This document proposes a 2-player co-op game called DogSitter with asymmetric gameplay. One player controls a dog trapped in a room while the other player is the dog sitter trying to rescue the dog. Some game elements can cross the split screen, allowing indirect interaction between players. The core mechanics involve keeping the dog's fun meter full to avoid boredom while navigating levels, platforms, traps and enemies as the dog sitter. The setting puts players in the roles of a dog wanting to have fun and a dog sitter trying to save the dog. Level design elements for each player include platforms and obstacles for the dog sitter and cooking tools, books and destructible elements for the dog.
This document proposes a 2-player co-op game called DogSitter with asymmetric gameplay. One player controls a dog trapped in a room while the other player is the dog sitter trying to rescue the dog. Some game elements can cross the split screen, allowing indirect interaction between players. The core mechanics involve keeping the dog's fun meter full to avoid boredom while navigating levels, platforms, traps and enemies as the dog sitter. The setting puts players in the roles of a dog wanting to have fun and a dog sitter trying to save the dog. Level design elements for each player include platforms and obstacles for the dog sitter and cooking tools, books and destructible elements for the dog.
This document proposes a 2-player co-op game called DogSitter with asymmetric gameplay. One player controls a dog trapped in a room while the other player is the dog sitter trying to rescue the dog. Some game elements can cross the split screen, allowing indirect interaction between players. The core mechanics involve keeping the dog's fun meter full to avoid boredom while navigating levels, platforms, traps and enemies as the dog sitter. The setting puts players in the roles of a dog wanting to have fun and a dog sitter trying to save the dog. Level design elements for each player include platforms and obstacles for the dog sitter and cooking tools, books and destructible elements for the dog.
This document proposes a 2-player co-op game called DogSitter with asymmetric gameplay. One player controls a dog trapped in a room while the other player is the dog sitter trying to rescue the dog. Some game elements can cross the split screen, allowing indirect interaction between players. The core mechanics involve keeping the dog's fun meter full to avoid boredom while navigating levels, platforms, traps and enemies as the dog sitter. The setting puts players in the roles of a dog wanting to have fun and a dog sitter trying to save the dog. Level design elements for each player include platforms and obstacles for the dog sitter and cooking tools, books and destructible elements for the dog.
3 Pitch DogSitter is a 2 player coop game in split screen with an asymmetric gameplay One player plays a dog that is trapped in a room an the other plays it’s Dog sitter that tries to rescue him. The core mechanic is that game elements can cross the split screen. 4 Targeted platform :
Our objective ? reach as many players as we can !
Our game can adapt to every platform except smartphone (split screen issue) all you need is two controllers and one TV to play ! 5 1 3C Camera, character and controller
6 Camera
2D side view for each player.
The camera follow the player to always tries to keep him in the middle of his own screen
7 Controller
Left stick or D-pad to move
left or right A to jump B to dash X to attack (as player 1) X to bark (as player 2) Y to shoot or interact
8 Characters
Player one (the dog sitter) : Player two (the dog):
He can move, jump and double It can move, jump, bark and interact jump. with objects He has a dash, can attack and It also has a fun bar that the player interact with ingame elements needs to keep full or the dog will die of boredom (game over)
The goal is to create indirect interaction between
the players. Only few elements can cross the screen and can be used in both screens as bonuses for players and even malus sometimes. 11 Core gameplay Player one
Run as fast as you can to save your dog of boredom. Travel
different levels with multiple platforms, traps and enemies. You can shoot with your gun to kill ennemis in your way and also help your dog in the other screen with your projectiles.
12 Core gameplay Player two
As a dog, your only goal is to have fun and not die of boredom You have a fun bar that forces you to keep doing dog things ! You can search everywhere for food, interact with the room elements and play with other animals or monsters. In P2 gameplay, the elements that can go through the split screen are triggered automatically when you do some contextual actions.
13 Interaction example
In the dog’s room there is a library, if the dog decides to play with book he can overturn the bookshelf.
The books will go through the split screen and in the player one gameplay.
These books can deal damage to player one and also create impassable walls
14 3 Setting / Fantasy
15 Setting / Fantasy
As player one, you are a dog sitter that will go through all the dangers to save his dog from boredom !
As player two, incarnate a dog that only wants to have fun
and does what he wants without care in the world !
