design demo
DESCRIPTION
Design Demo. Team: Wen Xu , James Weaver, and Andrew Yin Writer: Jake Robbins Artist: Meredith Moriarty Consultant: Mark Friedman. Educational Value. Our game is going to help kids deal with bullying scenarios Bully Scenarios: Verbal insults, steal/rob, and, violence Correct Actions: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Design Demo
Team: Wen Xu, James Weaver, and Andrew YinWriter: Jake RobbinsArtist: Meredith MoriartyConsultant: Mark Friedman
Educational ValueOur game is going to help kids deal
with bullying scenariosBully Scenarios:
◦Verbal insults, steal/rob, and, violenceCorrect Actions:
◦Seek help, don’t care, make friends, and build self-esteem.
Bad Actions◦Engage with the bully, fight, and show
emotions.
Characters
Protagonist Squirrel: Sam-Sam and his friends are bullied in school
-His mother encouraged him to go to Mr. Hopkins
Characters
Fatherly Quest-giver: Mark Hopkins-Redneck rabbit-Asks the squirrels to build a bridge-Gives them a map of the forest
Characters
Beavers-Friendly critters-Provide wood resources-Dislike rabbits
Characters
Turtle-Friendly critter-Provide water transportation-Found at the creek trapped on his back
Characters
Snakes-Hostile character-Verbal bullies
Characters
Bears-Hostile character-Violent bullies-Steals resources
Example Storyboard
Map
What we’ve done so farMet with Mark from Public HealthDesign RevisionCoordinated with artist and writerSetup Google Code group,
FogBugz, and Design doc
Upcoming…Mar 2 - Mar 15 Draw opening scene picture and build 3D
models of characters and resources in Maya. (Meredith)
Finalize conversations. (Jake) Import obj files and build 3D models using
Wild Magic, explore collision detection. (Wen) Create networking modules and model for
map. (Andrew) Build squirrel 3D models and set up basic
actions. (James)