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Design 4 - Coggle Diagram
Design 4
Aesthetics
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Main colours: Dark blue, black, purple, silver and dark yellow (Space colours)
Backgrounds: Crashed spaceship, alien planet and abandoned space station.
Atmosphere and lighting:
Crashed spaceship: Dim lighting, flashing warning lights and damaged parts
Alien planet: Glowing plants and colourful rocks
Space station: Dark corridors, flickering lights and glowing control panels to create suspense.
Health bar is located at the top right corner of the screen, contains 3 hearts
Spaceship battery counter located af the top left corner
Coin/money counter located at the bottom right corner
Mission tracker located at the bottom left corner
Story
Beginning: You are an astronaut whose spaceship crashed onto an unknown planet after being hit by a meteor. The spaceship runs out of power because its battery is damaged.
Goal/problem: You must explore the planet and find 3 replacement batteries to power the spaceship and return to Earth.
Quests: NPCs/characters give players tasks, such as defeating enemies or repairing broken parts to earn clues of the location of the battery or the battery itself.
Final challenge: The player must explore an abandoned space station and solve Maths puzzles to unlock the room containing the final replacement battery.
Ending: After finding the batteries, the player installs them in the spaceship and completes and restarts the engine and returns to Earth.
Function
Exploration:
Explore different planets and space stations.
Interact with characters, broken parts, doors and resource containers.
Math challenges:
A Maths question appears when the player interacts with an object (e.g., :broken parts, locked doors or control panels.)
Players select an answer from multiple choice questions and sometimes type their own answer.
Correct answers fix broken parts, unlock doors or reward the player with coins.
Incorrect answers provide an explanation.
Progression:
Correctly answering a math question or completing a quest rewards the player with coins
Coins can be used to trade with the space merchant for items that help with progression
Players must avoid enemies and obstacles (e.g.,: space debris blocking certain paths)
Math questions get harder as the player progresses through different areas
Players must complete quests and puzzles to earn all 3 batteries to power the spaceship and also to fix broken parts
Enemies and challenges:
Space guardians guard certain areas. Players must avoid them to pass.
Space debris block pathways whcih can only be removed by answering math questions
If a enemy touches you, you lose hearts, if you lose all 3 hearts, you must restart the game
Characters
Main character — Astronaut
Wears a spacesuit
Controlled by the player
Must explore planets and areas to find batteries for the spaceship
Repairs broken paspaceship.
Robot companion
Tells the player about their main goal
Provides explanations when the player answers Maths questions incorrectly.
Gives the player missions and clues.
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Space merchant
Trades items for coins that help the player progress
Appears in safe areas so the player can prepare before entering a challenge
Areas
Crashed spaceship
Safe starting area where players learn movement and interactions.
Contains simple math questions
First battery is found under a broken spaceship part
The player repairs a small transport pod to proceed to the next area
Alien Planet
Contains medium difficulty math questions
Enemies and space debris are introduced here
The second battery is found after defeating 5 space pirates
The player is then teleported to the abandoned space station
Abandoned space station
Contains the hardest math questions
Players must explore the space station and find clues about the location of the final battery
The final battery is located in the main control room which can be unlocked after answering the final set of math questions
The clues are in ancient text which can only be deciphered after answering a math question
Minigame
Asteroid destroyer:
Player controls a spaces ship using the left and right arrow keys.
Players must destory asteroids by pressing space to shoot beams
There is a 2 minute time limit
The number of asteroids destroyed is equal to the number of coins earned
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