Harshal Chheda My Health Resort Design v1.3

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Ubisoft Harshal Chheda

1 My Health Resort | Design

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Learning through fun

By Harshal Chheda

CONTENTS

Contents ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3Character ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3Universe ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4Gameplay............................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Gameplay Loop ............................................................................................................................................................. 6Exercising, Cooking and Quiz Gameplay ................................................................................................................ 7

Exercising ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7Cooking ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7Quizzes ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Game Areas ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8Fitness area ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Gym .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8Chef Zone .................................................................................................................................................................... 8Clinic ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Residential Area ............................................................................................................................................................ 8Player Residence ....................................................................................................................................................... 8


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Market ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8Progression .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Health Credits ................................................................................................................................................................ 9Daily Tasks ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9Contests ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Competition Modes .................................................................................................................................................. 9Types of Contests ..................................................................................................................................................... 10Contest rewards ....................................................................................................................................................... 10

Mechanics ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11In-game Days ............................................................................................................................................................. 11Energy Meter .............................................................................................................................................................. 11Hunger Meter ............................................................................................................................................................. 11Calorie Tracker ......................................................................................................................................................... 12Food Storage, Eating and Diet ......................................................................................................................... 12Recipes and Cooking ............................................................................................................................................... 12Exercising .................................................................................................................................................................... 12Rest (TBD) .................................................................................................................................................................. 12Muscle Groups ........................................................................................................................................................... 13Instancing ................................................................................................................................................................... 13

USPs ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13

v1.0 Game Design Document Started July 27, 2009

v1.1 Several content and imagery additions July 30, 2009

v1.2 Several formatting changes, better categorization, added proper mini-game section July 31, 2009

v1.3Important modifications to the TYPES OF CONTESTS sectionNew sloganMinor formatting and grammatical modifications

Aug 03, 2009


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OVERVIEW

Name My Health Resort

Platform Flash (PC/Mac)

Genre Sim/RPG/Educational

Ages 8+

Health Resort is a multiplayer online health simulation for the flash platform, with elements of

progression, learning, resource management and mini-games.

The objective of the game is for players to manage their diet, exercise and resources in order to be fit.

INTRODUCTION

My Health Resort is all about healthy living. It teaches you the very best fitness

techniques and the healthiest, tastiest recipes around and then lets you practice

them in a virtual world!

Head to the market to buy food, cook a tasty meal in your virtual kitchen, go

work off those calories in the gym, learn new recipes and exercises, pick out

funky clothes and accessories for your avatar, its all there!!

Mix around with the player community - share that perfect routine for workingout the pectorals, describe how mouthwateringly delicious that Tandoori

Chicken looked, or pit your wits against them in contests that will decide who is

the ultimate health guru!

My Health Resort combines the ideas of the DS games My Health Coach and

My Cooking Coach and brings them to the hugely accessible Flash platform.

CHARACTER

Players start off with a standardized character and can

customize its appearance to their taste.

As players progress in the game, their characters physique

gets updated depending on dietary and exercise trends

(game play).

My Health Resort


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UNIVERSE

The game world consists of a virtual health resort, where players learn fitness and healthy cooking

techniques, and apply same to enhance their virtual characters.

The resort consists of a fitness area and a residential area.

GAMEPLAY

My Health Resort is a simulation, and the gameplay follows obvious rules for gaining/losing weight,

diet-based disorders, effects of exercise on the body, etc.

Players have 2 attributes to manage, Energy and Hunger which in turn affect Calories and Muscle

Mass. The main actions in the game and their effects are shown below:

Action Energy Hunger Weight (Calories) Muscle Mass

Eating + Energy - Hunger + Calories

Exercise - Energy + Hunger - Calories + Muscle

Rest + Energy + Hunger - Muscle


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As players eat and exercise, their weight and physique change accordingly just like in real life.

E.g., if a player overeats and gets no exercise, his character will become fat and may even develop

obesity-related illnesses. This is illustrated below.


