Interface

Visual System

HUD

• Time of the night is displayed in the center top of the screen. This is a major component because the levels have a time based component to them
• Health of the player is in the bottom of the screen as a bar that extends the entire bottom. Health is not a huge element of the game but some elements can influence it.
• Item/Weapon in the main hand is iconified on the bottom right of the screen
• Notifications will appear at the middle right of the screen
• Interactions with objects will result in a popup in the game window.
• Objects that you can carry with change the cursor to a hand and display it in the center  

Menus

• Main Menu
  • Play Game
  • Options
  • Exit Game
• Options
  • Audio
  • Resolution
  • Brightness
  • Contrast
  • Controls
  • Back
• Multiplayer Lobby Menu
  • Create Game
  • Join Game
  • Exit to Main
  • Exit Game
• Create Game Menu
  • Number of players.
  • Difficulty
  • Misc
  • Back
• Join Game Menu
  • Name
  • Ready
  • Exit

Rendering System

Unity

Camera

Survivors: First Person Perspective

House: Top Down View

Lighting Models

Ambient light with large use of particle effects to simulate the dark brooding atmosphere

Control System

Survivors:

Standard First Person Controls

• W is Forward
• S is Backwards
• A is Strafe Left
• D is Strafe Right
• Shift for Sprint

• Spacebar for Jump
• Q is next available weapon/item
• E is previous available weapon/item
• Left mouse click for attack/use item
• Right mouse click for interact with game object

            Journal:

• A is turn page LEFT
• D is turn page RIGHT
• Esc/Tab is exit journal
• All keys to type a message
• Enter to end typing.

House:

Mouse at the edges of the screen will pan the floor.

Left click will select the object or survivor.

Left click and hold from the actions bar will allow for actions to be dragged into the floor.

Right click will pull up available actions on that object.

            Messages can be dropped in game with text messages provoking survivors.

            All the keys on the keyboard to type messages.

            Control Antagonist:

• All general and other movement for survivors.

Audio

Audio editing using Audacity with styles based on the survivor timelines. We are using Unity’s positional audio system so the house can directly place audio effects in the game allowing for a richer experience.

Music

Background Music specific to the timeline

Sound Effects

• Walking
• Opening objects
• Screams
• Rattles
• Anything scary
• Stomping
• Banging

Help System

Basic user feedback system to explain the introductory skills the rest is found by the user.