Game Design
The Last Survivor
Game Introduction
This game is going to be an adventure, plus surviving game. During all the game, the player should decide how he is going to plan all the levels to achieve his goals at the end of the game. The player will move from one level to another collecting as many shapes as he could for rescuing his friends at the last level of the game.
Each level will have different themes(backgrounds),which will help the player to know how far he is from finishing the game. As the target audience for my game is going to be children 4-8 years old, so the game will also have an educational purpose. Learning colors ,shapes and also how to care your friends.
- Genre
- This game is a survival game, and it includes the historical facts. Meanwhile, its an adventure game, which will create more interactive sides for the player. Also, the game will have funny sounds, when the player collect orange shapes. One of the main purposes of this game is to give a motivation to the player to understand how it is important to look after their friends in need. "A Friend in need is a Friend indeed!".
- Gameplay and Mechanics
- The player will run, walk, and jump during the game to achieve his mission. During each jump he will collect the shapes to survive in the game world, if he touches the venom red-berries in the forest, he will lose one life. He will have only three lives for each level.
- Target Audience
- The target audience for this game will be children aged from 4-8years old.
- Localization
- English Irish
Story
Group of scientists had been lost during their expedition on the highest mountain Ararat, and the last survivor should pass all the obstacles to find them and bring back home.
To get back home and rescue his colleagues, the player should collect 3 important shapes, and should avoid of touching the venom berries.
How to play
The character of this game is a scientist with a camouflage backpack. After downloading the game ,the player will press the start button and pressing the left/right, up/down arrows he will move his character.
The first level:
The player will start to collect the shapes on his way and will unlock the next level. On the first level he will not meet any obstacles-no venom red- berries. During his walk, run and jump you can hear the sound effects.
On the second level, the background will be changed to the night mode, again he will collect the shapes to charge his heart, get water and get protection from the venom red-berries-anti-venom.
In this level, when he touches the venom berries the sound effect also will be in the game, and explosion.
The third level will be harder than second one. The background is going to be bright s and the player can hardly see the shapes. The player will get some obstacles to overcome them. There will be more venom bushes which will make the game more difficult and interactive.
On the fourth level the player will meet some hiding venom berries, which will change their colors to cheat the player.
On the last fifth level, the player will pass all the obstacles and rescue his team. At the end of the game will be fireworks, plus sound effect.
Losing: The Game will Over when the player lost all his three lives.
Environment
All the scene was happening in the deep forest, near Middle east coast. The player will pass over the hills, and dessert.
Music/Sounds
The sound effects are the important part of each game. It praises the user when he does something good, or warning if there is some danger.
Artwork(Design)
The game will have 3D look. On the left side of the screen will be 3 icons, showing the player how many lives, batteries and anti-venom left, also the button to pause the game or return to the start menu.
Using Adobe Illustrator I created the first level of the game prototype, trying to show how i am thinking to design my game idea on Unity 3D.
Game Architecture
Technical
This game is designed for laptop, Mac, and Windows.
User Interface(controls)
The controls setting will be :
Left Arrow
Right Arrow
Up/Down Arrows
Space for Jump.
Key Features
1.The player will start the game pressing start button.
2.On the top side of the screen ,the player will be able to check his life battery, water tank and amount of anti-venom.
3.The player will move unlocking all the levels and getting extra credit.
4.At the end of the game, the player will get a key to open the gates and rescue his team.