SSE643Project3-OTVGamePlay

=OTV Miner Game Play =

=3. Game Play=

 3.1. The final game starts with a menu system. You have the option of starting the game, changing the difficulty level, seeing the keyboard layout and getting information about the game.



 3.2. You can scroll through the options and set the level you desire. The level determins how much os3 ore you must collect.



 3.3. The keyboard layout screen shows you what keys do what in the game.



 3.4. The about screen gives you the premise of the game. It also tells you who created it.



 3.5. The game starts out putting you in the center of the area where you can mine. As the screen shot shows enemy ships are waiting for you to collect os3 ore and when you do they fire at you. There are also space bugs which steal your ore from you. The game has a status bar that displays the current ore collected in addition to the amount of propellant and laser fuel you have. When you have reached a certain amount of laser fuel, your lasers will be upgraded and fire three at a time.



 3.6. When you shoot the rocks with the laser they break apart and release ore. The white ore is the os3, the blue is propellant fuel and the green (not shown) is laser fuel. When you collect ore the ship will fire at you.



 3.7. When you collect ore the ships fire at you. Each element collected has a random worth so it varies how much you will need to collect to win the game. In this case the ore was worth 12 points and it added it to the amount of ore you need to win the game.



 3.8. As you can see when you collect ore it can build up quickly, however your lives can get used up quickly as well. I was hit several time while I was collecting ore and you see my hit counter has gone down by three.



 3.9. In addition to enemy ships there are also space bugs. The go after the ore and steal it from you when you destroy the asteroids. The bugs don’t attack or hurt the ship, but they do collect os3 and that can cause you problems.



 3.10. Hitting rocks is a problem, even the small ones. They will cause you to lose a life and once you are out of lives the game is over.



 3.11. When you get enough laser fuel you can get an upgrade to you lasers and shoot three at a time.



 3.12. When you get enough ore you will get “teleported” back to where you came from (read the about screen). You will see the win tag and the teleportation animation.



 3.13. When you get to many hits you will lose the game. Just hit the escape key and start the game over to see if you can win!!



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