Blog Entry #4

[game start]

You wake up in a dark storage facility. A siren blares outside, and static rings in your

head. When you approach the door, you hear shouting from outside. When you step outside,

you see a man fighting off two plant monsters. He kills one; the other kills him, and then

heads towards you. You fight off the plant monster. The static in your head turns to a

radio signal and you hear someone calling for help.

[New objective, find the source of the radio signal].

When you get to the source of the radio signal, you find it is coming from a house. There are a bunch of enemies outside. Kill them all and go inside and recruit your first companion.

[level break]

//radio guy says that he got seperated from the rest of survivors, so he radioed for help

//you're confused, so he explains that x amount of time ago, a virus hit, and people

//mutated into plant monsters that you've been fighting. For some reason, some people

//are immune

//radio guy asks for help getting back to his group

[end level break]

So now you have one companion and one new objective, get to the house. You step outside

the radio building, and you discover that the streets are full of enemies again. Backtrack

to the house where the other survivors are and you finish the level.

[level end]

//three people in the house, the other survivors

//radio guy says thank you, and you join party of survivors.

//they say that a reclusive scientist in the city caused this mess with her experiments

//they believe she was meddling with biowarfare

//They decide: "LET'S STORM HER LABORATORY, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE IS"

[level two begin]

Objective: get to the laboratory. A few enemies scattered about, test out some of the new

characters' abilities on your way. Reach the house, go inside, and then...

//AI talks about it's motives behind releasing the disease

Defeat AI, discover you were the scientist that made the AI.

//End of story, android scientist starts working on a cure.

[game end]

Mechanics

Head radio/GPS system [this explains knowledge of map and quest markers]

Glowing objectives [ie, doors, items; robot vision allows this to happen]

Range of motion and range of attack per turn are determined by individual stats

Must complete objectives to finish level

If android dies, must restart from last objective

Battery/crystal source must be gathered to use laser arm

Movement confined to tiles on square grid; cannot go outside of grid/level

Some squares cannot be accesed, as in, you cannot step onto an occupied tile

Turn choices: move, attack, or go into defensive position

If character dies, resurrects at last objective point in x amount of turns

Doctor character can heal others (maybe doctor can resurrect)

Art

For android speech, black box with green text and serif font

No central art theme for right now, while we gather resources from the internet

Maybe cartoon, maybe realistic

Dark and gritty elements; after all, it is an an apocalypse

Whatever we can make

Simple

Electronic music, woodwindy sounds

For now, one background sound, and attack and walking noises

Android and AI voices can be just generated speech

   

Technology

Unreal Engine

Blender

How elements relate to eachother:

The visuals of the game make gameplay more engaging; music sets the tone for a

better user experience. Blender allows us to fully experess our ideas for setting, enemies

and playable characters, furthering the intended experience. Because Unreal is user and

beginner friendly, we can go about creating our game without focusing too much on the

coding portion; we can dedicate more time to story and experience. Game mechanics keep the

story moving; objectives allow you to unlock more of the storyline and finish levels.

Minimal prototype

I would think that a good minimal prototype for this game would just be a small room, with a short corridor leading to as grid square labelled WIN or something along those lines. The player would have two characters to play with and an enemy would be blocking the corridor leading to the WIN square. The individual character and stats would be on display, and the stats would be set in such a way that the player must find a way to position all of their characters and attack the enemy in such a way that (hopefully) keeps them both alive. After the enemy is defeated, the player can move one of the characters to the WIN square.

GAME ASSETS

Sorry this is kinda crappy, its the first full project thing I've done in blender.

This is a magic staff. It can be used to attack, or maybe the magic could be used to access certain areas or solve certain puzzles. It was made in blender. I can't figure out how to post the actual fbx formatted object here, so I'll just email to the professor.