Final Project Proposal

Project Description

My final project will build upon my MP3 assignment, in which I hope to extend the length of the level as well as introduce new game mechanics such as enemies, player health, and movement acceleration. Below is an image of what the sprites would look like during the prototyping stage, and the gif after is a Figma prototype of what the final interface may look like. All of the new mechanics above would use sprites that should not be stylized and should primarily focus on the functionality of the program.

Prototype Version

The prototyped version of the game would look like my MP3 assignment with additional sprites that will represent the new game mechanics of my game. These additions would include:

• Enemy Sprites that upon touching the player, would cause the player to “lose” a life
• Logic for player “lives” to turn into hearts, in which fall damage or enemy collisions would result in lost HP (health points)
• Improved animations for falling platforms to indicate interactivity

Final Version

The final version of the program should utilized stylized sprites with relevant animations and the following additions:

• A fixed hotbar showing the total number of carrots collected and the amount of hearts that a player has
• Ending screen to indicate that players won the game & can restart the level
• Revisited movement mechanics for the player, in which the player should accelerate when holding the right or left keys
• In addition to the movement mechanics above, setting a limit on the jump height to prevent “double jumping” with the up key

Step-by-Step Plan

The final version of the program should utilized stylized sprites with relevant animations and the following additions:

1. Update game map diagram to add new mechanics to the tile grid and plan out the new levels
2. Add platform tiles into new levels
3. Add enemy sprites into the game
4. Revise “lives” logic into health points
5. Add collision logic to enemy sprites to remove health points from player
6. Add “player death” logic that removes all health points when the player falls out of the map
7. Add “game over” screen
8. Improve animations for falling platform tiles (End of Milestone 1)
9. Create hotbar using p5 js shapes and images
10. Add to “game over” function to add a success ending screen to allow people to go to the next level
11. Change player movement to support left-right acceleration and set a counter to limit double jumping
12. Test out all levels with new player movement
13. Submit assignment (End of Milestone 2)

Unknowns

• Learning to implement a “start”, “end” and “game over” screen
• Refactoring code to move functions outside of my draw() function

Stretch Goal

• Make at least 2 levels with increasing difficulty