Game Vision Statement

 

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Hello today I'm discussing the pitch for a game I'm interested in making let’s begin. 

I’m interested in making a puzzle game with a ruin exploration theme. The puzzle game was an interested of mien to make I was always fascinated with games like portal how they can make you think differently about puzzles and getting from a to be I intend to make a game where the user will be challenged and will have to think about what they’re doing and figure out how to get to a place.  

The theme of ruin exploration interests me. I'm inspired by movies like Indian Jones where he must figure out his way around traps to stay alive and get the treasure. Something like the Lego video games where you must push certain things into place or stand on button or place certain elements in different place. All these features I intend to be included in the game along with jumping puzzles and even an escape route when you find the treasure. 

On to game mechanics I intend to make the game simple to play I do not intend for the character to be able to do more than jump press buttons push and pull certain items pick items up and use  these items. I want the game mechanics to be simple so the player can focus on the puzzles and commit fully to solving them. I intend to make the puzzles going from simple to extremely challenging. Like I mentioned before in my inspirations there will be a broad focus but there will paths that are wrong, and the player will make wrong decisions. These wrong decisions can either cost the player some time making him take longer or maybe a game over making the start again or from ma checkpoint, this will make players be careful of what they do and where they go. I also pal n on including some secret codes and notes to help the player on the right path helping them guide them, this will reward players who are paying attention and those who aren’t will go down the wrong path and encounter the wrong path.  The escape part of the game will be similar to temple run or subway surfers where you have to run back to the start and avoid obstacles this will always be at the end when the ruin is collapsing similar to the way the ruin collapses when Indian Jones finds the golden statue in the lost ark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1ikwQ5Zgc 

I want the art style to be low poly but to be able to convey what each item is an example of this art style would be super-hot published by Super-hot team (https://superhotgame.com/) but with more colour thrown in or Godus published by 22cans(http://22cans.com/) created by both have amazing art styles even if one of the games was never finished. I intend to make the character appear similar to be inspired by Indiana Jones from the movie but be himself distinct like Laura croft or Nathan Drake from the Uncharted games exclusive to the PlayStation. I also intend to use a lot of greys browns and greens to show the ruins and intend to mark important items with a colour that the player can easily identify, this will help they player distinguish from important and unimportant items. 

The resource I will need is to learn more about interacting with the environment some guides to puzzles interacting with items and the environment how inventories will work I know that this game will be a challenge to make but I also hope that it is as enjoyable to make as it was to come up with the concept. The market is currently wide open for games due to the pandemic and a puzzle game can keep players occupied for hours as they figure out the puzzles. The target audience for a game like this is really anyone looking for a challenge or that enjoys the theme of exploration I can see people that are both young and old enjoying this game. This Game will be a pc exclusive, but I do not see areas cannot not be ported to different consoles or even a phone with extra time.  

Thank you for reading I hope you consider my game.