Final Project

This blog will follow the development and creation of my game for my final year project. The game will be a 3rd person adventure game set in a futuristic environment inspired by similar genre settings such as star wars and battlestar galactica.

I have done research into the genre of the game I wish to create by looking and playing games with the same qualities I wish to create. The 3rd person RPG genre of game i've researched games such as Fable, the GTA series, Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire. I know most of those games i've just listed are all by rockstar, they are very good games that have the qualities i'm looking for.

Other games i've researched are games with a futuristic universe which are also 3rd person RPG's, games like Mass Effect (all of them), a number of star wars games such the knight if the old republic and the jedi knight series, dark forces 2, jedi outcast and jedi academy. The jedi knight series allows the player to which between 1st and 3rd person view which something i might lookto at to my game. Skyrim is another game that using the same type of mechanic.

With shooting being one of the main feature in my game, almost all of the games listed above all involve 3rd person shooting. Another features i'm looking at is how to create my health system for the game. To keep with the future styling of the game, i'm looking at creating a shield system that can act as protection for the player. This will be a rechargeable shield which will recover over time. Another part of the health system is the health bar of the player. Alot of shooter game have rechargeable health but i'm not looking to do that, the player is going to have to look for health to help recover.

I will most probably be using the Unreal Development kit to create my game as i'm familiar with this software. I've already got a band on stand by to do a soundtrack for the game for me.

Summary:

Genre: 3rd Person Adventure

Setting: futuristic environment

Key Mechanics of the game: 3rd Person Shooting, Shield Regeneration, Health Pack System.