Interesting theme. The boys and I spent a good hour coming up with gameplay and theme elements, then they went off to bed. I have summarized below what the game will be (hopefully). I imagine we might be adding some more details as the weekend goes on. Also attached a quick sketch as to what the game might look like when completed.
Theme
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. Minimalism is any design or style in which the simplest and fewest elements are used to create the maximum effect.
Setting
The world of Superlative, full of color and magic.
Story
Characters
Antagonist (Enemy)
Mr Minimal has come to your world to remove the magic by removing its
color and locking it away forever.
Protagonist (Player)
Colorific Collin is the last boy standing between Mr Minimal and the
future of his world.
Supporting Characters
Gameplay
This will be a fill in pattern game where the player will avoid the enemy
and other obstacles while trying to fill in a portion of the game area
to complete the level.
The enemy will be trying to prevent the player from completing the level
by removing color from areas already filled by the player.
The player will have a limited amount of time to complete each level.
Each level will become progressively harder, and will add more enemies and
obstacles to attempt stopping the player from completing the level.
Mechanics
Player is controlled using the keyboard or mouse. Arrow keys can be
used to move the player left, right, up or down. You can also use the
mouse by clicking on an empty space next to the player.
When the player passes over an area of the playing field that has had
its color removed, it will add the color back.
Artwork
Hand drawn — Cartoony — bold bright colors
Sound
8-bit
Music
8-bit
Sad music for when too much are is missing color.
Happy when color is being returned.
Tools
Unity 4
TK2D
TK2D UI
Notepad
Artrage 4
Audacity
BFXR
