RoboLife: April 2016

The Cure by Acid Brothers

Digvijay Singh Chauhan -- Graphic Artist

Chiranjivee Thakur - Programming and Scripting

Game Concept

As the world has fallen prey to several contagious pathogens that turn them into zombie like

creatures, the human race is on the verge of extinction. Upon the protagonist’s shoulders falls the

responsibility to find The Cure. And bring the world back from the near Apocalyptic situation.

Genre

Fantasy, Hack and Slash, Shooting, Action, sci-fi

Target Audience

The Game targets audience of age 17+ (Mature) as it depicts violent scenes including weapons,

blood and gore

Game Flow Summary

The game flow moves forward by fighting the Infected and devising cures for their ailments and at

the same time ensuring the infection does not take over completely. Moving forward through an

interactive world and fight sequences the protagonist finds The Cure to get rid of the epidemic

once and for all.

Look and Feel

The game will 2 different environments heading from the laboratory where the Protagonist wakes

up in and works to find the cure and an entire city that is in ruins because of the epidemic and

death. The atmosphere is specifically day only through the gameplay as it is deemed way too risky

to go out of the lab at night time in the game world.

Gameplay

The Cure will be a first person and third person Action role playing game. The player controls the

Character through the character’s point of view. The game will feature an extensive worlds that

would be enhanced by the use of virtual reality and motion sensing. The game includes the

character to fight the Infected to kill or sedate them and progress through the environment

collecting blood samples and other ingredients for Cure synthesis.

The player will be required to solve puzzles to gain access to various sections of the game area.

The player will solve mini games like the cure synthesis which would involve detailed study of how

actually cures are made for diseases and must solve them in order to progress through the game.

The ammunition must be replenished by finding it in the world and creating Med Ammo in the lab.

The player must also collect some medicinal plants scattered across the map in order to unlock

extra upgrades.

Weapons and technology

General guns and ammo (Shot guns, pistols, etc)
Knives, machettes, katanas, swords, etc
Medi Weapons
Med Shot: Projectile injectors (can be in form of guns, crossbows, etc)
Close combat injectors (hand held injectors which require going close to a zombie to
deliver the shot)
Med Bombs: Releases airborne treatment to a larger target area in a smoke bomb like manner effecting more zombies
AR Glasses: Will update the player about
Player health
Ammo details
Infection levels of the infected in the camera’s view frame
Health packs: for regenerating health

Game progression

The game progresses forward by finding The Cure for the current world epidemic. As the cure is

being developed the player must also fight off the Infected as well as solving puzzles in order to

find the cure and get through the world.

Mission Structure

Character must fight zombies, hunt for collectibles and solve puzzles throughout the story

Objectives

To survive the apocalyptic world.
Fight the infected and collect blood samples from them.
Collect other essential ingredients for the cure synthesis
Make the Master Cure
Execute the Cure at the mass level using a chemical warhead
Return to a normal human world?

Mechanics

Player abilities ::

Movement skills:

Walk
Run
Jump
Climb
Combat Skills
Use Guns
Swordplay
Stealth

Controls:

The game has a basic first person controls that allows the player to move freely in the

environment, interact with the objects and shoot. Also the game allows the players to change the

camera view from the first person to the third person to the VR mode.

W- Move forward
S- Move Backward
A – Move Left
D – Move Right
Left Mouse – Fire
Right Mouse – Aim
Middle Mouse – Change Weapon
Mouse – To look around
SpaceBar – Jump
Shift – Hold to Run
V – Change Camera Mode
E – Interact With Object
Esc – Pause the Game
(1,2,3,4) – For Choosing weapons
Q – Melee
C – Crouch

The missions will be ranked after development of every cure on basis of number of Infected

killed(Must be as low as possible), the ingredients collected(depending on puzzle complexity) and

the synthesis process(time taken, accuracy, etc).

Rules

There are certain areas in the game where the infection level is high and player can only stay in the area for a short span of time. Violating this rule will cause the player to lose health and finally leading to loss of sanity.
The player is required to inject the zombies with the cure in right dosage with reference to the zombie’s infection levels. Upon death in the game, the campaign must start from the last checkpoint.
Cure synthesis needs the player to collect the blood samples from the victims and also some medicinal plants and use them in proper proportions to make a suitable vaccination.
There are 5 different types of zombie identified by the AR Glass. Player is required to inject the zombie with proper cure failing to do so will lead to certain consequences ranging from rendering the zombie unconscious for a minute to turning them into more dangerous monsters which can’t be cured and must be killed.
The player can kill zombies upon his discretion but he is required to save 70 percent of the human race minimum in order to achieve Human Salvation.

