Steve's Healthly Challenge

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Type your Game Design Document in Word.  Use complete sentences, and correct spelling
and grammar.  Type your name at the top
of your document on the first page.  Use
the headings below to identify the sections of your Game Design Document.  You do not have to type the questions. Be as
complete as possible.

 

Use the questions under each heading to guide you in
completing the assignment.   Provide additional
information if necessary. 

 

1.         Game Genre

 

a)   
What type of game are you designing? –
2D and action with medieval

 

b)   
What game category or genre does your
game fall into? – Informative with the healthy learning and medieval with
Minecraft stuff like the blasters are bows and I added the Navrion knight

 

c)   
Identify well-known games that are
similar. - Minecraft

 

d)   
Who are you designing the game
for?  Who is your Player? – Steve is the
main character and this for people who like the game Minecraft and people who
play some types of medieval games maybe.

 

e)   
What is the title of your game? –
Steve’s Healthy Challenge

 

2.         Characters/Background Information/
Setting

 

1. Who
        are the characters in your game? – Steve, Crawdadsa (Daniel Carter’s
        username on Minecraft), zombiemigit (Lane Mezger’s username on Minecraft,
        the evil Skeleton, the zombies aren’t really characters but more like
        obstacles

 

2. What
        is the role of each character (heroes, enemies, friends)? Include any
        active objects that play a part in your game. – Steve, the main
        character/you is trying to find healthy food and has to defeat the
        skeleton to get to the food, the Skeleton is the bad guy along with his
        zombies and he tries to kill Steve by first trying to poison him with
        unhealthy food then tries to kill him in battle, Crawdadsa and zombiemidgit,
        the side characters are informers that help you along the way in the game.

 

3. What
        is the “backstory” setting of your game? - Steve lives in a house and has
        a book saying he shall explore around more

 

4. What
        additional background information would be helpful to the Player of your
        game?

-Not much else.

 

3.         Level Descriptions

 

1. Describe
        the starting title screen setup of your game. –Steve at his house after he
        has looked at his book

 

2. Describe
        the layout for each level. – 1^st level He is in his house and
        then to the forest and to the entrance to a cave by cutting through the
        forest. The 2^nd level he travels through the cave and then
        beats the skeleton to get out. The 3^rd He find the food and
        then he goes back to his house.

 

3. Draw
        the layout of your levels if it helps in your description. – I think I
        described it pretty good it doesn’t change much within the levels

 

 

4.         Game Play

 

1. Describe the Player’s objective in the game. –To eat healthy
        food and destroy the evil skeleton and his “minions”.

 

2. Describe how the game is supposed to work including details
        of scoring. –Killing the monsters in the 2^nd level and the rest
        you just go to the finish.
3. Describe
        how the game changes over time (what is different about each level? How do
        you beat a level?) – Well level 1 and 2 are different even though both
        outside because the 1^st level is mid-day and the 3^rd
        is sunset the 2^nd is in a cave so you can’t tell if it is day
        or night.
4. How
        do you gain lives or power?  How do
        you lose lives or power? The zombies and skeletons hurt you and I put a
        armor and bow (blaster) sprites in there and I used the Navrion knight (It
        has a sword and a shield) to also kill in it. Then I put energy in the 2^nd
        level because he is getting really hungry.

 

5. Describe
        how a Player can win (or lose) the game. –You can’t die in the 1^st
        or 3^rd level it is impossible there are no bad guys. But the
        second has energy AND bad guys that is how you lose you win the 1^st
        and 3^rd by getting to the goal block at the end. Then the
        second you have to kill all the bad guys and not starve/ lose all your
        energy. Then the healthy food at the end is for how you can take it if you
        want just have to get to the goal block.

 

6. What
        are the challenges of your game? – The starvation and monsters that harm
        you in the game

 

7. What
        makes your game original or unique? – It has Minecraft stuff and I made
        some characters skeletons or zombies (Crawdadsa and zombiemidgit are not
        monsters they are human)

 

5.         Music/Special Effects

 

1. What
        type of basic music will be used in your game? – The 1^st level
        has peaceful music 2^nd has “danger” music and then the 3^rd
        is moderate not too danger warning not too peaceful.

 

2. What
        special effects sounds would help the Player have a good experience with
        your game? – None really I think it looks good like that I just wish that
        the music coukd chage in the middle of the game or like it’s triggered.

 

3. Your
        game will have a minimum of three levels with at least two transition
        screens.  How many background musical
        songs will you need?  Plan it out. -
        Probably 3 with the 5A question.