DFA Final Drawings

Exploratory Sketches

 Exploratory Sketches for Prop


Grandfather Clock that projects a portal for player to make an easy escape or get to areas they can't access.

Drone that shines light for the player and detects danger .

A briefcase that guides they player through the game.

Brainstorming

Hero Prop Game Design Mechanic

For Game Design we have to create an articulated prop. It must be connected or parented to the character. It must be animated and have points of articulation. Main things we should consider while brainstorming are - the mesh itself, the articulation, the warm up and cool down of it, it's power source, and the hazards or obstacles the character can overcome with it. Here are a few of my ideas. 

1. One of the ideas I had was a metal box, or briefcase, something small enough for the player to carry. This box only opens with the finger print of a certain player, and once opened it shines a projection or hologram of what the player needs to do to advance in the game/ gives them their next instructions. It could possibly give them hints also. The warm up of it would start with the player first placing their finger on the scanner, once accepted the box would unlock and flip open, then pieces on the inside would rotate and move up and down, like the box engine is warming up and shortly after the warm up the projection would display. Once the projection is completed, the moving pieces start to slow down and then the box closes. and re-locks. The prop is battery powered, that way the player can easily carry it around with them. This prop helps the player complete the game. 

2. Another idea I had was a shield that the player carries with them. The shield acts a form of defense against enemy players. The shield would have parts that slide or pop out of the side and these would give the player more defense. I was also thinking of possibly incorporating a weapon that is integrated into the design of the shield. The shield would most likely have a button on the back that enables it to transform. It would first pop out more panel shield pieces and then on the front will be this orb and it will light up indicating its in a different mode, then these spinning blades will pop out rotating around the orb, and the orb can then shoot lasers if in a reasonable distance. There will be an off button that the player can press and the cool down just consists of the pieces retracting back in. This prop is powered by sunlight that the orb in the front takes in. 

3. A different prop I was thinking of doing was a flying drone that orbited/followed the player around.  This drone would emit light for the player to see their path, the type of game this prop would be in is a dark night time setting therefore the need for a drone that emits light. As the drone follows the player it's shell around the light lens rotates. When the drone needs to adjust the intensity of the light it will have small antennas that pop out and also when it senses danger it has panels that unfold out and they have will have small parts that flash colored lights. The cool down is when the player is not in danger anymore and the drone retracts the panels and antennas. This will be battery powered. This drone provides light for the player to see through the level and it warns the player of upcoming danger it senses. 

4. Another prop idea I had was googles a binocular type prop. It would be very mechanical and have different lenses the player can alternate to look through. When the player looks through the opticals they start to warm up and adjust to what the player is looking at, for example if it is a inside and bright it automatically switches to a simple lens, if the player goes outside and has to see enemies from a distance it rotates through and switches out the lens. It is battery powered and helps the player see in certain situations. 

5. Another prop idea I had was a shoulder gadget that would snap on to the player. This gadget would have a watch or compass part incorporated in the design and would allow for the player to travel back in time. I was thinking of having a lever or chain that dangles that the player could pull to activate it. The compass would flip or slide open a cap exposing the inside workings, and then the compass parts start to warm up and begin to spin. Sending the player back in time. The compass part would have small moving parts that spin and move on the inside. It is powered by battery and gives the player the ability to travel back in time.

6. For this prop I was thinking of doing a shrink ray gun. This gun would allow players to shoot rays of electricity that would shrink the enemies, making it easier to kill them. This gun would have many mechanical parts. When the gun starts up and gets ready to fire it pops out some parts around the ammo, and then between the ribs of the gun the elcecticity starts up and the player pulls the trigger and it fires off. This gun is powered by electricity. It gives player an easier way to kill enemies. 

7. My other prop idea is similar to a drone but this would be a personal medical healer. It would fly around following the enemy and if the enemy gets wounded, the drone would health them. The drone would have different parts to help offer assistance when needed. When it gets warmed up so when the player gets injured the drone has a compartment that opens and a vile slides out that contains the medication, the drone then approaches the player and a needle pops out and the player then gets injected with health. On the side of the drone is a calculating system that displays how much health is left. Once the player is healed the vile slides back in and that hold closes and the needles slides back in as well. This is battery operated and this heals the player when they are wounded. 

8. Another prop idea I had was for a game that contains magic and would have spells in it that the player would have to cast. So the prop would be a large spell book that is locked. Once opened the player is given access to many different spells they can learn to use. The player carries the book around and when they need it they use they key they found in the game to unlock it, and from there the book lock rotates and spins in, and the other side lock parts slide away. Then it opens up the book and reveals the spells. It is powered by magic, and its cool down is once it is closed the locks all slide and replace themselves. This helps the player cast more spells to beat the game. 

9. My other idea for a prop would be a lantern. The player would carry the lantern around with them and then when they see an enemy approaching or a building they want to destroy they then set the lantern down twist the top and leave. The lantern top then begins to rotate and the parts start to slide in and disappear, the lantern then starts to leak gas. By the time the enemy approaches the lanterns spilt gas will catch fire and eventually cause an explosion. It is powered by gas, and it helps the player burn down a building or destroy enemy players.

10. My last prop idea is a walking mechanical grenade. The player keeps this in their backpack, and when needed they pull it out. This grenade is different, instead of the player throwing it they set it down so the enemy doesn’t see it coming. Once they are holding the grenade they pull the pin and mechanical legs pop out and extract. The grenade then walks away, with the top part spinning and a timer that blinks. This is battery operated and the player uses it to defend themselves against enemies.

11. One last idea I had was a grandfather clock that would be used as time portal or time machine. The player would wear the clock like a watch and then they would push a button on it and it would pop up off a pole and start spinning and from there it would enlarge and turn into a regular size grandfather clock, and the player could go inside it and they would time travel. This would be battery powered and the cool down would be the clock shrinking back onto the players wrist. The clock itself would have many different moving parts on the inside, and more moving parts would occur when the player puts it to use, also the player picks whether to go back into time or into the future by controlling the hands of the clock. This prop would allow the player time travel, helping them complete missions and escape possible death situations.