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!

  • KissakiEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I think Haunted Mansion could be good.

      “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.