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Original Design Document

• Recreate Twin Towers
  • Different floors need to be in different states - normal, fiery, debris, and mixes of each
  • Stairways
    • Lit, unlit, flickering light, destroyed & unusable
    • NPCs - running up & down stairs, huddled in fear, etc.
• Character models
  • Businesswoman
  • Businessman
  • Fireman
  • Policeman
  • Custom behaviors
  • Create paths to walk
• Visual Effects
  • Fire
  • Camera Shake
  • Items
    • Cell Phone - functions as light source, but doesn't dial
    • Flashlight/lighter
    • Water bottle - restore health?
    • Face mask/cloth/handkerchief - avoid breathing in smoke & dust
• Scenarios
  • Spawn points in different parts of building; some have possiblity for survival, some don't
    • Can escape because user is at low level
    • Rushing through dark stairwells with cellphone == escape
    • If firemen are encountered, user is saved
    • Floor in flames - can't escape
    • Ceiling collapses
    • Have to choose between being engulfed by flames or jumping from window
    • Cement/building dust/smoke make it difficult to breathe; no facemask causes life to deplete, so find facemask
  • Length of each scenario?
• Sounds (& Soundtrack?)
  • Crackling flames
  • Walls collapsing
  • Yells and screams
  • Fire alarms
  • Police and Firetruck sirens
• User Interface
  • No HUD
  • Show item, only if equipped with it (lighter, flashlight, etc.)
• Other
  • Title screen & menu
  • Multiplayer?
  • Spectator mode - follow & observe bots