*Makeup MP2 - Option 3

Donkey Kong Country

Platform games are undoubtedly my favorite type of games. One of my absolute favorite platform games is the classic Donkey Kong Country for Super Nintendo. Although Super Nintendo may seem to be a dated system, I consider it one of the best and a major part of my childhood. In Donkey Kong Country, you controlled both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong and must make your way through many different challenging levels, fighting bosses and baddies such as bees, crocodiles, vultures, and beavers.

Scrabble
Scrabble is one my favorite non-digital games. It is board game that is played by creating words with tiles, each having a single letter. More common letters are rewarded less points, such as E and A which are one point, but other letters such a Q and Z (which there are only one of each in each game) are worth ten points. Players pick 7 tiles out from a bag randomly and then must alternate turns making a word with the tiles they pick, while trying to obtain the highest amount of points. Words can't be placed anywhere though and must work off each other and share a letter. For example, the word "home" and the word "float" can be placed perpendicular by sharing the letter "o." Players also can be rewarded double letter/word score or triple letter/word score, by placing their tiles on those specific spots on the board. There are also two blank tiles in the bag that are wild, and can be used as any letter, though they are rewarded no points for use.

Halo

Halo is my favorite first-person shooter game. It was introduced to me by my friends in middle school, and we'd often play it when we were at my friend Andrew's house. The Halo franchise only exists for x-box, and since I've never had an x-box, I've only gotten the chance to play it when I am at my friends' houses. The storyline involves a war with aliens on a foreign planet, but I often just stuck to playing multiplayer split-screen.

*Makeup MP1 - Option 2

Chess


Chess is my favorite historical game to play, and sometimes prefer playing it as oppose to playing video games. I learned how to play when I was nine-years-old at my cousin Connor's house and instantly fell in love with the game. It involves a lot of thinking and strategy, and you must value both yours and your opponent's every move. The game is played on a 8 by 8 square grid board and each player has 16 pieces. One player normally has a dark-colored set, and the other player usually has a light-colored set. Each set consists of 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 1 queen, and 1 king. The player sets up their board on the back two rows (the rows closest to them). The front row has 8 pawns positioned side-by-side across the board. The back row then has a rook on both corners, a knight next to each of the rooks, and a bishop next to each of the knights. Then a king is placed on the set color (dark or light), and the queen is placed next to it. The point of the game is to eliminate the opposing player's pieces, more importantly the king, by moving your pieces into the same spots, and overtaking their position. Pawns can only move 1 space (except for their first move where they can move 2 spaces) vertically, and must move diagonally to beat an opposing piece. Rooks can move unlimited space either vertically or horizontally, and bishops can move unlimited spaces diagonally. Knights move in an L pattern where they must first move two spaces horizontally or vertically, and then one space perpendicular to that route.  The queen can move unlimited space in any direction, and the king can move only one space in any direction. The queen is the most valued piece on the board because it has the most possibilities for movement. Players play the game by alternating choosing only one piece to move for each turn. When a player can strike the opposing player's king it is a check, and the opposing player must move their king out of the check position. When it is no longer possible for the king to escape the check position it is a checkmate, and the end of the game. Who ever can get a checkmate on the other player's king first wins.

MP11 - Option 4

Possible Powerups for "Mortal Wound"
- Weapons (Pistol, rifle, etc.)
- Ammunition
- Painkillers, bandages, first aids kit (add time to timer)
- Energy Drink (increase speed)
- Enemy Labtop (adds to score)


Tim is my partner.

MP11 - Option 2

Backstory
Travis Lake was abandoned by his parents at the age of 8 months, and was taken in by an orphanage. He grew up there until the age of 16, and it is all he knows of the definition of home. He is deaf, but his handicap has never held him back from doing anything he wanted to do. He is also quite small, around 5'6", so he often relies on his mental abilities rather than his physical abilities. Since he was never physically dominate, and was often bullied by others at the orphanage for being small and different, he was motivated to become a soldier when he reached the age of 16 in order to increase his physical strength. Although he did become significantly stronger, his main focus when he became a soldier was not getting stronger, but becoming a skilled shooter. He quickly learned that a great soldier can be defined by incredible marksmanship. Soon enough, he was awarded the best marksman of his platoon because of his accurate skills with both a pistol and a sniper rifle. Along the way, he aslo made great relationships with his platoon, and considers them as family.






Positive Traits
- Growing up in an orphanage until the age of 16, he learned quickly that relationships don't last forever.  His two only friends that he grew close with at the orphanage were adopted when he was 9, and then he never saw them again. As a result, he creates very strong relationships with people quickly because he realizes that they might not be there forever. He developed a great relationship with his platoon, and strongly believes in "no soldier left behind." If a hostage situation were to occur, he'd be the man to go in and save them.
- He was awarded the best marksman of his platoon. He is extremely skilled with a pistol and an extremely accurate marksman. He is skilled with all guns, but his pistol is his weapon of choice.
- He has a small stature, but because of this he is extremely quick-witted. He always had to outsmart bigger and stronger opponents which made him rely on his intelligence often to get things done.

Negative Traits
- Because of his small stature, he can not move as quickly when carrying a rifle or other heavy weapon. He is very skilled using weapons, but if it requires two hands to carry it slows him down significantly.
- He is not the strongest soldier and he needs to rely on his shooting skill and wit more often then his strength. He is not great in hand-to-hand combat. He is mentally strong, rather than physically strong, which may seem uncharacteristic of a soldier.
- He is deaf. He relies on his eyesight more than anything, and he must be very careful when walking around corners. Since he does not know something exists until he sees it, he often walks himself into troubling situations, for he can not hear danger.

Visual Characteristics
- Short, jet black hair
- Blue eyes
- Small, relatively thin stature
- War paint under eyes
- Dressed in army camouflage from head to toe
- Army helmet

MP10 - Option 1

MP10 - Option 3

 design for level one

Walls are 5 units high; tables and beds are both two units high; ammo/painkiller pack/first aids kit are all one unit high; enemies and doctors are two units tall.

MP 9 - Option 1

Backstory


The story introduces a young soldier who is involved in an intense war. When the game begins, the soldier is wounded by an enemy bullet in his leg. He realizes that he must get to base before he bleeds out and dies. However, the path back to base is quite complicated. He has to navigate through three different mazes that increase in difficulty as he progresses. But because of his intensely bleeding wound, the mission is timed, so he has to move quite quickly. In the first maze, he has 2 minutes to get through and is equipped with a pistol which he can use to shoot enemies (in the maze) who are strapped with hunting knifes. He can gains points by shooting enemies, but for every time he is hit by an enemy he loses 5 seconds on the timer. He can add 10 seconds to the timer by finding first aids kits scattered through out the maze. As he progresses to each new maze, the number of enemies increase, the number of first aid kits decrease, and the complexity of the maze increases. Although each maze gets more and more difficult, he has more time to complete the harder mazes. The second maze must be completed in 3.5 minutes and the third maze must be completed in 5 minutes. Also, every time he beats a maze he is rewarded points for every second that is still on the timer. The point of the game is to get through all three mazes with the highest possible score that can be posted on the game's "Top Scoreboard."