Game Concept

Game Concept

My game is called Tank the Turtle, it's about a young turtle who has recently entered the sea after hatching from an egg on a beach, he doesn't really know where he is going and why, but he knows to head east- this is what sea turtles actually do in the Atlantic ocean, I am using this to explain why the levels of the game always start in the west and go east to the goal- this is common in platformers. In order to get points and health Tank the Turtle will eat jellyfish, but he must avoid predators like sharks and whales; I will make bosses battles for whales as they are very big. Another thing he will have to avoid is the fisherman's nets which have been left in the water, the turtle must avoid them or else they will be trapped and then it's game over.  

I have an idea that the game will start on the beach where the turtle has just hatched, he must make it to the water, once in the water he will have to avoid small predators like lobsters, and crabs- because he is not grown yet- as the player progresses their character will grow therefore making bigger predators like sharks the enemy- this makes the game increase in difficulty. The player will also go deeper into the ocean, the water will get darker and the enemies will get tougher, the player does have the ability to bite at enemies, but it will take a few bites to take down a shark or any other larger enemy.  Turtles cannot swim underwater forever, they must come up for air after about a couple of hours, this will add an element of time for each level.

Tank will seem like he is just aimlessly swimming around, but soon he finds his mate, I will create a female turtle called Shelly, who will be Tank's princess- like Princess Peach is to Mario- the catch is Shelly has been caught in a fishermen's net, Tank will then have to track down the boat and rescue her. Once he has rescued her they swim back to the beach and grow old together- which is like 150 years for them, this is a bonus of making a game about a turtle, because it could have many sequels, before you have to explain why the character isn't old- like Mario he would be elderly by now and could not jump.