This document outlines a game concept called "Gold Digger" which is an action-platform game where the player controls an underground explorer collecting gold by progressing through randomly generated levels filled with traps, monsters, and puzzles. The player must dodge threats, solve puzzles using items and logic, and defeat bosses to advance to new levels within a time limit to earn gold and other rewards before ultimately escaping through the golden door at the bottom of the pyramid.

1. Gold Digger

2. Theme of GD
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Action-Platform game genre
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Exploration
Ancient themed (Mummies / Ghost / Stone
Warriors / Pyramid Temple / Relic gold etc.)
Player = Underground Explorer
To gather as much gold as you can as you
progress further down

3. Craft Design - Floor Plan
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Randomly Generated map
Player transverse from top to bottom
Trap falls slowly after a certain time

4. Craft Design - Game View
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Focused on the player’s
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Follow where the player is
moving

5. Craft Design - Character
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Single Player
Default of 3 lifes
Basic Movement - Run / Jump
Buy upgrades from the store

6. Game Mechanics
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Randomly generated level design
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Randomly generated monster spawn
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Randomly generated gold coins collectables
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Randomly generated Shop location
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Dodging/fighting skills without having the need to lose a health
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Quickness of escaping traps

7. Victory/Defeat Conditions
Victory
❖ Entering the golden door to find treasures and gold
❖ Getting pass the level by reaching the end of the bottom map
(Level-Victory)
Defeat
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Player loses all the health
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Caught in traps
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Clearance over the time limit

8. Puzzles to Include
• Item Use
• Pattern Recognition
• Spatial Reasoning
• Exploration

9. Puzzles - Item Use
Inventory: Switch Key

10. Puzzles - Pattern Recognition
E.G. In boss fights (Boss’ pattern of attack):
Blocks for 3 seconds
Attack thrice in a swift motion
Attack twice in a swift motion
Blocks for 2 seconds

11. Puzzles - Spatial Reasoning

12. Puzzles - Exploration

13. Challenges
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Upgrades lost if all lifelines are lost
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Vision of the game is limited
Solve puzzles to clear the level (using items / shifting of items)
Deduction of every life if killed / unable to complete the level within time
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Boss fights with certain “unknown” patterns
Randomly generated levels

14. Rewards
• Gain Gold for every level cleared / boss defeated
• Limited vision gets broader after every 7 successful
levels
• Random chance of dropping extra life for boss fights
• Achievements for certain clearance during gameplay

15. Bonus
• Extra life is gained if cleared within a specific timing and
without losing a health bar
• If boss is killed without losing a health bar, extra
achievements, gold and extra life is gained
• If game is cleared without killing any enemies & losing
health, extra gold is gained & achievements

16. Motivation
• To allow players to gain the achievements
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able to show off to their friends (through social
media)
• Challenge themselves
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test how far can they complete the game
put their skills to the test
• To be able to upgrade the player to more “God-like”