Project #7 Bitmap Game / Little Ghost

Description

My game is not directly autobiographical, but for me, it is a metaphor for traveling. I created a game based on The Divine Comedy by the narrative poem by Dante Alighieri. 

Rules: SCENE-1 - You are a little ghost collecting souls and trying to reach the portal to river Acheron. - Try to collect as many souls as possible and find the hidden portal to go to the next level. - Use arrow keys to move, there are some obstacles. - The portal is hidden, try to reveal it. SCENE-2 - You are on river Acheron, try to pass the bad ghosts on the river and reach Hell. SCENE-3 - You arrived at the Hell, congratulations! try to collect the bricks to build a new home. Move bricks and collect them inside a blue portal. Use ARROW KEYS to move. In the SCENE 3 click on the screen first

Design Process

This adventure is like reading a new book, you start traveling in your mind or dreams.  The main character is a little ghost trying to find a way home (hell) and faces obstacles and enemies while traveling underground. This traveling could be associated with my struggle of “finding a place to stay”. I traveled a lot and lived in different countries. While the stays were temporary I still do not feel at home, or can not exactly say I would like to stay anywhere. The little ghost is trying to find a new home and will find it, but it does not mean it will stay there forever. Also in Dante’s Inferno, there are nine circles, but I did only one (limbo) to show the sticking in searching.

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Reflection

The bitmap game was a challenging project. I sketched my idea first and created a small storyboard for each scene. I decided to use the p5play library in each scene. Some examples I learned from p5 tutorials and contributors. I created each scene individually and also had many “copies'' for each scene because it was hard to organize. The most challenging part was to relocate all 3-scenes code into one document to switch scenes. That was a troubling part because all my scenes were overlapping each other. Elena helped me to make switch scenes. Another troubling part was connected to images and animation. Some parts were working inside separate scenes, but not working in the “ALL scenes'' version. Some parts are still not working properly, hopefully, I’ll fix it. Also, I wish I can add music and sounds, but I haven’t had enough time.

Storyboard 1

Storyboard 2

Storyboard 3