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GAMEPLAY LOOP

This system creates a closed, self-contained gameplay loop.


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EXERCISING, COOKING AND QUIZ GAMEPLAY

Exercising

Exercising in My Health Resort consists of a bunch ofmini-games for each exercise, e.g. for cycling, skipping,etc

The styles of the games will vary, but most should followtiming-based themes such as in Fable 2

In the image to the right, the player needs to time themouse click to when the green bar reaches the top of the

gauge for the best performance

Cooking

Cooking in My Health Resort takes place in a virtualkitchen that is part of each players residence

The task itself consists of referring to known recipes,acquiring the right ingredients and then actually

cooking them by utilizing the various tools in the

kitchen

Equipment like stoves, ovens, etc have timers andplayers need to remove food from them at the right

time

Performance criteria includes speed, timing,preparation sequence, etc

Quizzes

To encourage players to learn more, to help reinforcewhat is already learned and for players to test their

knowledge against each other, players can take quizzes

at the Clinic

These quizzes contain multiple-choice questions basedon what players already know


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GAME AREAS

FITNESS AREA

Gym

This is where players go to exercise, learn new exercises or unlock higher levelequipment by spending Health Credits

The Gym has 3 floors (TBD) - the higher the floor, the higher the quality andvariety of equipment and exercises

Also has an Exercise Competition ZoneChef Zone

This is where the player can spend Health Credits to learn new recipes Similar to the Gym, the Chef Zone has 3 floors (TBD) - the higher the floor, the

higher the quality and variety of recipes the player can learn

Also has a cooking competition zoneClinic

This is where players go to check their health status Players that have fallen ill are automatically brought here to be cured, at a

Health Credit cost to the player

Clinics automatically maintain records of the players health Has a dietician, who imparts healthy eating advice for free Also has a competition zone for Quiz Contests

RESIDENTIAL AREA

Player Residence

When players enter the residential building, they are taken straight to their

apartment, which contains:

Kitchen - Players can cook their meals here Fridge and Cupboard - All food bought by the player is stored here Wardrobe - All the characters clothing and accessories are stored here Bedroom - Characters need regular rest and they can sleep here (Restfeature TBD) Living Area: Features TBD

Market

Here, players can buy food items and accessories by spending Health Credits


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Thereafter, the AI picks an exercise or recipe at random, the players are teleported to therespective competition zone, and the contest begins.

Types of Contests

Exercise Contests

Players play the selected exercise mini-game, and the player that performs the best winsAlternatively

The AI selects a random exercise from amongst those known by the competing players Thereafter, the players are asked to work out a particular muscle group the best they can in a

set amount of time

Cooking Contests

The AI selects a random recipe from amongst those known by the competing players Players have to cook the selected dish without being able to refer to the recipe, but with the

ingredients freely available

The player with the best overall performance winsQuiz Contests

The AI finds topics from amongst those already learnt by the players at the clinic Players are given a series of multiple-choice questions from these topics The player with the best performance wins

Supreme Health Contest

This is an endgame feature where players that have unlocked most high level recipes andexercise can compete against each other to compare who has better overall health

This will also be a mini-game with the usual gameplay elements, but player attributes such asweight, proportion of muscles, etc will also affect the final outcome

Contest rewards

Contest rewards can include HCs, titles, special accessories, recipes

and exercises. (TBD)


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MECHANICS

In-game Days

The first in-game day starts from the time of the players first login andlasts till 24 hrs from that time

If players log out and back in during this time, they are still considered tobe in the same day

Thereafter, the next day starts with the players next login or, if theplayer is online when his first in-game day is over, the next day starts

while the player is online

This way, problems of time zones and the issue of players losing days when they arent onlinefor extended periods are solved

The actual online time per day doesnt really matter and players can u se extra time aftercompleting the daily tasks for other activities like learning recipes/exercises, shopping,

competing, learning at the clinic, etc

Energy Meter

All player actions burn a certain amount of calories, which depletes the EnergyMeter exercising consumes the most energy and other activities like walking,

cooking, etc. consume considerably less energy

E.g. walking xmeters consumes (y*players weight) energy

Whenever players rest, they receive energy (Restfeature TBD) Eating also replenish the players energy level, but to a lesser extent

Actions performed while the player has no energy can have adverse effects such as collapse(illness).

