Esc 2

This is the Game Interface for the Game Esc 2 of Errr Games for the subject Game Design Fundamentals.

Game Interface

The Interface consists of collectable programs icons, power icons as a life indicator, a timer and a title-, end-, help and game over screen. We also included a few animations.

Interfaces

There are 5 Different Screens available, a title-, help-, end-, game over and level screen

Titlescreen: Appears on upon launching the game and shows a frolicking Bill Gates on the Original Windows XP Hills, with the Game Title and an "Enter" Option, which functions as the start button and a help button to display the controls.
Helpscreen: Displays the Controls of the Game, winning condition and details who is the enemy, the backspace button on screen leads back to the title screen
Endscreen: Appears after fullfilling the winning condition of collecting all programme icons on time and displays the time it took the player to beat/"Escape" the game, finished with the ESC button used in the Title screen
Game Over Screen: Appears when the loosing condition of colliding with enemy characters 3 times is fullfilled, which informs the player about their failure and prompts a restart through a button, which will lead the player back to the title screen
Level Interface: The Level Interface is compromised of a textual and visual Score Display in the top center and the visual representation of the remaining lives are right of it. The "X" Button is functional and will bring the player back to the Title Screen, On the bottom right corner is a Timer, which measures the time spent so far in the active game.

Level Design
Titlescreen
Help/Controls Screen
Endscreen
Game Over Screen

Old Designs

Old Game Over Screen
Old Titlescreen
Old Endscreen

Animations & Icons

Player
Player Hit Animation
Key Animation
Key animation
Gate (Fading animation when the corresponding key is collected)
Death animation triggered upon contact with enemy
Collection Animation triggered upon contact with collectable programmes

The Old Microsoft Office Icon represents the Points on top of a score counter, it will slowly fill in the color for each collected Office Programme and the Power Icon Represents how many of the 3 Lives are remaining

Old Microsoft Office Icon (0/4 Points)
Old Microsoft Office Icon (1/4 Points)
Old Microsoft Office Icon (2/4 Points)
Old Microsoft Office Icon (3/4 Points)
Old Microsoft Office Icon (4/4 Points)
Power/Lives Icons
Seperate Score Counter
Timer (Time took to beat game appears in endscreen)

The Enemies (Apples) and the collectable Icons

PowerPoint Icon
Word Icon
Excel Icon
Outlook icon
Static Enemy Icon
Enemy who follows the Player Character (Blinking animation from between red and black sprite)

Game Interface Prototype

CONTROLS:

→ : Move Right

← : Move Left

↑ : Move Up

↓ : Move Down

Left Mousebutton: Various Button Interactions

Download the Minigame: EscTheGame2.c3p