After long brainstorming sessions in a small subway with my classmates, I had a few ideas floating around for what I would do for my project. We were given a lot of freedom with it so there are many possibilities of what it can be.
First I thought about what flash games/apps I liked and why I liked them. I wanted to come up with an addictive but original game that could be programmed well enough so that it is fun to play. My first idea was a game where laser are shot in the screen, and the user must align different kinds of mirrors which have different affects on the laser, so that the laser hits a certain point. However, after thinking of all the games that I liked playing, I realised that most of them involved some sort of catapult or slingshot. Because of this I scrapped the laser idea and began thinking of a catapult style game that is somewhat original.
I have a fairly good idea of what the game will be like, but I have not designed it in detail yet. So far I plan on having:
- A ball that is thrown by the user where the speed and direction is controlled either by dragging the mouse back or by using a 'power bar' and an 'angle bar'.
- A target on screen to be hit by the user.
- Obstacles that affect the ball in different ways upon contact with it.
- Progession through levels with increasing difficulty.
I plan on improvising a bit during the programming of the game, but I will do a detailed design before even going near a computer to program it. Hopefully after a short while I will have worked out exactly what it is I need to do and be able to do.
I will be keeping blog updates on my progress.
sounds tops mate!!
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