SM 3601 Game Prototyping and Design

2020/21 Semester B

Assignment: Back box design. (Above)

A description of the game for new players:
As one of the Queen candidate of Rokuiyomu, collecting heart crystal is the only way to win!
Collect as much as you can! But keep in mind ! Hearts is a thing to collect but not to offer!

Sketches of what the game looks like

Title & Slogan: Your Heart is … PICKED UP!

New game play is added: Secret level (Adventure)
In the game, examination level is added, which is completely independent game section from
the original game play, serve as a seasonal special offers driven by chance for the customers.
They might have a possibility of getting two CD in a box.

Game background:
In the examination level, players entered the desert of coco, and have to collect heart
fragment, burn them and transfer back to a complete heart. Then the players has to control the
flying dog to the town, play the role of Chocola, bringing these heart to purchase a ticket back
to human world. However, it is not enough. Hence, she has to dance in order to get more
Ecure.

Name: Special Offers! Bittersweet~

Genre: Adventure, Action game.
Feature: Collect the heart fragment and materials to complete a heart. Control the flying dog.
Use WSAD to control the character to dance.
Objective: Back to the human world
 SM 3601 Game Prototyping and Design
2020/21 Semester B

Student Name: Yu Tsz Ki

Student Number: 55681025

Session : Thursday

Game Concept
Game Name: Your Heart~ Pick UP!
Game Genre: Role Playing Game, Otome Game, Collection

Game Hook: This is a RPG located in a magical world, giving you a chance of being
surrounded by everyone, a chance to be the spotlight at the crowd. It include element of
relationship, fighting, collection and adventure, which fulfil multiple wishes in just one
buying.
Player Objective: Collect heart crystalization as much as possible, win the Queen seat.

Fun: Boys will follow after you during recess if their heart is being collected. Investigate
and give attention to every little things, it might help you and give you fame!

 Reference about the licences
Comics: Sugar Sugar Rune (シュガシュガルーン, Shuga Shuga Rūn)

Background: Japanese Magical Girl Manga Series

Author & Illustrator: Moyoco Ann

Date of Serialised: August 2004 to April 2007

Awards: Won 29th Kodansha Manga Awards in children's manga category.

Main Character:

• Chocola Meilleure (aka Chocola Kato) ショコラ・メイユール/加藤 ショコラ

• Vanilla Mieux/Vanilla Aisu (バニラ・ミュー/愛須 バニラ)

Explanation of special term:

Ecure: the unit of heart crystal and the unit of counting
scores
Wand: The magic stick which allows witches to add on
diamonds/ crystals to activate the magic power they like
Heart Crystal: Crystalization of human emotion, by having
different emotions, they will give different colours, with
different ranking and value (Ecure). Serve as a source of
energy in the Magical World.


 Market
Similar Game:
ワンドオブフォーチュン2 ～時空に沈む黙⽰録～
Wand of Fortune I & Wand of Fortune II

Genre: Otome Game

Brief storyline:
Lulu, a 16 girl is terribly in magic, studying in
a magic school. Players has to learn in this
school and try to win the heart of the 6 boy.

Objective:
Winning the hearts of the 6 guys

Similarity:
Include the element of magic, with the same genre of Otome game and trying to get
100% favourable and so called ‘win’ the heart of that guy.

Differences:
- 100%favourable in ‘Your Heart~ Pick UP!’ Is available for girls. Girls by having
100% favourable will generate a green heart represent friendship, will help to give
buff and trigger different scene.
- Map is available for user to explore, while others Otome Games do not.
- Fighting is also a major part of my game, which other Otome Game and narrative
based game will not include this element.
- In most of the Otome Game, players will only act one role. In my game, players
can act 2 roles, which will be explained later.

Target Buyer: Teenage girls.

Players : Teenager.

Game Story
In the Magical World, it is separated into two side, the ‘Kingdom’ and ‘Orge’. In the
Magical World, everything uses ‘Ecure’ to operate. Ecure comes from the crystalization of
human emotion, such as shock, infatuation and love.

‘Kingdom’ uses positive energy generated by human to operate. As ‘Kingdom’ uses all
the positive energy, ‘Orge’ can only use the negative emotion such as hate, jealousy to
operate.

You are one of the competitors for the queen. The one who collect the most Ecure will be
the queen.

 Game Feature
Players will be act as Chocola Meilleure, when she is having lesson, players can control
Duke.

2 Role for players to control:

Chocola is the main role for players, however she is a student and has to attend lesson.
During lesson time, players can control Duke, who is her magic servant to explore the
map and investigate favour of those loving target/ friends.

Collect the boys!:

The boy’s heart who being ‘picked up!’by you, will line up and follow you. Beware!
Teachers might walk along the corridor and catch you. They will end the recess
immediately!

Concur him/ her hearts! :

Players can trigger interactions with boys/ girls during lunchtime. Choose the correct
response, or they might hate you! Giving them present with their favour might be a good
choice!

Be the little secret agent:

During lesson time, players can control Duke. Hints will be left on map. Duke can collect
these hints and check what Chocola’s target likes/ hates.

Purifies the hates:

When Orge drops the Noir Hearts, players can purify it and turn it to Blanc Heart.

Multiple Endings:
Will puppy love in school turn into eternity at last? If you can’t be the Queen, who would
you become? There are a multiple endings for players to explore!

 Gameplay
Players will have MP and energy bar.

