Project Pitch
Title: Galactic-leap
Target Platforms: PC, Android & iOS
Target Audience: 12+, fans of exploration, arcade theme, fast-paced, sandbox mechanics and immerse space-themed games.
Concept Overview: In Galactic-leap, player adventures through the vast fictional region of space teeming with planets of different biomes, resources and challenges. Player takes the role of an explorer whose mission is to gather resources, build equipment and traverse through space. Finally, taking on the main boss at the centre of space where all planets orbit around.
Core Gameplay Mechanics
- Dynamic Player Movement
- Some planets may orbit around a central “boss planet” while some planets may remain stationary, creating a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
- Semi-realistic physics and gravity mechanics allows players to jump within or to escape the gravitational fields, entering the gravity fields of new planets.
- Add random cosmic events, “Space weather” (e.g. metro showers, solar flares, novas), that influences planetary orbits and gameplay mechanics.
- Exploration and Discovery
- Each planet may feature distinct resources, hidden secrets or indigenous creatures.
- Players can gather resources using different methods, uncover hidden secrets or interact with NPC for lore and quests.
- Introduce a galactic scanner to map the contents within the galaxy
- Base building and Customisation
- Claim planets and build bases tailored to their unique environment
- Use modular construction tools to create outposts, defence mechanisms and resource hubs.
- Automated drone systems for resource gathering and base defence.
- Character Progression
- Upgrade abilities to enhance movement and combat
- Introduce a skill tree system to improve exploration, gathering resources or combat
- Boss Encounter
- The “boss monster” occupies the centre region of the galaxy. Player must defeat it to claim rewards from the “boss planet”.
- Incorporate unique boss mechanics tied to planetary physics, like using smaller planets as projectiles.
- Add phases during the boss battle, where the environment changes dramatically.
Art Style and Visual Direction
Inspiration: Low-poly, geometric, sci-fi inspired aesthetics.
Visual Highlights:
- Colourful planets surfaces with distinct biomes (each planet can include, one or more biomes at the same time)
- Immersive space backdrops with nebulae, distance stars and cosmic events.
Demo’s
[Soon to add]
Why I chose to do this project?
Galactic-leap bridges the gap between creativity and adventure, offering a rich sandbox environment where players can shape their galaxy. The project offers insights to new challenges like the interactions between dynamic planetary physics and player movement, the interaction between the NPC’s and its environment, developing a robust and optimised galaxy management system to handle dynamic planetary interactions and large-scale player activities effortlessly.
Order of content:
Preetkanwal Atwal 