UFO Abducts Sheep working title

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UFO Abducts Sheep(working title)

• By Tracy Ke

Please dont eat me
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Game Overview

• In my game, UFO's are trying to abduct sheep so
  that the aliens can have lamb chops for dinner.
• These aliens are very hungry.
• The Sheep are milling about on the ground guarded
  by their shepherds.
• In addition, UFO Hunters are running around
  trying to shoot down the UFOs, in order to
  preserve lamb chops for mankind.

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Technical Overview

• The UFOs will be controlled by the user's mouse.
  Whenever a ray of light shines on a sheep, the
  user must click the screen and the sheep will be
  abducted.
• This will require me to program mouse-control and
  to create a shadow of light that can be beamed
  on top of the sheep.
• This will also require me to program a
  mouse-click as the signal for the collision to
  take place.
• I am not quite sure if this will work. If all
  else fails, I will simply use a 1D interface and
  have the UFO collide directly with the sheep.

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Technical Overview (cont.)

• Your object is to abduct as many sheep as
  possible.
• For each sheep you abduct, you receive 20 points.
  
• However, there will also be shepherds in the mix,
  and if you abduct a shepherd on accident, you
  lose 20 points.
• People will notice if too many shepherds go
  missing and they will become suspicious and
  retaliate.
• There will also be alien hunters shooting at
  your UFO, and if they hit you, you lose 10
  points.

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Goal of the Game

• The goal is to receive as many points as possible
  within 1 minute.
• If your points balance is negative, you will not
  be able to move on to the next round.
• However, if your points balance is positive, then
  you go on to the next level.
• If you win the game, you will receive free lamb
  chops for life, courtesy of the aliens.

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Sprites

• UFO UFOSprite
• Sheep SheepSprite
• Shepherds ShepherdSprite
• UFO Hunter - HunterSprite

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2D Trackers

• UFO
• Will be able to move left and right and up and
  down.
• Sheep
• Will move left and right
• Shepherds
• Will move left and right.
• UFO Hunters
• Will be able to move left and right and shoot
  bullets.

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Collisions

• When the light beam of the UFO collides with the
  sheep (i.e. The light beam glides over the
  sheep), the user clicks the mouse and the UFO
  captures the sheep.
• When the light beam of the UFO collides with the
  shepherds (i.e. The light beam glides over the
  shepherd), the user clicks the mouse and the UFO
  captures the shepherd.
• If the bullet of the UFO Hunter collides with the
  UFO, then you lose 10 points.

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Levels of the Game

• Level 1 The sheep move very slowly. There are
  few shepherds. There are no UFO Hunters.
• Level 2 The sheep move more quickly. There are
  more shepherds. There are a few UFO Hunters
  shooting slowly.
• Level 3 The sheep more quickly. There are lots
  of shepherds. There are a lots of UFO Hunters
  shooting quickly.

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Splash Screens

• Introduction Picture of the UFO, Sheep,
  Shepherds, and UFO Hunters. Working Title Appears
  (UFO Abducts Sheep).
• Level 1 Level 1 Splash Screen to announce the
  start of the level. Background is a field with
  enclosed sheep.
• Level 2 Level 2 Splash Screen to announce the
  start of the level. Background is an open field.
• Level 3 Level 3 Splash Screen to announce the
  start of the level. Background is a field with
  mountains and rivers.

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How the Game Ends

• If you have a negative balance on your score
  tracker, then you lose and you go home without
  food and the UFO Hunters track you down.
• If you beat the game, then you get free lamb
  chops for life, courtesy of the aliens.

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Basic Game - Detail

• In the basic game, I will have the UFOs, the
  Sheep and the shepherds.
• The Shooting UFO Hunters are an optional
  component that will be assimilated if time
  allows.
• The background will be in 2D so the game will
  have the illusion of a 3D enhancement since the
  UFO will be able to move left right as well as up
  and down.

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Basic Game Detail (cont.)

• There will be some difficulty programming the
  game so that the light beams of the UFOs will be
  the things that collide with the ground sprites
  and not the UFO itself.
• I will also need to work on making mouse control
  functional and allow a click to pick up the
  various ground sprites.
• The timer and the score-tracker will be in the
  main canvas.
• There will also be a grid-layout GUI on the
  bottom of the screen with 5 buttons Start,
  Restart, Pause, Quit, and Mute.

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Possible Enhancements

• Different sounds when the rays of the UFO
  collides with sheep and shepherds.
• Sound when the UFO Hunters' bullet hits the UFO.
• Music in the background.
• Splash screens announcing the new levels with
  sound, color and animation.
• Images the UFO, sheep, shepherds and UFO Hunters.
• Background graphics for each level written from
  scratch or imported from the internet.

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Possible Enhancements (cont.)

• Artificial intelligence for the UFO An
  AttractorTracker so that the UFO could follow the
  sheep across the screen.
• Artificial intelligence the Sheep can run away
  from the UFO.
• Animation canvas if the user wins the game. Image
  of a whole truckload of lamb chops and sound
  indicating a win.

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TimeLine

• November 7th Design of video game classes,
  methods, and states
• November 14th Implementation of basic game
• November 21st Testing/Debugging
• December 1st Documentation
• December 7th Enhancements
• December 11th Release