Team:The Spikers
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Rock For The Constitution
CIVICS GAME CONCEPT
- Our game teaches civics in the Ideals Framework. Our game is about a guy who plays the guitar and learns his amendments though playing popular songs thoughout the decades. It teaches civics through a fun game by having cases about the amendments and having a page with the first ten amedments of the Constitutiion. The Final Game file is open to everone is ready to play it below.
GAME PITCH
- Intro screen: Rock for the Constitution
- Team Introduction
Garrett Hunt- Actionscripter, Game Constructer.
Charles Rowe- Artist, Team Manager and Sound Editor.
- Learning Topic
Our game on civics focuses on the subject of Rights and Resposibilities.
- Audience
We're designing the game on the Middle School Level for elementary kids because they need to know about thier rights as a citizen of the United States of America.
- Game Play
The Player will see thier character, dressing room (if we get into making that) and the playing field. The Player will click on buttons, tap the keys of the notes on the screen, press the spacebar to get the fire flame of the screen and learn about the amendments. The only two rules are have fun and follow the on-screen directions. You win the game by winning the songs and amendment parts. The goal of the game is to teach about the amendments by playing a game.
- Fun Factor
The Player has fun by playing a game just like Guitar Hero, DDR and Rock Band.
- Smart Factor
Our game teaches about the Rights of the amendments. Someone can learn all thier rights.
- Style Factor
All of the notes will be moving, the characters will be talking and the buttons will work. We will use music as sounds.
- Originality Factor
The reason our game is different because it teaches about the amendments. It will sell because it is fun just like DDR, Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
FINAL GAME
Final_Game_Spikers.fla
PRESENTATION
Media:File:Presentation Chuck455.fla
GAME DEMO
PAPER PROTOTYPE
- Date of Paper Prototype: Oct. 2009
- Yes, our game changed since we did the paper prototype with the playing scenes, the choose character screen, and the dressing room scenes (which we don't have anymore). The Playing Scene changed because you no longer play with a,s,d,f,g and Spacebar.
The choose character screen changed because there are no more names and there are only 2 characters.
RESEARCH
List 3 sources you used to research your game:
Source:
- What you learned:
Petitioner John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Petitioner Mary Beth Tinker, John's sister, was a 13-year-old student in junior high school.
In December 1965, a group of adults and students in Des Moines held a meeting at the Eckhardt home. The group determined to publicize their objections to the hostilities in Vietnam and their support for a truce by wearing black armbands during the holiday season and by fasting on December 16 and New Year's Eve. Petitioners and their parents had previously engaged in similar activities, and they decided to participate in the program.
The principals of the Des Moines schools became aware of the plan to wear armbands. On December 14, 1965, they met and adopted a policy that any student wearing an armband to school would be asked to remove it, and if he refused he would be suspended until he returned without the armband. Petitioners were aware of the regulation that the school authorities adopted.
- Why you chose this source: This source talks about the Tinker Case. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/tinker.html
Source:
- What you learned: 1791 Bill of Rights (first ten amendments)
1ST freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition 2ND right to bear arms 3RD right to not quarter soldiers in the home without permission 4TH freedom from unlawful search & seizure without probable cause 5TH right to due process, right not to incriminate yourself, law of eminent domain, double jeopardy, Grand Jury indictment in felony cases 6TH right to a fair and speedy trial, right to know the charges against you, right to a lawyer, right to face your accuser in court 7TH right to a jury trial in civil cases 8TH no excessive bail/fines nor cruel or unusual punishment 9TH unenumerated rights 10TH powers reserved to the states
- Why you chose this source: We chose this source because it talks about the first ten amendments. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1484129/All-27-Amendments
Source:
- What you learned: Definition of government officials - people elected or appointed to administer a government
U.S. Government rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose these technical data and/or computer data bases and/or computer software and/or computer software documentation are subject to the limited rights restrictions
- Why you chose this source: We needed to know what a govenment official was.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
https://www.noridianmedicare.com/access/us_govt_rights.html
GAME IDEAS
NARROWING THE TOPIC
- The Topic of Your Game:
To teach about the 1st and most important amendment.
- Specific amendment/freedom/right/aspect of the journey/Cabinet member responsibilities you BOTH have decided to narrow your game to:
We have decided to narrow our topic down to the first amendment.
- The title of the game you BOTH agreed upon. Explain how it reflects your topic:
We are going to keep our original game name because the first amendment is part of the Constitution.
- Your storyline:
Our storyline is that, to win the game, your player has to asume the role of a guitarist on his/her way to make his/her fortune, which is a minimum of 2,000,000,000 points which is not impossible, just improbable - not likley to occur, but if it does you will be crowned "Constitution Master,"which is the highest rank in the game, but on his/her way he/she faces challnges that could cost them 2,000 pts.
DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL ADRESS YOUR TOPIC IN THE GAME SCENES
a. Scene 1:
I. Story Line: Only thing you have to do in this scene is to play a song named "Bodies" By Drowning Pool and after you play the song you HAVE to read about the 1st amendment.
II. What the player has to do to win: Play the song all the way through without failing. (Touching the bar behind the note screen). Then you HAVE to read.
