Technical Journal for 007 Legends Death Label Created by Jonathan So

Concept – Activision’s Legends Activision/Eurocom’s 007 Legends Promised fighting iconic bosses from films Implemented them via cutscenes and quick-time events Barely-interactive gameplay plagues a slew of modern games Team Size: ~150 people

Concept – A Fixed Legends 007 Legends Death Label Implements playability for cutscene bosses Imaginative, expanded gameplay segments 2D, 1990s-style arcade experience Inspired by Gunstar Heroes, Contra Team Size: 1 person

Original Legends vs. Death Label AG FS AG FS 4

Original Legends vs. Death Label AG FS AG FS 5

Bringing a Character to Life Analyzing Enemy: License to Kill’s “Franz Sanchez”

Concept: Paper Sketches Sanchez wields a machete in the finale of License to Kill. Use machete for all attacks

Concept: Designing Attacks Artistic license – deviate from realism Remain (mostly) within realm of films Varied moveset: one weapon, 5 moves

Concept: Paper to Pixels Animation: intense key poses Each character has a “main color” Sanchez = Blue Franz Sanchez = 42 frames The six animation frames of Sanchez’s Charge Cutter attack.

Concept: Paper to Pixels Charge Cutter, Eruption Flame, Dive Slash, Sand Putter, Bullet Counter

Gameplay – Design and Plan Design document and pseudocode for Sanchez’s bossfight. Each attack is a coroutine function (with built-in wait-times).

Gameplay - Implementation Sanchez performs any one of 4 attacks at a regular interval. When his health < 1500, gains devastating 5th move, “Bullet Counter” Reflects all player bullets Upon defeat, play a cutscene

Finished Product - Level Introduction Gameplay Cutscene The gameplay flow of Sanchez’s bossfight.

Audio – Music Composition Composed in Famitracker Characterize the scene and characters through music Famitracker emulates the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 2A03 soundchip. Above, Famitracker plays a sample of “Violent Sand.”

Audio – Music Composition “Violent Sand” – duel between Sanchez and Bond First section: aggressive, driving rock motif Monty Norman’s “James Bond Theme” sampled as second section to pit characters at opposition Arranged to express “grace under pressure” of character

Finished Product - Game Creative process was repeated for the other three bosses

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