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7/31/2019 Game Treatment DRAFT

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By David Harrison, Matt Roberts, Scott ODonoghue, Jonathan Peters and TomHenwood


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Format

As group we decided that we were going to produce our game on multiple gaming

platforms, these being: Xbox 360 and PC. This idea originally came from the fact that

I and my fellow gamer members all owned an Xbox 360 console, liking the

gameplay, online mode and set up. Also, in the past we had all owned a PC game at

some point and credited how smoothly PC games ran.

To further this point, after conducting our market research we managed to obtain

gamers preferred platform types. These results being very positive as out of the nine

platforms which could have been selected from, 67% preferred Xbox 360 and 48%PC. So with are results in mind, we thought that it was defiantly the right decision to

use these platforms.

Furthermore, to begin with we had been considering whether to extend are target

audience and put our gaming idea on an android device. We were positive with this

decision due to the fact that it would allow people to play on the game whilst on the

move. However, we suddenly changed these thoughts as a very low number of

people played games on android devices, as you can see by this piece of market

research:


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We stated before are original idea had even come together that we wanted a game

with online features and a multiplayer option. This was so users could interact withfriends, we as gamers ourselves felt that this was important because we really enjoy

this feature. After the market research had come in, we discovered that over half of

the people who had answered the questions, preferred to play with friends.

In conclusion to this information, it was important to settle for these platforms and

features as that we will be able to reach out to more customers, this meaning that

more profit will be created through sales.

Genre

In the early stages of our planning process, we drafted a game idea for each genre

in the market to vary our choices. This allowed us to narrow down the game ideas

that we would work well in the market and be enjoyable to develop and play. After

analysing the concepts that we had shortlisted, we came to the conclusion that our

game idea for the Adventure genre would be the best concept to go with and

develop. Although we predominantly chose the Adventure genre, we have decidedthat we will implement gameplay mechanics that are common in other genres such

as Roleplaying and Action in order to increase the quality of the game as well as the

audience appeal.

We were pleased with our choice of genre and also our choice to use elements of

other genres in our game after we completed our market research and received the

results of our survey. In this survey we asked various questions about genres and

the types of games that people prefer to play. The results were very positive for us,

with 31% of people identifying the Adventure genre as their favourite genre. We also

found out that 35% of people identified Action and Roleplaying as their favourite


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genres and that 52% of people like to play lots of different genres. This was very

positive because we know that our game concept has the possibility of reaching a

large portion of the market audience as our game makes use of multiple genres.

After we had finished our market research we began planning the concepts of the

game. When doing this we had to make sure that our game utilized the conventions

for our chosen genre. Everything from weapons to settings to characters had to fit in

with the general patterns of games in the Adventure genre. We found this out when

we did our further market research; analysing games in our genre in order to try andspot popular conventions and areas of games where we think there needs to be

more innovation. This helped us to understand what similarities to other games we

should include in ours in order to appeal to fans of the Adventure genre.

Certain areas of the game such as sound, level structure and the storyline had to be

planned carefully to make sure that they fit into the Adventure genre. We had to

make sure that the sound used in the game was adventurous as well as fitting in with

the theme of our game.


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Market Research

Market Research

Before we got stuck in with the planning process, we did some market research to see

whether our game would be marketable and whether there is plausible cause for development.

We split our market research into two sections; a survey which was answered by over 200

members of the public and further market research which involved reviewing current market

games in our area of genre.

After receiving all of the results to our survey we examined them in order to see if any of the

results could impact on how we developed our game. There were many positive results that

came from the survey, the most positive being that 31% of people identified the Adventure as

their favourite genre and as this is the main genre for our game then there is definitely a

market for the genre. 35% of people also identified Action and Roleplaying as their favourite

genre so by combining elements of these genres in to our game then we will be reaching out

to a larger audience.

Another result that will influence how we develop our game came from the question "Which

parts of computer games do you most enjoy?". We found out that over 50% of people prefer

multiplayer game modes and storylines. This works well for us as we are developing an

intriguing storyline so that the player feels compelled to finish the game and implementing a

multiplayer mode so that people can play with friends. We also found out that 55% of people

asked prefer playing with friends so it important that we include a co-op feature to appeal tothis portion of the audience.


