Expanded Formal Elements

Here is our game's formal elements, expanded with what we have worked on during the week:

Players

• Single player.

• No multiplayer, but has high score list.

Objectives

• Beat the game as quickly as possible.

• Get as much money as possible.

Procedures

• Collecting items of various monetary value.

• Navigating the maze.

• Items gained in a new game that were gained in a previous game will be worth less.

• Some items give immediate money while others must be sold or will be cashed in at the end of the game.

• Money that is collected won't respawn in a new game but items will.

• Player has no map until they buy one.

Rules

• Race against the clock.

• If the player quits before hitting a save point, their time is saved but they start at their last save point.

• Enemies do no damage, and the player cannot die.

• Pausing the game will stop the timer.

Resources (in this case, mostly powerups)

• Money

• Higher Jump

• Wall Jump

• Destroy Walls

• Destroy Enemies

• Swimsuit

• Speedy Shoes

• Super Speedy Shoes

• Grappling Hook

• Random non-powerup items

Conflict

• Enemies can't hurt the player, but could affect the player.

• Certain areas are blocked without having collected a certain item/powerup.

• Certain save points may be easy or hard to get to.

Boundaries

• The player cannot go past most walls (except certain walls destroyable by the Destroy Walls powerup).

• The maze is entirely enclosing with no gaps.

Outcome

• Player gets a score at the end.