Jivi: I dont have any art skill. So, I took this screenshot to demonstrate the expected level design. The environment is supposed to be like a village, city or town with a lot of buildings and pathways in between.

Bringing together all the Gameplay design idea's from everyone.
Goatie is expected to run from point A to point B. An Arrow on top of the screen will give him the shortest path to point B based on his current forward direction. However, he can decide to follow any other path and a new shortest path will be created. There is no wrong way. Also, he can decide to turn, in which case a mini-slow motion game involving pressing buttons to make moves will be involved to successfully cross the pursuing humans. He has to dodge obstacles with the button pressing game like jjk24 said. If he is unable to dodge, the humans will catch up with him and a slow motion game to escape will start again. He will be running by default but can control his direction dynamically(not like temple run). The gameplay programming will modify his directions to prevent him from impacting walls directly. At times, some of the humans(being smart) will take a short cut to get ahead of him. and he has to dodge and so on until he gets to his final destination. Also, the humans will throw stones at him. If he does not dodge, his life reduces and they probably catch up with him etc.
Also, Goatie can hit other humans going about their everyday life in the village in the escape process and probably destroy something of theirs and they would probably in anger join in the pursuit. Some others may randomly join and randomly leave but the core pursuers will remain.

i tink there are too much buildings...am stil in page 7...abeg wait for me o!

Ok. I have finished reading this thread and I am extremely excited to have seen this today. This project gives me hope that at least Nigeria is not a waste. Speeches aside, my head is very crowded and this post might be a little disorganized because of the various ideas and suggestions running through my oblongata.

First of all, I have joined your Facebook group and my github account name is keneohiaeri, my email is keneohiaeri@gmail.com; this is for any further communication that would be needed in this game development. Now, I have read through 12 pages of letters and words of some smart people who want to create a game. But would you say I am wrong when I tell you people that after 3weeks and 12pages of Nairaland’s body, there is no accredited game plan we are following, and we have been concentrating so much on the technical aspect, we forgot the fun and entertainment in playing a game?

Now, with that aside, I have tried as very much as possible to create a game plan that we could all follow. I have read the various creative contributions our fellow Nairalanders have made and integrated them all to a funny, fictional, African game that even my dad might enjoy. And this story is very open to further suggestions and editions by other members of this group. So, that aside, I think my name should be added to the Game Plan crew .

Oya, I have spoken too much grammar, let me begin:

PROLOGUE

• It all starts with a young, adventurous and stubborn goat in a market who is famous for his weird beard which got him the name Goatee.
• His market owner hated him because he was a noisy goat and nobody seemed to want to buy him. So out of frustration, he gave Goatee to a stranger for free.
• Goatee was sad because all his brothers were sold for high prices; but he was given away to a stranger for free.
• Now, it was the stranger’s sons birthday, and as a gift, Goatee was instructed to be killed and cooked for the celebration.
• Goatee didn’t take this funny, first he was given away to a stranger for free, and now he wants to be killed for free??
• Now, when one of the servants tied Goatee to a stick to go and sharpen the knife. Goatee found out that the rope was loose and saw it as an opportunity to make a run for it.
• He didn’t know where to go or how to escape; but he had to run. He was too young to be killed, and worst of all, for free??
• YOUR MISSION BEGINS: Goatee frees himself and starts running for his life!!! NOTE. HERE HE USES HIS FOUR LEGS, BECAUSE HE IS STILL A YOUNG INEXPERIENCED GOAT WHO JUST WANTS TO BE FREE. So you dodge stones and all that and just keep running, till you reach the Mountains(Peterjosh inspired my idea of running to the Mountains)
• Goatee is hungry, Goatee is tired, his legs are weak, and the Nigerian sun is too much. He dies….no he faints.
• Goatee wakes up and sees He is in a new place…no it’s still in the Mountains! But this time there are animals around him (THESE ARE RUGGED ANIMALS MEN…RUGGED!) and the oga at the top (who is a cow…or even an ant - to give the story a funny twist) asks him “Boy how to take wanda into the badland of Kokoroko??”
• Goatee tells his story and they all laugh, they give him dinner and he joins the “gang”
• ANOTHER MISSION: Here is when goatee gets trained on several techniques, walking on two legs, using guns, using knives. The game developers can use this opportunity and teach the players several useful keys used in the game. The game developers can also encompass this training period into maybe 3 to 4 petty missions like stealing food, breaking into houses, gathering ammunitions and other things free Goats do to survive.
• During this mission training, Goatee falls in love with another female Goat named Bellie who he saved in one of their petty missions (maybe Goatee jumped on the head of a farmer who wanted to grab Bellie). I am not good in romance, so any romantic addition to this is highly appreciated.
• Goatee rises in the ranks and is now a feared nigga in the town (PLEASE NOTE. THE TOWN NOW IS IN A RURAL SETTING, MIXING URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS MAKES ME DIZZY. BUT THERE WOULD BE AN URBAN SETTING LATER IN THE GAME).
• And the humans have formed a special anti-animal squad to capture and kill rebellious animals.
• One day, Bellie goes for a mission without Goatee….and as normal…gets caught!!!
• NO!!! Goatee screams…he is angry…he is determined….the game has begun!!!

