Entry 12: Finalizing the Game Demo

This entry will be focusing towards the outcome of "ME" demo.
After some tweaking and debugging, the game demo is now playable and ready for alpha testing. This game demo will only feature :-
- Button mashing
- Cinematic
- Significant stages
- Tutorial

Here's the screenshots of "ME" demo:-

Demo Main Menu

Stage 1 Tutorials which consist of button mashing, jump and duck

"You're Dead"

Stage 1: The Beginning of the End

Stage 2: Fate Decide

Stage 3 (Final): End of Time

The demo features only the necessary part of the game which is sufficient to tell a story and the intended visuals.

"ME" will further develop in the future and possibly to be published. The feature planned for the fully developed "ME" will include :-
- Alternate ending
- Endless running option
- Clearer and deeper storytelling
- More stages
- Original musics

A copy of "ME" demo can be downloaded at : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m49XYD8rNK9X5Wpp0i1sGxCjQ95Oa1wj

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Entry 10: Stage Design and Mood

This entry will be focusing on the stage design and the look n' feel of it. "ME" initially have 4 stages, which are :- - The Beginning of the End (Young) - Fate Decide (Adult) - Dying amongst the Rats (Failed Old) Alt. Ending - End of Time (Success Old) Lecturer's comments:- The initial stage design looks really dull and monotone. Add some mood to it. [I made the scene look better by color adjusting to the right mood (orange tint in End of Time stage).] The Look n' Feel The Beginning of the End - It needs to feel fresh and early in a countryside. The sense of hope yet a subtle despair is there. Fate Decide - Running in the night in a city. The sense of danger and anxious is needed to show that every steps count and every mistakes are high liability. Dying amongst the Rats - After losing Fate Decide stage, player will be redirect to this stage where everything is difficult. The sense of exiled and lonely is required as the city is now abandoned ...

Entry 7: Initiating Technical Progress

This entry will show how the game is prototype and its main features. The prototype is done in Unity Engine 3D. The prototype is done to achieve the needed feature :- - Player moving from left to right. - Player's button mashing and limiting its speed - Player character's jump and duck - Death with uniform speed. - Game over - Restart function Figure 1 shows the stage layout and game objects required in the Prototype This prototype will be the "skeleton" for the final artefact. In the final artefact, the stuff :- Must Have:- - Character aging - Replayability (a game loop) - A pause button - Quit button - Main Menu - Ending Good to Have:- - Color correction - Strong mood in environment - Music - Contrasting obstacles Nice to Have:- - Cinematic letterbox - Motion blur - Alt. ending

Entry 3: Picking from 3 Ideas Proposed

IDEA #1 (CHOSEN) : TIME IS YOUR ENEMY, a cinematic side-scroller game Game Genre 2.5D Action-Runner Side-scroller Game Platform PC Target Audience - Hardcore gamer, due to the game’s difficulty. - Suitable to gamers who are 18> to get the game’s references. Goals - To let the gamers be the character in-game to create a sense of immersion - Create a story than relates to the journey of life - Build a sense of thrill with time-based to enhance the message that the game tells Risk Assessment - Building a full game might not be possible within the...

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