Apple Ideas - An Idiot Abroad

Another idea I had was inspired by the sky 1 programme, An Idiot Abroad and Around the World in 80 Days.  This would be an education type game, teaching the player about different countries and cultures.

The basic setting for the game is you travel around the world searching for different "wonders" or landmarks across the world, such as the Eiffel Tower in France. You would have to collect objects representing that country, avoid enemies and reach a "wonder" (such as the pyramids in Egypt) inspired by each place visited in the show. The game play would be side scrolling with a simple background that would show which country/level you were playing. This is an example of the Egypt level.

Example, based on the Egypt episode of An Idiot Abroad.
The aim would be to get to the Pyramids, however, to get there you would have to collect so many objects, in this case, mummy heads.

Thinking about the controls, I looked at some other iphone apps like Dino App which has 2 arrows for control. I liked the idea of simple left and right arrows, but I wanted the player to move towards the screen and back as well, so i added 4 arrows, however, this looked a bit too complicated and it would be difficult to move forwards and towards the screen at the same time, to avoid enemies. I also looked at using an analog stick,  I think this would be the best way to move around,but all the different angles would not be necessary.