Dead Men Walking - Games Design Concept

[Will-Saunders]

Hey all, not sure where to post this topic, so please move it if its wrong!

This is for my uni work, I have to come up with a Flash internet game (not actually make one, but come up with gameplay ideas, graphics, story etc...)
Its by far the best assignment I've had to date!
Anyway, heres my work so far!





Story
The basic story is theres zombies on the loose, you play Ben White, an ordinary guy caught up in it all. The intro scene shows your character happily enjoying a pint down at the local when you are bitten by a zombie. You play the game desperatly fighting your way through hordes of zombies in an attempt to get to bottles of antidote located at the end of each stage.
At the start of each level you have a certain amount of time to destroy the zombies and obtain the antidote.
The game is quite gorey, but at the same time endevours to be quite comical. The graphics are not too realistic and there are some funny sounds that add humour to the violence (example, when you get hit your character says "Argh, you bastard!" etc)
Plus the addition of zombie pidgeons that drop acid poo on you!

Pickups

Health, these pickups increase your health by 1

Ammo, these pickups increase your ammo by 3

Specials, these give you 1 special move (max 5)

Antidote, these slow down the zombification process and give you extra time.


Special moves
There are a number of special moves you can do, you can select specials by pressing numbers 1-5. You can only perform specials if you have picked up a special pickup, or reach a certain score in a certain amount of time. You need only 1 special pick up to perform special number 1 (pressing number 1), as this instantly kills 1 enemy in front of you. You need 2 specials to perform number 2, as this kills 2 enemies, and so on...
Special moves help to defeat bosses by inflicting more damage.

Enemies
There are a number of enemies in the game, all different kinds of zombies.
The basic zombie can be taken down with 5 shots from your pistol (default weapon).
There are bigger, stronger zombies that are slower, but take 8 shots to kill.
Watch out for fast moving 'zomblobs'! These are brains of dead zombies that have escaped and are after a new host, they are quick but easy to kill (1 shot).
Not all enemies are ground based, these pesky zombies have even infected pidgeons, watch your head for them as they can bite you and even drop acid poo on your head!
Chavs, although they are not tecnically zombies, they have several similar traits. They won't hesitate to mug you, so kill them quickly! They are quite rare and and worth valuable points.

All enemies have a weakspot, thier head. When shooting their head it inflicts double the amount of damage, so if an enemy usually takes 10 body shots to kill, it takes 5 head shots etc...
Bosses are different, some have weakspots that you have to discover, some have none.

Controls
You aim with you mouse, controling a curser that your character aims at.
To shoot you click the left mouse button, so jump click the right.
W to jump, S to duck, A and D to move left and right.
As mentioned above, use number keys 1 to 5 to perform special move (considering you have collected enough special pickups)
To attack enemies near by without using up valuable ammo, you can punch by pressing space bar. This is a good way to save ammo, or survive is you have none left. But beware, you need to hit them before they hit you.

To avoid certain attacks you can duck and jump, some you must simply walk backwards with guns blazing to fend off the baddies!
There are also some non-zombie threats out there, like holes in the ground, fires and precariously placed landmines.

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You can view the real page here http://www.newmedia.lincoln.ac.uk/ws...o/gameidea.htm

Any feedback, be it story, gameplay or graphic related will be much appreciated!
Cheers!

-Will

[SKËTCHtheartist]

Did you know that the Red Cross can't be used anymore in games?

The Red Cross association sent a letter to our studios saying we can't used that sign anymore.

Money-hungry bastards...

[moopuff]

Originally Posted by SKËTCHtheartist

Did you know that the Red Cross can't be used anymore in games?

The Red Cross association sent a letter to our studios saying we can't used that sign anymore.

Money-hungry bastards...

Are you serious? That's rediculous. It's almost like, a universal symbol or something. Whatever. The game looks like a simple and fun flash game. Of course, I didn't read your post allt he way through, so you probably said that.
I'll check it out.

[Will-Saunders]

lol, i didn't expect anyone to fully read it.
That stupid about the red cross, meh, I'll use it anyway!

Cheers