THIS IS THE PROLOGUE…PLEASE LIKE IF YOU THINK I AM MAKING ANY SENSE

love d idea and d pattern. i also agree with u dat d plans hv been non existent for d game

Lyk d idea 2 buh I have some questions!! R we creatin an open world game !! Cus a town is kindda big or r we jst gnna mak d player feel lyk dere is a town by talkin about it in cut scenes !! I lyk d whole givin goatie a background and him fallin in love alng d way stuff!!. #wlcm @ kenikazi.

@kennikazi
I think you are making sense but your story seems to fit into a sort of animated movie kind of stuff as against a game. It is much more developed though.

Jivi: @kennikazi
I think you are making sense but your story seems to fit into a sort of animated movie kind of stuff as against a game. It is much more developed though.

na so mst of wahs up dere r cut scenes buh we culd cut some tins off !! Cus his story does make sense

@kennikazi
I cant find your username on github "keneohiaeri". Is this the correct spelling?

@kennikazi.
I think you have a good story telling talent but I think your story does not have a grand purpose. Can you give goatie a serious meaning. It seems more like we are playing the life of goatie which takes me to another aspect. That means goatie would not die at the end and that means the game can be a series if he does not die at the end. Can you establish a character for goatie other than a random goat.
It would be great if you can polish up what is on ground already which is not accredited as you rightly observed or make your story better which creates it into a goatie series(lol) or mix up elements from both side. The previous goatie's drive comes from the need for equality and justice among animals which is not trivial at all but this goatie own reason is because he is cheap which is funny but not really serious hence the players dont get connected to the character represented by goatie.

Jivi: @kennikazi
I cant find your username on github "keneohiaeri". Is this the correct spelling?

...try kennikazi...lemme it nw check godu

MAIN MISSIONS:

• This anti-animal squad has really boosted up there game, they have been capturing many stubborn animals in the town. And it seems like Goatee’s gang is going down…but no…Ant (the Oga at the top you remember) has really been boosting his game up too.
• Goatee goes on more deadlier missions, (1.)intercepting weapon transfers, (2.)clearing government farms, (3.)starts KILLING the soldiers, (4.)colonizes areas of the town, (5.)gets information on the whereabouts of other captured animals etc.
• Now, he gets information on the exact location of the captured animals[b](THIS WOULD NOW BE THE BARRACKS YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING)[/b] and also finds out that Bellie is pregnant for him.
• They plan a stealth attack on the barracks…they ALMOST succeed but they get trapped…some escaped…some died…Goatee escaped…Ant died….Bellie wasn’t in the barracks…she has been sold to the city!!!
• Goatee is next in line to be Oga at the top, but he is angry, he is going to find Bellie in the city….Goatee tells his best friend Gwo Gwo to head the gang while he goes to rescue his Babe.
• Goatee goes to city…the city is nothing compared to his town (Jivi’s model on page 9 could be used as an example of a Nigerian city)…he is lost…he is captured…he escapes…he informs other animals in the city about the rebellion….
• Meanwhile, at home…anti-animal squad and other humans have started a massive attack on animals. In this mission the player would be Goatee’s best friend…he tries his best to defend his animal hood…but he DIES!!!
• Goatee hears Gwo Gwo is dead and goes back to his town with animals he rescued in the city.
• WAR TIME!!! BING!BANG!BONG!...a serious war between humans and animals ensues. This war could go three stages, each stage having a specific mission to accomplish.
• Animals win! The state is in distress…the town has been destroyed by animals…and Christmas is in 3days…Bellie would be killed for Christmas!
• Goatee gathers the LAST league and heads towards the city to free animals forever and rescue Bellie!
• Game ends as you see an army of RUGGED animals heading towards the city….with Goatee as the leader!

OTHER POINTS IN GAME:

• This won’t be a dream for Goatee
• Any ammunition used before Goatee starts intercepting weapon transfers would be locally made guns and knife. It is after he starts going on deadly missions that he can now carry an AK-47.
• Pa Kilo could be Goatee’s master in the market.

