I once read that being able to scrap a design documnet is the most important skill in a designer is to be able to scrap their doc.
Lately, I''ve been working on a doc, and gathering local talent to make the game. I''ve got one problem with it: I''m losing motivation in making the design document. I have no desire to add on the little details. This could mean one of two things:
either A. I''m anxious to start production or B. The doc plain sucks.
Anyway, my doc is supposed to be in .doc forum, but what the heck? I''m lazy, so I''ll just post it here.
Disclaimer: The following part of the post is long as shit
The Design Doc for
Enuria
World Overview:
Enuria. A lonely, isolated planet, slightly smaller than earth, with an extremely low population. The name Enuria is derived from the Portuguese word, Penuria (empty).
Empty is a great word to describe Enuria. Its surface forms a near-perfect sphere, consisting completely of clear, pure water. Its thick atmosphere keeps the entire planet at consistent tropical temperatures at all times. To any earth-dweller, Enuria seems like the perfect vacation getaway, but to many of its residents, Enuria is a desert hell.
The game area consists of three countries: Kelphaven, Orcania, and Gillea.
The Republic of Kelphaven. The peaceful, innocent country consisting mainly of independent fisherman. Kage’s favorite place to go when he can’t find any work.
Orcania. While Kage was still a sculptor, he lived in Orcania; a flourishing country that values knowledge and education over everything else. Kage considers this country his haunting past…. a place to which he will never return.
Gillea - Kage’s home country. Gillea’s corrupt police/government accept bribes, hire assassins, and do other naughty things right beneath its citizen’s eyes. It’s funny how mislead Gillea’s citizens are. Crime and hotshots run rampant in this country.
Storyline Overview:
Zooming in a little more, we meet a character named Pete Kage. He was once a famous sculptor, in a different country, going by a different name. Ever since he lost control of his fingers he has been making a living instead, with mercenary work. Pete likes to handle most of his work inside his armed-and-armored hydroplane, the Peregrine, but is never afraid to get out and do some work on his feet if he has to.
Along his journeys, he is framed, becomes a fugitive, and then clears up his name.
Other Characters:
Chade
Technical Overview:
Enuria will feature an entirely original 2D-scrolling engine that takes advantage of 3D acceleration. It will have a wicked particle engine, jet fast rotation and scaling. I aim to make it 800X600 32-bit color w/ alpha.
Some of the music will be quite interactive (it will make changes according to game variables.) An example of this is that the music may speed up as the the Perigrene takes more damage. Hopefully, it will also feature voice acting, but we’ll worry about that near the end of production.
The Design
The above picture is what I imagine Enuria to look like…. Without the coder art
As you can see, it’s a water shooter with a top-down perspective. Notice the water turbulence behind the boat? Definitely wouldn’t look right without it. That’s why I plan to make an in-depth particle engine.
Just so you get a better idea of Enuria’s gameplay, here’s a guess at what the control scheme will end up being:
Up Arrow – Speed Up
Down Arrow – Slow Down
Right Arrow – Turn Right (You can turn in full 360 degrees)
Left Arrow – Turn Left
Space Bar – Fire Weapon
A – Addon 1
S – Addon 2
D – Addon 3
C – Communicate
When you go in to a town the game will be controlled by menus.
The Gameflow
Below are the important game events in chronological order.
1. Kage makes a trades a briefcase for “The Warthog Gun” with unknow weapon dealers.
2. Kage secretly follows them to their base and finds a weak spot in their outer walls.
3. Kage escapes back to Venice. He tells the boss of the weak spot. On his way back home, he drives by a building just as it blows up.
4. He looks through his window and sees police in his house.
5. He goes to a friend’s house, and finds out that he’s wanted over his friend’s radio.
6. He gets his boat re-painted, and then takes off west, towards Kelphaven.
7. He stops by in a town called Sandspot. He’s walking around town, when he sees the boss. He follows the boss in to a secret meeting, and discovers a group of rebels’ plans to take over Farrow.
8. Kage doesn’t care. Kage just wants to escape to somewhere safe. Kage continues his journey west. Constantly being pursued by head hunters and police.
9. A number of mercenary jobs are being offered in Kelphaven. Kage takes jobs while learning about the history of Enuria…. And his past.
10. Eventually,Kage takes a job that leads him in to a trap. He is caught and taken to a prison in the North East corner of the known world called “The Raft”.
11. Kage meets the boss again, who is just another inmate on the raft. He finds out that the boss was kicked out of the rebel group, because he was too ambitious.
12. Kage meets a few friends in jail, and organizes a jail break.
13. On returning to the rest of the world, Kage goes to his friend from the old gallery for help.
14. Kage plans to clear up his name by sending a message to the rebel leader, but before he can do that, he is attacked by a band of mercenaries. When Kage kills them, it represents the death of his bad times. He clears up his name, the game ends, etc…
Jobs:
Assassinate random person
Attack random base
Retreive random object
Steal Certain boat (obtain passenger to help)
Enuria Map
Key:
1 – Woolsey
2 – Michi
3 – Fiduc
4 – Ashton
5 – Port Angeles
6 – Brigantes
7 – Venice
8 – Rime
9 – Amorika
10 – Gramrok
11 – Damsa
12 – Vahanna
13 – Redhook
14 – Saltwind
15 – Cartoff
16 – Weapons Base
-Forcas
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