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=Jungle Adventure = = = =** LOOK THROUGH ALL THE PDFS TO INCLUDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO YOUR PART **=

__Carine:__ Game Overview - goals, desciption, game type, features, platform, rules/mechanics. Weapons and Objects:

Jim must navigate his way through the jungle fending off predators to get to the treasure. Each level gets harder and at the end of each level he finds a part of the treasure; so in order to win the game, the player must successfully complete each of the 7 levels to collect the full treasure. Along the way, Jim needs to pick up as many fruits as he can find in order to help him gain more lives on his health bar. If one of the enemies gets to Jim before he can kill them off, the game starts over on that level. On each level there are different types of weapons Jim needs to pick up to use against the opposing enemies such as rocks, bamboo dart shooters and slingshots. As the levels increase, the weapons improve. The main goal of the game is to get from one end of the jungle to the other in order to find the long lost buried treasure. However, to do so, the player must complete sub goals (levels) where they find parts of the treasure. On each level, the player must also defeat the opposing enemies in order to complete that sub goal. · The player can walk forward, backward, to the left, to the right and jump over obstacles in order to get to the treasure · The player needs to use the resources available to them to create make-shift weapons. · The player can use rocks to throw at the opposing animals to kill them as well as the make-shift weapons they created, such as the bamboo tranquilizer shooting dart. · If an animal kills the player before they get to the treasure, the player must start from the beginning of that level. The player starts off with 3 lives and gains more lives with each power-up they collect along the path. · The player should gather as many power-ups as possible to give them more energy and an extra life. · At the end of each level, the player collects a part of the treasure until they get to the last level, where the player will find the full treasure. · With each level the challenges the player faces get harder. The platform needed for this game is iPhone 3G or 3GS v2 or higher, as well as iPod Touch. The pattern of play is an action adventure whereby the player has to navigate through the jungle and defeat the opposing enemies and obstacles to reach the ultimate goal. · Players must be resourceful to create their make-shift weapons. · Players must defeat opposing enemies. · Players must make their way through great obstacles such as swamps, quick sand and moss pits. The weapons the user has to protect him/herself are whatever the player finds on his quest to find the treasure along with the weapons the user creates with the resources available to them. These vary from one level to the next. These start off from rocks in the first level and become more complex with each increasing level to include bamboo tranquilizer dart shooters
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__Rob:__ Game World- Location, backstory- something that created the game challenge. Objectives. World Layout The game world is set in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Players must navigate through the heart of the jungle to retrieve the missing pieces of the long lost treasure that many explorers have searched for many years. On his way to the Amazon rainforest to meet up with a team of explorers, treasure hunter Jim’s plane experienced some unexpected engine trouble and crashed in the heart of the jungle. Many miles away from any people or places, treasure hunter Jim is forced to navigate through the jungle to find the missing treasure by himself, and make his way back to his awaiting team. The jungle world is made up of mud and many trees all around him. The Amazon rainforest is home to millions of different insects, and thousands of animals. These will often get in the way of treasure hunter Jim and will make it tougher for him to find the missing treasure and make it out of the rainforest alive. Killer bees, lions, baboons, and many more will most likely cross paths with him. In order to stay alive, treasure hunter Jim will have to be able to find and utilize the many resources provided to him by the Amazon rainforest. Fruits, such as apples, bananas, and pineapples, will need to be found in order remain alive in the giant rainforest. Rocks, sticks, and trees will need to be manipulated in order to fight off dangerous animals and find the missing pieces of the treasure. Players will navigate through the world in a linear fashion, front left to right, to achieve the required task of each level and reach the goal. Enemies will also be traveling in a linear fashion, either from right to left or vice versa. The world is divided into different levels, which can only be accessed once the player reaches the main the goal of finding a piece of the lost treasure. The player will be placed to the extreme left of a level, and will have to make their way through the level to other side in order to proceed to the next level. Enemies will be strategically placed throughout each level in order to impede the player from reaching the required goal. In the event of an enemy in the rainforest attacking the player, regardless of where they are in the level, they will be returned to the beginning of that level and will have to recommence their way through the jungle. If the player dies in the rainforest on any given level, they will be able to restart the game, but will have to start on the first level again. Objects will be prudently dropped in each level in order to aid the player in succeeding through the level. Weapons will be placed in retrospect to upcoming enemies in order to defeat them, while health boosters will be provided throughout the levels to give the player more chances to be successful through the level.
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__Bart:__ Single Player Mode:


