Second Proposal

Title
- Back to The Past - Japanese Invasion of Malaya

Abstract

• This project is an application which consisted of few game genres such as adventure, action and role-playing. This game is mainly for let user to understand and learn the history of Japanese invasion of Malaya. Player will be starting as a person and accidentally step into an unknown portal which take him back to 1942.

Target Audience

Teens to Adults (13 years-old and above)

Goal / Problem Statement

• This project aims to allow the user to know the history of Japanese invasion in Malaya.

• The application is created to educate user since learning from interactive application is faster than from reading from book, especially for teenagers nowadays.

• Virtual application can make the the project looks more interesting, and since this is a game-based application, user can do the tasks while understand the history in the same time.
  

Objective

• To allow user to learn about the history of Japanese invasion in Malaya.

• To allow user to experience of learning from 3D virtual interactive application.
  
  
• To know the design/style of the buildings and the environment in early 1940s
  

Benchmark


Old "kampung" environment


Tenchu


The Legend of Zelda


Syphon Filter


Metal Gear Solid

Description

Before entering to game scene, the introduction of the application will be displayed, then followed by basic control and navigation guide.

There will be 3 levels and the objectives of each level is different. For first level, player will be seeing the scenario in a town during Japanese Invasion in Malaya. Player's main objective is to run away from the attack of Japanese soldiers. There will be a guide at the mini map to show where player needs to go. Player is not allowed to fight in the first level.

For second level, player will be in an underground cave. There will be some NPC nearby and player can interact with them and learn what's happening. After suffer from hunger for several days, player need to find foods outside and there will be Japanese soldiers surrounding. In order to get rid of them, player can choose to back stab the Japanese soldiers or walk quietly to looking for foods.

For third level, after spending few years in the cave, player needs to get out from the cave, and needs to assassinate the leader of that Japanese army group. The fighting will be tough and player need to hiding all the time before encounter the enemy leader. After defeat the enemy, player needs to escape from the attacks of the army and will eventually saved by a guerrilla force. The story ends after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki news being spread throughout the town.

Interaction Description

• Player is be able to walk around through directional keys on the keyboard.

• Mini map will be on the top right of the scene.
  
  
• Player can click on the objects/NPC that can be interacted. Information will be shown through events window on the bottom right and also popup window.