Planetary composition - GDD
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Players must fling asteroids at planetoids to build up their mass and composition in order to create planets. Asteroids come in different shapes, sizes, and mineral compositions of carbon, ice, water, iron, nickel, and metal. The minerals in an asteroid determine what type of planet is created. Planetoids act as the core for planets and have initial zero composition values that increase as asteroids are flung into them. Different mineral combinations result in planet types like rocky, icy, water, or metallic worlds.
Planetary composition - GDD
- 1. Pocket Planet/Poly-planet: Planetary composition design document Asteroids: Asteroids are the buildingblocksof the game andwill be utilised byplayers.Players goalsare easy,theymustcompile enoughasteroids inorderinitiate the birthof a planet,the playermeansistoflingincomingasteroidsatthe planetoid (largespherical asteroid) andinturn buildenoughmasstobuildtheirplanets. The asteroidsfeaturedinthe game will consistof varyingshapesandsizesaswell as consistingof varyingcompositionsof the mineralslistedbelow: ? Carbon ? Ice ? Water ? Iron ? Nickel ? Metal The compositionof asteroidscanbe a variednumericmixture of twoorevenmore of the minerals listedabove.The numericmineral valueof asteroidswill inturndictate the variantof the planetthe playercreates.Upontapping(pre-fling)onthe asteroidsawindow willappeardetailingthe numeric value,see figure 2forexample. Planetoids: Additionally,planetoidsare larger spherical asteroidsthese will be usedas the core/basisof the playersplanet.Asplanetoidsare blankcanvasestheirnumeric material valuesare settozero.It will be the goal of the playersto flingasteroidsintothe planetoids and subsequentlybuildthe material compositionof the planetsaswell the planet appearance (see figure 4) Figure 1 Figure 2
- 2. Compositionpossibilities: Carbon Ice Water Iron Nickel Gold Carbon Rocky planet Winter Planet Earth/ Terra based Planet Industrial planet Fluid metallic planet GoldEarth like Industrial planet Ice Antarctic like planet Ice Planet Antarctic like planet Industrial iceyplanet Industrial Icy planet Crystal planet Water Earth/Terra based planet Antarctic like planet Water planet Metallic earthlike planet Metallic Earth like planet Earth like Goldplanet Iron Industrial planet Industrial icy winter planet Metallic earthlike planet Metallic ironplanet Metallic planet Metallic Goldplanet Nickel Industrial planet Industrial winter planet Metallic Earth like planet Metallic nickel planet Metallic Nickel planet Metallic Goldplanet Gold Metallic Goldplanet Crystal planet Earth like Goldplanet Metallic Goldplanet Metallic Goldplanet Goldplanet Figure 4 Figure 3 Core Planetoid Planetoidpostasteroid collision Completed Planetoid