Design Document

Introduction
Strength in arms is a platformer game on PC using the XNA engine to swing players into a whole new world of exploration by taking on the role of an acrobatic knight in a series of wacky, fun filled adventures. The medieval knight travels through the forest world battling evil monster machines and climbing menacing, fire breathing bosses!

Description
You find yourself in the middle of a crisis with no one to help you but your partner! The village around you is burning! You run and jump to grab onto the beam that hangs from the roof of a burning barn to swing onto the high ledge in front of you! You run forward and find a long vine. Beneath you are more burning huts. You swing across the vine above the houses wrapped in flame. Upon reaching the other side a swarm of mechanical bees charge at you and your partner, one after the other! They wont stop. They just keep coming and coming. It seems never ending! But then, out of the corner of your eye, you notice their home! A bee hive hangs from a tree. While you jump you must fire magic from your sword to try and destroy the bee hive while avoiding the attacks of miniature bees! You continue on, swinging on vines, climbing and jumping rocks, banners ropes and anything you can find to escape the fiery village of hell! At one point your hanging from a vine with your partner and you notice coins floating in the air below you. You can’t reach and you can let go, otherwise you’ll fall into a pit of spikes and thorns. Suddenly your partner has a great idea! He lets go of the vine and grabs onto you, reaching for the gold. The team effort helps you to succeed in achieving your goal. The gold is yours! You swing forward, your partner dangling from your waist. One hand in front of the other, that’s all it takes for you to reach the other side. As you continue on you collect all the shinny coins in your path and then see a flying fox up ahead. You grab hold of the flying fox and your partner grabs hold of you. The two of you glide to the other side and land with a lot more gold in your pockets. Up ahead, a sphere is glowing. You look deep into the sphere and see an image, a place that look like home. You jump, grab it and feel a sudden sensation of warmth flood your body. You close your eyes for a moment and when you open them. You are safe at home in your castle.

Key Features
Acrobatic Movements: Strength in Arms redefines the possibility of movement in the air that keeps the player moving forward.

Ranged Combat: Strength in Arms creates a fast pace game by allowing players to shoot at enemies while in motion and without requiring them to stop.

Multiple Weapons: Strength in Arms provides various ranged weaponry for Sir Christov that helps to separate players and make them feel more unique about their character.

Genre
Strength In Arms is a 2D side-scroller game set in a medieval world, filled with comical and cartoon characters.

Platform
The platform used to make the game is XNA and therefore runs on XNA on PC. It is a multiplayer game and can support up to five players using X-Box controllers and can also be player with the keyboard and mouse. We would love to distribute it via X-Box Live, but at this stage we would like to distribute it through source as a free game.

Concept Art
Inspiration on art came from many different games, television shows and films, some of these include, Mario Super Bros. (DS), Yoshi’s Island (DS), Bombaman, Metal Slug, Mega Man and Warner Bro’s Looney Toons.
Our art style is cartoony and funny to make the game fun and comical and make the player experience a less serious gameplay where players can have a good time by just stuffing around. A game of fun!