Deadwood Dominance

This prototype was completed by the team "Retro Ravens"

Deadwood Dominance is a First-Person Shooter Action/Adventure game that focuses on a horde-style gameplay set in the Wild West. We are focused on having a western theme, with a mixture of steampunk, similar to the Wild Wild West film starring Will Smith. We also took heavy inspiration from games like Call of Duty, Halo Reach, and Left 4 Dead. 

Retro Ravens wanted to take the zombies gameplay from Call of Duty and add some of the features used in Halo. As shown in the Flow Chart below, the general gameplay loop is similar to a horde-style gameplay, where the player tries to survive the waves of zombies. We wanted to give the player different choices on how to spend the current/points gained from defeating enemies. We decided to add different weapons and locked areas in which the player can spend currency/points to change the gameplay. 

When coming up with a map, the team wanted to stick true to an old western but also try to make a decent sized map, without seeming empty. All paths lead back to each other but we wanted the player to have the ability to choose how they explored the map. Different weapons will be placed around the map and the player can purchase them or continue to use the starting weapon.

Credits:

Designers

Matthew Gravely - Level Designer

Rayne Baker - Level Designer

Brice Kegley - Systems Designer

Glenn Williams - Technical Designer

Aaron St Pierre - Game Designer

Michael Gentry - Technical Designer

Artists

Ryan Tokazowski - Environment/Prop Artist

Christopher Clark - Character Artist

Amanda D'Aniello - Prop/Environment Artist

Bradley Tomlin - Environment/Prop Artist

Kayla Holderness - Environment/Prop

Brandon Birkmire - Prop Artist