Strange Galactic Friends

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Characters & Controls (v1.1) ​

updates from v1.0

Characters ​

What is his/her/its story? ​

  • Character 1 “Major Dom”: Major Dom Download

  • The Alien-Space-Ranger started at it’s home planet “Ra” as a Baby-Ranger. While growing up, the Ranger always wanted to travel his’s Galaxy or even the whole Universe. It started travelling 50 years ago, which means that he is 100 years old. Major Dom had some great adventures and met a Slimy Alien on the way, which is now his teammate accompanying him through the universe.

    • The name “Major” shows the importance of the main character.

    Udpate: ​

    • Beard, Hair and Colorsystem makes him appear older and wiser.
    • Color brings more life into the characters total appearance.
      • Blue appears calm, refreshing and focused, clear and objective.
      • Grey also has a calm, harmonious and balanced effect (associated with outer space).
      • Blue and grey therefore illustrate a sensible color mixture.
      • Orange ensures the release of the reward hormone 'dopamine' in the brain, i.e. motivation and joy increases exponentially.
        • It has a cheerful, invigorating and mood-enhancing effect (source of information).
        • Orange is complementary to blue, resulting in a sensible and high-contrast color mixture.

  • Character 2 “Moot”: Moot Download

    • The Green-Slimy Alien, which grew up on a silent planet all alone, was found 20 years ago by his current partner, the Alien-Space-Ranger Major Dom. He took the Slimy Alien with it in it’s space ship and teaches the Slimy Alien how to speak. The only sentence, which it can say outloud seems to be “I am Moot.”

    • The name “Moot”, which means “irrelevant” in german, should show the character's feelings of lonelyness.

    Update: ​

    • The Hat appears mysterious and can therefore be linked to Moot's lonely yet mysterious background story.
    • Color brings more life into the character.
      • Green is the color of hope, gives stability and harmony. This symbolizes the connection to his team partner Major Dom.
      • Black appears sad and threatening (associated with Moot's sad background story).

What can they do that is unique/ special to this game? ​

  • The USP of the game describes the possibility to shift the gravity (by both players pressing G at the same time).

Can the player do several types of activities? ​

  • Each player can jump, pull and push boxes, collect items, vote for a 'Gravity Shift' (in collaboration with the other player's vote) and revive the other player.

Update: ​

  • Additionally, each character has a signature item/ power attack.

    • Character 1 “Major Dom”:

      • Uses it’s Laser Phaser to shoot enemies.
      • Can only defeat 'Legionary'.
      • His armour is strong and keeps him very safe.

    • Character 2 “Moot”:

      • Uses it’s green slime drag enemies to itself and devour it afterwards (by stretching his body parts to grab it).
      • Can only defeat 'Colossus'.
      • Is small enough to walk through tunnels and small paths in a level.

Special Information ​

  • Character 1 “Major Dom”:

    • is considered an Alien-Space-Ranger, which seeks to travel the Universe. His signature item, the Laser Phaser, is always with him.

  • Character 2 “Moot”:

    • is considered a Green-Slimy Alien, which the Alien-Space-Ranger met while travelling the Universe. The Green-Slimy Alien joined the Alien-Space-Ranger on it’s journey and now they work nicely as a team.

Controls ​

Update: ​

  • Players do not have to hold Shift to drag boxes.