 * Key Components:** Treasure Hunter Jim vs. Jungle Creatures. Navigate Treasure Hunter Jim through the jungle, avoiding various obstacles and opponents. Jim must fight off the jungle creatures using sticks and rocks he’s found along the way and receives energy and power-ups through fruits and jungle food he’s found along the way. Jim is a lone traveler with nobody to rely on buy himself. He has to navigate the jungle not knowing what surprises wait for him around the corner. His objective is the treasure, which according to legend is guarded my monkey king, //Monkey King//.

Jim only has one chance at the treasure. The exact location of the cave entrance is only revealed once every 100 years, when the constellations of the Monkey and the Archer align. Jim is only 2 days hike away from Monkey Palace. Help navigate Jungle Jim through the jungle and find the treasure.
 * Story:** Jungle Jim is an explorer from the faraway land of Englandia. His travels take him to the jungles of South America in search of the treasure of the famous Monkey King. The treasure is located inside the jungle tucked away deep in the cave located under Monkey Palace. On his way to South America, Jim’s plane encountered great turbulence as the seas were rough from a tropical storm and crash landed far from the destination. Jim was the only survivor, with other explorers and equipment perishing at sea.


 * Victory Conditions:** The player must find the seven key components of the treasure. Only with all of the following components will they be able to activate the treasure of the Monkey King. Each of the seven components is guarded by a keeper and the final treasure is guarded by the Monkey King himself. Find the components, defeat the enemies and receive the treasure.


 * Duration of Game play:** The game played from start to finish by an experienced player would about 8 hours to finish the game. Playing two hours a day, an average player can finish it in about a week. The player has a good chance of finding a component after a day of game play and the seven components make roughly a week of game play. After the game is complete, the user can play again as the components and treasure locations are rearranged making it exciting to play the game again and find various secrets and passage ways located throughout the game.

User Interface- controls and the hardware usage as well as screen layout (see PurrifiedWorld pdf)

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 * Controls:** The game is for the Apple iPhone and there are two options for controls. Both have two buttons (B, A) on the right side of the screen used SHOOT/ATTACK (B) and JUMP (A). The user has a choice for the directional controls between PLUS (up, down, left, right) or an onscreen joystick to control the player. Using the accelerometer built into the iPhone the user can tilt the iPhone to the right for a speed boost; to the left to slow down, and tilt up for extra hang time in the air.


 * Screen Layout:** The screen consists of the background, the player and the enemies. It is a 2 dimensional side view type game and the play moves in a linear fashion, left and right. The top of the screen features statistical overlay displaying the number of lives left and the amount of ammo in reserve.



