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Nicholas Masso edited this page Feb 21, 2023 · 3 revisions

Plan

This is the development plan for the game. I am ignoring github issues for now because I'm the only one working on it, and I can work from a list just fine.

The final goal is to distribute on Itch.io for friends and stuff. Not for money or anything, but it will be nice to get out there. If I don't use commercial assets till the end, could get money out of it?

Vertical Slice

Playtest and proof of concept.

  • One Location
  • One GameMode
  • One Plane
  • Three weapons
  • Main menu: Start + Quit
  • Basic sounds
  • Copyrighted music. IDGAF

Minimum Viable Product

I would be comfortable saying this is 'Done' and this includes polished assets and sounds etc.

  • Two limited-scope locations

    • Town at the base of the mountains
    • Inland City

  • Two gamemodes

    • DEFEND: Destroy all attacking enemies
    • ATTACK: Destroy priority target and escape

  • Four missions:

    One of each type on each map.

  • Five Planes

    These will be shared by you and the enemy. They will have slightly different stats.

  • Three weapons

    • Cannon
    • Tracking Missile
    • Railgun

    There will be no upgrades.

  • Main menu

    This is a single, basic menu for entering the game, selecing a mission, and selecting a plane.

    For the MVP, there are no saved games. You have access to every plane and every mission

  • Controls are not able to be changed

  • Two graphics modes, HIGH and LOW

    This one is subject to change. If the lowest power PC I am aiming for can play the high graphics, this is not needed.

  • Basic sounds

  • Maybe still copyrighted music?

The Ultimate Version

  • Single, massive map with 10 named locations

    I want the user to actually have to fly between locations. This may be supplemented with a fast travel, but I feel like that would make the world much cooler.

  • You can get out of your plane

    I want the user to be able to leave their plane at any point. Skydiving, stealing parked enemy planes, evading, even just walking around. It would be cool.

  • More gamemodes

    • DEFEND: Destroy all attacking enemies.
    • ATTACK: Destroy priority target and escape.
    • DELIVER: Go from one location to another without dying.
    • RECON: View something and return to the starting location.
    • ESCORT: Protect friendlies while in transit

  • Story-driven missions

    I don't know how long the game would be. 20 missions? Maybe a 10 hour playtime?

  • More planes

    Ten maybe?

  • Seven weapons

    • Cannon (1,2,3)
    • Tracking Missile (1,2,3)
    • Railgun (Its always an instakill)

  • Main Menu

    Saved game that you progress and unlock. Select loadout. Start Missions in order. Stylized menu UI

  • Controls can be rebound

  • Actual graphics settings

  • Good sounds

  • 👀 Original music???

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