Mall Cop basic model

Concept Art

Research

Here are a number of games I looked at to get ideas.

Zombieville USA

iPhone game

This is basically a simple zombie shooter.

Collect money to buy weapons/health. Lots of blood and
gore. We would definitely want to tone down the blood and gore compared to this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvfVDczQXOY



Zombie Waster

This game is really basic.

I like that it brings up control instructions right away.

http://www.shootzombies.com/game/138/ZombieWaster.html



SAS: Zombie Assault 3

Has a nice opening menu. It has a variety of zombies.
It also has an upgrade shop where you can buy weapons, etc.

http://www.shootzombies.com/game/54/SASZombieAssault2.html



Zombie Blitz

This game is nice because it has a variety of Zombies. I
think we'll really want to have that variety in our game.

I especially like many of the zombie characters in this game.

http://www.box10.com/zombie-blitz.html



We've already talked about this but I really think we'll want to have a variety of enemies in our game. I also really like the upgrade options found in many of these games. Although I do think it would be better for us to have power-ups appear during game play.

We also will want to have the game play very cartoony to avoid the negative perception of a mall setting.

Here are concept images for a mall level:












The level design will be 2D and I think we'll want to look at having more of a cartoon look for the mall level to reduce the reality factor of the game.

Metal Headz One Page Document

Metal Headz Ideas

Here is a possible layout for our Metal Headz game document:















Here is a basic logo design:










Here is the colored version of the guitarist originally drawn by Colby Paul:

Mall Cop One Page Design Document

Mall Cop Design Images

Here are a few images I've come up with to add to our one page design document


First is a logo I came up with:









Next are three character design images:















Last is a concept screen shot of the mall level:

Mall Cop Rampage

Our newest game concept is about a mall cop who falls asleep on the job and imagines himself fighting zombies, aliens, and communist rebels.

Here is a concept drawing of the main character:

Research for Game Project

As we talked about the game we want to develop the first idea that came to mind was Contra. Contra is obviously a really old game but the idea of controlling a commando character into battle is awesome. Although this idea is my favorite, there are many spaceship, fighter jet games for a scrolling shooter. Below are a few games I looked at:

Heli-Strike:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/4588/Heli_Strike/
Verticle scroll shooter with combat helicopter.
Modern Combat.

I like the concept of operating a helicopter.
I liked the mouse controles. The first level was
way too easy. The second level was a little too hard.


Parasite Strike:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/12371/Parasite_Strike/
Horizontal scroll shooter with jet fighter.
Modern Combat.

I like the idea of having upgrades for your ship. I
like the idea of having end bosses for each level.
I didn't like the controlls with this game. The
arrow keys were good but using c to shoot seemed weird.


S4:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/12372/S4/
Verticle scroll shooter with space fighter.
Sci-Fi shooter.

I like the concepts here and I like the upgrades feature.
The controls were fine (arrow keys with space to fire).
The game play was really slow. I would prefer a faster
paced game.


Captain Badazz:
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/11988/Captain_Badazz/
Horizontal scroll shooter with futuristic human character.
Sci-Fi shooter.

I like the futuristic shooter concept with a human character.
The graphics are really old. It's a little to simple. The
controls are good (arrow keys and spacebar).


Metal Slug 2 (Online Version).
http://www.1980-games.com/us/action-games/flash-games/metal-slug.php
Horizontal scroll shooter with human character.
Modern warfare.

I like the concept of a tough soldier character. The graphics
are a little old. The controls were terrible.
http://www.1980-games.com/us/action-games/flash-games/metal-slug.php


I really like the idea of Metal Slug and I think it would be awesome to incorporate some of these ideas in our game. I realize that having a human character would be difficult to put together but I drew a quick sketch of a soldier character anyway.

Video Game Ideas for Scrolling Shooter