The document provides inspiration and details for the development of a new beat-em-up video game set in 1980s Miami. It discusses taking inspiration from games of the genre from the 1990s as well as films and music from the 1980s. The team decided to set the game in Miami and develop characters and locations that fit the 1980s aesthetic. Concept art and profiles were created for the main characters Zack and Mina, cops working to take down a dangerous gang. Potential storylines, locations, and other game assets are presented. The target audience is seen as teenagers and older due to the retro elements appealing to those who played similar games as kids.

2. INSPIRATION FOR OUR GAME
 To find the right inspiration for the game that our team would most enjoy creating, we
researched a range of different titles spanning themes and genres.
 We looked at lists of video games popular in the 90s, and decided that games from the “beat-
’em-up” genre such as Streets of Rage and Double Dragon would be the most fun to plan and
produce.
 For themes, we wanted to take cues from 1980s media, such as film and music, as the style of
that decade was very unique, and allowed for a lot of artistic license to be taken in our
character/game design.
 A common location seen within 80s media was Miami, so we decided that we would like to
follow this trope in our game, and give our own spin on the sun-bleached city.

3. CHARACTER DESIGN & RESEARCH
CONCEPT
ART
FINAL DESIGNS
(Pending)All Character Art by Sami
Briggs

4. CHARACTER DESIGN & RESEARCH
FASHION AND HAIRSTYLE
RESEARCH

5. CHARACTER PROFILES
 Zack Fury, 27 – Born into a family of cops, his parents were the top of their game and well respected
within the Miami Police Force for many years. So it was only natural that Zack would take after them
as his future career.
Zack is a charismatic, confident, and dynamic guy that likes a good smoke. But you don’t want to
get on his bad side. Always fighting for justice, Zack is always determined to make Miami a better
place, and to remove the bad reputation it has. Zack enjoys playing all sorts of sports, especially
pool at the local bar with his friends which he refuses to lose at. Despite his tough look, his other
hobbies include reading and riding his bike around the city, as it helps relieve the stress of Cop life.
 Mina, 25 - Mina and her twin sister were very close growing up, until her sister got involved with the
wrong crowd, dropped out of College, and suddenly disappeared without a word. Having left Mina
worried for her life, she found out she had moved to Florida to be part of a huge dangerous gang
that had devastating plans. Mina came to the conclusion that the only way she could bring her
sister back was to move to Florida to become a cop, and have the ability to find out what this gang
were planning and put a stop to it all. Mina is enthusiastic, witty, and level-headed. She enjoys
writing lyrics, listening to music, as well as keeping up with the latest trends thanks to fashion
magazines.

6. STORYLINE IDEAS
“Out of the force, and out of luck, Zack Fury is a cop on the edge of the thin blue line. After the
mysterious death of his partner, Zack Fury becomes a man determined to allow nothing to get in
the way of him finding the truth behind his partners’ demise.”
Each area in the game has it’s own significance in Zack and Mina’s story, and help progress the
plot.
When the two reach the end of the line, they make a shocking discovery that could change
Miami forever, and it’s up to them to do everything within their power to stop the bad guys once
and for all.
The both of them met when Mina joined the Miami Police Force at a young age of 23. Having
been assigned many cases together, they quickly became good friends. Zack’s seriousness
towards cases was balanced out with Mina’s motivation and logical thinking whenever Zack was
feeling burned out, this helped shape a really good team.

7. PLANNED LOCATIONS

8. LOCATION CONCEPTS

9. LOCATION CONCEPTS

10. MISC. ASSETS
USER INTERFACE
CONCEPTS
80’s STYLE
LOGO
CHARACTER PORTRAITS

11. TARGET AUDIENCE & TEAM ROLES
The best target audience for a project like this would be a mixture of teen and older. We feel this
because the range of content is fresh enough to appeal to a teen crowd, but also has that retro
flair that would attract people who grew up playing games similar to this one in their childhood.
The level of violence also falls here, since there is fighting, but with no scenes of graphic violence,
meaning it can reach a wider audience.
In Team Throwback there’s a range of different talents, which will be applied in the best position.
We benefit from having 2D character artists, 3D artists, as well as designers to evenly balance out
the development process.
Each member would be assigned a different area of the game to work on, with different tasks,
but they are not limited to doing that one thing, as such a small team means it’s easier for us to
help each-other out to maximize quality.