Barbie Fashion Show For Nintendo DS

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1 It is essential to note that this is a living document; game elements may change from what is listed here. Barbie Fashion Show For Nintendo DS Game Design Document Draft V 1.1 Developed by Patawat Phamuad Head of Game Designer Contact Patawat.phamuad@gmail.com

2 Table of Content Overview... 3 Design History... 4 High Concept... 5 Goals... 6 Gameplay Summary... 7 NDS Gameplay Key Mechanics... 8 Game Flow Visual Style Audio Gameplay Hierarchy Additional Feature Couple Fashion Show Unlock System Save/Load System Scene Play Storyboard

3 Overview Title Barbie Fashion Show Platform NDS Audience Girl ages 6-12 years old Players 1 player Summary Help Barbie put on a fabulous Fashion Show that will WOW the audience by creating and customizing stylish outfits for the models to hit the runway. With the NDS Platform, the player can enjoy Barbie fashion show in full control and platform specification easily. Additional Notes Barbie Fashion Show is the one of Barbie the game series which contains with extreme color with blink stylish fashion and for especially girls ages 6-12 running on NDS platform. More, NDS stylus provides a fun experience to the player. 3

4 Design History v Barbie Fashion Show_NDSv0.90_firstdraft Within this document, there may be some duplicated content with the Barbie fashion show Design document for PC Platform since both the Barbie the Fashion Show games on the PC and the NDS Platform are so similar. Cyber Planet team would like to repeat the content existing in the PC version in this document once again and would like to add the part which is especially for the NDS in this document as well. v Barbie Fashion Show _NDSv1.10 o Some detail changed o New optional Main Office feature added o Couple Fashion Show added o Some fashion show names changed o Pose playback feature added 4

5 High Concept Barbie Fashion Show is a game created from a famous series of the most popular doll in the world. Barbie is a set of dolls coming with their own wardrobes with changeable clothes and dresses. The dolls faces can be made-up and their hair can be set in styles which are up to their collection sets. The Barbie Fashion Show game is a game about a model with the look and personality of the fabulous Barbie Dolls that we know so well. The game is about Barbie, the designer, who is so famous in her designing career. She has designed the clothes for many fashion shows in various concepts such as Bed-Time, or Hawaii. The overall characteristics of the Barbie Fashion Show game are as shown in the below table: Barbie, Barbie, Barbie! Single Player Simple Mechanics Platform Specific Controls Clothing variety and customization Customizable Catwalk Posing and Photo Album v The character in the game has a look and feel exactly as the Barbie Doll that the player realizes right away that this game is genuinely made as a part of the Barbie series. v The player can choose the apparels, and accessories, and can apply make-ups at will to suit the concept of each function party. v The game is easy to play. The player knows instantly how to play it and what to do next. Besides, the game also has an assistant in the form of advising voice. Moreover, the player can use only NDS stylus for playing easily. v The player can just play the game using the stylus. Therefore, it is very easy to play in every stage of the game. v The player can combine and create his/her own designs such as garment shape, clothe color, type of fabric, and accessories. The combination and the clothes coming out are endless. v The player can customize the catwalk for each fashion show. The player can adjust the bill board, the stage, the light and the decoration items to better beautify the catwalk. v During the fashion show, the player can design the posture of each model for the elegance and beauty of movement and expression and for fun. Besides, the player can also take photos and videos and keep in the gallery for later look. 5

6 Goals Production Goal Cyber Planet Interactive Co., Ltd. has produced Barbie Fashion Show so as the player can enjoy the feel of being in the Barbie s world. With all the Barbie s surroundings and atmosphere, everything in the game is all Barbie s style. The player will enjoy dressing up the Barbie Dolls with his/her own design. The flamboyant and dazzling graphic make the game fit for people of any age groups and sexes especially girls aged between 6-12 years. Barbie Fashion Show has dominant UPS lists- the player can run this game on NDS platform which already known by world gamers. That causes it s good chance to take advantage in global game market and the character Barbie make more strengthen to this game as well. Addition, an easy gameplay by using only stylus make the player feel comfortable to play and provided extreme fun. Game Goal v The player can enjoy the experience of being a professional fashion designer. v Promote creativity and stimulate ideas including practicing the muscle controlling skill in a child. v Build the feeling of being in the real fashion circle with the lights, graphics, music and sound effects of the game. v Avoid the feeling of failure by not using any parameters to decide the game play. 6

