By James Sheets Game Pitch:
Evil aliens have picked up our radio frequencies, and become infatuated with our celebrities. They’ve decided to invade Earth to kidnap Tom Cruise! Will Smith – ace fighter pilot – is the last our last, best hope at another Mission Impossible sequel. Simple, Funny
2-D, top-down shooter Player controls a F-16 falcon jet fighter Player confronts an enemy fighter, and must destroy it before being destroyed Player Ship 1-hit to be destroyed 3 Lives Enemy Ship Only 1 model Multiple hits to be destroyed
Space to start game Intro screen, mission debriefings, game over WASD or Arrows to move ship Space bar to shoot Esc to quit
All levels will probably be the same, only changing in difficulty Hard-Capped Level Limit 16-ish levels; based on difficulty Some sort of congratulations screen Mission debriefings between levels Develop the plot
Attaining a high score Minimal amount of points based on completing a level (say, 100 points * level number) Bonus points depending on how fast you are Bonus points for accuracy (maybe)
Simple AI Move in a direction Shoot randomly Enemy difficulty increases with level Each level, the alien ship will increase in 1 area: ▪ Ship size decreases ▪ Ship fires more frequently ▪ Ship moves faster ▪ Ship requires more hits to be killed
Small midi’s of Will Smith songs Maybe Will Smith sound clips
Free-use F-16 models Free-use alien ship models Parallax scrolling Clouds; maybe from images or brushes Ground; stock aerial photos
Windows XP/Vista 500mhz Processor 128MB Ram 32MB Video Card DirectX 7.0
Show Start Screen Start Game Get Level Generate Alien Ship Difficulty Loop ▪ Display Score/Lives/Time/Background ▪ Move Alien Ship ▪ Detect Player Movement ▪ Move Any Lasers; Detect Hits Change/Restart Level Close Game
This game won’t be distributed or sold commercially. I should be well within my rights (moral/legal) to use this material as a showcase for school project. The name of the title character could be changed easily to remove any Likeness Rights issues.