XB3001 - Games Proposal by Chris Lomax

This was a 6 week solo project that I created focusing on a lonely assassinate that seeks revenge on the government's forces.  Showreel Trailer Gameplay Walkthrough

 I have finished my LDD for the game (However, as posted in my previous post - I need to go back and change a few features to make it more comedic). As most of my blogs have been a wall of text talking about our ideas and discussions, I thought I'd make a separate post showing the two blockouts I have created in SketchUp. Please see them below: Garden Centre This is a sneak level (as in the previous level, in the food court. The dog makes a mess and attracts a lot of attention, meaning the security guards are on the look for a missing dog). Car Park Once the players makes it out of the Garden Centre, they entered the last level of the game which is a Car Park where they re-unite with their family.

 25/01/2023 Second official group meeting Group discussions We haven’t formally picked a group leader, but as I feel that I’m well organised and came up with the game idea, I have a strong vision of which direction I want the game heading. I mostly come up with spit balling ideas and see where it takes us. We discussed shortening the food court area (ever so slightly) and I will be shortening the car park area too. Talks with Sean & Ryan I spoke to Sean about my biggest fear about creating this game, which is I don’t want the game to feel like two separate games. What I mean by that is, when the player loads up the game (they will be playing the levels Sean created, which is the mall area, including the doggy care centre, the food court & a small arcade section). After progressing through that they enter my part of the levels where they take place in a garden centre and then end the game in a car park. To avoid this happening, we have spoken about our ideas, and I...

Here is the idea of the idea that I came up with and presented to the team. Purpose / Goal of the game Play as the family dog that goes missing and must find their own way back home. Mechanics Pick up items Smell scent trail / footsteps tracking Perform a Trick Eat / Drink Dig Bark Growl. Howl Sprint Jump Splash (pee) Plop (poop) Movement: W, A, S & D (Forwards, Backwards, Left & Right). How the mechanic would be utilized in the level environment Pick up family scents to guide dog in the correct path. Follow footsteps. Dig in specific areas to find helpful objects. Howl close to see if close by to the family house? Growl / Bark to intimidate potential predators. Eat / Drink to maintain health. Perform a trick to get attention from a fellow bystander (for help?). Pick up a stick to throw at object to break an entrance that is blocked? Genre Comedic third person exploration puzzle game (with first person elements). Audience 7+

 17/01/2023 First official group meeting Members of the group and roles Our group consists of five members: ·          Myself (Chris Lomax) - Level Designer ·          Sean Clancy - Level Designer ·          Ryan Chaney - Technical Designer ·          Dan Jolley - Environmental / Prop Artist ·          Will Anders - Environmental / Prop Artist Confirmed Project As a team we all decided that we want to create the game I came up with, which is for the “Childhood Memory” brief “Lost dog”. When I was younger, I lost my dad in a mall, and I remember trying to find him and looking for clues. For the game to be more interesting, I thought it would be a better idea if you were to play as a lost dog and one of the main mechanics would be utilizing your keen dog smell sense t...

Games Proposal - Childhood Memory - Star Wars "The Messenger" (Submission!!) I'm really impressed with the outcome of this 6 week project! As I was ill for a good two weeks and got my head down, I unfortunately forgot to upload my progress to blogger... Never the less, here is the final outcome of Star Wars: The Messenger. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtLXHajdBiU Gameplay Walkthrough:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xj5fb4gG68

Games Proposal - Childhood Memory - Star Wars "The Messenger" Progression Weeks 1 & 2 For my second brief I chose the "Childhood Memory" and wanted to create a game based on Star Wars, as my dad is a massive fan of the franchise and I use to watch it a lot with him while I was younger. On top of that, I really enjoyed playing Lego Star Wars on the computer as a child and have very fond memories of that too. As my first project was highly focused on killing enemies to progress through the level. I wanted to make this game have no killing, weapons or violence in the game and focus on world building, lore & puzzles instead. I created a pitch presentation explaining what the game is and the goal of the game. The three main mechanics are: Force Pick Up, Force Push & Force Light. So you have to use the force to progress through the level and solve puzzles. My tutors approved of it and wanted a Level Design Document (LDD) created in a weeks time, which I also c...

Games Proposal - Game Studio Superfan - Splash Damage (Submission!!) After getting some help from my tutor Pete on fixing the time issue, I added in checkpoints, crates (+15 seconds to the current time), npc (+30), reload (-3) & added rules on the wall (at the start of the level). Once all that was complete, I played tested it and fix some stats / numbers with enemies. I did a video walkthrough of completing the level (I can't remember if I mention it last week) but I'm going to quickly add it in here. When saving Mikayla at the end of the level, you have to bring her back to the transport (which is where you spawn in) and a lot of melee enemies spawn in, so the player must defeat them and make in back to the beginning in-time! I added this feature to make the player feel like they are being chased. Level walkthrough:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZA6dovl4k Overall I'm happy with the level I have created and look forward to the next project!

Games Proposal - Game Studio Superfan - Splash Damage Week 2 by Chris Lomax During the past week I have covered: Enemy AI (ranged & melee), character health bar with a proper ammo UI & a heath pack that enemies drop. I created a timer system (that doesn't work as intended at the moment, so I'm going to speak to Pete about it to see if we can solve it. If not, the game can be played without it). The goal of the timer would be, for example when you start the game, the timer will start to countdown every second, starting at 10 minutes. If you die, a minute is taken off. If you give kill enemies / save survivors, time will be added on. The issues I have, is when the player dies, the timer starts again and overlaps the old timer. For some reason 9:59 never shows, it goes 10:00, 09:00, 09:58. And lastly, when the player kills an enemy, it adds 10 seconds, but for example, if the time is on 08:58, it would go to 08:68 (which is incorrect). So there's three issues I have th...

 Games Proposal - Game Studio Superfan - Splash Damage Week 1 I originally pitched the "one button" challenge about a game focused on educational purposes and rocks. I liked the idea of doing this, but the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like I was trying to force this idea (which I didn't really like) and I also want to heavily focus on level design. I thought about it and I changed my pitch to do the "Game Studio Superfan", where I picked the studio "Splash Damage" and came up with the idea to make an FPS game of Gears Tactics. I'm going to combine Act 1 - Chapters 2, 3 & 4 together, as they are all rescue missions and they fit into with one another smoothly. Please see the progression I did over Thursday, Friday & Saturday. (see videos below): Day 1 - Sprint, Crouch, Slide, Wall Run & I added a New gun, so the player can ADS (as the UE5 gun doesn't have a sight you can see through). Day 2 -  Cover, Line Trace for gun ...