7 Gameplay Summary Finally, Barbie, the young designer girl can get the Fashion Designer of the Year award and she gains Teresa as her assistant to create all fashionable garments according to the concepts specified by her customers. She has got many customers both men and women who need the best-looking and most fashionable apparels. Therefore, Barbie and Teresa, her helper, has to work together to keep up with the fame and make their brand even more well-known. With her reputation, she is accounted for having the largest studio with the support of the magazines all over the world. Barbie is also invited to be the designer of the Grand Finale Fashion Show and she is also asked to predict which collection will become the next hottest collection trend. Barbie has been invited to design the clothes for 10 fashion shows and there are 41 sets of garments to be designed as below: v School Spirit (3 outfits) v Male Show: First Date (3 outfits) v To the Beach/Swimwear (3 outfits) v Retro Funky (4 outfits) v Asian Inspired (4 outfits) v Male Show: Rock Band (4 outfits) v Couple Show: Prom (5 outfits) v Pop Star (5 outfits) v Couple Show: Wedding/Bridal (5 outfits) on version 1.10 changes to Wedding/Bridegroom and Bridal v Future Fashion Finale (5 outfits) 7

8 NDS Gameplay Key Mechanics Game Control In the part of the game control, the Barbie Fashion Show game on the NDS platform can be totally controlled by using the NDS Stylus holder. The player can use the stylus to control the menu, element selection, drawing, decorating, and painting including the interaction with the other parts of the game such as option adjustment. For the control of the NDS, the player must hold the NDS upright so that the input screen is on the right hand-side and so the player can hold the stylus pen in the right hand as the picture shown below. Player Progression (unlocked) It is a character development system in the game. It is in the form of unlocking the elements to be used for garments designing when each fashion show is complete. The condition is to pass each time fashion show and after each fashion show has passed, the player can unlock the below elements: v Tops ( are an element in the Design Table) v Bottoms (are an element in the Design Table) v Dresses (are an element in the Design Table) v Fabrics (are an element in the Design Table) v Decals (are an element in the Design Table) v Hairstyle (are an element in the Model Board) v Shoes (are an element in the Model Board) v Stage (are an element in the Fashion Runway) v Backdrop (are an element in the Fashion Runway) 8

9 v Runway (are an element in the Fashion Runway) v Decoration (are an element in the Fashion Runway) v Lighting (are an element in the Fashion Runway) v Music (are an element in the Fashion Runway) Game Mode In the Barbie Fashion Show, there is a career mode which is the only one game mode. In this game mode, the player will design the garments for each fashion show, design the fashion show catwalk and direct the models postures. After that, the player will record the photos in the photo album. No multiplayer is available. Parameters In every stage of the Barbie Fashion Show, there is no parameter showing the scores of the game. Though generally a game will have the score parameters, e.g. score points, time or amount, in the Barbie Fashion Show game, there is no parameter since the work team has designed the game to be fit for children and therefore, they avoid the failure factor in the game so as a child will not have to experience any failure and so the player can always play the game without any game over point. Game Over In the Barbie Fashion Show, there is no parameter system used and so there is no game over system and the player may exit the game at will. Core Game Mechanics To play the Barbie Fashion Show, the player will project him/herself as Barbie, the designer who has a real talent for fashion and she also owns her own clothes design studio. From the starting of the game, the player will see the fashion studio which is the game s main screen that links to other parts of the game. Each menu on this screen will be shown in the form of interactive pictorial interface that will be animated in the form as well as the dynamic buttons. The game s stages are as below: Studio v Objective/Instruction - PDA v Designing Design Table v Model Fitting Model Board v The Hanger The Hanger Fashion Runway v Fashion Show Runway Customization Fashion Show Runway v Photographing and Recording After passing each stage, it will be deemed as the player has passed on fashion event ( one fashion concept ) and it will run in circle until all the fashion concepts are complete. Each time that the player has passed one fashion show with a specific 9

