Web Based Game Outline
Name of Game: Baltimore Bus Tailgunner
Synopsis
Baltimore bus tailgunner is a HTML5 game developed using Game Maker 2 Studio. It is a scrolling shooter game based made by Bendy Computers. The game is set in Baltimore, and has users play in 5 different neighborhoods in a west to east direction. The game will be released on miniclip, addictinggames and bendy computers website. Game play will be similar to hells highway, and art style is to be determined, but probably as simple as possible. Target release date is December 20, 2022.
This outline will be divided into 8 sections as follows: Synopsis, Target Audience, development timeline, game mechanics, Story-line, Level descriptions, npc descriptions, and miscellaneous.
Target Audience:
The target audience is the 13 to 25 year old male with an interest in following one or more items: hip hop, urban culture, Baltimore, web games, flash games, browser games, games based on real locations, action video games, games with story-line.
Development timeline:
The levels will be sketched out on paper by the end of June, along with as much of the character, npc, projectile, obstacle, and other such sprites.
Pseudo code and flow charts will be completed by October 15th.
Once all assets and code precursors are done, 4 weeks will be allotted to putting the assets into game maker and getting the code fully written. This should be around November 12th.
A closed beta will begin in august, and should the game be mostly bug free the game will be released.
Game Mechanics:
The game will be a scrolling shooter driving game wherein the player will be a bus driver that has to both drive and defend the bus from would be assailants. There will be a two player mode potentially where one person drives and the other shoots, or a one player mode where shooting is semi automated.
There will be a invincibility power up that lasts for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds at random, an extra life power up, and a fake extra life power up that causes the player to lose half their current health. The health will be divided into 10 hearts, with the player starting with 3 lives. There will be coin pickups that when 100 coins are acquired, the player gets an extra life or a bus pass at 75/25 odds. The bus pass can be used to skip to the next level. Various moving enemies and non moving hazards will be littered through the levels. Levels should take no more than 15 minutes to complete by someone familiar with a web browser on a laptop or desktop using a physical keyboard and mouse.
Storyline:
The five levels are The Lime bus, the Purple Bus, The Red Bus, The Brown Bus, and The 80
Images will be lifted from google street view for the game.
NPC Descriptions:
Crackheads: These characters will stay idle until the player comes in close range, then engage in hand to hand or knife combat.
Squeegee boys: These characters will only attack the play in groups, and only move in straight lines.
Drive by guys: A car that has people shooting out of it.
Potholes.
Cones.
Garbage cans.
Alleycats.
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