During the past two months I have thought of three solid gaming ideas that I want work on, but deciding which to work on first was the toughest task. In the end I decided to work on a game called ‘The Orb Collector’. This is a one player, platform game, which will be created in Flash.
Basic Storyline
A researcher named 'Zimmer' has been issued a dangerous task, on an earth ravaged by chemical warfare. Human existence is in decline due to the high amounts of poison in the air. Zimmer must search for surviving plantation that can be used to purify the earth’s air.
A spaceship named 'The RoX9' drops Zimmer into high risk environments, where time is of an essence. He has to locate the specimen, collect it and then make his way to the ship. This sounds like an easy task, but in his way are clusters of poisonous orbs and dangerous creatures.
There are three kinds of orbs, which are three different colours; Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. Zimmer must try to avoid these orbs, as once touched they will infect and absorb into him. If untreated, Zimmer will die, but he can neutralise this poison. To do this Zimmer must keep his poison levels equal. If the poison levels are not equal, Zimmer will be denied access to the ship and if Zimmer absorbs too much of one orb, he will die.
Also, there are three types of infected. These creatures are infected with one of the three orbs, if they hit Zimmer, he will be infected with 3X the amount of that poison. The user will be able to tell what type of poison the creatures are infected with by the colour of their eyes.
Types Of Infected
Wall Hanger – This creature hangs off walls and tries to swing into the player.
Zombie – This creature is brainless, but walks incredibly fast and jumps at the player. If this creature touches Zimmer, he will get infected.
Spider – The spider has long legs, if they touch the player, they will be infected. This creature will try to swipe at the user.
Concept Art
Title Screen (Fig 1)
Game Layout (Fig 2)
Game Layout (Fig 3)
