Will Smith Saves Earth

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Will Smith Saves Earth
Game Pitch

• By James Sheets

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Premise

• Evil aliens have picked up our radio frequencies,
  and become infatuated with our celebrities.
  Theyve decided to invade Earth to kidnap Tom
  Cruise!
• Will Smith ace fighter pilot is the last our
  last, best hope at another Mission Impossible
  sequel.
• Simply, funny.

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Gameplay

• 2-D, top-down shooter
• Player controls a F-16 falcon jet fighter (Will
  Smith)
• Each level, player must destroy the enemy ship
  before being shot down or running out of fuel
• Player Ship
• 1-hit to be destroyed
• 3 Lives
• Enemy Ship
• Only 1 model
• 1-hit to be destroyed
• Becomes harder as level increases

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Player Controls

• Space to start game
• Intro screen
• Mission debriefings
• Game Completed / Game Over
• WASD keys to move ship
• Space bar to shoot
• You can fire once a second
• Esc to quit game

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Levels

• Levels are all identical, except the enemy AI
  becomes harder
• 2nd level enemy fires faster
• 3rd level enemy moves faster
• 4th level enemy ship becomes smaller
• Hard-Capped Level Limit
• 4 levels to make it quick for people to complete
• Level-limit could easily be changed by adjusting
  the code
• Congratulation screen if you beat the game
• Mission debriefings between levels
• Show total score and score breakdown
• Announce enemy ship AI change

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Scoring

• One of the main points of playing is to attain a
  high score
• 100 points for completing a level
• ½ point for every point of fuel remaining when
  the level ends
• 1 point for every percent of accuracy (so, 100
  points max if you kill the ship with one shot)

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AI

• Simple AI
• Move in a direction
• Shoot randomly
• Enemy difficulty increases with level
• Each level, the alien ship will increase in 1
  area
• Ship size decreases
• Ship fires more frequently
• Ship moves faster
• Ship requires more hits to be killed

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Sounds

• MIDIs of Will Smith songs
• Start screen The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  themesong
• Gameplay Getting Jiggy with it
• Weapons fire sounds
• Taken from Tricks of the Windows Game
  Programming Gurus CD.

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Artwork

• Free-use F-16 models
• Free-use alien ship models
• Background scrolls to simulate movement
• Stock aerial photos for the background

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Screenshot

• This is actually a mock-up as a viewable
  screenshot couldnt be taken from the game.

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Hardware/Software Specs

• 500mhz Processor
• 128MB Ram
• 32MB Video Card
• Windows XP/Vista
• DirectX 7.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio C 6.0
• Paint.net

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Algorithm Style

• Show Start Screen
• Start Game
• Get Level
• Generate Alien Ship Difficulty
• Loop
• Display Score/Lives/Time/Background
• Move Alien Ship
• Detect Player Movement
• Move Any Lasers Detect Hits
• Change/Restart Level
• Close Game

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Algorithm Style

• Classes and Inheritance used for all game objects
  (player ship, enemy ship) and game states
• Game runs in a loop, constantly checking if the
  games state has change
• Player at a display screen
• Enter pressed start game
• Move enemy ship (pick a new destination if
  needed)
• Have enemy ship fire (if its allowed)
• See if player is trying to move
• Move in a direction depending on key pressed
• See if player is trying to fire (if its allowed)
• Check if game has ended
• Player destroyed enemy
• Show score, move to next level
• Enemy destroyed player
• Subtract life, restart level
• Player out of fuel
• Subtract life, restart level

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Legal

• This game wont be distributed or sold
  commercially. I should be well within my rights
  (moral/legal) to use this material as a showcase
  for school project.
• The name of the title character could be changed
  easily to remove any Likeness Rights issues.

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The End