Murray Lewis (s0801729)

An environmentally conscious

pirate game

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Contents

Game Overview

Gameplay

Game World

Characters

User Interface

Sound & Music

FMVs & Cutscenes

Control Scheme

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Game Overview

Concept / Background Story

Target Audience

Mock-up

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Original Game Concept

In Amazon Ahoy! you must use wit and cunning to gather a crew and stop Greybeard the Vicious destroying the Amazon rain forest

Background Story

Game Overview

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Background Story

Jim Cutlass was just a young lad looking for adventure when he heard Greybeard the Vicious was docked at the port where he lived. He smuggled himself aboard to look for some kind of treasure but, as he sneaked around, the ship started to move and Jim realised he was along for the ride...

Game Overview

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Target Audience

• Primary school age children (7-11 years old).

• Sustainability theme.

• Game must be fun and interesting.

• Available for download from website

Game Overview

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Mock-up

Game Overview

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Gameplay

Gameplay Objectives

Gameplay Features

Game Flowchart

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Gameplay Objectives

• Find all 4 potential crew-members

• Complete all 4 quests– one per crew-member

– Find the two halves of a lost cutlass!– Discover treasure!– Get a ship!– Rescue a goat!

• Sail to the Amazon and defeat Greybeard!

Gameplay

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Gameplay Features

• Player controls Jim in 3rd Person

• Select an interaction mode from the bar at the top, then click on objects.

– Look– Use– Talk

• Inventory system

Gameplay

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Gameplay Features 2

• Dialogue system between characters

• Walking to hotspots is automatic

• When leaving areas, map of island is displayed for fast travelling

Gameplay

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Game Flowchart

Start of Game

Cutlass

Treasure

Ship

Goat

Meet Crewand Set Sail

DefeatGreybeard

End of GameQuests

Gameplay

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Game World

World Overview

Concept Art

Game Engine

Levels

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World Overview

• Mainly based on Picaroon Island– Beach– Mountains– City– Jungle– Docks– 'Smugglers' Cove'

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Concept

Game World

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Game Engine

• Adventure game engine– AGI (Sierra)– SCUMM (LucasArts)– Adventure Game Studio– Graphical Adventure Game Engine– Advent– Lixoo

Game World

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Levels – Main Map

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Landing Point

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Mountains Entrance

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City

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Cove Overlook

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Cove

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Docks

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Jungle Entrance

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Lost City

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Temple Peak

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Mountains

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Cave

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Jungle Puzzle

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Characters

Jim Cutlass

Greybeard the Vicious

Side Characters

Items

Height Comparison

Asset Reveal Schedule

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Jim Cutlass

• 18 year-old with a thirst for adventure

• Grew up in Docktown, England.

• Loves all things nautical and hopes to be a famous buccaneer

• Quiet and unassuming

• Assumes the best of everyone

• Optimistic and always sees the bright side

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Pictures of Jim

Characters

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Greybeard the Vicious

• The most feared pirate to sail the seven seas

• His ship, Xerxes, uses a wood-fired propulsion system

• To fuel his ship, Greybeard must find huge amounts of wood

• He decides to set sail for the Amazon rainforest to steal the timber

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Picture of Greybeard

Characters

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Side Characters

Barry the Bladesman

Sidney the Salesman

Sam the Sheriff

Simon the Shepherd

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Height Comparison of Characters

Characters

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Items Cutlass Handle Cutlass Blade Cake

Ship Sail Ship Treasure Chest

Characters

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Asset Reveal Schedule• As an adventure game, there are no 'enemies' as such in Amazon

Ahoy!.

• Everything that can be picked up in the game exists from the start of the game until the player picks them up, the only thing which moves are the characters.

• Upon the routing of the smugglers, the Sheriff appears outside his office in the city, and once all four quests are completed all four characters will appear at the docks.

Characters

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User Interface

Interface Overview

Main Menu

In-game UI

Inventory UI

Dialogue UI

Game Layout Chart

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

Interface Overview

•Consistent GUI:–Blue colour scheme–Rounded edges–Clear buttons:

• Symbols on in-game bar• Text on menus

User Interface

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Main Menu

User Interface

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In-game UI

User Interface

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Dialogue UI

User Interface

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Inventory UI

User Interface

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Game Layout Chart

User Interface

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Aural Themes

• Voices inflected with 'pirate' accent

• Sounds of the sea– Seagulls– Waves crashing

• Music influenced by jigs & sea shanties

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Introduction Cutscene

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Introduction Part 2

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Control Scheme