Magical Power (MP) Energy Bar (EB)

• Re-generate: Every game day

• Re-generate: Every game day/ rest in recess
time

• Deduct: When collecting hearts/ casting

magical spell to buff Chocola
• Deduct: having interactions/ preparing
special gift

• If turn 0: Player cannot cast spell to collect

hearts and cast spell
• If turn 0: Player cannot interact with special
characters

• Max: Can boost the limits higher by buying

magical apparatus • Max: Can boost the by having PE training

Game Level

There are in a total 5 game level.

Game Day Design

Lesson Time (Player as Duke)-> Recess Time (Chocola)-> Lesson Time (Duke) ->
Lunchtime (Chocola) -> Afterschool (Chocola) -> Nightime (Chocola) and loop back.

For Chocola Meilleure

At School Outside School

Recess Time
Afterschool

Players can collect yellow heart during recess Players can choose to back home to prepare
time. If the player bought the magical stick and special gift/ back home study/ go on date to
cast buff, there will be a possibility of 5% of boost favourability of others.

having orange heart.

There will be a 40% chance of encountering

Lunchtime
Orge if ‘go on a date’. Players have to go on
fight. If lost, Ecure will be lost accordingly.

Players can interact with special characters in

the game. To boost favourability of them. Nightime

Player can choose to buy magical apparatus &

plan which magical apparatus to bring in the
next dat

For Assisting role (Duke and Poivre)

For Duke (Stage 1) For Poivre Meilleure (Stage 2)

Lessontime
Lessontime

Players can walk through the campus, finding Players can collect hearts outside school.
hints of what the special character likes.
Role abilities:

Controlled by Players

Main Role: Chocola Meilleure Assist Role: Duke (Poivre Meilleure)

• Use spell to collect hearts

Stage 1: Magic servant (i.e. the frog)

• Investigate favour of specific characters, assist

• Trigger conversation with special
Chocola enhance favourability

characters to enhance
favourability
Stage 2: Poivre Meilleure (i.e. broke the curse)

• Boost different abilities points to • If got white heart ,he will break the curse and transfer
back to Poivre Meilleure, the water magician.

attract humans
• Player can control Poivre to collect heart crystal
outside the school during Chocola’s lesson time.
Ecure will not count into Chocola’s score, but can
buy magic apparatus to assist Chocola.

• player cannot investigate special characters at

school.

• Able to protect Chocola if there is a fight. (Automatic)

NPCs (Role Description)

Competitors Special Characters

Main NPC 1: Vanilla Minue • Special Characters will like Chocola and Vanilla at the
same time.

• Competitor of the player, will hinder

the ability of collecting hearts by the • Getting 100% of favourable will trigger buff for the
player (downgrading the heart value players; if Vanilla got 100% favourable faster than
(Ecure) if player encountered her Chocola, then Chocola(which is the player) will
while collecting hearts).
receive de-buff, which will hinder the ability/ increase
difficulties for players to collect hears.

• [-10 Ecure for Yellow heart, -100

Ecure for Orange heart]

Assist NPC 2: Bianca

• Vanilla’s magical servant, will impede
Duke when he is trying to investigate.

Criteria for different hearts appearing

Worth: 5 Ecure Worth: 300 Ecure Worth: 350 Ecure Worth: 1000 Ecure Worth: / Worth: 1000 Ecure

Appears during Appears during When have100%

Appears when have If cast spell while Appears when cast
spell towards Noir
recess time recess time when favourable for girls.
100& favourable for fighting with Orge,
hearts.Do not count
have buff Ecure will be boys, players have there is a possibility Ecure, player can give
counted directly, to collect it in order to drop. to Duke, and let it turn
player no need to to count it. back into Poivre.
collect it
 Game Control
Controlling the characters:

Keyboard Key:

For navigation:

W= Up arrow key= Upwards | A = Left arrow key= Left

S= Down arrow key = Downwards | D = ➡ Right arrow ket = Right

For picking up things:

Keyboard Key: Space Bar

For Casting Magic Spell:

Keyboard Key: R (Long Press)

Magic spell screen will be opened up, players then can choose magic spell using number
key.

Number Key:

[1], [2], [3], [4], [5] respectively, according to the magic spell you would like to cast.

Mouse:
Mouse click: Right Click

For choosing things to buy in shop, to fill up boys hearts and to choose responses for
conversation.

Controller Diagram:

 System Requirement

Minimum Recommended

For Window:
For Window:

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows
10 10
Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 1.6GHz+ Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 1.6GHz+
Memory: 2 GB RAM Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader
model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since
2004 should work. 2004 should work.
DirectX: Version 9.0 DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 7GB available space Storage: 7GB available space
For Mac
For Mac

OS: Mac OS X OS: Mac OS X

Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 1.6GHz+ Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 2GHz+
Memory: 1 GB RAM Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader
model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since
2004 should work. 2004 should work.
Storage: 7GB available space Storage: 7GB available space
For Linux:
For Linux:

MINIMUM: RECOMMENDED:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or newer or SteamOS OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or newer or SteamOS
Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 1.6GHz+ Processor: Modern Intel/AMD CPU 2GHz+
Memory: 1 GB RAM Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader Graphics: Graphics card with DX9 (shader
model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since model 2.0) capabilities. Anything made since
2004 should work. 2004 should work.
Storage: 7GB available space Storage: 7GB available space
Game Screen