Traffic Short Description: Game Type: Character Long Description

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1 LA Traffic Short Description: The game LA Traffic is a game about a man on a mission to acquire $5,000 dollars in the midst of the horrors of Los Angeles traffic conditions. Road rage, accidents and highway patrol dominate LA Traffic in a players effort to acquire some dough. Game Type: LA Traffic is a driving game played from the medium shot perspective of a truck on the Los Angeles freeway. The game contains elements of action, adventure and racing. Character: The game is played from the perspective of one character, Troy, who is a high-strung, stressed out construction worker who is strapped for cash. Long Description: The game starts out in Santa Monica, CA. Troy has just finished a job and finds out that a job in Echo Park he completed a week ago violated building codes. The house, which he sold to a prominent member of the Mexican mafia, is now projected to need thousands of dollars worth of work as well as a number of fees paid off. The mob, angry and distressed by the situation has told Troy they do not want any more of his work but rather have demanded he pay them twice the amount of money owed for this mishap. Troy has one day to come up with this money or he will be offed.

2 Game Play: Troy has a number of options to make back his money before his day runs out. A list of jobs are presented to him at the very beginning of the game as well as a small sum of money. Each job is in a different part of Los Angeles. It is the players job to guide Troy in and his truck on a successful mission from job to job, mindfully trying to avoid the various obstacles at play. There is more than one way to achieve his goal as well as many ways to mess it up. There are 5 jobs in the Los Angeles area, all of which Troy must complete to gather enough cash to pay off the mob. Each job acts as a separate level with its own range of difficulty. Beginning in Santa Monica, Troy must travel (in order) to Marina Del Rey, Huntington Park, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Burbank, and finally Echo Park to pay off the mob. Each job accounts for $1000, amounting to a total of $5000. Troy begins the game with +$500 dollars. Over the course of his travels Troy is faced with many obstacles that will decrease his money: - Cars on the freeway will try and intentionally crash into his vehicle, causing Troy to pay settlements of (-$50). - As a result of careless driving (switching lanes into other cars etc.) Troy can cause accidents himself, causing damage to his car and/or taking crucial money from his pocket. This incident, unlike intentional crashes, has unavoidable money deductions or car damage (the choice between the two is up to the player). - If Troy is speeding too fast he can get pulled over by the police and receive a ticket. - If Troy is behind on his schedule (as in indicated in the time bar on the bottom of the screen) traffic will begin to get worse and worse.

3 - If Troy does not replenish himself with a meal/drink throughout the course of the game his health bar will lower causing his rage to increase. Once this bar has reached below the half way point Troy begins to have less control over the car and becomes more susceptible to creating accidents and getting caught for speeding. - Troyʼs truck has a corresponding health bar. During certain instances Troy will have the choice of receiving damage to his car or losing money. Troy has many options when faced with these various obstacles: - When faced with an intentional accident, he may flee the scene. This will cause a quarter of his total time to be removed from his time bar each occurrence. - If pulled over for a speeding ticket Troy can pay off the cop (-$75) or lose time off his clock. - The only solution for clearing up traffic is purchasing temporary GPS connections ($250) which clears traffic temporarily and sets you back on schedule. You can purchase this only once during a game. - Troy can purchase food as he travels at the store but consequently loses $25 and an eighth of his total time. There are ways to avoid many of these obstacles. Careful driving, consistent eating and proper money management are all techniques to better Troyʼs chances of getting the proper sum of money to the mob by sundown. If Troy for some reason does not have enough money in the end to pay off the mob or his truck breaks down before he can complete all the levels he loses the game and will be sleeping with the fishes in no time. Game Mechanics: Movement: Troy is in his car at all times. As a player you control his car on the freeway the entirety of the game. Helping the player move are a game map directing Troy to his

4 destinations. The car is controlled with the arrow keys and the mouse is utilized to pause the game as well as click the various buttons on the screen. Those buttons include: Store: Where you can purchase food, GPS and access your money to pay off cops. Map: You can click on the map to enlarge it. Narrative Structure: The game will begin with a short animation of Troy having a conversation on the phone with the mob. This will be the first time Troy has found out about the situation at hand. After this point the game will only contain notes that will display at the bottom of the screen telling you that you are behind or ahead of schedule. Imagery: [ map of route ] 5 4 End 3 Start 1 2

5 [ rough screen shot of game ] 5 Truck Health 4 $5,000 $5,000 Your Money Health/ Rage End 3 Start 1 the Store 2 1:20:45 Audio: The audio in the game will consist of the sounds of Los Angeles traffic. More specifically the screeching of cars, various radio stations and music, cars honking, people yelling or heckling one another etc.

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