III. What the player has to know before he/she can play: How to play the game. (go to the help scene.)
b. Scene 2:
I. Story Line: Only thing you have to do is play a song and after you do you have to solve a case.
II. What the player has to do to win: Play the song all the way and solve a case.
III. What the player has to know before he/she can play: How to Play the game.
GAME DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Use this table to assign work to each team member and keep track of everyone's progress. Add rows as needed.
| Team Member | Assignment | Notes and Progress | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett and Charles | Coding "Enemies" | We looked and tried to do it on Flash | 03/08/2010 - 03/12/2010 |
| Garrett and Charles | Special Effects | We watched the tutorial on how make special effects and we are going to try to put special effects in our game. | 03/12/2010 - 03/16/2010 |
| Garrett and Charles | Character Effects | We were wondering how we would make our characters have less flaws in them, and this helps us out a lot. | 03/16/2010 - 03/20/2010 |
| Garrett and Charles | Collision Detection | This will help with our notes in our game, "Rock For The Constitution", we are working on our playing scene and we had no idea how to make it where you can hit a letter and it will explode and you will get that note. | 03/20/2010 - 03/24/2010 |
| Garrett and Charles | Score Keeping | This will help us because we need to get score every time that you hit a letter. | 03/24/2010 - 03/28/2010
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DESIGN PLAN
- Look at your paper prototype as you fill in this template.
- Think about one scene at a time -- fill in all the details you can think of.
- Go to the next scene, and do the same.
- After you create this plan, you'll be ready to start making the game!
- The player wins points if they ht the notes on-screen and lose points if they don't.
- Note A: 20pts. x2
- Note S: 20pts. x2
- Note D: 20pts. x2
- Note F: 20pts. x2
- Note G: 20pts. x2
- Note AS: 40pts. x3
- Note AD: 40pts. x3
- Note AF: 40pts. x3
- Note AG: 40pts. x3
- Note SD: 40pts. x3
- Note SF: 40pts. x3
- Note SG: 40pts. x3
- Note DF: 40pts. x3
- Note DG: 40pts. x3
- Note FG: 40pts. x3
- Note ASD: 60pts. x4
- Note ASF: 60pts. x4
- Note ASG: 60pts. x4
- Note SDF: 60pts. x4
- Note SDG: 60pts. x4
- Note DFG: 60pts. x4
- Note ASDF: 80pts. x5
- Note ASDG: 80pts. x5
- Note ASDFG: 100pts. x6
- FireFlame: 60pts. x4
- Solved Case: 300pts. x9
Title Scene
1. Describe this scene (What do you see?) Buttons, Title Of Game, Music Notes. 2. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Nothing is happening, You push the buttons. 3. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Background
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
- Text
Help Scene
1. Describe this scene (What do you see?) Text
2. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Nothing Happening, Read
3. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Background
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
Back
- Text
"How to play game" TEXT
Game Scene 1: Outside Dressing Room
1. Storyline in this scene:
2. Describe this scene (What do you see?) The Player will see "Main Menu", "Dressing Room" and "Gig".
3. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Nothing Is happening, Click on a button.
4. What the player has to do to get through this scene:
5. What the player has to know (facts/history/details of the case) to play successfully:
6. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Background
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
3 Doors
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
Main Menu, Dressing Room and Gig
- Text
"Pick A Door"
Game Scene 2: Dressing Room
1. Storyline in this scene:
2. Describe this scene (What do you see?)
3. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?)
4. What the player has to do to get through this scene:
5. What the player has to know (facts/history/details of the case) to play successfully:
6. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
Buttons Doors
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
Instruments Exit Closet
- Text
"Pick a Door"
Game Scene 3: Character Selection
1. Storyline in this scene:
2. Describe this scene (What do you see?)
Names Buttons
3. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Nothing is Happening Pick a Character
4. What the player has to do to get through this scene:
5. What the player has to know (facts/history/details of the case) to play successfully:
6. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Background
Colors
- Character(s)
Chuckie Garrett Rosaline Britney
- Object(s)
Buttons
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
Chuckie Garrett Rosaline Britney
- Text
Select Character
Game Scene 4: Pick A Song
1. Describe this scene (What do you see?) Song Names, Hardness Level and Go On 2. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Nothing is Happening, Pick a Song and Hardness then click Go ON 3. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
Buttons
- Animation(s)
- Sound(s)
- Button(s)
Songs Hardness Go On
- Text
"Pick a Song" "Hardness Level" "Go On"
Game Scene 5: Play Song
1. Describe this scene (What do you see?) Notes Text Instructions Fun Fact FireFlame 2. Describe the action in this scene (What is happening, how do you complete the activity here?) Notes and FireFlame are moving up the screen, Play and complete the song. 3. List of Assets for this scene: (Note: You may not need all these asset types.)
- Character(s)
- Object(s)
Notes FireFlame
- Animation(s)
Notes Moving FireFlame Moving up screen
- Sound(s)
Music
- Button(s)
- Text
Song Name Points Hardness Level A,S,D,F,G Instructions
Continue to add more game scenes as needed
