about what they will be playing.
Each judge will also select one runner-up to receive a free copy of the game.
Before entering, please read the rules below.
How To Play
So what do you need to do to win? The game in this trailer needs a name. You will decide what the game’s name will be.
The winner is the person whose name is selected by the judging panel.
To play, simply reply to this thread with the name you think the game should have. You must have a valid Twitter account to play, as we need a way to contact the winner, and email is so passé. Include that Twitter handle in your entry.
You can enter as many times as you want, so don’t try to cheat and use different accounts.
The contest closes at Noon Pacific Time on September 1, 2013, the day that Indie Gamer Chick Leaderboard officially goes Multi-Platform. The winner will be announced soon after. Good luck!
Rules and Eligibility
- This competition is open to residents of United States of America, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Entrants from other countries can not collect a full prize. The Microsoft Points prize is only available to residents of the United States and Canada.
- You must be 18 years of age to enter.
- All competition entries will be presented to a judging panel consisting of Cyril Lachel, Tim Hurley, Bob Reinhard, and Jed Pressgrove who will decide on the winning entry.
- If two or more people enter the same name, the first person to have entered it will be considered the only valid entry.
- You may enter as many times as you want.
- The decision of the Judges shall be final and cannot be challenged. In their absolute discretion they may declare void any entry or the competition itself should they consider that there are no entries reaching a required standard, whereupon they can award prizes or not as they think fit.
- The winner will be chosen by the Judges, and the prize awarded to the entry that the Judges consider to be the best.
- The prizes will be paid at different times. A code for Microsoft Points will be sent via email or direct-message on Twitter to the winner within 2 weeks of winning the competition. A code to the game will be sent to the winner via email upon release of the game.
- By entering the competition, you agree to having your name and/or nickname published on various websites/blogs.
- All entries in the competition will be the property of Bootdisk Revolution, and released only if not voted as the winner by the judging panel.
- Entries will be deemed invalid if the entry would be covered by any type of patent and/or trademark owned by another company or studio, or if in violation of Xbox Live Indie Games’ terms of service (the so-called “Evil Checklist“)
- There will be no cash or other alternative to the prize offered and prizes are not transferable.
- It is the responsibility of entrants to keep themselves informed as to any updates of these rules, and they acknowledge that any failure to comply with these rules could lead to their disqualification without reasons being given or opportunity for challenge.
- Bootdisk Revolution is responsible for all aspects of this competition, and not IndieGamerChick.com or its sponsors.
Please note: IndieGamerChick.com uses moderation for comments. No comments will be fully deleted, so if your entry doesn’t appear, it will eventually.
And for fuck’s sake folks: Don’t suck. Please? 😀
Looks awesome! Erm… Zoo Hunter Sacrifice? Or Treasurecide? Best things I came up with.
First: love that music. Second: name ideas…
– Critter Chain
– The Second Mouse
– Furvival of the Species
(That last one was for Bob.)
~ @ironmaus
– Scamper and Sacrifice
Also, for some reason, I keep wanting to append the subtitle “One for All” on the end. Probably a creative deficiency.
– Pile on for Victory
– Critter Corps
– Critter Corps Crossing
– Critter Corps: The Allure of Gold
– Critter Corpse: Chronicle of Covetousness
– Critter Corpse Crossing
– Cunning Corpse Climbers
This started as an exercise in alliteration, but it’s gone a weird place, so I’ll stop now.
– Little Opportunists
(I allowed myself one more because it wasn’t alliterative.)
Suicidal treasure hunters
What is teamwork?
“Over my dead body”
“Over your dead body”
“Critter Casualty”
“Lethal Leapfrog”
“Kamikaze Critters” (or ‘Kamikaze Kritters’)
A few more…
“Peril Us”
“A little bit of peril”
“Fatal Furry”
“Fluffy Snuff”
“Death Fur All”
“All Fur Death”
“Bloody Friends”
“I.O.U.”
I vote for Critter Casualty. Is there voting?
No voting. Four judges will decide, as stated above a couple times.
Awww. Community pick! Community pick! 😀
No community picks, but we’ll be having fun with this over the next ten days, extra giveaways. Say, didn’t these guys make Bleed? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
“Survival of the Squishies”
“Every Fluffball for Themselves!”
