The Revolution of Randy the Running Robot

April 27, 2017 by Tyler S Martin Leave a Comment

Randy the Running Robot is an infinite running-style game that was created by Kenny Arentz, Nicholas D’agostino, Raymond E. Jones III, Tyler Martin, and Roger Salguero utilizing Unity software.

Randy the Running Robot is set in a dystopian future, where mutant indifferent green creatures (known as Stevies) chase innocent robots (known as Randys). As a Randy, the player seeks to outrun a Stevie all while evading flying missiles that plague the city.

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Figure 1: Randy the Running Robot trailer.

Core Mechanics and Gameplay

The game starts with the player controlling a robot named Randy whose goal is to infinitely run away from an ever-chasing threat known as a Stevie while evading oncoming flying missiles. When first starting Randy the Running Robot, the player will notice that there are only two controls to learn in the game – [down arrow] to crouch-run and [up arrow] to jump and double jump. The player must use these controls evade the missiles and collect floating wrenches, which serve as “energy” for Randy to keep running away from the Stevie. If Randy goes too long without collecting a wrench, he will, unfortunately, slow down and get caught by the Stevie.

A score component was added to the game that is based on the distance Randy travels in-game, with the highest of these scores being saved as a “high score” and being displayed permanently on the “game over” screen.

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Midterm Update

April 1, 2017 by nud107 Leave a Comment

Stevie Longlegs has remained mostly unchanged from the original concept. As stated in the initial pitch, the game will be an infinite side-scrolling runner with obstacles to avoid and holes to jump over. A high score will be obtained by playing for the longest time with the game’s best high score being recorded.

A few changes from the original idea are being worked out. The first is the character sprite being used for testing. The original large green character had only one walking/running animation. In order to keep moving ahead with game mechanics, a robot sprite is temporarily being used because of its pre-designed running and jumping animation. No decisions have been made as to whether the little green hero will definitely remake his reappearance but the speculation is that the game would not be true to its nature without him.

Another change from the initial design is how the health of the character will be displayed. Initially, there was plans for a health bar that would fill and empty based on time from last powerup and obstacles hit. The current version does not have a health bar but rather the character slowly moves further to the left of the screen as the health decreases. This will eventually culminate in a large monster fixed on the left side of the screen devouring the character if his health degrades too far. Power ups will restore the runners health and help him get back to the center of the screen.

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Stevie Longlegs – Initial Pitch

February 21, 2017 by Kenneth Thomas Arentz, nfs5129, Roger Alexander Salguero, Raymond E. Jones III and Tyler S Martin Leave a Comment

The concept of “Stevie Longlegs” is based on our team’s goal to create a simple, unique, and addicting video game that players of all ages can appreciate. The nuclear war of 2018 has caused mass extinction and terrible mutations on the few survivors left. The world is polluted with evil monsters who have tasked themselves with chasing the survivors, causing them to be on the run for the rest of their lives. Luckily for our main character, Stevie Longlegs, the effects of the initial blast have caused his skin to turn a radiation-absorbing green, his body to become aerodynamically round, and his legs to grow long and lean to support his new found hobby of running.

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