The Unique Element

For our project, we don't just want to leave our game as a bog standard 2D platformer. There are hundreds of platforming games in the market, so we have thought of a way to make ours unique and bring something new to the genre. We wish to use the rotation element of smartphones and tablets to add a new dimension to our game.

Here is the view you would see when you hold your tablet or smartphone vertically. We want this view to change depending on which angle you are holding the device. So when you look at your device horizontally, the view would change to...

This! Depending on how you position your device, it changes what you can see on your screen. We believe this will add an exciting element to the game, as it can help the player decide how they will progress. The rotation of view could also be used to solve certain puzzles, by having to see things in both views to understand the situation.

This is a concept we wish to develop, however due to time constraints and skill limitations this is unrealistic to create at this moment in time. We wish to create the game as a regular 2D platformer, and then develop that further to add the unique elements, including the rotation for particular devices.