“I Did It For The Treasure”
“Blood or Gold?”
“They Got In My Way!”
“Teamwork…I Guess?”
“Ways and Means”
“I.O.U. : Dash for Cash”
One Common goal
Going for Gold
Death as a Platform
All for one and one for gold
Treasures of greed
Whoops, I slipped.
@mando6599
Animal Treasure Hunt
Double DashDouble DoucheKillin’ Kousins
Killin’ Cousins
Dead Dog Run
Mariachi Madness
Defying Death
Death Defyers
Death Defiers
Critter Crawlies
Razin’ Cain
Moby Stitches
Bound & Gagged
Edited by Indie Gamer Chick: Double Dash is too close to Mario Kart: Double Dash, and Double Douche violates the Evil Checklist. Rest are good.
I had to eliminate a couple of your names because of copyright and/or evil checklist violations. Anything not-crossed out is still eligible.
Nine Lives
Get Busy Livin’, Get Busy Dyin’
The Backstabbing Broods
Multiplicity
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
The Seekers
Fortune, Fate, & Folly
Die it Forward
Character Flaw
Thou Shall Not Murder(Unless there’s treasure involved, then go ahead, be my guest!)
Fight or Flight
Design-a-Fate
Signature Sound
Grim Reaper & Friends
Paradise Lost
Paradise Cost
The Fatality Fellows
Till Death Do Us Part
Elemental Idiots
Seek, Find, Die
Seek, Find, Die, & Party!
Assassins Bleed
April Ghouls
April Foolish
Unlock the Locks with a Whisper
The Sacrifice Within
Destiny’s Death
Trapeze Artists
Body Doubles
Liable Littletons
Zig-Zagging Zephyrs
Terminal Extrapolates
Try, Try, then Try Again!
Try, Die, then Die Again!
Die, Die, then Die Again!
Die, Die, then Die Some More!
Gargantuan Galanty
A Cult Following
Occult Followers
Occult Following
Continue On
The Neverending Gory
Crude Dudes
Presumptuous Piss-ants
Ladies First
Lives of Forfeiture
Desperately Seeking Treasure
Disparately Seeking Treasure
Anything Goes
Me, Myself, and Die
Forward Thinking
Get Rich and Die Trying.
Premise of the game looks interesting, I dig the mechanic. Also, my Twitter handle is Jourdan_Cameron.
Death among friends
Corpses have uses
@PurpleTinabeans
Lemming At It!Oops, My Turn!
Death is no Obstacle
Door-in-Four
Relentless
Lambs to the Slaughter
More Use to me Dead
GEDDIT! (Or Die Trying)
GET IT! (Or Die Trying)
Calculated Sacrifice
One Critter’s Sacrifice is Another’s Fortune
Buried (for) Treasure
Tactical Losses
Operation CorpseStep
To Death or Dollars!
Edited by Indie Gamer Chick: I looked into it and I do have to eliminate Lemming At It because the name is too similar and the themes close enough that it could “create market confusion.” Sorry.
Chance I might have to eliminate “Lemming At It!” from contention due to possible copyright stuff. You should be good on the rest of them.
No worries! I thought that one might be a little bit risky!
Dead Critters : Quest for the Golden Doors
Someone Will Make It One Day
Critters : Expandables
Over their Dead Bodies
Over those Dead Critters
Jumping (Now with a Macabre Spin)
Quest for the Golden Doors (now 50% more macabre)
This is harder than I thought! All the names I can think of are pretty morbid, but I guess that fits with a game based on sending poor critters to their deaths!
Stepping Stiffs
Convenient Cadavers
The Useful Dead
@Keyrlis
Don’t Die for Naught!
None Died Vainly
No One Died in Vain
Header: If at first you don’t succeed,
Beneath, the Title: -Die, Die Again!-
Dumb Animals
Darwin’s Crossing
Darwin’s Path
Darwinian Choices
Tales Told by the Survivors
Animal Escape
Sacrificial Path
Walk Over Me
One Must Win
The Shoulders of Giants
The Shoulders of Idiots
-One Must Die- That others may live.
Doom 4: Bought the Farm^^^^^^^Just seeing if you are paying attention.
