Impending doom 2014-09-24

This is my Impending doom document.

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.