Bright White Entertainment’s GOAL….

FUN!

Juan Cardarelli Project Manager

Pat Kemp Technology Director

Seth Kendall Lead Designer

Phil Doran Art Director

Production Team

• Concept:Three-dimensional, music-based action game where the player runs down hallways smashing up waves of enemy robots to the beat of the music…

• Style:Futuristic

Cartoonized

Vibrant Colors

Fast-Paced

Simple

INTRODUCTION

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• General Features:

FEATURES

•Addictive music-based game play•Vivid 3D levels•Customizable super moves and combos•Replay levels to perfect high scores and special challenges•Immersive electronica soundtrack fully integrated with gameplay•Countless hidden “Easter Eggs” and levels•100 level campaign

• Gameplay Features:

FEATURES

•Completely novel experience•Music based hit system•Increasing special effects •Color system •Point/experience system•Mini-goals

Game Characters

Blip – The Hero

• Left/Right Dash

• Wall Slide

Movement

• Wall Jump

• Rocket Jump

Movement

Blip Upgrades

• Upgrades can be “purchased” between levels with points. These upgrades will permanently effect things like attack speed/range and maneuverability for the rest of the game.

Wall Jump Lets you jump off the wall(Multiple ) Upgrade: +1 more wall jump in a row

Circuit ArmorLowers the amount of color lost when struck(Equipped) Upgrade: - 10% color

Blip Weapon Attacks

• The player can equip a special weapon that will open up a new special move while equipped. These special moves will be highly visual as well as very powerful. You will only be able to set one special move per level so the player will have to be wise about his choice .

Beam Sword Blip takes out sword and spins in slow motion hitting everyone he nears.

Sonic Hammer

Blip slams the ground and sends a shockwave down the hallway killing every bot in its path.

User Interface

HUD Breakdown

•Wall Jump Meter: Shows how many more wall

jumps Blip has left. Upgradeable

•Special Attack Meter:Shows which special attack is

currently equipped, and its cool down

•Color Meter: Shows the level of Blip’s achieved color. Effected by items.

•Point Meter: Shows Blip’s score for this level. Used to purchase upgrades in

between levels.

Color Effect

•Full Color Mode: Super saturation, particle effects for all attacks. “Bullet time” for jumps .

•Normal Color Mode: All the colors are mid-level. Rare particle effects for attacks,

normal speed.

Color Effect

•No Color Mode: Game plays in grayscale with

hard contrast. Noise and tracking lines, frame skips like old TV set

The Cast of Baddies

• FlybotAir attack robot

Enemies

• BallbotGround attack robot

• ClawbotGround attack robot

• Example: Level 10 – Color Shifter

Color Shifter is the first boss the player encounters. The robot positions himself in front of Blip matching his speed. The boss generates 6 smaller enemy robots, each one of a different color. These bots fly towards blip, and he must choose one to attack successfully. One of the 6 robots will share the color of the main boss. This is the robot that Blip must attack. The main boss robot will then switch colors, and releases a new batch of enemies for Blip to attack. After 10 successful attack, Blip will have defeated this boss.

Boss Fights

Setting and Story

Setting:• Futuristic city with sections that extend miles underground,

where all manual labor is performed by robots.

Plot:• Blip is an assistant manager of waste disposal operations.

• One day, Blip notices a discarded photograph of a lush wilderness landscape which sparks something in him.

• Motivated by a feeling that even he doesn’t understand, Blip embarks on a frenzied escape to the city surface.

The World

• Sector 5: Waste Disposal

• Sector 4: Mining & Refinery

• Sector 3: Manufacturing

• Sector 2: Sub-City

• Sector 1: Surface City

The World

• Engine Features:

•World Editor (WED)

•Model Editor (MED)

•Script Editor (SED)

•Lots of documentation

Demo: what it lacks….

•No saturation modes

•No varying quality of hits

•All HUD components (i.e. colorbar,score) are arbitrary

•Limited menu system

•99 levels missing

•No upgrades or special attacks

•Limited level design

•No pausing, saving, death screen, or end level stats

•No Attack animation

Demo: what it has….

•Rudimentary hit detection

•Semi-operational HUD (gives player feedback)

•Player movement

•Player animations

•Particle effects

•Music track laid over (enemies come approximately to the beat)

•Basic Main Menu

•Simple gameplay based on high score acquisition

Why making our game is possible…

•All basic script elements are in place (i.e. controls, attacks, movement)

•Player model and animations are nearly complete

•Established workflow for level creation, enemy modeling, and enemy animation

•Demo built from scratch so we have a thorough understanding of how the game engine works

•Basic game concept is simple, and we have already solidified most of it

Questions ?

Lets Have Some Fun !