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Race Bots

Race Bots. A Game Treatment By: Michael Alff. Game Story. The year is 2199. You are Roid, a promising young droid out to prove yourself. After several orbits of isolated practice, you finally qualified as the youngest ever droid to race in the Plas-Circuit Races.

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Race Bots

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  1. Race Bots A Game Treatment By: Michael Alff

  2. Game Story • The year is 2199. • You are Roid, a promising young droid out to prove yourself. • After several orbits of isolated practice, you finally qualified as the youngest ever droid to race in the Plas-Circuit Races. • The first race begins at the 487th clock cycle of the planets 51st rotation of the 2199th orbit around the sun. • By winning consecutive gold metals, Roid wins the Bolt Cup. • Time to spill Oil!!!

  3. Appearance • Complete 3D immersive world • Fantasy/cartoon feel to the environment • Natural Environment as Primary design theme • Technology is secondary theme • Race Tracks • More or less circular • Standard path to complete a lap outlined by rough terrain that slows velocity • Contains several obstacles • Boost patches • Speed reducing patches • Off limits areas • Each track follows a generic level theme. • Third Person Racing game • Self adjusting camera behind player

  4. Appearance • Interface • HP Left • Weapon Equipped • Lap Position / Radar • Laps Complete • Time • Crosshairs / Targeting Mechanism • Player • Humanoid looking robot • Pilots a racer (looks as if sitting inside a go-kart) • CPU Racers are similar in general with different color / detail to define uniqueness.

  5. Player Roles & Actions • 3 Unique Racers Types • Tank • Highest HP • Tight Steering • Slow attack rate / High Dmg per hit • Long range attack (single shot gun) • Hovercraft • Medium HP • Loose Steering • Medium attack rate / medium Dmg per hit • Melee attack range (laser lance) • Jet Kart • Medium HP • Medium Steering • Fast attack rate / low Dmg per hit • Medium attack range (machine gun)

  6. Player Roles & Actions • Limited Weapon use that recharges with non-use. • Limited turbo / evade use that recharges with non-use. • 8 racers per race (up to __ humans ???) • Same or Mixed units • Non-Human Races fill in rest of 8 racers • First to complete 3 laps wins race • 1st Place is 8 points • 2nd Place is 5 points • 3rd Place is 3 points • Most points after 3 races wins level and gets trophy • Blow up other racers to slow them down • Temporarily stalled • Recharge weapons & turbo/evade

  7. Player Roles & Actions • Evade other races attacking player • Collect Track Power Up’s • Temporary heightened velocity • HP boost • Weapon Power Up’s • Controls • Accelerate • Decelerate • Fire Weapon • Turbo / Evade • Game pad to steer • Horn Button (Generates a sound for comic value)

  8. Strategies & Motivations • Designed for game pad controller • Similar to games such as Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, etc • Different racer types allow different terrain reactions • Ex. hovercraft over water • Ex. paths only accessible by Jet Kart • Paper, rock, scissor effect with racers • No single best strategy • All racer types have advantages and disadvantages • Both a race and shooter game

  9. Level Summary / Story Progression • 4 uniquely themed levels • (1 level for sure, others if time permits) • 3 tracks per level • Level Themes • Robot City • Volcanic Island • Desert Plains • Ocean Level • Most points for all track of a level beats level • Subsequent levels locked until previous mastered • Trophy as reward with cut-scene for award ceremony • Completing all levels yields the Bolt Cup and unlocks bonus battle mode

  10. Development Specification • Hardware • Graphics Accelerated PC (Modern Standard) • Game Pad Controllers (USB / PS / PS2) • USB to PS/PS2 Converters • Software • Visual C++? • Unreal Tournament 2004 Editors Edition • Maya / 3D Studio? • Notepad ++ • Algorithm Style • AI for CPU racers (2 parts) • Race AI - Search for waypoints that allow lap completion • Attack AI – Fire on opposing racers • Simple Searching Algorithms (Depth First, Beam First, Breadth First, Hill Climbing, A*, Best First, etc)

  11. Questions?

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