What's the Story?

Mario has arranged a date with Princess Peach and unfortunately doesn't drive so he relies on public transport.  Unfortunately his schedule was off track causing him to miss the bus.  He needs to chase after it otherwise the dates off and Mario’s in big trouble.

Mario comes out of a warp pipe and looks up at the passing bus.  SHOCK! He panics and tries to run after it.  At the end of the video he gets on the bus and goes to peaches house for his date.

On the way to the next bus stop he needs to battle with enemies and must cross an obstacle course made up from real objects.  Included in the level will be enemy sprites that we have created for Mario to interact with.  Mario may kill some of our sprites or simply jump over them.  As Mario runs through the level there will be objects which are a lot bigger than he is.  He will need to run and jump through different parts of our created level and interact with different objects in order to get through.  Some objects may fall, some objects will need knocked over and parts of the environment will affect his movements.

The background will be set in the distance to keep with the style of the game where Mario and the level are the main focal point and the background has no effect on his progress through the level.  The background itself will be a panoramic shot of Derry or an area with nice scenery.  The background may move as well.

Things Mario will interact with in the level

We want to make our video as fun and as creative as possible.  When Mario picks up a mushroom or a tablet his movements will change as if he has taken a drug.  The music and screen will change as well.  When Mario comes into contact with beer his movements will change to give the impression that he is drunk.  He may walk backwards or stumble until it wears off and he can continue.  Throughout the level there will be different light switches in which Mario will need to interact with in order to continue with the level.  Some light switches will open areas and reveal bad guys.  When Mario comes into contact with a phone he will need to try and get out.  This will be done by jumping.  As he does this the screen will change showing his interaction.

There will be more to add to this were still thinking of ideas….

Us in the level

We want to be in our video.  We can create sprites of ourselves and add them to the bus that Mario is trying to catch or include them in the level itself.  As Mario runs through the level there will be photographs that will follow him as he runs or jumps by.  This will photos of us and will be shown like a gif.  As he runs towards us there will be a side view shot.  As he is on top of the photo we will look up at him.  As he is below we will look down at him.  As he is past us we will look at him.