PDD Proposal
My goal for this project is to use the program Scratch to create a functional game.
Estimated time - 3 weeks - 1 month
Group members - Myself only
I chose this project idea because in Grade 9, I created a game with Scratch in IT. I found that it was a very enjoyable process and yielded a pretty good result. However, after completion of said project, I noticed numerous ways that it could be improved, although I never followed up on it. Therefore, my current project will be an attempt to improve, flesh out, and re-create a game with a program that I have previous experience with.
Although I have experience with Scratch, it has been a long time since I last used it. Therefore, I will be spending the 2 or 3 days re-familiarizing myself with the program itself. This will allow me to better use the program and be more efficient in the future when building my game. The rest of the time will be spent on creating the game. Some of my big goals for this project is to work out some of the glitches that were prevalent in my old game, improve the gameplay, and finally, use better sprites and graphics to drastically enhance detail and enjoyability. All of these goals will not be easy to reach within the limitations of the program, but I believe that solving them would be a great learning experience and help me better understand the program.
For the game itself, I intend to create a 2-D platformer, similar to the "Mario" series of games. This is a genre that I find not only interesting and simple to understand, but with also a great degree of difficulty. I wish in this game to add some features that were not in the previous game. These include, but are not limited to - scrolling screen, wall jumping, and better moving obstacles.