Edit by Indie Gamer Chick: Yes I am.
The Remains of the Way
The Path Remains
What Remains?
Over All
Help Me, Help You
What are Friends For?
Who Needs Ya?
One Life to Gi
At All Costs
Use What You Got
I’d KILL for Treasure!
Co-Op Critters Corps(e) Stylized, “painted-on graffiti” letter ‘E’
For the Fallen
I’ll probably be back with more later…
That’s One Life to Give, by the way.
Also, this is a lot more fun than ACTUALLY working. ;P
@Keyrlis again. You could always leave the name of it “Name this Game” and then never tell us who wins. Of course, there was no “twitter” cartridge for the Atari2600, though I may still have that game. Should prolly keep it.
Back on topic to Titles:
Give Me Furdom, or Give me Death (or freedom, but appropriating that seems a bit wrong.)
F.U.R.: Forward Unto Release
Furries & Fishies Fight For Freedom.
One Life to Live, with Lots to Lose. Nice double entendre, that.
Escaping With Your Lives <– might be MY favorite of mine so far.
You Passed, So, I Got Past You
It's Not if You Win or Lose, Unless it's Your Life.
Those We Passed Over
Critters Operating Regardless of Possible Side Effects – CORPSE
Or Die Trying
Using the Dead to Get Ahead
Dead Ahead
Why Not Me
H.U.R.T.: Helping Us Reach Treasure
Over and Over and Over and Out
In Line With Fate
Being 'Late'
Better You, Then Me
Better You Than Me
Hey, Watch This
More to come as the oil burns…
@Keyrlis back one mo’ ‘gin
Life over Death
Get Over It, or Die with a Grudge
Furtive Movements
Lives Left
Dying Right
Getting Over You
You’ll Never Get Over Me
Living Precariously / Dying Vicariously
Better Than Dead Last
Coming In Dead Last
Freedom Paid In Blood
Is Your Life Worth It?
Spend Your Life Wisely
A Life Worth Dying For
Dying to be Free
Petfall! <—ROTFL
Relentless Desire
Indefatigable Troubles
You Go First
The Last Crossing
Crossing Your Friends
Good Luck, everyone! Am I the only one this excited to know what the game will be called?
Maybe I should re-prioritize my life.
Nah. Game on!
A couple of the judges (I think, possibly only one) are at PAX right now so the announcement of the winner will be a few days from now.
Expendable Creatures
Darwin’s Hunger
One will Stand
Kill ‘Em All (Mostly)
Dead Saviors
The Bodies
You’re Story Will Be Told
Go On..For All of Us
May they rest in utility
Morbid Curiosity
Who drew short straw?
@Aintnogoodatall Death not in vain
Creature Discomforts
Fatal FurryFriendly Fatalities
All Fur One (and one fur all)
and only because your last game name is so good
Follow The Bleeder
I apologise for that one in advance.
Edited by Indie Gamer Chick: Someone already submitted Fatal Furry. You should be good on the rest of them.
Fatal Furry was already submitted by someone else.
Cute Things Dying Violently. Oh wait…
After You (possible subtitle: No Really, I Insist)
Plunder Pets
On The Shoulders Of Tiny Giants
Shuffle Off
Best Laid Schemes
Not The Best Plan
@AMU_Games
I just have a few names to throw in, might add some more when I think of some:
– Persistence
– Relentless Critters
– Leave Everybody Behind
– There’s an “I” in Critter
– Life of a Critter
– Survival of the Critters
– Crittericide
– In the Name of Critters
@ltsFlux
treasure for respawn
Toots: The treacherous adventure
All for, all for, one
Defying Pegi
Every time someone plays this game an Indie Gamer Chick cries
Cute and usefull
Killer platforming
Valour in Splatter
The Treasure of truth
Dont worry I will die for you
Killing time
The moment of aaarrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhh
Use the corpse Luke
Dont bother naming it, no really.
– Disposable Heroes
Fluffy Suicide Treasure Hunters
Hmm nice trailer!
Friendly Priorities
Spiked Relations
Treasure Mob
Killer Treasure
Deadly Critter Adventures
Critter Filler
Critter Hunting
good luck guys!
@bravo3474
Hmm some more?
