Game design brief

Games Design Brief

Idea 1 (Main Idea). Devil May Cry / JoJo style game

Gameplay: For our first idea we decided to create a game based on the style of gameplay found in the Devil May Cry series and a style of fighting based on the popular JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series' "Stands", spirits with special abilities that appear from a user and fight. The demographic we would be aiming for would be a teen audience due to the violent nature of what we are aiming for but the lack of intense gore we feel stops it becoming a Mature Only game.

Protagonist: The protagonist Kenny Lown (K.Lown) becomes possessed by a demonic clown spirit after trying it on in a costume shop, be begins making his way through town and becomes driven to murder all in his way. In combat the clown spirit emerges from K. Lown and does the fighting.

Starting Weapon: Because of how we chose to we wanted the style of combat to be we decided the player's starting weapons, wielded by the clown, are a giant hammer melee weapon, and Water Balloons, a low impact projectile weapon. Due to the nature of the appearance of clowns being ridiculous and the juxtaposition that creates when compared to the murderous intent of the clown spirit in this project we decided that the weapons should have a "silly yet sinister" feel to them.

Unlockable Weapons: In order to vary the player's combat some of the possible unlockable weapons would be Balloon nun-chucks melee weapons, Balloon Rapier melee weapon, Cartoon Chainsaw melee weapon,

handkerchief chain with low damage, good range, able to pull enemies closer as well, and custard pies as a mid impact projectile weapon and an upgrade from the water balloons.

Items: In order to keep with the Devil May Cry style of gameplay, we decided to try and incorporate many varid items for use in combat such as;

Acid Flower (activates on low health, cancels enemy attack to prevent death, one time use)

Silly String (use to immobilise enemy's for a short time)

Trap whoopee cushion (enemy triggers it, cloud of gas released and damages enemy)

Candy floss (Candy Floss S heals %33 of your health, Candy Floss L heals %75 of your health)

Puppet Show (distracts enemies for a short period of time)

Balloon Dog (tracks enemies, pops on impact and deals low damage briefly staggering enemies)

Snake Tin Prank (Trap that damages single target when triggered)

Save Point: As the save point, in order to keep the clown them, the save point we want to use a circus style tent.

Enemies:

Stage 1: Skaters

Stage 1 Boss: Skate Leader

Stage 2: Jocks

Stage 2 Boss: Coach

Stage 3: Biker Gang

Stage 3 Boss: Biker Leader

3D model dersigns: For this project we decided to base our 3D models off those found in the game JoJo's Bizzare Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.

Idea 2 Survival Horror: After stumbling across the crash site of a crashed alien space craft the player is knocked out by a strange clown and soon wakes up on an operating table, the player then has to try and escape from the nightmarish alien Clowns and the horrifying experiments they're trying to perform on you.

Idea 3 FPS: one of our back up ideas is a simple FPS more based on the movie Killer Klowns From Outerspace, where you play as the hero of the film as you chase down clowns after they kidnap your friend Debbie.

Game Motivation

Games Motivation Survey

These area shown on the chart are areas that help to motivate players to pick up certain games and keep playing long after the initial go. some players play completely for the action, such as those who play games like Call of Duty and Battlefield where the primary draw of the games are the quick paced PvP matches with little in the way of story. where as some players are far more interested in things like story and creating their own unique character within a world. An example of this is the Elder Scrolls series. others play to overcome a great challenge such as a difficult boss battle, such as those found in the rather brutal Dark Souls series.
As a brief summary of these points, action is based almost entirely on frantic fast paced gameplay, creativity allows the player to create and change what they want within what the game allows, social is the focus on player interaction with other players, mastery can often refers to games with complex and lengthy timed moves or combos such as those found in the fighting game genre, immersion is how invested the gamer is and if they feel connected to the world often used in psychological horror games to convey a sense of true dread and oppressive fear of the unknown and achievement is often represented more as trophies to present to show you have accomplished a certain goal in a game but can refer to feelings of triumph such as being stuck on a boss for a lengthy period of time and finally overcoming the challenge. 

These are my results from a survey to analyse the type of gamer you are.

I personally did not really agree with the results I got. online i tend to play far more solo then socially as i quite often enjoy the feeling of issolation as you take on a great challenge with the odds stacked against you, i also feel that this helps add to the immersion of the game as its often hard to feel like a battered and battle worn knight with any random 12 year old screaming YOLO over the voice chat. I also tend to spend a great deal of time creating characters physical appearances, skill sets and backstories as it also adds to the immersion and is one of the aspects i enjoy most about RPGs, so I feel that creativity should be far higher. On top of that action should also be higher as a fair few of the games I play are almost entirely based on action and quick and stylish combos such as the Devil May Cry series. Immersion seems fairly correct as I have previously stated as does achievement, as I enjoy the great sense of victory when defeating a particularly troublesome boss such as those found in the Dark Souls series, and mastery reflects my own want to learn more lengthy moves and techniques like the various ones found within the Devil May Cry games.