Hunger Meter

At the start of the game, players have a certain hunger level, which is actuallythe amount of nutrition the player needs to be healthy

Hunger is increased whenever energy is consumed and calories are burnt Resting also increases Hunger level, but to a lesser extent

E.g. walking xmeters increases hunger by (y*players weight)

Eating more or less than what is required to exactly negate hunger causes the player to gain orlose weight accordingly and, in extreme cases, can lead to illness


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Calorie Tracker

All player actions, even walking and cooking, burn calories - the amountdepends on the action

E.g., walking xmeters burns (y*players weight) calories

Any unburnt calories cause the player to gain weight, while not receivingenough calories on the other hand cause the player to lose weight - both can

lead to illness and have a negative effect on energy levels

Food Storage, Eating and Diet

All the ingredients mentioned in the cooking recipes can be purchased at the market Each food item has a set of specific, realistic nutrition values When food is cooked, it may lose some of its nutrition, but maybe its

not necessary to go into so much detail (TBD)

Players need a certain amount of carbs, protein, fat, fiber, etc in theirdiet

If players dont have a balanced diet, it can affect their energy andhunger, weight gain/loss, effectiveness of exercise and, in extreme

cases, can cause illness

Food can be stored in cooked or uncooked form and has a realistic shelf-life If food goes bad and is eaten, it could cause illness Eating food takes a certain amount of time, e.g. a sandwich could take 10 in-game seconds

while a pizza could take 20 seconds

Recipes and Cooking

Players start off with a few basic recipes and can purchase more atthe Chef Zone, using HCs

Cooking takes place in the virtual kitchen that every player has. This is almost exactly the same as in My Cooking Coach, i.e., food

items are dragged and dropped into the relevant appliances, ovens

etc are timed and so on

Exercising

Players start off with a few basic exercises and can purchase more from theTrainer at the Gym, where all exercising also takes place

All exercises burn a certain amount of calories and affect certain muscle-groups

Rest (TBD)


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Muscle Groups

For various reasons, the development (size) of each muscle-group in the players body istracked

Although it will be difficult to show muscle-groups distinctly on in-game characters, theirattributes are recorded and updated by the game, and players can view them in detail at the

mirror in the Gym

Instancing

Because this game is designed to have a number of players playing simultaneously, all areaswithin the game are instanced

Each area has a maximum player limit, and when this limit is reached, new players will enter anew instance of the area

This means that the number of simultaneous players is only limited by physical infrastructure the game itself is designed to be able to handle an infinite number of players

USPs

Educational game Positive theme, widely accessible with massively multiplayer capabilities Life-like mechanics, with real-world nutrition values, effects of exercise, etc RPG elements add to player immersion and encourage them to enhance

their characters by learning and doing more

Can be plugged into applications like Facebook to reach greater audiences Elegant, self-contained gameplay loop that includes economy, character

customization, etc

High scalability additional features such as a Yoga Centre, Sports Zone, etc can easily beintegrated in the future

CONCLUSION

Step into My Health Resort and discover a wealth of useful information seamlessly

integrated with the virtual world.

Learning the tastiest, healthiest cooking recipes has never been so much fun!

Learning ways of shedding that extra weight or gaining muscle mass has never

been so easy. You will remember these techniques even when you are not playing!

My Health Resort Learning through fun


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To Do:

- Expand Universe section (detailed layouts of the buildings, NPC descriptions, etc)

- Add Camera View section

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Harshal Chheda My Health Resort Design v1.3