Thursday, April 6, 2017

Design Document - Sea Queen

Name (s):           Emma Lu___________

Game Title:                Sea Queen                          Genre              Adventure____________

Storyline – Storyline should be about one page in length and include a description of the backstory (what happened before the start of the game) to provide the reader with context.  Include information related to plot, conflict, and goal.

The beautiful ocean. Your home. Your beloved parents who cared for you for three years, until...your father did the most unexpected thing. He killed your mother.
You are a female dolphin. After birth, your father killed your mother. You do not know exactly why, but your father claimed it was because your mother cheated on him. But you just know that can not be the truth. Then your father abandoned you. It was so unlike him. He loved and cared for you and your mother for all your three years. You are heartbroken and set your heart out to avenge your mother. However, you are still young, at three years old. So you need to first practice surviving in the wild without protection of a mate or parents. You will encounter many dangerous creatures and find a way to hunt and feed yourself. There will be safe parts of the ocean, while there will be places full of sharks or alligators. Then you move on to level two, where once you learn to be able to survive alone (having a required amount of experience), you will need to find where the practice boss lies and take him down. Then you will be ready. Already moving on to level three, you will look for clues on the ocean floor and where your dead mother lies to find out the real reason your father killed your mother, and where he is now. Finally, once you find out these key pieces of information, you find out some evil demon took over your father and is controlling him to do horrible things. You need to find the boss who controls the demon controlling your father before he does extremely bad things. But first, now find other dolphins and form a strong blessing (group of dolphins) and mate. Then make sure, when you find the boss, to dodge the demons he will be shooting out to you or else you will become possessed just like your father. If any of your friends or mate become possessed, they might come after you. But the boss is focused on you. After defeating the boss, you find your father and he is not possessed anymore. You also find your true love and life is good again.

Characters- Include name and detailed description of characters.  Character description should give reader a good about who the character / enemy / boss / npc is. Provide a description of the character’s physical appearance, personality, abilities, etc.
  • Playable Character(s)
Female dolphin - you choose the name of your avatar. You are a brave and loyal dolphin who loves your family. You are a gray dolphin with dazzling silver tint, so there is definitely something special about you. You find you have special abilities, such as shooting little sparks of light from your mouth to hurt your enemies. You eat fish and seaweed as herbs.


  • Enemies:
Jellyfish - jellyfish can sting you, taking part of your life away
Alligators - they have sharp teeth to bite you
Sharks - most dangerous creature besides the bosses, an adult can take away two of your lives
  • Boss(es):
Practice boss - this boss is just to prepare for the real boss, to avenge your mother; it is dangerous but the true boss is even more dangerous
Boss - huge swordfish-like creature controlling translucent demons, possessing your father

  • NPCs (Non-playable characters - these are characters you encounter in the game that share information with you to help guide the story development and provide guide the character):
 Fish - your food
Seaweed - your herbs
Sand - on ocean floor, serves as part of setting
Pebbles - on ocean floor, serves as part of setting
Levels (This should include the look and feel of each level (i.e. if a level takes place in the desert, describe the desert environment, etc.)  Provide a detailed written description of each level. You may also include a sketch of the level if you like. Include elements in the level like specific enemies, bosses, obstacles, distinct areas, etc.
  • Intro Screen options: (instructions? Play? )
Instructions: You are a female dolphin. After birth, your father killed your mother. You do not know exactly why, but your father claimed it was because your mother cheated on him. But you just know that can not be the truth. Then your father abandoned you. It was so unlike him. He loved and cared for you and your mother for all your three years. You are heartbroken and set your heart out to avenge your mother. Find the reason your father killed your mother, where he is now, and defeat the boss.
  • Level 1:
You will practice surviving in the wild without protection of a mate or parents. You will encounter many dangerous creatures and find a way to hunt and feed yourself. There will be safe parts of the ocean, while there will be other places full of sharks or alligators.

  • Level 2:
You need to have a required amount of experience then you will need to find where the practice boss lies and defeat him

  • Level 3:
You will look for clues on the ocean floor and where your dead mother lies to find out the real reason your father killed your mother, and where he is now (you find out some evil demon took over your father and is controlling him to do horrible things)

  • Level 4:
You need to find the boss who controls the demon controlling your father before he does extremely bad things. But first, find other dolphins and form a strong blessing (group of dolphins) and loyal mate. Then make sure, when you find the boss, to dodge the demons he will be shooting out to you or else you will become possessed just like your father. If any of your friends or mate become possessed, they might come after you, but the boss is focused on you. After defeating the boss, find your father and he should not be possessed anymore

  • Other:
 NA
Objects: (items that you encounter in the game (i.e. powerups, weapons, coins, armor, etc.)

  • Experience: killing and eating prey, defeating enemies like alligators, and gaining allies all gain you experience
  •  Level-ups: When reaching enough experience, you can level up and gain more health and become stronger
  •  NA


Winning / Losing Scenario:  Indicate what conditions should be met to win the game and what results in a loss or ‘game over’.  If your game allows for continued opportunity to restart at a checkpoint or on the current level, please indicate how that will work in your game.

Defeat the main boss to save your father to win the game. You lose the game when you die, from either enemies or starvation. After you lose, you restart the level.