The objective of this assignment is to write a game spec for the arcade game you'll build in project 1. This is a team assignment. You should submit a paper copy and also link an electronic version to your wiki page.


A game spec (short for specification) communicates your vision of the game to other interested parties such as a customer, developer, or, in case of a course, the instructor. You may organize the spec as you see fit but you should include some key components including

• Overview: Describes the game genre (in your case a 2D arcade game), the backstory, and identifies well-known games that are similar.
• Players: Describes the number of players and their role in the game.
• Entities: Describes non-player characters and their roles in the game as well as other game props the players can intereact with.
• Look and Feel: Describes the look of the game and the screen layout. This section may optionally include some preliminary art work or identify well-known games with a similar look and feel.
• Inteface: Describes the game interface.
• Start Up: Describes the start up of the game and each level.
• Objectives: Describes the players objective in the game.
• Gameplay: Describe how the game is supposed to work.
• Level Design: Describes how the game changes across time.