Monday, March 29, 2010

NAME : CHO HOOI KHIM 17165 , TITLE : Catch The Naughty Clown

Constitutive Rule

» There are total 20 stages in the game.

» Players are given 1minutes to complete the level.

» Players can earn 10points for each catch.

» Players need to score at least 100points to complete the first level.

» Score to complete the level will increase for each level.

» Players who can click the clown continuously without a miss can earn double points for each click.

» Combo that players make will be continuing to the next stage.

» The speed will keep increasing for each stage.

» Players who fail to hit the target for each stage will need to start the game from the first stage.

» After the fifth level, it will appear a colorful clown.

» If players accidentally click on the colorful clown, combo that the players did earlier will lost.

Operational Rule

» Some special functions are available in the game.

» The special functions that contains in the game included slow down the movement of the clown, increase the life for each stages and earn double point for each click.

» Players can purchase the special funtions with the extra points they earn from each stage.

» Players can maximize their life become 3 for each stage.

Implicit Rule

» Only one minute to catch the clown for each stage.

» Special functions can only be purchase after the fifth level.

Game Description

Catch The Naughty Clown is a little action game. In this game, the naughty clown will keep moving in the playing field. Players needed to catch as many naughty clowns as they can in one minute. There are total 20 stages in the game. The movement of the clown keeps increasing in each stage. The difficulties of the game will also increasing for each stage. Players needed to reach the target points for each stage to move on to the next stage. Players who fail to reach the target for each stage needed to start the game from the first stage. After the fifth level, it will appear a colorful clown to make players confuse. By clicking the colorful clown, players will lose their combo they made previously. Besides that, the special function will also appear on the fifth stage. Players can purchase the special function by using the extra points they earn from each stage. The special functions let the user have a better chance to pass the stage.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

NAME : WONG YU-THAI 17063 , TITLE : Clown Catcher

Constitutive Rule
- players are given 3 lives
- players are given 3 chances to catch the clown
- player loses a live if they run out of capture chance
- failure to catch the clown in time or running out of catching chance will decrease the live count
- players will lose the game if they run out of lives
- every catch gives the player 10 points
- every successful consecutive catches in a single click will increase a combo counter which will multiply the score gain of the player
- another clown with a darker color hue called "Dark Clown" will appear later in the game, and it will move as fast as the original clown could
- clicking on the Dark Clown will be counted as a failure to capture the Clown, costing the players their limited catching chance

Operational Rule
- an upgrade option is available
- players purchase upgrades with their score
- players can upgrade the size of their "Capture Net" until a specific size
- players can increase their limited catch count via upgrades until a maximum of 5
- players can decrease the movement speed of the Dark Clown via upgrades until a fixed minimum value

Implicit Rule
- limited click chance
- limited time to catch the clown


Balancing issues
As the game progresses, the clown will move faster and faster, thus the increase in difficulty. The lives system is here to give the players chance least they frustrate after repeating failed attempt. And to reward the players or their precision, a score multiplier will continue to increase as long as players catch the clown in a single click. Also, in increase the difficulty, another clown , the “Dark Clown” , will appear alongside the original clown, and will behave similarly as the original Clown, to try and hinder the players progress. This Dark Clown will also balance the game because without it, the players will only lose if they fail to catch the clown. The upgrades option gives the player a better chance to score better in their game.