Jivi: @kennikazi.
I think you have a good story telling talent but I think your story does not have a grand purpose. Can you give goatie a serious meaning. It seems more like we are playing the life of goatie which takes me to another aspect. That means goatie would not die at the end and that means the game can be a series if he does not die at the end. Can you establish a character for goatie other than a random goat.
It would be great if you can polish up what is on ground already which is not accredited as you rightly observed or make your story better which creates it into a goatie series(lol) or mix up elements from both side. The previous goatie's drive comes from the need for equality and justice among animals which is not trivial at all but this goatie own reason is because he is cheap which is funny but not really serious hence the players dont get connected to the character represented by goatie.

The story behind it is....he is angry he is cheap...he meets a crew that convinces him that no one should own him...they live life of free animals...things go bad....his freedom is threatened....he goes to war...he wins!!!

I have not finished reading but lol for oga at the top

Can you develop your story into further details like making it into a game design document that programmers and artist can follow using concept arts with the help of dueal though. Also, I think the game ending when the animals are going to war would be weird. You could make it seem like the animals are rescued and they are happy and dancing and the game ends like if there was no problem and then maybe in the next game, a new story behind them going to the city for war emerges.

I might think goatie got to the mountain but was recaptured. By then, he already had the mindset of goats have their rights too etc and he was rescued by the mountain bad guys before the war begins. Probably, in the process of rescuing him bellie got caught.

Just Suggestions

I tink its time we put dis 2 a vote !! Dis change of direction or d former plan!! --- I personally goes with d former 1 reason!!-- dis nt bein a dream takes sumfin away frm d plot and wil rili take sumfin away frm d game I loved hw simple jivi put d whole story wen he introduced it goatie is sold with his wife!! Den goatie fights back kills humans 2 rescue his wife and oda animals!! And @ d end it was all a dream goatie wakes up where he his tide up ready 2 b killed!! U knw d part where he was sold!! He gehts killed with his wife !! Bad ending I knw!! Buh I tink dahs more focused!!.. Buh dahs jst ma own opinion dis new idea has its own strong points 2 and I will go with enifin u guys decide!!.

Jivi: Can you develop your story into further details like making it into a game design document that programmers and artist can follow using concept arts with the help of dueal though. Also, I think the game ending when the animals are going to war would be weird. You could make it seem like the animals are rescued and they are happy and dancing and the game ends like if there was no problem and then maybe in the next game, a new story behind them going to the city for war emerges.

hmm...hw does a game design document look like

kennikazi:
hmm...hw does a game design document look like

It quite involved. It is the entire game on a document.

oh!ok...buh a COMMITTEE has to be set up to give a DEFINITIVE story line for this game. Two or three storylines should be nominated....people would vote....the committee shud meet and an UNCHANGEABLE storyline be chosen. That's what I can say now
And then a game design document should be created....

However, you can focus on the story part of the game design document but in details.

Jivi: However, you can focus on the story part of the game design document but in details.

Ok..so in essence I should start developing my game design document with the above story??

Thats is what a design document will do. It will reduce the changes. The game design team would be the committee. We can afford to change because the models and concept arts being created can still fit into the changing stories. The moment a level is sort of set, the changes will be minor or non-existent. There will always be changes.

kennikazi:
Ok..so in essence I should start developing my game design document with the above story??

Yes

Jivi:
Yes

Ok then!! time to start documenting

@kennikaze
can you double check your github username

this is just moving one step forward, 2 steps backward and sometimes stagnant. At this rate, 10years wont be enough. I think i suggested this being divided into groups with each group having a defined function and not necessarily interfering with another group unless a person 's in two groups or more(which is not very ideal), if that is not done, the truth remains that we will continue with "name dropping" and showcasing talents with no purpose.

Jivi: @kennikaze
can you double check your github username

Kennikazi

Bulldog: this is just moving one step forward, 2 steps backward and sometimes stagnant. At this rate, 10years wont be enough. I think i suggested this being divided into groups with each group having a defined function and not necessarily interfering with another group unless a person 's in two groups or more(which is not very ideal), if that is not done, the truth remains that we will continue with "name dropping" and showcasing talents with no purpose.

This is the best time to make changes. If it has to be made, then it should be made.

Bulldog: this is just moving one step forward, 2 steps backward and sometimes stagnant. At this rate, 10years wont be enough. I think i suggested this being divided into groups with each group having a defined function and not necessarily interfering with another group unless a person 's in two groups or more(which is not very ideal), if that is not done, the truth remains that we will continue with "name dropping" and showcasing talents with no purpose.

yah...i wanted to ask dah qeshon sef...hw many groups are involved in this game....what processes are involved in this game....what is the scheme of work of the game.....and lastly...doz this game have a name??

@Jivi. I think your assignment this night is to create a COMPLETE mission statement of this game, allocate groups, assign jobs to different groups. There needs to be tangible progress in this thread, am even saying that a prototype of the game should be out in 2 months time

Well, thinking about it, nothing really went backward. Things just got more polished and improved.