Post 10 - Discovering Childhood

Discovering Childhood

What was that?

What game did you love when you were around the age of 13? I couldn't honestly answer this question.

I knew that I loved action games, fighting, etc.

This question stemmed from our current project working on a game that helps young adults learn/hear the Shoshone language. The best part about this project is that we are focusing one hundred percent of the game on "FUN!" This was the key focus from the client, and this will allow us to do our best work. We are truly excited to be working on it!

Our game description is: Bastion meets Metroid

We are designing the game as a top-down view exploration game, where your may fight off animals that have been "cursed" or are "sick" and you remove this outer shell by attacking them. You search throughout the land finding new equipment and Shoshone words of power, which allow you to unlock hidden areas of the game, attack and fight in new ways, and open up general exploration.

This is great!

Focus

We are purely focusing on game design this week, involving player interaction with the world, control schemes, visual cues, etc. We will bring our ideas to the table on Monday and show what we have developed.

We will be focusing on HTML5 as our language for this project...So, we will be learning this, as well as Shoshone. I wish I had Rosetta Stone to help with the HTML5.