Friday, July 30, 2010

Game Plot

Intro cut scene

Level 1 – Research base in small forest clearing, the player must find the entrance to underground city from where the aliens appeared and fend off the alien creatures that attack.

Cut scene: Arisha talks to herself upon discovering the entrance and viewing the underground city muttering how she must now find a transmitter to contact the fleet.

Level 2 – Must search the city for a transmitting device avoiding the alien citizens and soldiers as much as possible

Cut scene: Upon entering the building Arisha shoots down the alien soldiers that are guarding it and moans to herself that the building must be infested with alien soldiers.

Level 3 – Must take control of the transmitting device and send a message to the fleet

Cut scene – Arisha describes the situation to the commander of the fleet and is ordered to escape the city and await a rescue ship

Arisha must then escape the building

Level 2 – Must escape the city

Level 1 – Must head back to the research camp and await rescue

End cut scene

Class/Character Descriptions

Evokin Race – The Evokin race who settled on the planet Omicron thousands of years ago have a somewhat human like appearance but their stature is slightly smaller and wider around the waist. As a quite developed species they have developed robotic legs that enable them to move faster and jump higher than would normally be possible.

Arisha (PC) – Arisha is a young scientist with a military background who is working with the research team on the new planet. Thanks to her military training she is proficient with all weapons as well as unarmed combat.

Research team – The research team consists mainly of scientists and a few military personnel accompanying them for protection. They are all armed with basic weapon blasters

Commander – The Commander is in control of all the Evokin’s military forces. He is the one who orders the elite research team to further investigate the new planet.

Alien Race – The alien race that Arisha and her comrades discover on the new planet are human in stature, but not in appearance. They have thick scales on their legs and clawed hands and feet. Much of their upper body skeletal structure is located outside the body for extra protection while their head consists of a large mouth that can devour any of its prey very quickly. They also have a razor sharp tail that helps them maneuver and cut down their enemies.

Alien civilians – While the alien civilians are not armed with weapons, they still attack any nearby enemy with their razor sharp tail and claws.
(May not be possible in UT3 engine)

Alien soldiers – The alien soldiers are armed with various weapons from tasers and blasters to..

Alien creatures – On the new planet there are many dangerous creatures that lurk in dark places, waiting for their prey to come along.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Team Lab Logo Designs

Names

i came up with some Names for our games. these are a little abstract and you might think they are stupid lol.. but if you guys have better ideas , post them .

- alientarian
...- alienigenate
- monstrosity

- greenhorn ( LOL dont ask how i came up with this)

- mortal
- mortal creatures OR mortal aliens

Things to do

Logo

Design document:

Concept/Introduction

Background story

Story

Plot breakdown

Character descriptions

Game mechanics

Game controls

Level descriptions

Weapon descriptions

Music

Cut scene scripts

Technical design document:

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (bots)

Custom content

Types and examples of codes needed

Menus (default or custom)

Engine (any changes to the default engine)

System Requirements

Art bible:

Art style (explanation + references)

Character references/sketches

Weapon references/sketches

Level references/sketches

Storyboards for cut scenes

Breakdown of activities

Game Idea

Concept:

Game title is a survival game where one being must escape a hostile planet to warn the remainder of his race of the dangerous inhabitants before they arrive.


Back-story:

An alien race of sentient beings has discovered a new inhabitable planet in their galaxy and an elite research team is dispatched to run further tests on the planet itself. As the population on their own planet has become so immense they are forced to send millions of their race behind the research team to ease their own planets congestion in the fervent hope that they can settle on this new planet. After arriving and setting up base camp the research team is savagely attacked by the indigenous inhabitants of the planet.

Story:

Nordog is the only one to survive the attack; knocked unconscious he awakes several hours later to discover the devastation that has been caused to his fellow beings. He realises that his only chance of survival and to warn his race of the hostile and dangerous inhabitants is to escape the planet. Unfortunately he cannot get a signal on his translocater to contact their ship, as the cloud cover is too thick. Nordog decides he must climb higher up above the clouds in an attempt to get a signal and be rescued before their main fleet of ships land.

Characters/Classes:

Nordog

Research team

Commander

Civilians

Alien inhabitants

Alien creatures