CPSC 6170: �Milestone 1 (Final) Presentation�

Max Marzec

CPSC 6170

Game description

Name title: Style over Substance

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Genre: 3D action game

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This genre involves navigating a character through complex three-dimensional environments with a focus on player expression.

Game description

Objectives:

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1. Complete Levels: The main objective is to complete various levels as fast as possible by reaching the goal.
2. Perform tricks: The player is scored based on tricks performed throughout the level.

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Game information

Skill rating: experienced gamers

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Audience:

Rated T for Teens (fantasy violence / blood)

Intended audience is fans of action games (Devil May Cry / Bayonetta), and extreme sports (Tony Hawk / SSX). This audience tends to be males in 16-30 range.

Entities – Player character

Main character

• Survivor of the apocalypse
• Invented the “swordboard”, a weapon/vehicle hybrid for fending off threats while traveling.
• Sword with an rocket thruster that is ridden like a snowboard (without any snow).

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General mechanics

• The game is in 3rd Person
• The player has health. If player health is zero they must try again.
• Game is a 3D environment where the player moves through a level with obstacles and enemies. There may be multiple paths.
• The environment is set in a post apocalyptic city. There may be some environmental hazards (such as substance). The environment is not flat but has many twists and turns for the player to speed through.

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Traversal mechanics

• The player rides on the “swordboard” and accelerates to high speed using the thruster on the back.
• When jumping the player maintains momentum and can orient themselves in any direction (up, down, sideways) and use the thruster to move that way.

Traversal mechanics

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• Player needs to land properly (like in snowboard games). Failing to land properly causes damage and a recovering animation. Damage can be lethal even at full health.

Technical description

Assets:

• 3D models for the player and environment.
• Animations for combat and movement for player

User Interface / Game States:

• UI shows health, and score during gameplay.
• When the level is completed the player is shown their score.

Effects:

• Effects for various actions like sparks, rocket thrust, blood/substance from enemies

Physics:

• Standard kinematic physics model with low friction and somewhat strong gravity.

Collision Detection:

• Player has a ground and air state. In ground state the character object orients to the surface automatically. In air state the character object is oriented by the player manually.
• When player collides with a surface in air state the game will check what part was hit (either the human or swordboard) and react accordingly.

Software architecture

Timeline

Week 1-3: Implementing player

• Player is the most complex module and will take the most time to implement.

Week 2: Asset creation/importing

• Will probably make some assets manually (like the swordboard).

Week 2-4: Implementing enemies

• Enemies are easier to implement and have more basic abilities and AI

Week 4: Level Design

• Model and design the world