Murray Lewis (s0801729) An environmentally conscious pirate game.

Murray Lewis (s0801729)

An environmentally conscious

pirate game


Contents

Game Overview

Gameplay

Game World

Characters

User Interface

Sound & Music

FMVs & Cutscenes

Control Scheme


Game Overview

Concept / Background Story

Target Audience

Mock-up


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


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


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


Mock-up

Game Overview


Gameplay

Gameplay Objectives

Gameplay Features

Game Flowchart


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


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


Gameplay Features 2

• Dialogue system between characters

• Walking to hotspots is automatic

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

Gameplay


Game Flowchart

Start of Game

Cutlass

Treasure

Ship

Goat

Meet Crewand Set Sail

DefeatGreybeard

End of GameQuests

Gameplay


Game World

World Overview

Concept Art

Game Engine

Levels


World Overview

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

Game World


Concept

Game World


Game Engine

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

Game World


Levels – Main Map

Game World


Landing Point

Game World


Mountains Entrance

Game World


City

Game World


Cove Overlook

Game World


Cove

Game World


Docks

Game World


Jungle Entrance

Game World


Lost City

Game World


Temple Peak

Game World


Mountains

Game World


Cave

Game World


Jungle Puzzle

Game World


Characters

Jim Cutlass

Greybeard the Vicious

Side Characters

Items

Height Comparison

Asset Reveal Schedule


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

Characters


Pictures of Jim

Characters


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

Characters


Picture of Greybeard

Characters


Side Characters

Barry the Bladesman

Sidney the Salesman

Sam the Sheriff

Simon the Shepherd

Characters


Height Comparison of Characters

Characters


Items Cutlass Handle Cutlass Blade Cake

Ship Sail Ship Treasure Chest

Characters


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


User Interface

Interface Overview

Main Menu

In-game UI

Inventory UI

Dialogue UI

Game Layout Chart


Interface Overview

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

• Symbols on in-game bar• Text on menus

User Interface


Main Menu

User Interface


In-game UI

User Interface


Dialogue UI

User Interface


Inventory UI

User Interface


Game Layout Chart

User Interface


Aural Themes

• Voices inflected with 'pirate' accent

• Sounds of the sea– Seagulls– Waves crashing

• Music influenced by jigs & sea shanties


Introduction Cutscene


Introduction Part 2


Control Scheme

Murray Lewis (s0801729) An environmentally conscious pirate game.

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