Sci-Fi V. Fantasy!!

Our pitch for our game project was an interesting take on something that our professor had said in class. We had been talking about different genres and how you can mix them well in games sometimes, and how you can also have a poor mix of game genres. We had been having a discussion about science fiction and fantasy and how it would be weird and not natural to mix the two together in a game. And so we decided that we would give it a go and see what we could accomplish!

Essential the plight of the user is this. You are a magician, and you and your magic buddies are in your magic castle that is sitting in the middle of this field that is on top of this magical floating rock that is surrounded by magical floating islands with hidden magical items on them. 

Then suddenly, a giant metallic spaceship comes out of jump-speed right next to your island. Other, smaller ships start flying out of the hanger of the mother ship and they start dropping robot units onto your island. You realize they are trying to make their way to your magical library all the way at the top of your tower (stereotypical, we know. But what did you expect? They're wizards!) to steal your magical books and claim some magical knowledge of their own. You must protect your books (Nerd) and save the rest of the universe by preventing these already powerful robots from claiming your magic and becoming unstoppable!

So we did sci-fi vs. fantasy! The ideas of the mechanics of the game is that you are a magic caster and you can cast spells by performing certain gestures with your motion controllers within a VR. The robots would attack at night and you could summon help with your magic to help you out, and use your over-powered magic skills to defend your goodies. During the day you would catch a breath while you tried to rebuild your defenses or go find some hidden powerful magic items to aid you during the next wave of attacks. If you survived 10 days and 10 nights of onslaught, you will have vanquished all of their robots, and their ship will self destruct because it is no longer manned and you get to keep all your magic! And make a ton of money off of selling the scrap metal as well! 

Oh, and I guess that means you win the game too. 

This is what we are shooting for with our game.