"Within Reach" is a third-person rock-climbing game that offers a thrilling adventure and challenging gameplay. The game is designed to motivate players to improve their skills and reach new heights with each attempt as they climb a forest-themed mountain peak. The game uses Unreal Engine to create a realistic and visually-stunning mountain setting.
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Project Design Goals
"Within Reach" is a third-person rock-climbing game that combines the thrill of adventure with the challenge of extreme sports. Inspired by the psychological concept of motivation, the game design aims to create a balanced gameplay experience that is easy to learn but difficult to master. Players take on the role of a rock-climbing enthusiast and are tasked with reaching greater heights with each attempt as they climb a forest-themed mountain peak. The game measures the player's motivation by recording their highest score, which serves as the obstacle to beat in future climbs. With the introduction of a goal mark on the mountain, the game aims to increase player motivation to replay and improve their skills and completion time. The game starts with a tutorial that teaches basic and advanced controls, followed by the main level where players climb the mountain and set their personal best height. The game features a dynamic HUD that displays the player's health bar, current height, and highest height reached. Using Unreal Engine terrain and landscape tools, the game boasts a realistic and visually-stunning mountain setting.
- Make a well-balanced gaming experience that is simple to learn but tough to master.
- Provide hard stages and a timer to encourage gamers to strive for greater heights each time they play.
- Record the player's highest score, which serves as the obstacle to overcome in future climbs, to gauge their incentive to climb.
- Introduce a target mark on the mountain where the player's previous greatest height was recorded to increase player motivation to replay the game.
- Using Unreal Engine terrain and landscape tools, create a realistic rock-climbing experience.
- Provide a lesson that teaches both fundamental and advanced controls.
- A dynamic HUD displays the player's health bar, current height, and highest height reached.
- Provide a visually attractive and aesthetically pleasing alpine setting.
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