THE INSURGENCY - 2019-2020

Win Condition: Answer most dialogue questions correctly (at least) and hide objects or person successfully.

Lose Condition: Answer questions incorrectly and hide object or person in poor hiding place.

In a post-apocalyptic setting an organized group of authorities call themselves the Military State Police and have attempted to re-establish a functional society under their strict ideology.
The player must find or make hiding places for objects or people. Authorities will come to search the hardware shop as part of their weekly routine.
This process will repeat but its pacing will increase. New areas in the store will become available. Players will have a bigger variety of upgrades and gadgets, and enemies will have to change their strategy.

Games Design Documentation

Recent update of the prototype featuring improved environment lighting.

CORE LOOP DIAGRAM

AI BEHAVIOUR DIAGRAM

ACTIONS

General

Walk
Run

Quieter

Creep quickly
Creep quietly

Interact Action

Pick objects up
Open and close doors

Indirect Action

Move objects by walking too close to them or over them (will cause noise)

Direct Action

Throw objects to distract military police

CHALLENGES

Understand the culture of the game world
Familiarize with controls
Hiding objects or people from officers successfully
Distracting officers when possible
Hiding player character (if caught hiding an object)
Adapting to different enemies per level
Apply the knowledge of the game culture if tested by the officer

REWARDS

Outsmarting the officers (completing levels)
New gadgets to experiment with
New characters to meet
New narrative/lore to discover
New enemies to meet
Possibly a loyalty system

LEVEL DESIGN

ENEMY TYPE

Grunt with dog

Specialist with goggles

Juggernaut

FEATURE

Low-medium sight

High hearing

High sight

Low-medium hearing

Medium sight

Medium hearing

EXTRA

Can detect objects more easily by smell

Will be able to detect if objects were moved

Can cause some characters to hide to be more susceptible to making auditory mistakes

PROGRESSION MECHANICS

After each level, there will be a story cutscene giving more context to the environment and the characters
At the start of levels (not the tutorial), a character will ask/tell the player which upgrade they’d like, or which one is available
The player will be able to unlock gadgets to help them hide objects better and the enemy will also change their tactics
- All gadgets and upgrades will directly relate to the core mechanics and core diagrams.

LEVEL

PLAYER OBJECTIVE

Hide behind objects

Hide inside objects

Glue objects behind or under something

Manipulate walls to hide inside

Make separate compartments to hide inside

ENEMY RETALIATORY ACTION

None

Heightens sensitivity

Heightens sensitivity to sounds

Specialist implements heat sensor (on radius)

IN SCOPE FOR PROTOTYPE

DESIGN ASPECTS

Proposal document
High concept document
Games design document
Gameplay design iteration
AI design iteration
Environment design iteration

TECHINCAL ASPECTS

AI tasks:
- Move
- Prompt dialogue
- Search objects
- Ask player questions
- Update forbidden object suspicious value during play time
- Triggering game over
- Triggering game won

Player character:
- Basic movement
- Interaction controls

ARTISTIC ASPECTS

Environments blocked out and meshed:
- Shop
- Basement
- Outdoor area outside shop

OUT OF SCOPE FOR PROTOTYPE

DESIGN ASPECTS

Multiple levels for each including:
Map layouts
Gameplay planning/pacing
In depth progression/upgrade system
Multiple AI behaviours
Complex player character interactions with AI
Narrative between environment setting and characters/AI
Sound design/planning
Multiple environment settings

TECHINCAL ASPECTS

Multiple individual AIs with separate behaviours
Multiple levels
Level system with separate managers to control AI or variables
Cutscenes and voiceovers
Tutorial section
Particle effects

ARTISTIC ASPECTS

Realistic high poly objects
High quality materials/textures