Antonio Mitchell
2/8/09
Games, Sims, and Society
POC Proposal
For my proposal I wanted to do a game based off an episode of South Park I saw
on television. It was the episode when Cartman was making fun of those with disabilities.
More specifically Tourette’s Syndrome. For now until further notice, I’ll call this project
Disability Basher. The purpose of the game isn’t to bash those with disabilities but rather
to understand and help those in need. It will center around a guy that works at a disability
center with co-workers that make fun of there patients. You can choose to follow the
trend, or make a difference.
So far besides me, the only other group member I have is Lance. I don’t know his
last name at this moment. We both agreed to make different proposals and then decide
which one we wanted to go with. If we decide to take up this proposal then I will be the
project lead. I will be the 3D modeler mainly for the group. Making the backgrounds,
props, and anything else I can think of for this project. Lance will be the programmer and
incorporate anything we can use in Flash for this project as well.
The technology I plan to use is 3Ds studio max and Flash. I don’t know the name
of the programming software we use in this school for video games yet since I haven’t
taken any classes in it yet since I’m a transfer student. One the other hand Lance does.
That’s why he is the programmer. I will take courses in them soon enough myself.
The reason why I decided to take up this project is because I am sensitive to those
with disabilities since I have friends that that are in need. When I see people who bash on
others for being “not normal” it makes me upset. I decided to do a serious game on the
subject to teach people that making fun of those with disabilities that they didn’t ask for
isn’t right. To be honest I haven’t a clue as to how I am going to go about this project
since I haven’t made a game before but I am willing to try.
An existing example of this game could be similar to any type of open world
game but I’m trying for something like the Sims. Being that you can walk around and go
anywhere and do what you want to do. But in this game you can choose to bash and not
to bash and there are consequences for each choice.