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Audience

We at Gaben Games have aimed M5 at a Teen audience as it includes humorous

cartoon characters with a pretty violent and mature world, we settled with the Teen

rating as some people may be uncomfortable with seeing cartoon monkeys violently

dispatched in the game, however in the options there is a setting where any players

can turn off gore from appearing in the game and any enemies killed will simply

disappear when they are killed, there will also be no blood when this setting is off. To

ensure that the game is not solely for a Teen audience we have included many funny

references and humour that are aimed towards a more mature audience

Possible target audiences for this game are fans of the Castlevania series as M

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features very similar game and level design as well as setting, Borderlands because

of the large variety of weapons available in the game.

The game Terraria is also a game that inspired M5 as it shares similar graphics as M5

but in a lower resolution and with less 3D elements. During NPC areas, the

gameplay style will become similar to that of Tales of Monkey Island which is a

popular series with a large fanbase, these areas will appeal greatly to fans of the

series.


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Language

The language in game will be mature yet fun orientated so it will have times where itis based around the preferences of young people such as mild silly humour and then

there will be mild innuendos that are family friendly but will appeal the humour of a

vast number of people in a more mature audience, there will be an option to choose

the maturity of the language so if you want no mild to bad language then youd

choose the 12 option, if you would want Mild Language including gore then the 15

option, if you would want everything on then you would pick the 18+ option which will

include all gore, language which will be a mix of mature language to silly childish

phrases that will still be funny to older audiences.

On the box there will be general language in a mature sense so there will be thelikes of things being described as epic or manic, so nothing too serious. As the

game outlook for a general impression on the audiences is not meant to be too silly

nor too graphic, we have given an overall midway approach to the box art and the

wording on the front and back.

We have chosen to be wise with the selection of language, as if we include a

slur/joke that is very region specific dialect, then we would make sure that it is also

widely known even though it might not be used in different parts of the world, so that

we do not confuse our audiences with phrases and sayings they may not recognise,

more mature puns will be masked in a sense that an older audience could clearlysee what the joke was about and find it funny/hilarious whilst a child would just find it

funny because of the situation the characters are in and what is going on.

The language outside of battles will generally be laid back, non-serious, but with the

occasional mature statement to add cultural volume to the relativity between

human and virtual communication and how the player understands the content and

relates it to real life to make it relevant, yet virtually dynamic in the sense that they

can lose themselves in a game but enjoy it via real-world reference.

Inside of battles it will be more vicious, where there will be more angrily said words,more mature language if the setting is on, and specific phrases that will be said when

attacking/defending or some mid-point in between, this allows people to still enjoy

the comedic effect clearly wrapped around the game mechanics but also the severity

and fast-paced action of any kind of dangerous warfare.


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Territories

The game will predominantly be sold in European countries. This is to keepproduction costs down as it costs more to produce games for different regions. Since

all European countries support the PAL disk type then we would only have to

produce one type of disk. If we were to produce the game for sale in America as well

we would have to produce NTSC disks as well. Another reason for this is because

through our research we have found out that Xbox 360 games in the adventure

genre seemed to sell better in European countries so we thought that it would be

better to focus all of our marketing efforts on that region. We would like to market

and sell the game in Japan due to their love of games with RPG and RTS game

elements. For this reason we think that the game would sell particularly well there

but we would have to see whether the game sells in Europe before releasing in

Japan as the production costs would be much higher as the disk has to be

reproduced in NTSC-J.


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Content of the Game

-Overview

The game is quite simple, you are a 17 year old teenager who has inheritedmansions from his deceased family. However, his properties have been invaded and

taken over by an army of evil monkeys. The leader of these monkeys is General

Titus, he has planned and plotted these attacks.

So in order to regain power, you must battle your way through your mansions and a

number of levels. Obviously it will not be as simple as it sounds, General Titus has

come prepared with his trained horde of monkeys which will have to be defeated to

get one step closer towards succession. Along the way there will also be a series of

mini-bosses which will strain your ability of skill, proving to be very though.

However, there will be NPC characters along the way which will help you with the

quest, these range from Dr. LoveBucket which can heal you and sell potions, along

with Mytic Mylo who enchants weapons. We felt that it was very important to have

such characters within the storyline to ease the pressure and to make it more

enjoyable.

