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ITECH2001 Game Development Fundamentals CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2001 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Page 1 of 5 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Overview For this assessment task you are expected to create a document outlining the design of an original game. The game design document will build upon the video game pitch that you created for week 4 of the weekly quests. Timelines and Expectations Percentage Value of Task: 10% Type A Due: 11pm Sunday of Week 6 Minimum time expectation: 10 hours Learning Outcomes Assessed The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment: • K3. Outline a common games mechanics model; • S3. Outline the design of a game's project; • A1. Operate appropriate software packages to design and build games and interactive media products that align with client and project expectations; Semester Assessment Overview • You will go through the game development life cycle outlined in Lecture 2 during this semester to design a game and develop a small prototype of that game for Windows PC. • The Game Design Document is related to your Game Video Pitch from Week 4. WK6 Game Design Document WK11 Game Prototype WK1 Game Genres WK2 Game Dev Roles WK4 Game Pitch Video WK5 Story Critique WK6 Character Critique WK7 Mechanics Critique WK8 Opinion Piece WK9 Game Analysis Week 4 Pitch will begin your Design Doc Week 11 Game Prototype will be developed based on your Designs from your Game Design Document Weekly Quests Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Weekly Quests 1-4: Early Intervention Task ITECH2001 Game Development Fundamentals CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2001 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Page 2 of 5 Assessment Details A game begins with an idea. In your week 4 video game pitch you will have thought of an idea for a game and presented that in a short video. Your task for this assignment is to create the documentation that expands upon this idea that you pitched, to create a more focused game design document. In the second assignment, you will use your designs to develop a single-player “proof of concept” prototype of your game – so your game design document needs careful thought and planning. • Assignment 1: Game Design Document will represent the designs for the entire game were it to be fully developed. • Assignment 2: Game Prototype will showcase your design concepts via a small developed section of your game. You must follow these rules while designing your game: • Your game must be a single player game o Multiplayer and online games require too much development time, so your game should be single player based, unless you can convince the lecturer otherwise. • You must focus on a game where the player controls a single character, vehicle or object, etc. o In games where you control more than one character or object, like a squad or entire armies, they often contain complex battle and micro-management systems making this too difficult a task for a single semester. • Your game must not use the open-ended story structure o This would take too long to design all the possible outcomes of the story. • You should design your game as a 3D game o All of the lab work supports learning how to develop games in 3D. o You can still create a 2D style game in 3D by positioning the camera angle appropriately (side view, top down, isometric, orthographic etc). See different examples here. o You are not restricted from designing and developing a pure full 2D game, but it is highly recommended that you do not, unless you have previous experience using the Unity game engine and feel capable of self-learning 2D game development. • Try to avoid complex mechanics and systems in your designs and development This game design document does not have a word count requirement, but expect to write around 2000 words to address all of the criteria outlined further below. Include images to support your designs! https://docs.unity3d.com/560/Documentation/Manual/2Dor3D.html ITECH2001 Game Development Fundamentals CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2001 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Page 3 of 5 The following areas should be addressed in your game design document: • Game Overview o High Concept Statement This is a concise but informative description of your game concept. A few sentences to summarise your game in an exciting manner – sometimes called an “Elevator Pitch” – a short and persuasive pitch that quickly defines the value in your product. This can be directly from your week 4 video game pitch, but you may need to improve this if your pitch was unclear in any way. o Game Genre (see lecture 1 for more details regarding game genres) Discuss the genre of the game you are designing. Discuss the main inspiration for your game, with accompanying images, and explain their importance as an inspiration. o Highlights and Hooks - Discuss the highlights and hooks of your game that are used to attract and engage the player. • Story and/or Setting (see lecture 3 for more details regarding game story, setting and world dimensions) o Discuss your story type, including a summary of the plot. Note that some students’ game idea may not have a distinct story, but you should at least address the overall theme of the game as well as the other aspects of this section. Discuss how it follows the hero’s journey or some other common narrative trope. o Discuss the interest curves in your game. o Discuss the game world and/or setting in your game. o Discuss the world dimensions in your game. o Include images to help support your descriptions. • Characters (see lecture 4 for more details regarding game characters) o If your planned game has characters, discuss the main characters and these attributes: Name, Function, Archetypes and Traits Story involvement Include images to help support your descriptions. • Note for students that are designing a game without characters: some students with an abstract game idea (example: Puzzle games where you control an object and not a character) or no visible characters (Example: Racing games that focus on the vehicle) may not have any characters to discuss. In this case replace “Characters” with “Objects” and discuss the more important objects within your game, in addition place more emphasis on the next section – Mechanics. o If you meet the above conditions, be sure to discuss objects important to the game mechanics (Example: Tetris has no characters, it has objects), discuss the Objects and their functionality: Type of object Functionality of each object. Attributes and different States of each object. Include images to help support your descriptions. ITECH2001 Game Development Fundamentals CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2001 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Page 4 of 5 • Mechanics (see lecture 5 for more details regarding game mechanics) o Every student will have game mechanics to discuss regardless of whether their planned game has story and characters or is more abstract. Focus on these aspects from the lecture: Space to play within Time conditions Objects, their attributes & states Actions that can be conducted Rules of the game Skill required to create challenge Chance that creates uncertainty o Include images/diagrams to help support your descriptions. • Scope of Prototype (The prototype refers to the small level or area as a “proof of concept” of your game that you will develop for Assignment 2) o In this section, you need to outline the level or contained area you have decided to develop for Assignment 2; your small playable prototype. This will help the marker determine if your scope is too large and therefore difficult, or simply too small, in which they can provide feedback. What part of the story/setting will the prototype be within? What character(s)/object(s) will be included? What mechanic(s) are you hoping to implement? o How small should the small playable prototype for assignment 2 be? Here are some example proof of concept prototypes that would work for assignment 2: RPG: an option would be to showcase a small village with a few characters you can talk to, with a couple of game mechanics – rather than showcasing an intricate RPG combat system. Shooter or Racing: the markers will probably expect that your prototype will have at least some shooting or racing respectively! Platformer: at minimum some platforms and jumping should be involved in your prototype, and possibly an enemy or two to dodge or attack. Represented in 3D with side-view camera, or behind the character like Crash Bandicoot. Remember: the core mechanics and scripted events of your game will really show proof of your game concept in the prototype assignment. If you are unsure, ask your lecturer/tutor. ITECH2001 Game Development Fundamentals CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2001 Assignment 1: Game Design Document Page 5 of 5 Submission Electronic copies via Moodle. Adobe PDF or Word Doc / Docx accepted. Please refer to the “Course Description” for information regarding; late assignments, extensions, special consideration, and plagiarism. Guide to writing and referencing: https://federation.edu.au/current- students/learning-and-study/online-help-with/guides-to-your-assessments Marking Criteria/Rubric The marking criteria below is based on a game design that represents a fully featured game. Your design document should be easy to understand, visualise, and be detailed enough that if you were to pass your design to a completely separate developer, you could expect them to develop your game well. Excellent Good Average Poor None Mark Game Overview 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Story and Setting 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Characters (or Objects) 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Mechanics 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Scope of Prototype 1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 Supporting Images within 1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 Total out of 10 Feedback The marking scale for each item in the above rubric represents a scale of excellent (High Distinction level work), good (Credit to Distinction level work), average (Pass level work), poor