Updated Project Scope Draft 2

The Shaman will begin the journey in the air region equipped with both the boulder throw and gust ability. The objective of the game is to complete a puzzle in the air region using those abilities. The player will be able to explore a beautiful environment, with thematic music, beautiful spirit creatures and calming nature animations.

We have made the decision to make the vertical slice 2D rather than 3D because given our skillset as a team, we will be able to create a more successful and beautiful outcome. There will be two main focus’ for the development; beauty and puzzle objectives.

Changes have been made in order to create a vertical slice that we will be best be able to develop in order to really sell the main experiences if the game. Some elements have been removed because they were somewhat unnecessary to the experience or we may have decide that our own design changes would be better suited for the vertical slice.

Game feature list

- The Shaman

- Player movement; walk, jump and crawl

- Animal Spirits; eagles, butterflies, spiders, jaguars.

- Interactive Puzzles

- Abilities – boulder throw and gust

- User interface; abilities bar, staff energy, menu’s

- Music and sound

- Navigate the environment; Air region ONLY

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Asset List

2D Art

- Background designs

- Foreground/platforms

- Interactive elements/puzzle pieces

- The Shaman

- Animal spirits

Animation

- Character movement: walking and jumping

- Ability animations: boulder throw and gust

- Environment element animations e.g. clouds and water flow/fire and smoke

- Puzzle interactions

- Spirit movement (butterflies, eagle, spiders)

UI

- Player ability icons

- Staff charging bar (cool down)

- Main menu/pause menu

- Prompts for controls

Sounds

- Music

- Ambient sound such as water flow

- Abilities

- Footsteps and jumping

Programming/things to implement

- Player movement

- Spirit movement, looping

- Abilities

- Puzzle interactions

- Sound

- Menu’s

- Staff charge – access to ability

- Death – forced re-spawn point

Marketing

- Instagram to advertise and document process

- Twitter

- Promotional material such as poster

- Studio blog

- Trailer

- Merchandise – t shirts, little model staffs, bookmarks with manuals

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Presentation Format – how features will be shown

User interface

- Main menu at beginning of game

- Pause menu/settings available at top of screen

- Abilities bar in top corner

- Movement button in bottom left corner of screen

- Actions in bottom right (prototype)

Abilities

- Boulder throw. Direct from the staff by swiping. Distance limitation.

- Gust. Spin staff to direct gust.

Region transitions

- Player takes the courageous action to walk off of the cliff into ominous drop below.

- Animation to show the descent into the fire region

Mechanics

- Shaman movement; walk and jump

- Abilities; throw boulder as solid object to complete different tasks

- Puzzle completion through abilities and environment interaction

- Spirit guide to lead player around the environment – butterfly in air region

Sound

- Thematic music for the differing regions

- Sound effects for footsteps and jumping

- Ambient sounds such as water flow and crackling fire

- Spirit sounds