By idlapacjt on November 3rd, 2014
Working Title: Moe de Gras
Team Name: Blue Barracudas
Members: idlapacjt, hedgehog, mjp14
Basic features:
- Open world 2.5d lawn-mower action game
- Two-player networked matches
- Time limit ends matches
Winning conditions:
- One player cuts all their designated grass, or
- Time runs out and one player has more points
Controls:
- Arrow keys :: Movement
- Space bar :: Boost
- QWER :: Various abilities (e.g. mow grass, lay grass, etc.)
Players:
- Each player directly controls a lawn-mower avatar
- Each player is a different color
- Each player has two basic abilities all the time
Grass:
- Mowing grass earns points for the player
- Grass will begin in designated areas for each player
- Specified clearly by level design
- Grass comes in two types/heights
- Tall grass
- This is grass that needs to be mowed
- This is the grass that appears when players lay grass
- Short grass
- This is grass that has been mowed
Obstacles:
- Hitting obstacles loses points for the player
- There will be stationary obstacles (e.g. rocks, dog droppings, etc.)
- There will be moving obstacles (e.g. squirrels, balls, etc.)
Power-ups:
- There will be various abilities that can be picked up by items, such as:
- Boosting ability
- Temporary invincibility
- Temporary size increase
Movement:
- Player movement is 2-dimensional (World rendered in 2 dimensions)
- Based loosely on real life lawn-mover movement
Grass:
- Cutting grass produces sound and particles
- Laying grass produces sound and new grass
- Driving through tall grass impacts speed
Obstacles:
- Obstacle interactions crucial for feel
- Examples include:
- Sound effects
- Spinning out
- Camera shake
- Slowing down or speeding up
- Stopping completely
- Changing size
- Producing appropriate particles
- Destroying obstacle
- Note: Collisions with other player also important
Power-ups:
- Power-ups can influence all sorts of game feel elements such as:
- Speed (camera zoom, speed increase)
- Power (disabling obstacle effects)
- Size (connection between size and acceleration)
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Strategies:
- Focus on your cutting your own assigned grass
- Prioritize messing with the other player’s area
Skills needed:
- Maneuvering lawnmower
- Avoiding obstacles
- Manipulating grass
Original Design Document
Original Design Slides
