1. Brandon King Elizabeth Beddow
2D Game Pitch Ink War
Brandon King
Elizabeth Beddow

2. Executive Summary Vertical Shooter
Ink is taking the form of submarines to try and escape the page
You must use your battleship to keep the ink on the page at all costs, or else your desk and clothes will be ruined with ink stains

3. Appearance Take place on one screen Sketch style artwork with an
office supply theme

4. Player Roles and Actions
You control a ship that drops torpedoes and bombs on passing submarines underneath you
Controls
Left/Right Arrow Keys for movement
Z – Shoot Torpedo
X – Shoot Penetrating Bomb
C – Shoot Mine / Stop Mine / Detonate Mine
Space Bar - Pause

5. Strategies and Motivations
Earn money by –
Killing enemies
Completing levels
Hitting the bonus shark
Efficiency (Shots taken to enemies killed ratio)
Remaining Lives
Use money to purchase upgrades for your ship and weapons
Destroy the required amount of ships to beat the level

6. Level Summary Takes place on one screen
Each level has increasingly more enemies to kill to complete
As levels progress, the speed and amount of enemies on screen at once will increase

7. Development Specification
Hardware PC
Software
Adobe Flash

8. Algorithms Collision detection for all ships and projectiles
Algorithm for calculating money earned
money+=(score*3)+(lvl*100)+(lives*20)+efficiency
Algorithm for increasing difficulty
Use mod to
Add subs every 3 levels
Increase speed every 4 levels
Add cruisers every 5 levels

9. Resources
The Essential Guide to Flash Games: Building Interactive Entertainment with ActionScript 3.0
By Jeff Fulton and Steve Fulton