Tuesday, 20 November 2012

The Gameplay

The game is a simple touch screen based style gameplay and will function best for the iPod and iPad.

The Player takes the role of one of the four elements: Fire, Water, Air and Earth, in order to restore the artworks that have been damaged overtime (thus why the game is now called "Restoration").
In the game there are four sections which are related to different artstyles from around the world. Each zone is also the home of one of the Elements:

African Artstyle - Home to the Element of Fire
Asian Artstyle - Home to the Element of Water
Native American Artstyle - Home to the Element of Air
Medieval England Artstyle - Home to the Element of Earth

By picking a section to restore the Player plays as the Element that homes it, so for example the Player chooses to restore the Asian Art they'd take on the role of the Water Element. The Player then goes around the pieces of art putting out all the Fire Elements that have burned the art while avoiding the Earth Elements which would absorb the player and cause their element to shrink in size.

Below is a very simple image of which Element is strong against the other as well as being weak to another.


Upon completing a section of the museum, the Player would be rewarded with restoring a part of the main statue in the centre and acquiring information in regards to the art itself. This gives the player knowledge about the art around them.

Multiplayer mode will be available in this game. The game would ask for the number of players and then recognise the number of fingers placed in the screen. Different modes of multiplayer would involve:

Particle battle - Players would play as the same element to absorb as many particles as possible. The player with the most at the end of a certain amount of time is deemed the winner.
Team - Players team up to take out the enemy element for as long as possible.
Waves - Players fight against endless waves of the enemy element for as long as possible until the players lose.

This very simple yet effective mode of gameplay means that anyone can get to grips with it as it doesn't involve any complicated commands. Despite this, the game will probably be centered towards younger audiences for it's opportunity to teach with enticing gameplay and small facts about the art.

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