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.