Fins of Fury

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Fins of Fury
A conceptual game design by Kate Duda

• Design Challenge
• To create a fully functioning 3D game that is
  both fun and engaging within a 3 month time span.
• Time limit 11 hours

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Fins of Fury

• Persuasive Purpose
• To create a platform game that is
  straightforward, but not tooeasy, that will be
  fun for a variety of players
• To have this game be easily expandable through
  theaddition of new levels

Industrial design
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User Description
Fins of Fury has a single main character named
Tad, who startsoff the game as a tadpole. The
levels of the game will take theplayer through a
search and rescue story.

• The game will likely be bought for those ages 7
  - 14
• The game may be played by older family
  members and friends
• Most players will have moderate experience with
  video games

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Storyboard Tadpole Tad
Tad is out swimming one day with his brothers
and sisters
Tad proceeds to rescue his tasty siblings,
searching both water and land while fighting
evilminions
Suddenly, all hissiblings are kidnappedby an
evil frog giantwho intends to make them into
tadpole soup
Tad grows intoa frog and gainsnew abilities
ashe progresses ontoland
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Prototype of Fins of Fury Level 1
Bad Guys
Player
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Features/Functionality

• The tadpole has the ability to whip enemies with
  his tail, or lunge attack by butting with his
  head
• The player grows from a tadpole into a frog as
  s/he progresses
• The frog has the ability to hit and pick up
  items with his tongue, special power jumps, as
  well as crushing enemies with his legs.
• The player must gather information and other
  helpful tidbits along the way (presented as
  missions in each level)
• Game could be created in 3D to create some fun
  and interesting graphics, or possibly 2.5D

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Theoretical Justifications

• Platform games have been very successful in the
  past.
• This type of game will be very playable, as well
  as easy to take breaks from, since it will be
  split up into levels as opposed to being one
  giant game.
• The scope of this game can be narrowed down to
  what is realistic for a team of 5 people to
  create in 3 months.

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Results of User Testing
The most similar game I came across through
research wouldbe GEX - Enter the Gecko for
playstation. This game was quitepopular, mostly
because the difficulty level was well
balanced,the graphics were good, and the
character was engaging (funny).
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Shortcomings of Design

• 3 months may not be enough time to create a
  completed multi level game
• Creating the graphics to make it look original
  and attractive will be difficult and time
  consuming

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Expansion - What else is possible?

• Tadpole could obtain special powers to the game
  to make the game more varied
• Because it is a platform type game, it will be
  possible to add more levels to it after the
  course is over

• Basic Level Ideas
• Level 1 The Pond
• Level 2 The Swamp
• Level 3 Land (possibly city)
• Level 4 The Kitchen

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The next steps in the design process

• Form a balanced team of artists and programmers
• Decide on more detailed game specifics
• Figure out what game engine would be best to
  work with

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Fins of Fury
A conceptual game design by Kate Duda
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