Impending
doom – The forest
Introduction:
The
Impending Doom scenario is about holding the wolves at bay. The
game starts with
you
standing in the middle of the forest and you
can
see wolves closing in from every direction. The tool you use to keep
them away is one torch made of a piece of wood and you shirt. Beside
you is a campfire where you can relight the torch.
Every
wolf comes closer at different speed and your campfire beside you
will run out at some point. Even if you get one wolf to back up, it
will soon move towards you again. You can hear the wolves around you
and as the wolves come closer, then the sound from them also get
louder.
When
the campfire is no more than a pile of coal. Now you have to use
matches in order to relight the torch. When there is no fire of any
sort the wolves will start to move faster and attack. You will be
able to hit them as they come close but at some point they will
attack more than one at a time.
You
need to survive until the sun comes up. There is a colored-meter that
show the player when the sun comes up. The time on that meter will
move very slowly.
Mechanics
and dynamics:
Rotate:
The player can rotate in both directions. The 360° rotation is
implemented because then you will be forced to rotate in order to see
the wolves but you can´t see the wolves at all times. This will
create more difficulties as the game progresses. It will also create
a stress and panic moment when the player will be able to hear the
wolves closing in on them from all directions. They can not hold them
all away at the same time.
Wind:
The
wind
can
blow out the torch so that the player has no fire
to
keep the wolves away. This
wind will come in waves and the player will be alerted with a symbol
on the screen telling where the wind will strike.
The wind will also get more like a storm after some time playing the
game.
Relight
torch: You have one
torch that can be blown out by the wind, after that you will
be able to relight it by the campfire that you have beside you.
Fireplace/campfire:
The campfire is where the player can relight his torch but it
will at some point burn out and then the player has only matches in
order to relight the torch. The fireplace also keeps one more wolf
away from the player. When the fire burns out there will be one more
wolf to look out for at the path where the fire was.
Wolves:
Wolves are moving closer
and you will lose when they bite you. The speed off the wolves is
getting faster after each minute. When the player points the torch at
them, then they will stop or back up a little. The player wants to
stop the wolves but cannot keep them all away at all times. There can
be different types of wolves that move in different speeds and sound
different.
Matches:
The player will at some point in the game loose the campfire
besides him and have to use the matches to light the torch. It will
be much harder than relighting the torch at the campfire and take 1-3
tries before it lightening again. This will only be an option when
the campfire has died.
Conclusion:
The
player will be closed in by wolves and have to keep them away in
order to survive. It will be harder after some time and the player
will feel pressure when the speed of the wolves are getting faster.
Also the player will have a hard time keeping the fire going because
of different elements in the game will try put out the fire.
