Okay this one is simple: Imagine a mobile endless runner along the lines of Temple Run, Subway Surfers et al., but you’re a horse.

Think about it, it’s perfect: the mechanics of an endless runner usually boil down to running and jumping, two things that horses tend to really like doing. To add some variety and a little bit of realism, there could be places along the endless way where the horse can slow down and rest a bit or eat something, so you’re not just constantly going at a gallop.

To show off the game’s gorgeous horse animations (which it will of course need to have), there might be parts where you see the horse from the side rather than from behind.

In between runs, perhaps you return to a barn, or your home pasture for a bit of satisfying, perhaps optional horse care before you set out on your next run.

While this could of course also work as you playing a rider that steers and takes care of the horse, I think it would be a great opportunity for being one of those rare cases where you actually are the horse, and no humans need to be involved. Perhaps the horse care takes the shape of herd mates grooming each other instead of the usual hoof picking and coat brushing?

Another advantage of this concept is that it’s comparably easy to implement: endless runner gameplay is not incredibly complicated to build, which leaves the motivated developer a lot of room for polish and nice additional horsie content.