Project #7 Bitmap Game

Description

Parking is a headache for almost every driver in NYC. Side parking regulations vary on weekdays, Saturday and Sunday. Street cleaning schedules differ from street to street. Some areas are only for commercial vehicles, some are not. Moreover, as the most active city in US, there are a lot of festivals, parades and movie filming blocking streets now and then. Thus, it is difficult for drivers to find a parking spot quickly.

Design Process

When I was in New York, I found out that finding a street parking spot is hard for most drivers in NY. Inspired by this, I decide to design a street parking game.

Main Character: Driver

The difficulty of each level depends on various factors. Such as, car size, parking spot size, the time before appointment and whether it is during rush hours.

Beginning Scene: There are many side parking regulations in NYC. But during the major legal holiday, stopping, standing and parking are permitted except in areas where stopping, standing and parking rules are in effect seven days a week (e.g., “No Standing Anytime”). Parking meter regulations are also suspended on major legal holidays. The major legal holidays are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. On all other holidays, only street cleaning rules are suspended, and other regulations remain in effect. inspired by this, there will be "Holiday" randomly appears on the street in the first scene. When player get the "Holiday", she/he can park anywhere she/he want on the side. After parked, and click mouse press, it will move to next scene.

Middle Scene: When we park on the street, we need to know approximately how long we will be parked and pay for the time. So in this scene, player will know the parking time in the beginning. Such as, 20mins. Then there will be "5mins" randomly appears on the street. player should collect four "5mins" which is 20mins. After that, player can park into specific parking spaces. After parked, and click mouse press, it will move to next scene.

End Scene: As we know there are time limits on the side parking, such as, 1 hour max, 2 hours max, etc. In the end scene, player also will know the parking time in the beginning. And there will be "5mins" randomly appears on the street. Players still need to collect the appropriate time. The difference is that if the parking time is 65 minutes, the player will not be able to park in the "1h meter parking" parking space, but only in the "2h meter parking" space.