Coding Horror

Alexandra Petrova

Artem Suschev

Mihai Iusan

Idea

The main idea is to create an arcade game with the use of different control and input types which android devices are able to provide: microphone, tilt, swipe, compass. The game unique style includes hand-drawn graphics and composed music.

Motivation

Our motivation was to challenge ourselves, to learn and to have fun. We have enjoyed the complicated process of game creation.

Answer

We have created a game called Pillow Nightmare.

Gameplay

The main character is a sleepwalker who is wandering inside his dream. There are some walls which the character needs to pass through, and the enemies - spiders , which can be killed by throwing a pillow. The main goal is to score as much points as possible by killing the spiders. The sleepwalker has 3 lives, and there are also some additional lives which are possible to be collected during the game. When the number of lives ends, the game ends and the character wakes up.

User Interface

There are some different actions the player is able to perform:

Screenshots

Music

The music was composed specially for the game. The example soundtrack could be found here.

Project Artifacts

pillow_nightmare.pdf pillownightmare.ppt