Beatbot the Beatbox

Beatbot the Beatbox

• Anargirou, Peter

• Francisco, Gemma

• Nguyen, Ethan

• Vu, Tony

Initial Goals

• Platformer

• 2D Gameplay

• 2D Art

• Bright colors

• Classic UI

• Fun

• Simple!

Combo System•A specific 3 hit combo will allow the player to perform a combo finisher attack

•Combo finishers:–Brass Knuckle Beat-Down – powerful punch in one direction –Freeze-Beat – paralyzes enemies in close proximity–Beatbox Windmill – moderate damage to surrounding enemies

Special Move

• Successful combo finishers will replenish 1/12 of energy bar

• Special move uses 1/2 of energy bar

• Special move damages all enemies on viewable screen

Enemies

• Bat• Annoying flying enemy• Does low damage• Has low health• Very small hitbox and fast speed makes this enemy hard

to hit

• Zombie• Very slow with no player tracking AI• Medium health• Emits poison gas – low to medium damage• If defeated, immediately emits poison gas vapor –

medium damage

• Rabid Dog• Average speed• Will lunge at Beatbot if he gets too close• Average damage• Average health

• Robot Tortoise• High health• Low to medium damage• Shoots projectiles from mouth

• Robot Penguin• Slow speed• Will perform a very fast belly-slide to dash forward,

causing low to medium damage

• Fire Hydrant• Seems like a normal fire hydrant when far away• Will lunge at Beatbot if he gets too close• Low health• Low damage• Stationary

• Knight• Average health• Average damage• Melee enemy• Will deal consecutive blows if not stopped

• Golem• Exceptionally slow• Large size• Very powerful, dealing high damage• High health

• Mini-magnet Monster• Slow• Low health• No damage• Will paralyze Beatbot if he comes into contact with it

Levels

• Demo– Backyard and house of Elderly Robot Panda

• Full– Beatbot’s house (simple tutorial)– Street– Factory– Elderly Robot Panda’s backyard– Elderly Robot Panda’s house

Target Hardware

• Windows XP and Vista– “Modern” Hardware

• Xbox 360

• C#

• XNA

LCAD Collaboration

• Jacobson, Ian

• Lo, Brett

• Lu, Hoang

• Woo, David