Design Process

First we wanted to improve the movement of the cuttlefish. Since the forward movement was effected by the 

Before we start with the game we analyzed the game:

• Food collecting game
• Player emulates a cuttlefish swimming through the sea
• The cuttlefish spins

And Things that we want to change:

• Score: change it to how many little clams is left to collect
• Holding space will allow you to shoot further
  • When space is pressed in that direction, it will not spin
  • There will be a bit of drag
• Take away size increase

Things to add:

• Health: when you get too small you’ll disappear
• Obstacles 
  • Bubble: if it pops you get blasted off, maybe if you’re inside of it you will not spin
  • Jellyfish: bounces you on the top, zaps you on the bottom
  • Anemone: portal to the next stage

Playtest notes/iteration recommendation:

• Movement - hold and release to move && more force on the movement
• Variety of obstacles
• The size of paths/places are varied so that they are limited to pass through narrow places as they grow up
• More particles effects (juiciness)\
• Time score instead of number of collected squid score
• Something to avoid (if the player hit it penalty them with minus scores) 
• More ocean vibe 
• UI 
• Moving obstacles?
• Stop the rotation when the player is moving forward
• When size increases → the mass increases

The Cuttle Fishin’ 2: The New World

•  Connecting Scenes by Collection of clams
• Anemone portal code in place when total squids is reached in a stage: waiting 2 seconds before moving to the next scene
  • Currently no sprite
  • When the player has collected all the squids, the portal will appear (possible anim?)
  • When the player collides with portal (possible anim?)
  • Possible Player Anim (player fades away when touching the portal)
• Environment Design: seaweed, corals, rocks, fish, rock walls, 
• Obstacles → blowfish (poison) = color change & move slower 
• Level Design
  • FIrst Level → jellyfish
  • Second Level → jellyfish & bubbles
  • Third → blowfish(move side to side) & jellyfish & bubbles(move up and down)