Our initial game topic idea was the ocean, a topic that is very broad and served mainly as a stepping off point and setting in which our actual game could take place. After discussing with another group in class we came across the idea of stingrays in the ocean and how coming across one at your feet while wading around is not an ideal situation. Stingrays are able to easily camouflage themselves by burying their bodies underneath the sand around them. While this is helpful to the stingray as a form of protection against any possible predators in the area, it makes them much more easy to accidentally step on while in the shallow waters of the ocean shore. Knowing this can make wading into the water a much more cautious task, and this is the basic premise of the antagonist/ protagonist relationship of our game, in which the protagonist(s) will be the beach-goer attempting to get to the shore after a swim or surf, and the antagonist(s) will be the stingray either buried or swimming about blocking the path of the player. Although stingrays are harmless when they don’t feel threatened, and their stings are not incredibly dangerous unless to the chest, encountering one and possibly getting stung is not something many wish to happen, especially when unexpected. Up to over one thousand non fatal stingray attacks occur every year in just the waters surrounding the United States, giving civilians reason to be cautious around the creatures and while making their way into the ocean. Though the injuries from stingray stings that are to areas other than the chest, typically to the foot or leg as a result of a hidden stingray being stepped on and feeling threatened, are not life threatening or very serious injuries, the experience is still very painful and not one that you would want to encounter.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/67758/10-stunning-facts-about-stingrays