Early Prototype

Construct 2

An early prototype was developed in Construct 2 to quickly sketch the mechanics of the game.

Play Fovea Early Prototype (made with Construct 2).

• Cursor Keys - Control main character movement
• Space Bar - Use weapon (axe)
• M - Map
• H - Hide map
• Q - Quit

Implemented Game Mechanics

1. User Interface;
   • Splash screen;
   • Game main screen with information about player health;
   • Game main screen with different layers and with parallax effect;
   • Face window that shows all the available gem powers (red, green and blue) and its combinations, activated by a drag and drop feature;
     1. - Fire Immunity;
     2. - Telecinesia;
     3. - Heart Control;
     4. + - Fire Throwing;
     5. + - Death Ray;
     6. + - Death Zone;
     7. + + - DIVINE POWER;
   • End of game screen with information about score, highscore and a button to restart the game;
2. Player ;
   • Platform behaviour;
   • Can gain points by collecting the item;
   • Can gain jump power by collecting the item;
   • Can gain immunity to fire by collecting the item;
   • Can use a weapon (axe) to kill the enemies and gain points;
   • Health controlled by the heartbeat - increases with the presence of danger and decreases when the player is resting with no interferences;
3. Hell Wasp (Enemy) ;
   • Moves freely;
   • Is killed by the player's weapon;
   • Reduces the player health if touched;
4. Pit Worm (Enemy) ;
   • Moves from left to right and vice-versa;
   • Is killed by the player's weapon (the bigger it is, more difficult is to kill it);
   • Increases its size by eating dead Hell Wasps;
   • Reduces the player health if touched (the bigger it is, more damage is inflicted to the player);
5. Sounds;
   • Original intro music;
   • In game ambient sound that is a composition of the intro music and Hell sound effects (screams, chains, cracking wood, crackling fire);
   • Heartbit sound that follows the heartbit rate of the player;
   • Player moans when he touches the enemies or dies (different sounds for each pain magnitude);
   • "Woosh" sound effect when the player uses the weapon (axe);
   • Bell sounds when the player collects items (different sounds for each item);
   • "Squish" sound effect when the player's heart explodes or when the enemies die.