Pixel Quest is a proposed pixelated RPG game for handheld devices aimed at 13 to 18 year old males. Players take on the role of a knight traveling between towns on horseback, encountering enemies in pixelated chess-like battles. Inspired by Age of Empires, the game features a medieval theme and similar animation styles rendered in a limited greyscale palette. Legal considerations include restricting access to younger players due to graphic blood depictions in battles and differentiating the game sufficiently from existing IPs through an original soundtrack and other design elements to avoid copyright issues.

1. Proposal
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Working Title:
Pixel Quest
What is it called? This can change if you think of something better later
Product’s Purpose:
Entertainment
What is the product’s purpose (entertain/educate etc.) and how will you achieve this?
Genre:
RPG
What sort of product is it
Content
Player travels from one town to another and encounters an enemy. The player uses a character on
horseback to navigate the map and in an encounter you will use chess pieces. It is a pixelated
game with a medieval theme.
What is your product about? Discuss what you would put in it (be specific). Does it have a story? If
so, discuss it here
Audience:
13 – 18 because it would be played on a handheld device and it has simple game play. Male
because there is violence in it, it has a dark colour scheme and because the main character would
assumedly be male because they are a knight. A, B, C1 social status because there isn’t any
significant value to the game and the content would appeal to all. It might appeal to the
psychographic of an achiever because there is a specific goal dependant on the type of person.
Who is your audience? Be very detailed; age, gender, social status, psychographic etc
Why would your project appeal to this person?
Research and Planning:
Age of empire will have a strong influence on the outcome of the game, as the design features will
be similar as it is a medieval themed game and the animation would be similar.
The pixelated style of the game will be shown in the font of the title screen.
What elements of your research and planning will you use in your final production?
Where will you use your research and planning in your final production?
Legal & Ethical Considerations:
Think about any offensive material you will include? There would be scenes of graphic nature
showing pixelated blood.
Will you restrict younger people using/accessing it? Yes, Because having younger people see
blood even if it is pixelated would influence them badly.
Will it offend any social groups/religions/ethnicities? This won’t specifically represent anything that
could offend anyone.
How will you ensure you do not offend anyone? I will not actively try to show anything that will
offend anyone.
Are you using characters/names/logos of existing products/IPs? No all parts of the game will be
mine.
Will you product be sufficiently different from existing products to not get sued for copyright
infringement? Different sound track, Everything is heavily pixelated, You only control one character
until you encounter an enemy, The colour scheme is Limited to greyscale until you are in an
encounter.

2. Proposal
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