concept game pitch

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Circular Strife

• concept game pitch

a game about blowing stuff up
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surrey - fall 2007
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what WE need

• the idea needs
• a compelling plot
• enjoyable game-play
• technically feasibility
• to be artistically consistent and complete

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project ruination

• do the job, and do it right
• you are a freelance demolitions worker,in debt
  and short on work
• opportunity knocks when a large companyasks you
  to demolish a series of ancient ruins
• suspended in the air by ancient powers,you must
  take to the sky to do your job
• using magnetically-linked bombs, each ruinmust
  be fully surrounded with explosivesto be
  successfully demolished

sample character sketch
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features/functionality

• risky business
• just like any other job time is money, and the
  faster and more efficient you work the better you
  get paid
• you wont be alone other contractors will be
  flying with you to earn money for their own
  pockets, and activists to protect these ancient
  ruins from harm
• a finely-tuned machine upgrade your demolitions
  flyer for better performance, and better pay!
• style is everything show your skill and flywith
  precision and flair, finishing quicklyand
  leaving an impression on your client

a job well done
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features/functionality

• all in the details
• all together now each bomb collected while
  flying connects to a chain of bombs dragged
  behind your flyer
• around and around we go to set the bombs, fly
  around a targeted ruin and link the trailing
  bombs into a circle
• lifes a blast once the bombs are linked around
  a target, seconds later they explode, leaving
  nothing remaining
• long bomb larger ruins will require longer
  chains of bombs to topple, but using too many or
  too few will cost you time

sample flyer sketch
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storyboard
bomb pickup
bomb detonation
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prototype
game screen mockup
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theoreticaljustifications

• everyone needs a reason
• the game-play is simple to comprehend, but
  potentially deep and challenging
• technical implementation will be difficult to
  fine tune, but should be more than plausible
• the story is simple and easy to grasp, allowing
  players to easily place themselves into the game
  world and share the successes (and failures) of
  the characters
• combination of game-play elements will lead
  players to find more interest in the overall game
  experience

sample character sketch
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surrey - fall 2007
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user description

• you cant please everyone
• expertise is a good thing players with prior
  game experience will find deeper aspects to the
  game, discovering richer game-play
• something for everyone whimsical characters and
  stories, fast and exciting game-play, flyer
  customization, explosions . . . enough variety to
  make less interesting elements playable
• maybe when youre older combination of game
  elements and whimsical style will find an older,
  more open-minded audience

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user testing
in progress . . .
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shortcomings of design

• plan for the best,prepare for the worst
• advanced game-play elements require very finely
  tuned game mechanics
• although the game is level-based, it has a
  potentially huge scope
• game visuals and special effects may come off as
  crude and unimpressive
• development time may prevent crucial story
  elements from being included, leading to an
  uninspired game

sample character sketch
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surrey - fall 2007
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possible designexpansions

• what more do you want?
• identity crisis multiple, playable characters
  could be added, creating different playing styles
  and unique abilities
• level creator players could create their own
  levels to challenge, share them online with
  fellow players
• guns arent a toy addition of mounted guns to
  use for breaking up smaller ruin debris
• no one likes flying solo fly with a friend in
  cooperative or versus multiplayer modes

sample NPC sketch
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next steps indesign process

• a man who knows what he wants
• get a well balanced team (artists, programmers,
  designers)
• begin immediate research into technical
  implementation
• rigorously define and design in-game mechanics
• test and refine early game-play versions to
  ensure game is both entertaining and challenging
  before including and expanding artistic elements

sample bomb designs
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thats that.
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