Designing the User Experience: Assignment 2, Part A - Game Design

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CSC10214 Assignment 2
[Alien Invasion]
Design Documentation
By [Your Name]

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Table of Contents
1 Concept Paper 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Background 1
1.3 Description 1
1.4 Key Features 2
1.5 Genre 2
1.6 Target Age Group 2
1.7 Concept Map 2
1.8 Platform (optional) 2
1.9 Market Analysis (optional) 3
2 Functional Specification 4
2.1 Navigation 4
2.2 Storyboards 4
2.3 Media 11
1 Concept Paper
1.1 Introduction
The game is based on a man is lost on another planet and wants to return back to the
earth. The man was a scientist and he somehow managed to communicate with aliens.
The aliens came to earth and offered a ride within the earth’s hemisphere but the aliens
took him to his planet so that they can understand human beings. They want to explore
the human body and find out the fact so that they can use them. The man has to save
his life, and the only possible way is to reach earth is the spaceship from which he was
taken to the alien’s planet as that spaceship only contains the details of the path to the
earth. The man has to run from the laboratory and finds the direction to the spaceship.
The man knows how to operate the spaceship as he learned the controls when he was
taken to their planet. There are maps and other important things lying in the way which
he has to collect in order to access the spaceship.
1.2 Background
The story starts with the man working to communicate with the aliens after several tries
the man is able to communicate with the aliens and aliens came to earth as they were
curious about the other living objects present in the galaxy. This is the first part of the
game, the second part contains the scenario in which the man is taken to alien’s planet

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so that they can perform experiments and increase their knowledge on other living
beings. The third part contains the scenario in which man run to the spaceship and
collects items which came in his way while running towards the spaceship which is
needed to access the spaceship.
1.3 Description
The game starts with the scientist who is working in a laboratory and is performing
experiments for communicating with outer life in the galaxy. After several tries, the man
is able to communicate with the aliens and aliens came to earth as they were curious
about the other living objects present in the galaxy. The aliens had a talk with the man
and the man accepted the offer to enter into the spaceship for a ride. In the second part
of the game, the aliens take him to show their planet and their lifestyle. The man wasn’t
aware of the plan the aliens had in their mind which was to operate the man and
perform experiments on him. The third part is that the man got to know the plan and
tries to escape aliens planet, the only way to escape was to gain access of the
spaceship. While running towards the spaceship there are several important things
lying which are used in the spaceship for the direction to earth, fuel to refill the tank of a
spaceship, and other valuable things which can be used to know the life of aliens, and
the key which are used to open the spaceship. Until all these things are collected the
man would keep running to find these things. The man has to jump over the things such
as tables, chairs and other objects which block the way.
1.4 Key Features
● The game is kept simple and children get different scenario to play.
● The player would get to know how to deal with a similar situation in real life,
other than going on another planet.
● It would be fun to see funny aliens running after the man.
1.5 Genre
game comes under the Adventure category and provides a competitive environment. This is a small
game which consumes less time to complete and this can be used as a stress
reliever game and creates a positive atmosphere as a user can win easily.
1.6 Target Age Group
This game is suitable for the age group between 8 years – 12 years as this is the time to
build thinking skills and take instant decisions. After the age of 12, the child is grown
and knows the things so the age group between 8 years – 12 years would be interested
in this game.

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1.7 Concept Map
UX-UI designing would be used to make the game and while building the game the
developer enhances the skills. The concept of this game is imaginary as there aren’t any
confirmed case studies on the existence of aliens.

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1.8 Platform (optional)
The platform used for this assignment is web-based.

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1.9 Market Analysis (optional)
This game is made for the player whose age lies between 8 years to 12 years as they are
in the stage where they are keen to know new things, this game is based on aliens so
they’ll enjoy playing it. This game increases the confidence to complete the task as this
game allows the player to complete the game easily.

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2 Functional Specification
2.1 Navigation
The player then starts the game enters on the home screen where the player has the
options for playing the game. When the player clicks on the play button the story starts,
there are 3 pages in the story which contain different scenarios. All the pages are
interconnected by buttons present for every page. These buttons allow the user to
navigate to different pages, the user can watch the whole video in a sequence or skip
the pages according to his/ her choice. There is a back button placed on the bottom of
the screen which allows the player to go back to the previous page.
2.2 Storyboards
Title: main Page Frame ID: page1

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Dimensions: 700 x 400
Media Used: This page contains a background image andaudio to make it interactive and
maintains the interest of the player. Different gifs are used for different characters.
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Buttons:
● Play: This button starts the game.
● Setting: This button is used to start and stop the audio.
Background:
This is the main page where the player has the option to choose from 2 buttons which
are play and setting. This page navigates the player to other pages.
Content:
There are options available for the player to select so that the player can visit the pages
according to his/ her preference. The player can toggle between the pages by buttons given
on right-hand side of the screen.
Description (purpose / objectives):
The page is developed so that the player can start the game and
has a background image and buttons. This is the main page and
the player doesn’t have the option to go back. The only way is
to kill the application.
Animations:
This page has various animation such as the man and alien
enters the screen from two different directions.
User Interactions Required:

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The player has the interactions through two buttons placed on
the screen.
User Feedback:
There are different sounds added to make the player stick to the game and doesn’t get
bored.
Navigation / Links:
● Page 1: https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/fantasy-mystery-alien-
landscape-another-planet-vector-19979847
● Player PNG:
● UFO PNG: http://www.sarl.com.hk/web/
● Alien PNG:

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Title: Scientist Page Frame ID: page2
Dimensions: 750 x 400
Media Used: This page contains a background image and audio to make it interactive and
maintains the interest of the player. Different gifs are used for different characters.
Buttons:
● Page 1: This button is used to navigate to the main page of the game.
● Page3: This button is used to navigate the player to Page 3.
● Page 4: This button is used to navigate the player to Page 4.
● Back: This button is used to navigate the player to the previous page.
Background:
This page contains the house of the player who tries to communicate to the outer
world through his machines. There is a huge energy produced which causes the
production of light.
Content:
This page is created to show that the man has successfully communicated to the outer world
and aliens are ready to come to earth.
Description (purpose / objectives):
In this scenario, the man communicates to aliens who came to
earth by a UFO and the man went for a ride in the UFO but the
aliens took him to his planet.
Animations:

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The animation for this page is that the ufo if flying and then
lands from which the aliens came out and had an interaction
with the man. The man is moving towards the spaceship with
the aliens so that they can go for a ride.
User Interactions Required:
The user interacts by clicking the buttons which are used to navigate the user from one
page to another page.
User Feedback:
There are different sounds added to make the player stick to the game and doesn’t get
bored.
Navigation / Links:
● Page 2: https://www.istockphoto.com/in/vector/ufo-incident-spitpaint-speedpaint-
concept-art-fast-drawings-sketch-paint-realistic-gm1064439938-284606957
● Player PNG:
● UFO PNG: http://www.sarl.com.hk/web/
● Alien PNG:
Title: spaceship Frame ID: Page 3
Dimensions: 750 x 400
Media Used: This page contains a background image and audio to make it interactive and
maintains the interest of the player. Different gifs are used for different characters.