Progress

Ok so we have our few ideas atm. We present next Thursday (1 week, 1 day) so we should aim to have PPT done by Monday or Wednesday.

What we need done:

***I am making an entire prototype in Unity so you coders can start playing with it. And It'll look good in the PPT. I will also draft some creatures/inspirational games/art etc also.

***Steph, I liked your 3D character last year. Could we perhaps use it as animation practice for the time being? I will send you a message tonight about character ideas and what we are thinking of doing for maps. You also said you had some ideas for characters and making development easier. Can you post and tell us what they are :D

***Coders, can you write up ideas for 'unique' mechanics. We need to write up the basic mechanics, what were planning to do. And also some ambitious ideas. Ones that we won't necessarily make...but if we make our scope bigger than we will get more done.

Now, I've been thinking about our game. We had the idea of making the 'game space' go smaller as the 'deathmatch' ends. But how would that work as a multiplayer? You would just instantly die when the podium is so small that you'd kill the player as soon as they spawn.

I have an idea where we can have waves of mobs. Single player, Mobs spawn more frequently as the play space gets smaller. So you have to try and survive whilst not falling off the podium, and not being overwhelmed by mobs. What do you think about this idea? We can also have an interactive environment where (eg) you shoot pipes to create mass AoE damage as an emergency when you get overwhelmed. And you can win when the space gets very small (ie/ 50x50px) OR use a high score system where you die anyway, but you see how long you can survive.

Post feedback please :)

ps- If you need UnityPro for PC I can burn you a copy. Unity is free, but you don't get certain features. If you want it tell me, and I will burn it onto disc for you and bring it tomorrow or Monday. I also have a Unity textbook I can lend to you programmers, if you want.