A.R.M.A. Project

Game Design Document

A.R.M.A. Project is an action-platformer where the player traverses 2D levels while constantly swapping weapon movesets, which are obtained by defeating common enemies.

Controls

Keyboard

• A to move left
• D to move right
• S to interact with form-changer
• Spacebar to jump
• P to open the pause menu 

Mouse

• Drag the cursor to aim
• Left Click to shoot

Trivia

• A.R.M.A. is an acronym for Adaptive Robotic Mechanized Artillery. But like all cool sci-fi names, we came up with its meaning retroactively.
• A.R.M.A. is made out of an alloy called "foldanium", which can bend and stretch like flesh.
  
• A.R.M.A. can perform photosynthesis...? Maybe it's just solar panels.
  
• It wasn't necessary to give A.R.M.A. free will, but machine learning is all the rage nowadays so she wouldn't get funded without an AI pitch.

It is also the team's first attempt at game design. We learned a lot, and had a ton of fun. We wish we had more time though; only having about 2 hours a day to develop a game is tough. The scope creep is real.

Programming

VinnieT

Game Design

KaioNBC

Art and Animations

Arthur Henrique

KaioNBC

Soundtrack and SFX

LeoLimaBP

Other attributions

While not part of the development team, almost all of our sound effects were borrowed from freesound.org. These audio assets were created by multiple persons and this work would not have been complete without their contribution. Our special thanks to them.

• GUNArtl_69thFieldArtilleryGun01_InMotionAudio_FREESampleSunday.wav by InMotionAudio | License: Creative Commons 0
• Thud-dry.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution 4.0
• 8 Bit Slam by Jofae | License: Creative Commons 0
• 8Bit Explosion by Duskbreaker | License: Creative Commons 0
• lotom-sfxr.wav by AceOfSpadesProduc100 | License: Attribution 4.0
• 357 Magnum Revolver Gunshot by Shark_Anthony | License: Creative Commons 0
• Sword sound 2.wav by Merrick079 | License: Creative Commons 0

Other than volume adjustments, no changes were made to these assets.