Rocket - Concept Art

Changes to the GDD - Character abilities activation

As a team we went through each of the character abilities and changed how they will be displayed on
screen to the player. This is just a some of the changes that have been made to the abilities that we
have listed on the games design document. We also have some more abilities to add but they wont
need to be altered like i have done here.

Original Text Before my Edit - Strobe Lighting

The strobe lighting ability when used stuns your enemies for a short period of time to use this ability
press either the assigned key on the keyboard of press the right thumbstick, than whilst holding
down the right thumbstick, bringing up the combat powers wheel, twist the right thumbstick
anticlockwise or clockwise till the User Interface is over the Strobe Lighting icon. Once selected,
release the right thumbstick and hit either the Left Mouse Button or on console the left bumper stick. 

New Text - Strobe Lighting

The strobe lighting ability when used stuns your enemies for a short period of time to use this ability
press either V on the keyboard or ******* on the controller. This will activate the armour utilities that
the player selected for that mission.   

Original Text Before my Edit - Smoke Screen

To select to deploy the smoke press down on the thumbstick if using console to bring up the combat
wheel, and scroll the thubstike either anticlockwise or clockwise till the selector is over the smoke
screen power icon. Once the thubstike is released, then hit the left bumper stick to activate the power. 

New Text - Smoke Screen

Similar to the Strobe lighting, V needs to be pressed on keyboard and ***** on the controller to
activate the smoke screen if the player has this variation equipped.

Original Text Before my Edit - Time Dilation

Time Dilation is an effect the player character can use to slow down time in combat to gain an
advantage. To access the ability the player will have to bring up the combat power wheel, the same
as the Strobe Lighting ability.

New Text - Time Dilation

Time Dilation is an effect the player character can use to slow down time in combat to gain an
advantage. This ability is listed in a different section to the armour utilities so it requires a different
keyboard and controller input to be used. This is Q on the keyboard and ***** on the controller. 

 Original Text Before my Edit - Wrist Rocket

Like time dilation and smoke screen - the wrist rocket is an ability that is activated through the use of
either the tool bar or bringing up the power wheel (on consoles). And once it is selected as the active
power it is activated by the left bumper (like a grenade on Halo or power in Destiny). 

New Text - Wrist Rocket

Like the other armour utilities and this one is activated using V on the keyboard and **** on the
controller, after it has been activated it will automatically launch a rocket at the target on screen. 

Finished Character Design - Alternate colour designs

Photoshop - Elite Design - No Colour

Character Abilities

This section of work is going to be used in the High pitch document, the objective of it is to be a much shorter in game use for some of the characters abilities. In the GDD we went into a lot of detail about the ability in terms of how it would function as a game mechanic but the high pitch is more of a mission brief and the information on the abilities needs to reflect that.

Strobe Lighting is a piece of equipment on the Android Hunter Killer head that is activated in a combat scenario to unleash a non-lethal stun to enemy combatants, blinding them. Advantages of this is the ability to secure a better position on the battlefield or to remove a blinded target. 

The Android Hunter Killer will deploy a limited supply of smoke pellets in a heated firefight, this will obscure their view for a limited time. After deployment it is suggested that the drone returns to a safe area before the smoke clears, because the supply is limited awareness of supply is recommended. 

One of the more advanced and experimental tech available to the drone is the ability to enhance its movement and energy core to the point where enemy combatants will slow and seem to freeze in place, this is for a limited time only due to the amount of power needed to activate it. This means that hostiles will be easier to terminate for a short period of time, it's recharge time is also substantial so awareness is key to the utility of this equipment. This ability has been given the keyword of ‘Time Dilation’.