Time at face value: Game Design Board and Project Timeline

For our class, we were tasked with creating a physical game design board with information and components outlining the premise of our video game and the design choices that lead to its creation. Throughout the board are informative excerpts with visual aid describing art direction, character design, level design, project timelines, system component requirements, game universe lore, and gameplay mechanics.

Here are a few written pieces that were used for the board, of which specifically outline a list of in-game assets and components needed to achieve the criteria we’ve set for ourselves, and an optimistic yet realistic project timeline for completing each task of the project in order to complete the game by the due date of the 2nd of October.

Needed Game System Components

• A triggerable state machine for switching between the two dimensions. It will need to somehow influence the in-game textures, lighting, and various level progression based obstacles.

• A stabilized 3D render that can handle and display the in-game assets.

• A UI system that displays game objective progression.

• Fully tested and reliable collision physics with the map.

• Synced and well-leveled sound effects for curtain actions.

• A coded system that will trace resource distribution.

• A high scoreboard and timer scoreboard view-able for each game save.

• A working menu screen with various options.

Project Timeline

Things to do

• Conceptualize the game from the “Measure for Measure” play. (Done)

• Create a narrative and develop an understanding of the game and its gameplay (Done)

• Begin generating concept art for initial ideas. (Done)

• Finalize Art Direction and Character Designs

• Create detailed (or low-poly), textured, and rigged 3D model characters from finalized character designs.

• Start experimenting with level building concepts.

• Fully model the large open world map.

• Coding for general gameplay mechanics.

• Coding dimension swapping.

• UI and game objective coding.

• Menu coding.

• Promotional A3 poster

• 1 Minute trailer