Game Introduction
- Platformer
- Control a character that can move around a 2D level.
- GamePlay
- Control an ant that can move left, right, and jump. Interact with food to progress through the game. Avoid dangers like spiders.
- Target audience
- Children
- Look and Feel
- The setting will consist of places where ants are known to look for food like in someone's backyard or their kitchen floor. This will help the player feel like they are small.
Story
You are an ant who must venture out and collect food the help feed the colony. In your search for food, you will travel through tall grass, across large patches of dirt, and even into the houses of humans. Beware and watch out for danger, such as spiderwebs.
How to Play
- Controls
- The A key moves the player left. The D key move the player right. The Space key makes the player jump.
- Goals
- Collect all the food on screen.
- Levels
- 10
- Dangers
- Spiders
- Lives
- The player has three lives.
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Heads Up Display (HUD)
- Level counter
- Keeps count of the level you are on.
- Food tracker
- Something that tells you what foods are left on that level, as well as how many of each.
- Life count
- A counter that will keep track of your lives.
Ant
The character the player controls.
Spider
Avoid these or they will eat you!
Level Design
- Number of levels
- 10
- 1st level setting
- Right outside of ant colony.
- Levels 2-4 setting
- Grassland
- Levels 5-7 setting
- Dirt patch
- Levels 8-10 setting
- Kitchen floor
Global Elements
- Background
- The background will change across the 10 levels to establish the appropriate setting according to the level.
- Scale
- The scale of the levels will grow as the character proceeds through the game.
- Platforms
- Platforms will serve as the means by which the player will navigate the level.
- Dangers
- Spiders
- Camera angle
- The camera angle will always be viewing the scene from the side.
Player Elements
The sound that plays when the ant jumps!
The sound that plays when the ant lands from a jump!
The sound that plays when the ant collects food!
Global Elements
The sound the spider makes!
The sound of wind blowing!
System Requirements
- Requirements
- Access to a computer and internet browser.