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Main character Enemies Game Structure **  The Game is broken up into 2 parts with 7 areas in total. The parts of the game are the journey to find clues and the retrieval of the treasure from its secret location. Within the first part there are six areas of the journey where Jungle Jim must go through the jungle to find the clues that lead him to find the treasure’s location. Through this journey Jungle Jim will acquire various weapons and skills for defeating enemies, which will be very useful for the last part and section. The last area is the part of Jungle Jim’s journey that involves retrieving the treasure from its hidden location, which is heavily guarded by several jungle enemies. 
 * Treasure Hunter Jungle Jim. Unfortunately his plane crashes into the ocean close to the jungle which has a special treasure hidden deep within. He is forced to become an explorer in the jungle of treasure. However, since he has lost all his weapons he is forced to go through the dangerous bushes of the jungle forest and use whatever resources he may find. These resources could be simple rocks or weapons left behind from previous explorers, but whatever he finds he will need to use in order to fight off his dangerous enemies and obstacles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Swarming Killer Bees fly around the forest attacking foreigners at any unsuspecting moment. These bees are a force not to be reckoned with, as they seem to be mere bugs, however these creatures are deadly. Travelling in packs and attacking all together makes it difficult for anyone to defeat them. Keep an eye out and start defending yourself before they come to close.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Fierce Lion is a mighty strong and scary enemy. He does not take strangers company to well, especially those who have trespassed into his territory. He is definitely a force not to be messed with and therefore is an enemy to Jim. One thing to be noted is his weakness to rocks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Crazy Baboon is a dangerous cave keeper, protecting a clue to the treasure. He is not easily defeated. Jim must make several attempts to overcome this challenging creature if he really wants the treasure.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lazy Elephant is fairly friendly but only when left alone. This massive creature likes to laze around doing nothing; also he has chosen a spot in the watering hole and prefers not to be disturbed. Unfortunately this spot he has chosen contains a clue, which rests beneath him. This animal does not like being bothered and is very difficult to move outside of his comfort zone.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Poisonous spiders are very aggressive and attack without notice. Fast, vicious little creatures that can kill with one bite.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Man eating ants are hungry little insects that haven’t eaten in years. So it is not surprising when they see a human enter their environment that they target them as if they were a piece of meat. They are difficult to defeat as they attack poor Jim incredibly fast.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Grumpy Crocodile prefers not to be disturbed, and snaps at anything that approaches.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sneaky Vampire Bats are tricky little creatures with a conniving nature.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Monkey King is commander and chief of all other monkey. He guards the treasure and the castle as if he is the rightful owner. He is the hardest creature to defeat since he is smart and has his monkey allies to help him in his battle. Be careful he and his followers show no mercy to strangers.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 1 – Jim is introduced and starts his journey. He comes across several jungle enemies such as the Fierce Lion and Killer Bees, and he must defeat them before reaching a cave that holds the first clue. Unfortunately the cave is guarded by the Crazy Baboon. He must defeat the baboon in order to retrieve the clue and determine his next path. Weapons Acquired: rocks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 2 – Jim continues his mission looking for the small watering hole which hides his next clue. The journey is difficult as the Bees return in greater quantities. As he reaches the watering hole he realizes that it is guarded by a big Lazy Elephant sitting on his clue. He must retrieve his clue by making the elephant move. Weapons Acquired: Rope
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 3 – Consists of another encounter with the Fierce Lion and a struggling battle with poisonous spiders on his way to his next clue. He will be lead to a hill that contains a clue but is surrounded by Man Eating Ants who haven’t been fed in many years. He must defeat these terrible insects before retrieving the next clue. Weapons Acquired : Bug Spray
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 4 – Eager to complete his journey his next clue leads him to a darker part of the jungle, which becomes more challenging as he encounters the bees, spiders more than once on his way to his next clue. The next clue is in the swampy area of the jungle guarded by a Grumpy Crocodile who doesn’t take kindly to strangers. Weapons Acquired: Sticks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 5 - Jim continues his path in search of the biggest tree in the jungle located in the centre of the forest. Encountering familiar enemies from before. The tree holds his next clue, but is once again guarded by Man Eating Ants. He must use his resources to retrieve the clue and move on. Weapons Acquired: Bug spray.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 6 – Nearing the end of his search, Jim is determined to find his last clue. He is lead into a cave with his last clue hidden deep within. The only obstacle he encounters is the Sneaky Vampire Bats, however they are not easy to defeat as they attack repetitively in greater quantities. Finally after defeating the last 6 bats and retrieving the last clue. Weapons Acquired: bamboo tranquilizer darts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Area 7- The clues are put together and lead Jim to his ultimate destination: The Forbidden Palace. Guarded by the Monkey King and his noble monkey followers. Using all his weapons and skill he has acquired, Jim must defeat the Monkey King and his Followers to retrieve the treasure. Once completed Jim has successfully completed his goal and is a successful treasure hunter.