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 and grutors. A prototype provides an opportunity for you to make concrete, to test, and to evaluate the basics of your game. Your first milestone will be to write a game spec and build a first prototype. You may organize the spec as you see fit but you should include the following key components:

• Overview: Describes the game genre, 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.
• Objectives: Describes the players' objectives in the game.
• Gameplay: Describes how the game is supposed to work.
• Inteface: Describes the game interface.
• Start Up: Describes the start up of the game.
• Level Design: Describes the level structure of the game.
• Major use cases

Your prototype should illustrate key aspects of your game in a shortened, simplified format. It should be playable with both win and lose options. You may use placeholders for art, interface options, etc. As a first step you will complete a paper prototype. You will play test this prototype in class with your classmates and use the feedback to redefine your game spec and/or prototype plan. You will then implement the prototype using the pygame engine (or other engine of your choosing).