How to Contribute Graphics
1. Getting Started: Email derek@playpower.org if you wish to contribute. You can learn to develop NES graphics by reading Melissa's Tutorial and watching Don Miller's workflow in these videos. You may also join our game design discussion list.
2. Art Direction: For now, we recommend checking out the representations of Hanuman from his recent animated film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYNjrG_0Jc
3. How to submit your contributions: Feel free to submit sketches, images or completed .chr & .nam files to me anytime, at derek@playpower.org.
4. Technical Requirements: NES graphics are peculiar, so make sure you read through the tutorials and submit files accordingly. Sprites can be submitted in sizes 8x8 or 16x16.
Current Project: Hanuman's Quiz Adventure
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This is a quiz game that is implemented as a platformer game, and set within the narrative story of young Hanuman flying up to the sun. Dodging fireballs from the sun, Hanuman needs to answer questions from the animals in order to build up his "flying power." Questions are traditional trivia about science, math, geography, etc. Along the way, Hanuman may need to avoid or fight monsters or demons. | Quiz game.rar |
Graphics required for Hanuman Quiz Adventure:
| 1 | Sprite Graphics of Young Hanuman |
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| 2 | Animals and Monsters |
Characters will ask questions or fight Hanuman. Animals: Lion, Tiger, Elephant, etc Monsters: mythological demons etc |
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| 3 | Level graphics: Floors, background? |
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| 4 | Title screen | ||
| 5 | Intro sequence | explaining the mythological story | |
| 6 | Ending sequence | based off of the mythological story | |
| 7 | Question Template | ||
| 9 | Question Feedback | Animation sequences for correct answers and incorrect answers | |
| 10 | Scoring, health/flying meter, etc
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Notes
1. Hanuman as a child- no weapon in hand
Multiple poses:
- Flying
- Walking
- Falling
- Getting hit by fireball
- Answering questions
- Getting Questions correct
- Getting Questions incorrect
- Turning to left and right
2. Additional animal characters
Lion, Tiger, Elephant,
of different colors and types?
3. Level graphics: Floors, background?
- Jungle scene
- Mountain scene
- Cloud/sky scene
4. Ending sequence based off of the mythological story
Animated Sun... etc
5. Question screen template
6. Animation sequences for correct answers and incorrect answers (feedback screens)
7. Title screen
8. Intro sequence explaining the story
9. Monsters or other obstacles that he might encounter during the game (ideally based on the mythology)
10. Scoring, health/flying meter, etc
Programming
Enabling and animating Hanuman to Walk, Climb Ladders, Fly and Fall
Decide which questions to ask (is it always the same per animal?)
Have the flying power decrease with flight, not decrease with walking, and increase with each answered question
Multiple levels with a different background design
Top scrolling to higher platforms within a level
Programming joypad selection of answer
Changing the background in different levels
Scoring and Flying Power
Quiz Module:
Track the questions the player has received, and whether they've gotten them right or wrong
Change the order of the answers, each time the question is asked.
Change the order of the questions, so it's not always from the same animal
Organizing questions into different difficulties, so that easier questions come first
Feedback following each question, depending if they get it right or wrong
Increasing Flying power, if they get a question correct
Game Design
Does the game end when flying power is done?
Deciding whether they can just try the question again, or whether the question is lost till they start over
Vertical scrolling
Ending sequence, if his flying power runs out
Winning sequence, if Hanuman finishes the game
Bonus questions hidden to increase the score or power
Having a title screen that progresses to the game