After conducting the market research we found that:

As you can see 41% of people who answered are questionnaire said that they play

games every day. Therefore it was very important to concentrate on the overview of

the game to are maximum abilities due to the fact that gamers would notice bad

gameplay with them playing so much. As gamers we felt that the overview of games

is very important because it is one of the key ingredients to making a good,

establishable game.


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-Objective

The game is quite simple, you are a 17 year old teenager who has inherited

mansions from his deceased family. However, his properties have been invaded and

taken over by an army of evil monkeys. The leader of these monkeys is GeneralTitus, he has planned and plotted these attacks.

So in order to regain power, you must battle your way through your mansions and a

number of levels. Obviously it will not be as simple as it sounds, General Titus has

come prepared with his trained horde of monkeys which will have to be defeated to

get one step closer towards succession. Along the way there will also be a series of

mini-bosses which will strain your ability of skill, proving to be very though.

However, there will be NPC characters along the way which will help you with the

quest, these range from Dr. LoveBucket which can heal you and sell potions, alongwith Mytic Mylo who enchants weapons.

We wanted to go this much in depth with are storyline, characters and objective of

the game because as gamers we find that this is one of the most important features.

Whilst planning we thought it was necessary to have this much detail as we wanted

are gameplay to be exciting and not boring.

After conducting the market research we thought it was key to concentrate on the

objective of our game:

As you can see 56% prefer the storyline, which in hindsight is made upon the

objectives that contribute towards it. So therefore we wanted to make this aspect as

good as possible.


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-theme

The general theme of the game is a monkey invasion of the main charactersmansions, Martin. The game is meant to be an action/adventure/RPG (Role-Playing

Game) where you can explore, discover and evolve with the character and watch

eagerly as the story expands and becomes more clear with surprises around every

corner, the game is meant to ensnare you as there is always something to do, make

Martin stronger, give him new abilities or upgrades and support mansions being

attacked, depending on the maturity setting depends on how hard the game will be

themed against, naturally we have the game in mind to be easier depending on the

age rating you choose to play at.

It could also be partially deemed as an RTS (Real-Time Strategy) as it allows themonkeys to attack at any point and you may even have to pull out mid-level if you

are alerted by the mages telepathy that one of your mansions is under attack, but

this will be generally orientated towards the higher age rating modes of play, the

game is meant to be straightforward, enticing and mysterious in the way you can

play a level over and over and still maybe even find something new about it each

time that you missed previously.

It partially includes evolution in the gameplay, as if you leave the game for too long

without attacking then it gives the enemy time to increase its army and

power/powers, meaning it will be far harder if you just play it defensively without ever

attacking, you will eventually suffer massive losses if you of not retaliate to all of the

monkey attacks to your mansions on the harder difficulties, but these scenarios are

also present, but less frequent, in the lower age rating modes.

It allows for a complete turnover also, as you can try to take over the jungle if you

wish for alternate endings depending on how you do so, meaning that the theme of

the game could turn from being a defensive, revenge game where you follow the

story to get what is rightfully yours back from the ape invasion, or where you

complete reverse the roles, and after taking back your mansions, amass an armyvicious enough to violently yet strategically take over the jungle and defeat a secret

boss, who is the true king of the jungle, this however will strictly be available on the

18+ play through as it will be a massive challenge for the player to defeat it.


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-structure


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-features

Health: Indicated via a banana which slowly gets eaten with bite marks on it, if

poisoned, it turns brown, monkeys and item boxes/breakables may reveal extra

health based on a wild card algorithm. The more damaging the attack the more

damage will be done to the banana, if poisoned, the banana will turn brown.

Health and various other stats can be increased by finding mystic monkey

enchantment stones, which can be traded in as stat points to increase the players

abilities, and very rarely, you can find the Monkey Kings sacred crystals, Ego

Emeralds, Rampant Rubies, Dusted Diamonds and Tainted Topaz, emeralds will

allow for a new agility move to be learned, rubies will be a new physical

attack/ability/perk, diamonds will be aerobic abilities and topaz will be the ability tointeract with certain world elements, the ability to use portals, gateways, hidden

passages etc.

