Spencer Fox outlines initial plans for developing a 2D pixel art game. Due to a lack of pixel art skills, the character will be simple. The game will include a main menu, character selection, loading screen, game level, and completion screen. Spencer may rework a previous experiment, adding more sections and changing the character. A mind map shows potential game ideas like a platformer or endless runner. The chosen concept is an adventure platformer with fantasy elements, power-ups, enemies, and changing terrain. A mood board provides examples for character design, menus, and color schemes. A schedule outlines tasks over 5 weeks including design, production, sound integration, and evaluation. References 7 existing games for research.

1. Initial Plans
Spencer Fox

2. Initial Reaction
• I am more confident with creating a 2D pixel art based
game as I am not great with designing 3D/realistic entities
from scratch digitally, so that suits me well.
• I aren’t exactly the Leonardo Da Vinci of pixel art.
• The character will have to be simple, due to the lack of pixel
art talent.
• I’ll need a main menu, character/level selection screen,
loading screen, the level itself, and a ‘level complete’ screen
etc.
• May also need an on-screen tutorial section displaying the
controls.
• I may re-skin the experiment I made, adding more and
more sections to it, as well as changing the character model
and adding the different screens mentioned above and
enemies/power ups.

3. Mind Map
Fixed Level/No Background Movement
Enemies
Changing terrain
Adventure - Platformer
Match Game
Attacks
Power Ups
Elements of fantasy
Fruit
Sweets
Obstacles
Multi-match Power Ups
Boosters
Obstacles
Enemies Chasing
Power Ups
Vehicle
Endless Runner
Gimmick Location Pathways

4. Chosen Game Mind Map
Set
background/locati
on for the entire
level
Upbeat or calming
music and SFX
2D graphics
Realistic with
fictional factors
Changing/moving
terrain
Enemies
Adventure -
Platformer Game
Power-UPs Fantasy Elements
Interesting aesthetic
Cutesy character
Armour
Special abilities
Alien
Animal
Attack moves
Jumping on heads, Mario Style
Punches
Weapons
Melee Ranged
Moving Platforms
Falling Debris
Set Movement Cycles
Magic
Scientific Mechs

5. Mood Board

6. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected?
Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• Bright colours for the things the player interacts with
• Muted colours for the background/ sections where no interaction occurs
• HUD often includes number of lives remaining, score, items collected etc.
• Dynamic & textured backgrounds
• Feasible locations but with elements of fantasy
How will your mood board influence your final product?
– Provides examples of character models
– Examples of menus that assist my own design
– Allows me to see what colours work well together
– Lets me see how characters are made

7. Schedule
WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS
1 Production Experiments,
Initial Response, Product
Research
 Response to brief
 Mood board
 Mind map explaining three possible
ideas
 Mind map on chosen idea.
 Schedule
 Proposed Bibliography
2 Product Research, Proposal,
Planning
 Existing Product Research
 Research analysis
 Bibliography
 Working Title
 Audience Analysis
 Rationale
 Project Concept
 Evaluation
 Style Sheet
 Sound Effect List
 Contingency Plan
 Health and Safety
3 Production  Animation
 Design Menus
 Level Design
 Export Final Animation (picture lock)
4 Production  Music Mixing
 Create sound effects
 Add Sound and Music to the Animation
 Make final touches
 Export Finished Edit
5 Evaluation  Analyse and break down my game.
 Evaluate the pre-production
 Go through what I would change about
the whole project if I were to redo it or
make another game

8. Bibliography
• Name at least 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience
research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc.
1. Tic Toc Games. (2015) Adventures of Pip
2. Nintendo. (1985-) Super Mario
3. Kucing Rembes. (2017) MagiCat
4. Studio MDHR. (2017) Cuphead
5. Addison Rodomista & Justis Goncalves. (2010) Raze
6. Re-Logic, Pipeworks Studio, Codeglue etc. (2011) Terraria
7. SEGA. (1991) Sonic the Hedgehog