Romeo Masquerade Gaming

Overview

!   Game Overview

!   Persona/Learning Objectives

!   Gameplay & Mechanics

!   Levels

!   Technicals/Platform

!   Conclusion

Game Overview

!   In “Romeo” players work their way through a series of interactive puzzle mazes that tell the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

!   These puzzles expose players to both important plot points and also hidden facts/information in the form of bonus scrolls that can be obtained by experienced players playing through the content additional times.

Question for Class

Persona

Name: Timothy Green Date of Birth: July 16th 1997

Timothy is in his second year (grade 10) at Donald A. Wilson Secondary School. His favorite subjects in school are science and math. He recently began reading Macbeth in his English class. Timothy has not read any Shakespeare books before, but he has heard of some of the stories, such as Romeo and Juliet.

Skills - Analytical thinking - Mathematical/scientific knowledge

Goals - Graduating High School & going to University - Getting a scholarship to play baseball

Learning Objectives

!   “Second Hand Smoke” learning of Shakespeare !   Player objectives reflect important beats in the story

!   Example: “You’ve been banished from Verona, but you must see Juliet one more time, sneak into her room via her balcony”

!   Puzzles involve interactive problem solving to complete

Gameplay & Mechanics

!   Characters move in 4 directions (up, down, right, & left)

!   The character will be able to interact with objects in the world (pull/push/pick up)

!   Romeo loses if he is caught by Guards/Other Enemies that are on set movement paths.

!   Objective is to reach the end of the level.

!   Levels are increasingly more complex.

Story/Setting

!   Players experience the story of Romeo and Juliet as they work their way through puzzles.

!   Locations include: !   Streets of Verona

!   Capulet House

!   Streets of Verona (at night)

!   Capulet Garden

!   Capulet Crypt

Characters

!   Players play as Romeo as they work their way through the many puzzles.

!   Unlockable content includes the opportunity to play as different characters.

!   Players will interact with all of the well known characters from Romeo and Juliet !   Mercutio !   Paris !   Tybalt !   Capulet & Lady Capulet

Juliet Prototype Romeo Prototype

Levels

Levels (Continued)

Question for Class

Technicals/Platform

!   Java

!   Eclipse IDE

!   Slick2D and LWJGL

!   Window/Mac/Linux

!   Mobile?

Conclusion

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Questions/Class Polls

!   What are some other types of demographics you think would be interested in this game?

!   Can you think of games that are similar to ones I play?

!   Are there any additional features that you might want to see in a game like this?