an environmentally conscious pirate game
DESCRIPTION
An environmentally conscious pirate game. Contents. Game Overview. Gameplay. Game World. Characters. User Interface. Sound & Music. FMVs & Cutscenes. Control Scheme. Game Overview. Concept / Background Story. Target Audience. Mock-up. Original Game Concept. Game Overview. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Murray Lewis (s0801729)
An environmentally consciouspirate game
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ContentsGame Overview
GameplayGame WorldCharacters
User InterfaceSound & Music
FMVs & CutscenesControl Scheme
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Game Overview
Concept / Background StoryTarget Audience
Mock-up
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Original Game Concept
In Amazon Ahoy! you must use wit and cunning to gather a crew and stop Greybeard the Vicious destroying the Amazon rain forest
Background Story
Game Overview
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Background Story
Jim Cutlass was just a young lad looking for adventure when he heard Greybeard the Vicious was docked at the port where he lived. He smuggled himself aboard to look for some kind of treasure but, as he sneaked around, the ship started to move and Jim realised he was along for the ride...
Game Overview
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Target Audience
• Primary school age children (7-11 years old).
• Sustainability theme.• Game must be fun and interesting.• Available for download from website
Game Overview
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Mock-up
Game Overview
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Gameplay
Gameplay ObjectivesGameplay Features
Game Flowchart
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Gameplay Objectives
• Find all 4 potential crew-members• Complete all 4 quests– one per crew-
member– Find the two halves of a lost cutlass!– Discover treasure!– Get a ship!– Rescue a goat!
• Sail to the Amazon and defeat Greybeard!
Gameplay
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Gameplay Features
• Player controls Jim in 3rd Person• Select an interaction mode from the bar at
the top, then click on objects.– Look– Use– Talk
• Inventory system
Gameplay
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Gameplay Features 2
• Dialogue system between characters• Walking to hotspots is automatic• When leaving areas, map of island is
displayed for fast travelling
Gameplay
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Game Flowchart
Start of Game
Cutlass
Treasure
Ship
Goat
Meet Crewand Set Sail
DefeatGreybeard
End of GameQuests
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Game World
World OverviewConcept Art
Game EngineLevels
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World Overview
• Mainly based on Picaroon Island– Beach– Mountains– City– Jungle– Docks– 'Smugglers' Cove'
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Concept
Game World
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Game Engine
• Adventure game engine– AGI (Sierra)– SCUMM (LucasArts)– Adventure Game Studio– Graphical Adventure Game Engine– Advent– Lixoo
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Levels – Main Map
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Landing Point
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Mountains Entrance
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City
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Cove Overlook
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Cove
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Docks
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Jungle Entrance
Game World
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Lost City
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Temple Peak
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Mountains
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Cave
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Jungle Puzzle
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Characters
Jim CutlassGreybeard the Vicious
Side Characters
ItemsHeight Comparison
Asset Reveal Schedule
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Jim Cutlass
• 18 year-old with a thirst for adventure• Grew up in Docktown, England.• Loves all things nautical and hopes to be a
famous buccaneer• Quiet and unassuming • Assumes the best of everyone• Optimistic and always sees the bright side
Characters
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Pictures of Jim
Characters
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Greybeard the Vicious
• The most feared pirate to sail the seven seas
• His ship, Xerxes, uses a wood-fired propulsion system
• To fuel his ship, Greybeard must find huge amounts of wood
• He decides to set sail for the Amazon rainforest to steal the timber
Characters
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Picture of Greybeard
Characters
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Side Characters
Barry the Bladesman
Sidney the Salesman
Sam the Sheriff
Simon the Shepherd
Characters
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Height Comparison of Characters
Characters
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Items Cutlass Handle Cutlass Blade Cake
Ship Sail Ship Treasure Chest
Characters
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Asset Reveal Schedule• As an adventure game, there are no 'enemies' as such in Amazon
Ahoy!.
• Everything that can be picked up in the game exists from the start of the game until the player picks them up, the only thing which moves are the characters.
• Upon the routing of the smugglers, the Sheriff appears outside his office in the city, and once all four quests are completed all four characters will appear at the docks.
Characters
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User Interface
Interface OverviewMain MenuIn-game UI
Inventory UIDialogue UI
Game Layout Chart
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Interface Overview•Consistent GUI:
–Blue colour scheme–Rounded edges–Clear buttons:
• Symbols on in-game bar• Text on menus
User Interface
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Main Menu
User Interface
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In-game UI
User Interface
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Dialogue UI
User Interface
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Inventory UI
User Interface
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Game Layout Chart
User Interface
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Aural Themes
• Voices inflected with 'pirate' accent• Sounds of the sea
– Seagulls– Waves crashing
• Music influenced by jigs & sea shanties
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Introduction Cutscene
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Introduction Part 2
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Control Scheme