Terror on the Lake

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Terror on the Lake
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Executive Summary
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Abstract of Game Story

• The story begins at a summer camp on the lake.
  Your name is Zack and you are a camp counselor.
  You and your girlfriend Sara, also a counselor,
  have come out to camp early this summer to help
  out. Its only the two of you and the head
  counselor, and youre heading over to her cabin
  as night sets in.

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Abstract of Game Story

• You take a walk through the woods, a shortcut to
  the other side of camp. Hearing a noise, your
  turn just in time to see a masked man with two
  large knives lunge from behind a tree. Diving to
  the ground, you dodge his initial attack and
  scramble to your feet running.

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Abstract of Game Story

• Almost too panicked to think, and running as
  quickly as humanly possible, your first instinct
  is to flee the camp. Then you realize your
  girlfriend is still in her cabin, completely
  helpless and unaware. You must save her from
  this killer on the loose!

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Game Play

• Look and Feel

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Appearance

• The game is viewed from an third person
  perspective, overhead and angled.
• It will be nighttime at the lake, and there are
  two small cabins, for the guys and girls. There
  is also a larger where meals are served,
  entertainment events are held, and the head
  counselor resides.

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Appearance

• There will be a gate at one end of the camp, and
  docks with a boat on the lake itself, both
  providing possible exit routes.

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   Player Roles and Actions

• To finish the game, you must recruit your
  girlfriend and escape from the camp.
• Youd initially like to warn the counselor, but
  youll eventually find that its a little too
  late for him.

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   Player Roles and Actions

• Finding items along the way will help you to
  defend yourself or to reach other areas.

• Ranged objects
• Pistol
• Misc.
• Key to Equipment Cage
• Key to Boat

• Melee objects
• Shovel
• Baseball bat

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The Enemy

• The killer will be lurking around every corner,
  surprising the player. Possibilities for this
  type of encounter include

• surprise appearance when the player opens a
  closet door
• emerging from beneath a bed after a player has
  spent a certain amount of time in one room
• emerging from behind a shower curtain
• at the docks by the boat
• around certain corners.

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The Enemy

• The killer chases relentlessly and attacks
  whenever in range, lunging at the player with
  both knives. There is a short recovery time
  after each miss.
• If you gain enough distance between yourself and
  the killer, he will no longer continue to chase
  you, but instead wait to appear at the next
  surprise location.

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  Strategies and Motivations

• Searching every area will help you find all that
  the game has to offer.
• Finding a melee object can help you by stunning
  the killer and giving you time to run. The
  pistol will allow you to kill the maniac.
• The keys to the boat will help you escape on the
  boat.

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  Strategies and Motivations

• The keys to the equipment cage will help you find
  the bat.
• The pistol can be found in the head counselors
  living area.
• The shovel can be located outside one of the
  buildings.
• Locating something to protect your self quickly
  is the key to survival.

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  Strategies and Motivations

• Once you locate your girlfriend, she will tag
  along beside you. Now you have another duty
  DONT LET HER GET KILLED! All shell do is
  follow you, or run for her life from the killer
  is she spots him.

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Level Summary/Story Progression

• You begin on the run. From here on out, the
  story in non-linear, depending on where you go
  first.
• The mess hall has a one large room, and a few
  small accessible rooms that are living areas.
  The equipment cage is in the large room, holding
  the bat. The pistol is in the head counselors
  living area. The killer is sure to make an
  appearance here.

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Level Summary/Story Progression

• The girls cabin is where you can recruit your
  girlfriend. She has the mess hall key in there
• You cant find much of interest at your cabin.
• The shortcut is through the woods nearby, but you
  might not want to risk crossing through.

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Level Summary/Story Progression

• The docks are a place to escape, but you need to
  find the key to the boat in the living areas
  first.
• The gate is an open area to escape.

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Development Specification
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Hardware / Software

• The hardware you will need is that required to
  run the Unreal engine smoothly.
• For software, we will be using the Unreal 2004
  engine.

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Algorithm Style

• The killers AI will be relatively simple, with
  each of his appearances requiring certain
  circumstances and his attacking routine being
  pretty basic.
• The girlfriends AI will be broken down into two
  modes, following you and trying to run from the
  killer.

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Algorithm Style

• The programming style and flow will be similar to
  that used in the Unreal examples, as it will
  utilize the same engine.