Enemy Health: Faster enemies will have less health, slower enemies will either have

high defence, high health or in some cases, both. There will be elite versions of each

monkey that may randomly spawn with the chance of dropping rare items, however

monkeys these will have stats that are a danger to the player.

Mansion layout: Each mansion will have a different layout and different features each

time, the appearance will be randomised in every different mansion each time you

play it, so it has near infinite possibilities for replay-ability and will be just as addictive

as when the player first started playing, and most likely even more so.

Boss enemies: Boss enemies will rule each mansion, and there will usually only be

one, with a sub-boss as a henchman, who could be in a different part of the mansion

or even with the main boss in rare occasions. The boss enemies will be a massive

test of skill for the player and you will have to make use of all the skills and

abilities/weapons in your arsenal.

-characters

In Manic Martins Marvellous Monkey Mansions you play as Martin, the protagonist

and owner of all of the mansions, you can however change the name of your

character and customise what the character looks like for a unique look and

experience, this will allow players to show off their characters to friends. Each type of

enemy has a unique piece of clothing or armour that they have a rare chance of

dropping; this will allow the user to customize their characters to an even further

extent than before. Possible downloadable content could include new armour or


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clothes for your character. In M5 you will also be able to change the colour of all of

your clothing, armour, hair etc.

Other characters in the game include Jack Smith the Blacksmith who can repair your

weapons and armour for a price and may even sell some weapons of his own,

Mystic Mylo who can enchant your weapons or armour and he can sell potions or

scrolls that teach the player spells, the Cheap-anzee who is a friendly monkey who

doesnt attack the player but sells rare items such as weapons or armour for a very

high price so he may con you!, Dr. Lovebucket who is the local insane surgeon who

isnt afraid to experiment on living creatures as you can see by his pet monkey

assistant, for a price Dr. Lovebucket can heal you or supply you with potions, and

finally Closet Clyde who is a friendly but not quite sane Tramp who resides in

closets, from here you can quickly give him items to sell to the nearest vendor and

for a price he can teleport you to any other closets you have discovered in the

mansion.

Dr. Lovebucket and his assistant.

There are a variety of different Monkey enemies that the player will encounter in the

mansions these consist of The Assassinape which is an enemy that sneaks up and

attacks Martin from behind and may also throw Faeces at Martin, the Orang-utank

which has armour and more defence, The Spider Monkey can climb walls and shootweb at the player, The Howler Monkey is usually found asleep but if startled he will


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shout which will knock the player back and will alert any other monkeys in the area to

the players location, The ManDrill monkey is usually hiding in the ground, they can

dig around the player and they can pop up from beneath the player using their drill to

damage the player, they are easy to see when they are above ground as they have a

mining helmet with a light on, The Baboom monkey which has a large explosive tank

on his back, this enemy will explode upon death and may even attempt to take the

player with him he may also throw sticks of dynamite at the player, the Prowler

monkey that is very similar to the Howler but he patrols hallways and is hard to avoid

and finally the Fibbon monkey that tells secrets to the player, but these may be lies.

-Mechanics

How do you earn points/complete levels? What are the rewards?

We have discussed the rules of the games, for example how to earn points and

better weapons. First of all, if the character shoots the killer monkeys, the monkey

may drop more coins so that the player can get better weapons, body armour.

Once the mission is completed the points will show how many you monkeys you

killed. In the task, there will be loads of things on the floor that you can pick it up, for

example get bananas and the bananas will make a player have better health.

Also how many points you earn depends on the time you finish the mission. If theplayer finished the level with a very long time, they will get less points and if they

completed it in a very fast time, theyll get extra points but it will be difficult for harder

tasks, therefore, you will get extra points for the completed level.

We have an idea to have mini games in game, we thought it was good idea to have

a fruit machine, so you can gamble to get more bananas, or more armour. If the

player decided to not play machine, they can leave it so they dont to lose the credit

they have earned. If the player wants, they can save points to spend on strange

weapons so they can complete easy and easy to fight the monkeys.

In the game, there will be loads of different types of characters. The player can pick

their characters. With rewards they can make them better fitness, strength and better

armour. In the menu, there will be a shop and they buy and sell the amour and

clothes they have picked up and earned.