Stiff Critters
Fatal Fellows
Dead End
You First
Critters First
Stiff Critters
Killer Gold
Gold Kills
Treasure Rush
Deathly Treasure
Friends Or Gold
Critters First
Friends First
The Last of Fuzz
I know we can’t vote, but “Fluffy Snuff” made me laugh…
“Furballs Regret Nothing!”
“Furballs Ho!”
“The Great Furball Adventure”
“Sacrifluffy”
Suffer, Die,… PROFIT!!!
“Those darn critters!”
Brought in the heavy hitter, my six year old son, and we came up with these ideas for ya. Hope you like em, thanks!
Battle Blast
Puzzle Pets
Complicated Critters
Mystified Mice
Bamboozled
Bamboozled Beasts
Flummox Lummox
Flummoxed Lummox
Animal instincts
Endangered Species
The Risks of Extinction
The Wild lives of Wildlife
Nature Trials
oh and for the cash in
Creature Craft Modern Duty on the Battlefields in Zombieland
I don’t have a twitter but I don’t mind not getting any prizes except for my name on the credits, can I still submit names?
Critter Crunch
Dying ReQuest (maybe Dying Re-Quest or something similar for googling purposes?)
– Natural Selection
– Darwinism Paradise
– Kamikaze Zoo
– Ride your best pets (?)
– Necropets
Do you have Twitter? It’s required to collect the prize.
Btw although ‘Natural Selection’ is a cool name, there is already a game called that (http://www.naturalselection2.com/).
Sorry. My twitter is @kizuxtheo
Clever Collapsing Corpses
Furry Until Demise
Devise Animal Demise
Why do my feet smell like a corpse?
Innovation of Impaling
Art of Eradication
Hey guys! The game looks cool and reminds me of this one: http://www.lifegoesongame.com/
My list of names:
Critter Conundrum
Critter Crisis
Critter Couriers
Critter Courier Quest
Lemming CrittersLead the Way
@Thrashballer
Edit by Indie Gamer Chick: Any names with “Lemming” or “Lemmings” in the title can’t be used do to possible copyright issues. All your other names are valid.
-(Critter or Pet) Corps-op
-(Critter or Pet) Co-orps(e)
-Your Death, My Life
Recycle-a-corpse!
Don’t burry it – it’s still useful
Don’t judge me – it’s dead anyway
May the [best] next one win
… and the litte one said “cross over”
When in doubt… send your friend!
Who needs breadcrums when we have corpses?
Twitter account: @Anxbligguy
LETHAL ACCOUNTING: make every corpse count!
Alright, this would be my take on names…
MONSTER OF THE MEEK
(GO) DARWINIAN!
EXTINCTION OR EXIT
– EXIT TO EXTINCTION (Variant)
MONSTER MARTYRS
Whoops, forgot my handle: https://twitter.com/Argamae_
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SacraFur
Selfless Critters
Goodbye Kitties
@GQWeasle
Critter Death Quest
Devoted Vertebrate
Immolate the Way
You go first.
If i had a heart.
Corpses for purposes.
Corpses for porpoise……if there happen to have dolphins in the game.
Squistastic suicide
Squash bash.
Brotherly love.
@criscecih
Case of the Mondays
@pauljthacker
I Bounce On Your Grave
I Hop On Your Grave
@j8slim on Twitter
Got a few names:
Friends ’til The End! (Of The Level)
What Are Friends For?
Super Frenemies
Animal Crossroads
Corporate Ladder Creeps
Not Lemmings
Permadeath is Life
Treasure Trolling
Whoops, just scrolled up and saw the Lemmings warning. Hopefully Treasure Trolling doesn’t have to take a hit too.
Twitter: @dwyn95
Name ideas:
The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!
1 Dead, 2 Dead, 3 Dead, 4? (like One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish :D)
A Trailer of Epic Awesomeness!
You Die, I Win!
Jump! Jump! Dead.
Thanks for your death!
Jumping Rodents
Rodent Rage
Critter Escape!
Jumping Critters
Animal Escape
Adding some more:
Jump! or Die Trying.
Jump!: The Game
Twitter @MorgCityCoder
Shiny Hunter
Treasure Troops
Fuzzy Looters
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