MMP 270: Introduction to Video Game Design
BMCC Spring 2022
This is my final project for MMP 270, Sloth, Letter & Sheep.
It looks easy but hard to play well.
Hope you like it.
Please click the following link:
https://jingyuenancygao.itch.io/slothlettersheep
I added conversation to my NPC by using the Dialogic plug-in.
Now, my NPC can give instructions to the player.
My NPC is a sloth, who does not want to work (sending the letter).
I created 6 expressions for my NPC (the Sloth) to show during dialog:
I am going to use these sounds in my game:
After serious consideration, I decided to use Philip Ravenel’s Wanderer of Wonders as my background music. It is a beautiful orchestral piece with deep emotion. When you listen to it, you can feel that you are standing at the top of a mountain, looking at endless swamps, steppes, and forests.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/philip-ravenel/single/wanderer-of-wonders/
Here is my lab for obstacles and collisions:
The first scene of my game will be happening on a ranch. Therefore, I created a parallax background to simulate countryside views. The front layer is grass, where cows will be obstacles and running sheep will be enemies. The back layer contains the sky and clouds.
My obstacles are cows and my enemies are running sheep.
Syobon Action, also known as Cat Mario, is famous for its levels designed. In this game, traps are everywhere because anything can be a trap. Some traps force us to think outside the box. I tried to use the experience I got from Mario when playing this game, such as Mushroom is a reward to make you stronger, and I failed a lot.
Also, a lot of game settings are counterintuitive and unpredictable. For example, when you jump, there may be a block or an enemy popping up suddenly to block your way:
Syobon Action is a game that “systematically disrupts every convention of 2D platform gameplay”
– Ian Bogost
Game Critics and Game Designer
Overall, I found the game interesting and challenging. I love this game as much as I hate this game. I will make my game be something similar to this to ‘torture’ others.
After serious consideration, I decided to name my game “A letter to Garcia.” Now, the main character of my game is a delivery person who is responsible to send a letter to Garcia.
I wanted to make my UI match the main goal of my game, so I drew a huge letter.
Also, I used the same element in the instruction:
Also, I wanted to make my buttons colorful, so I made them colorful.
Here are buttons, including: ‘start,’ ‘restart,’ ‘instruction,’ and ‘quit.’
There are three wining cratierias:
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