Pharaoh's Tomb

The game's story leads you as a British archaeologist to far away Egypt where great danger awaits.

After resting 4500 years, pharaoh Taratatu's deathlike silence was broken from some locals. They took the corps out of his tomb to expose it in a museum. However that was a bad idea, because the spirit of the pharaoh has very bad influence to the local environment. The habitants are suffering from environmental disasters.

As a specialist of Egyptian cultures and history, you were asked to help bringing back the body back to the tomb. That's the only way to calm his spirit.

Unfortunately when the locals nicked the body they had unknowledgeable activated some traps.

As can be expected of an adventure game, you have to overcome many obstacles, solve riddles and complete a number of dangerous tasks before you finally bring the mummy of pharaoh Taratatu back to his tomb.

The player controls a human character from third person perspective. It is possible to jump and hang on ropes and to interact with the environment, such as moving and grabbing boxes to solve puzzles.

Trailer

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Here is an installer for the Windows version of Pharaohs Tomb: Download Here

Deliverables

This section covers the deliverables for the game class.

Part 1: Project Proposal

This document is the highest control-document of the project Pharaoh's Tomb. It describes the main game idea, work packages / cost estimates, and our goals for the Game Programming Laboratory Course. The current project state should also be evident from this document.

Here is the Final Game Proposal

Mutual project critiques

See our Mutual project critiques here

Feedback from Black Rock on final proposal

Black Rock Proposal Feedback

Members

Melanie Imhof, Stefan Geiger, Thomas Brunner

Part 2: Prototype

Here is the Prototype Chapter

Part 3: Interim Report

Here is the Interim Report

Feedback from Black Rock on final proposal

Black Rock Interim Report Feedback

Part 4: Alpha Release

Here is the Alpha Release Report

Some final comments from Jay, Jez, and Vas (added by Bob):

• Very nice and complete game that likely holds on attention the longest from all of the games this year.
• It's obvious what to do and easy to understand. Nothing is confusing.
• The backstory, newspaper article, etc. are nice.
• The puzzles requiring dexterity and controller skill may be frustrating and not work well unless the controls are really fine-tuned well.
• The ability to cling to ledges could be an improvement in terms of control and dexterity.
• One change that could give the puzzles more depth would be to have some areas of the tomb where it is necessary to leave the mummy behind in order to solve a puzzle; then, once you are through, you'd have to go back and collect him for use with another puzzle; this makes the mummy more a part of the game play than just a story element
• In general, the game could use more depth---possibly with this mummy mechanic just mentioned.

Part 5: Playtesting and Final Paper

Here is the Playtesting Report

Part 6: Conclusion

Here is the Conclusion Report and Final Presentation

Screen shots

Project Status

Finished.

Attachments

• Final Game Proposal