Physics

This game is a first person shooter style with a support for third person style and also a V R

mode which enables the user to have the experience of actually being inside the game

world. The player has the basic movement skills such as running, moving forward,

backward, rightward or leftward. The player is also allowed to strafe side ward if he wishes

to. The game world is set in the destroyed city and a lab which has the particle system for

fire effect, wind effect, the grass in the game world is also effected by the blowing wind in

the game world which gives it a realistic effect. We are also going to add some watery part

in the game which will consist of a big pond inside the game in which the player will be

able to swim on the surface or deep inside the water. We will be adding physics for the

water effect also the collision system is added to ensure a better game-play experience.

The player can interact with the zombies by performing a melee attack on them shooting

them or just collecting the sample for the synthesis of the cure. Also he can interact with

the collectible items like health pack, ammunition, and the medicinal plants spawned

throughout the area for collection. The sky of the game is set dark to get the effect of

apocalypse. Also the gravity applied to every moving object inside the game. The effect of

gravity will be added to ensure a good game play experience.

Story Line

The protagonists wakes up in a destroyed lab with dead bodies, blood and gore all around. A video

is playing in the background on a broken screen which is running the news that shows the current

state of the world.

A chemical warhead containing genetically modified pathogens has been set off on the world and

has infected majority of the population.The infections are still spreading.The unique factor of these

pathogens is that they besides effecting the host in the conventional manner, also disable normal

human functionalities. This turns the host into a zombie like creature. These ‘Infected’ have begun

killing and eating the human beings; cities have been abandoned or destroyed in attempts to put a

stop to this havoc.

The protagonist being a lab rat has been experimented upon and genetically modified by the same

organisation that had set the chemical weapon off.The protagonist has aggressive immunity against

all ailments known to mankind and the scientist who worked upon the protagonist has left him a

message telling him how the fate of the world lies on his survival instincts and skills.That he must

find/synthesize cures for the epidemic.A master cure that will heal all victims and set the world in

order.

Thus the protagonist begins his journey with a basic set of weapons that include guns, knives,

swords, hand grenades, etc. One Key device the Protagonist uses is the AR Glasses. This piece of

hardware is linked to the user’s biology and also provides the protagonist with an insight of the

environment.The AR Glasses tells about the total number of infected in the area, player health,The

infection levels of the Infected, etc.

As the protagonist leaves the lab loaded with weapons, he faces a small hoard of Infected so that

he can break into his weapons and also understand the Zombie situation. Entering the city he finds

the city reeking of death and in ruins. He must now start his quest of fighting zombies. The

protagonist must use his judgement based on the data from the AR glasses and decide whether to

kill the Infected or just put them out for some time temporarily.As he progresses through the city

he learns of the different pathogens; he understands he must collect samples of blood from the

zombies and put them to use to generate The Cure. Once the player collects enough samples from

dead or sedated zombies; he must go back to the lab to run tests and figure out the nature of the

ailment to device a cure using a complete synthesis process.. Upon completion of synthesis the

protagonist adds this cure to his ammunition. This introduces him to a new set of weapons; The

Medhot and the MediBombs. MedShot being a range of guns to shoot zombies with a cure and

MediBombs to escape tight situations by an explosive airborne cure dispatch mechanism which

could effect a group of zombies in it’s range.

With the new weapons, he goes out again and continues his quest, collecting various samples and

devising cures for the same.

Once all samples have been collected, he starts the process of synthesising the Master Cure. He

then makes his way through the Infected city to the Chemical warhead dispersion Mechanism and

must set off the Cure and pray for salvation.

Levels

The game progresses in a story line fashion. The protagonist must live through the

story line and finish it with the minimum requirement of the story.

Character Design

Development Phases Zombie.

Game UI

Main Menu

In Game ScreenShots

The Labs

The Ruins

Artificial Intelligence

The Infected humans

Technical

The game is being developed on the Unity Game engine. It provides efficient level design options

and a lot of flexibility while developing.

Softwares

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Apple Motion
Maya
Mono Develop
Unity

Video Pitch:: The Cure TCS Game ON Video Pitch

Level Design :: Post Apocalyptic Pack