See the picture below, thats the fruit machine on the menu or you can get It while

you in game. The fruit machine can make the player better health and power

weapons. You have put coins on the machine and the machine will automatically

spin to give the player a chance to win prizes. E.g. if you get 3 bananas come up,

you will get 20 bananas prize.


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Jack Smith the Blacksmith is not to fight with, he is the one who can repair and sell

better amour for a price. Also he makes weapons and sells them. Jack Smith the

Blacksmith is very tall and huge and his room is full of old weapons and loads of

metals and parts of guns, he is a very good designer and experienced in making

guns and knives.

You find health while in the game. There will be fruits and first aid to improve your

health. While in the game, there will be fruits left on the floor and you have to pick

them up to survive the fight. In the shop you can buy first aid and its very expensive

to buy there is more chance to survive and fight the war. When you dying, you can

tell because there is loads of blood all over the screen and you need to take cover

from attackers and once your covered, the blood will go away. When youre dying

Martin have shouts for help and screams. Also when you are dying the controller

vibrates all the time meaning you need to get first aid or fruit.

Martin can carry 2 guns and 1 knife around the mission, one is for auto guns and one

is manual, if you want to change the weapons you can. Martin has to carry the

bullets to reload guns.

You can get rewards in the tasks, such as a big coin to get a big amount of money

and also you can get rewards for better amour. There are loads of tasks that you will

be able to get trophies from.

Martin can run very fast, jump and take cover. On controller you can control Martin to

take cover from death, also you can run fast to get more chance to kill the monkeys.


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-Story

The game itself is set around the locale of the tropical paradise of the Ookahulo

Isles, where the chump-chimp chief protagonist General Titus, is no longer satisfied

with being king of the jungle, and stumbles across a discarded grubby map, whichshows the locations of these massive houses, all of which, fit for a King. Titus sets

offwith 4 of his finest comrades, and then splits up to take over Martins Mansions

single-handedly.

The game begins as Martin awakes to find that his castle is under attack by a legion

of mad monkeys and now he must defend himself during a brief tutorial which gives

the player through the basics of the games gameplay, offering insight to the control

system and how martin can be developed as a character over time, this allows the

player to play the game better, as they are clued up on how to do everything as it

happens, so if you meet the medic, the tutorial will tell you how to interact with him.

As the game expands you find yourself facing greater and harder challenges,

including puzzles and games that will test the players dexterity and will to win, when

Martin reclaims a mansion by defeating the boss or completing the objectives set to

reclaim the mansion then you get the deeds to the mansion back and it then reverts

to its former glory, and all monkey corruption to the features disappear in a cut

scene, such as statues are no longer of monkey generals and there arent any

banana trees etc.

After a mansion is taken over, it can still be taken back by the monkeys if they attackand you do not choose to defend it, whether this interrupts your story or not, your

choice can affect the game greatly, and can make it far harder if they take over one

of your mansions, as you will have one less base to work from, heal, level-up etc.

and you will be less powerful as the more mansions you own the more powerful

martin is as he receives magic support from the magicians and random air drops

from the blacksmith.

The story evolves as you choose to play it, if you play defensive and attack when

you are fully safe then you will be able to complete the game more tactically and with

greater force, if you rush in and try take over every mansion straight away then

likelihood is you will miss a lot of the secrets in the levels and powers and wont be

very powerful, making the final levels nearly impossible as you will not be strong

enough or wont have good enough weaponry to take on the high-tier monkey

guards and Generals.


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-Environment

The environments in Manic Martins Marvellous Monkey Mansions are heavily

inspired by the Castlevania series, they will be set in various parts of the Mansions

and areas around the Mansions which may include Dungeons, Sewers, gardens,

laboratories or even on the roof of each mansion.

A Castlevania level.

Because the game is a 2D side scroller, each room will be separated by a door; a

typical room will include some sort of enemy, platforms to jump on, ladders to climb,

ropes to swing or some sort of trap like Water, Lava or spikes.

In NPC areas the rooms are generally the same except there are no enemies or

traps and the player cannot use weapons, these rooms will involve the player

interacting with the environment or items in the room.

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