The Hounds of Zaroff

1. The Hounds of Zaroff

2. Team Info • Impenetrable Scuttlebutt • Adam Files jerrypants@gmail.com • Ryan Jones squeadge@fullsail.edu • Joseph Malta ikpl59@yahoo.com • Luke Pederson zilchius@gmail.com • Bionic Starfish

3. Game Info • The Hounds of Zaroff • A 2D platformer based on the classic short story The Most Dangerous Game • You are constantly being chased by Zaroff as he hunts you • Story • Rainsford wrecks his yacht on an island. • He meets Zaroff a Russian hunter. • Zaroff hunts people • Zaroff hunts Rainsford • Rainsford must escape

4. Comparable Products • Pitfall 2D platformer in the jungle

5. Comparable Products(contd.) • Mario- no weapons, checkpoints, platformer stuff.

6. Comparable Products(contd.) • Crash Bandicoot- Has chase sequences with a restrictive camera.

7. Objectives • Provisional • Collect Trap pieces • Use traps to hinder Zaroff • Hide from Zaroff • Reach Checkpoints • End Game Conditions • Win- Get to the end of a level • Lose- Get caught by an adversary

8. Features • Set traps • Stealth • A constant chase • Dynamic progress bar

9. Challenges • Elude Zaroff • Navigate a treacherous environment • Search for advantages over your foe

10. Walkthrough • Run to the right • Jump through an obstacle filled environ • Zaroff is behind you! • Run faster, collect the trap pieces • Set a trap • Put some distance between you and Zaroff • Go through the checkpoint • Repeat until end of level

11. Testing Methodology • Observation • Interview • Summaries • Thinking Aloud

12. Test Findings • Interface needed to be more graphical • Players were losing track of Zaroff while upon a high platform • Game was too hard

13. Fixes • Changed the interface from text to icons and status bars • Made Zaroff larger • Added more Trap Pieces and Stealth Areas

14. Prototype • Gentlemen BEHOLD!!

15. Q&A • Any Questions?