Rough Paper Map- Clone Conundrum

Rough Paper Map

Jarod Reizian Frank

Basic Story:

--------------------------Idea 1: Clone Conundrum

Story: You are a clone, trying to escape a facility where other clones are produced. Throughout the level you will use your basic platforming skills to traverse a facility trying to contain you and your brothers while making decisions on whether or not to help rescue others or simply help yourself.

Learning objectives: A lot of game design fundamentals, teaching the player a little at a time and then ramping up the difficulty by combining threats. Trying to reach a teaching style similar to Megaman X, instead of with cut scenes or text. I also want to create a super difficult, but optional, boss at the end for the players to face. (But again, it won’t be difficult cause its anything necessarily new, just everything they have learned thus far)

Ending: (You standing on a cliff looking out alongside 3 clones) Having escaped the facility, overthrown the brutal clone overlord, and saved his brothers, the unnamed clones stands proudly with his new family, ready to face new challenges and new horizons… Together.

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