Max's Game Design

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Where’s The Science is Done!!!

After 3 months we have finally finished Yay!! its been a long journey and i have had a great time and learnt a lot along the way all i can say is thanks Team Marshmello Mayhem

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The Before and After of Where’s The Science?

We started our game with nothing but Base walls and 4 Placeable walls with was also when we had a resource pick-up and character models that where the wrong size and scaled

after a small amount of time, we final added environmental pieces to help liven up the scene. obviously with no textures.

just before Beta was due we had multiple testing sessions to see how players liked the game and where the game breaking bugs were (below is a small gif of the outcome)

And now today we have changed our game yet again and removed multiple inventions and bugs to create a fun 4 player experience that really shouldn’t crash. Hopefully 

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Where’s the Science?

After a full day of fixes and adding new things we have made even more progress and the game is looking better by the day more progress tomorrow for Gold

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Game Trailers

today i undertook the task of creating a game trailer and here is a small gif version of the trailer 

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Accidental Beauty

after accidentally increasing the bullet fire rate we created this masterpiece

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Goodbye Beta Hello Gold

on the first day of gold underway, we finally have animations that play at correct times and stop when they are meant to (to most extent).

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World Of Goo Game Analysis

Gameplay

in world of goo you play as a sort of overlord mouse thing, any way you control the goo and make links to connect your Goo links to the Pipe. (that was a little weird to explain) 

Core Mechanics

Dragging the Goo- players can drag each piece of goo they have in order to create a bridge.

Creating a Bridge- players will need to use the goo to create small sections of the bridge and slowly form a bridge to your goal

Gravity- The game has a gravity system where if the goo is to heavy on one side it will fall.

Other Mechanics

End Level Rewards- at the end of a level players a reward Goo if they have leftover goo from the level requirement players can then go to a “Free Play” area and build the goo into whatever they can create.

Dynamics and Aesthetics.

Dragging and The Bridge- 

the player will drag their goo to create a bridge this is the main game and will initially intrigue the player and gives the player an overall feeling of control and creativity.

The bridge and Gravity- as players are creating a bridge they have to create a bridge that isn’t too heavy on one side as the bridge will fall over and players will have to start again, this will be a background though and players will be wary as they create a bridge to keep it even.

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Accessibility In games

today we did a quick crash course in game Accessibility in games and our main focus was on colour blindness and we used CVSimulator and took photos of our games to see what they look like with different types of colour blindness.

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Finally Animations

today we added our character animations and just in time if i do say so with Beta ending tomorrow life is good

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Main Menu Animated

although overall it was a waste of important time our artist did an amazing animation for our main menu and after a small amount of time it is in the game and looking fine

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Insert “Title” here

the new title screen for Where’s The Science is made all the more beautiful thanks to our artist work

We also spent the day adding some sweet sounds but I can’t really add a photo of that sooooooo.

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Here comes the Boom

One of our inventions now has a sweet animation to tell players that it's about to go BOOM!!!

(Particles Work In Progress)

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The Finer Side of Textures

After a looooong painful day (Not really) we have started to add some detail to our game and make it look “worn in”

Scorch marks have been added to the walls and floor

We also have textures for your character models now and we are working towards animations

and Jars

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Testing Fun

today we started some testing today and after some great feedback changes will be coming soon, and hopefully for the better.

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Working UI

after a long day for the programmer, we finally have working UI, (Note Players also take damage and the health goes down as well)

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Working on UI

we have started to work on the UI for our game to tell the players what they the inventions they are using and how the game is going in general

and we have alternative inventions as well

hopefully, soon we will have it all working properly

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Monaco Game Analysis

Monaco is a stealth game with a top-down view, where players must sneak and steal coins and collect objectives.

Core Mechanics

Players field of view

Sneaking

Enemies field of view

Other Mechanics

Different Character Abilities

Weapons

Gold

Dynamics and Aesthetics

The Dynamic between the players FOV and Sneaking has players sneak around the map as they slowly begin o see whats behind each wall and in each room, as they walk around, Having players only be able to see a small section of the map helps with the sneaking mechanic as it has players feel almost nervous to walk around corners and plan their mission carefully.

The dynamic between Players FOV and the enemies FOV has it so players will be able to see enemies and move around them without being in their FOV, but in return, this can also happen if players are wandering around in a hasty manner and walk into an enemy, This has players feel scared to walk around at a fast pace and slows the players pace to match that of the stealth game.

The dynamic of Sneaking and Enemies FOV has players sneak around the map and avoiding the enemies FOV and giving ways for players to get around enemies without them noticing, this can empower players as they can finish levels without the enemy even knowing they where even there, this can provide some replayability as well as players can set goals for themselves as well as the actual level goal. 

Game Loops

Moment to moment

The M2M loop for Monaco is sneaking past enemies, shooting enemies, stealing coins as well as unlocking doors.

Game Loop

the Game loop for Monaco is players completing missions and uncovering new story plot, collecting coins and being sneaky

Level Loop

for the levels loops player will clear floors and collect all the coins, collect the trophy and sneak past enemies.