10 theme idea, the player will receive garment design forms, accessories, hairstyle, shoes, fabric colors and catwalk decoration items. These will be explicated in the next section. v Objective/Instruction: It is the concept idea information storage and the assistant system in the game. The player can hear the game instruction once return to the Studio after the Fashion show via PDA or whenever the player do not know how to proceed, the player may touch this menu to acknowledge the concept of the next fashion show and request for help from Teresa by touching the PDA on the top left corner of the game play screen main studio screen. v Designing: After learning the next concept for the next fashion show, the player then will create the garment design that fit the fashion show concept. The design table is a menu that looks like a cloth design table. After entering the design table, there is a clothes design screen. The player can design the clothes according to the available design patterns with the available garments, colors, fabric and accessories. The amount of the apparels will be automatically specified to fit the need of each fashion show. After the design is complete, the player will be directed back to main menu to enter the next stage. Meanwhile, in the main menu, there are clothes, designed by the player, on the hang lines )the design table page will be mentioned later on(. v Model Fitting: After preparing the outfits from the design table stage, the player is allowed to enter the model board menu. ) The game will not allow the player to enter this menu if the designing is not done(. Then, there is a fitting process when the player will drag and drop the faces of the models (males or females) to the outfits that the player wants them to wear. Then, the player can adjust the appearances of the models in the part of hairstyle, and shoes. Besides, the player can also turn the models around to get the whole view of 360 degree angle. Other than the joy of the fun customization of the models, the player can also print out the photos of these models through the installed printer. v The Hanger: the hanger portion of the studio. When the player touch on the outfits on the hangers Barbie then wears them. The clothes which be appeared in the hanger are finished designing costumes and ready to wear. v Fashion Show Runway Customization: After the model fitting process, the player is allowed to enter the stage menu )The game will not allow the player to enter this menu if the player has not finished with the model fitting). In the fashion runway menu, the player will decorate and customize the appearance of the stage and catwalk with the decoration items such as stages, backdrops, runways, decorations, lightings, music and poses. After all the adjustment, the player can then enter the show. v Photographing and Recording: The player can then photograph the models and the game will allow the player to shoot at any moment of the show. But the photos to be taken are only limited to only six photos and the video recording tape is limited to 30 seconds. After the recording and photographing, the player will return to the main menu instantly and the 10

11 photos and video clip recorded in this mode will be saved in the photo album and the player can view the photos and video by using PDA on the top left corner of the main menu. Game Flow 11

12 Visual Style Overall Visuals The graphical pictures used for are separated in to three major parts which are the Main Studio, the designing and the models. Each part has different visual styles as below: v Main Studio: The Main Studio is where the player can gain access to the submenus. The pictures shown are in the form of 2D Perspective camera views. The main studio is separated into two sections- lower room and upper room. The input can be done by the right-hand screen. A screen shows only vertical half of the Main Studio room. But the player can also enter the upper room by clicking at the door icon as displayed in the below picture : Door Icon When the player clicks at the Door icon, the character will move to another room and Door icon would change the position to left bottom as shown below: 12

13 Game Logo Door Icon 13

14 Main Studio Optional choice As you suggested our team to let the main office should has a switch screen button. Now, designer team discusses with technical team we concluded that it is a real perfect idea. So, we draw a mock up and put some description here: Door Icon- used for swapping between left and right screen. Once the player touches this icon, the screen will be swapped. So, the player can interact with all whole shortcut menu easily by this Door Icon (swap button) 14

15 v Designing: In the designing part, it is quite the same as the Barbie Fashion Show on PC. That is both the HUD and the Interface are fully two dimensional e.g. HUD selection, painting and clothes design. v Models: The models are quite the same as the ones in the Barbie Fashion Show: PC version. The female and male models are made from full 3D low polygons. The reason for the low polygonal creation is this game requires various camera views of the model walking motion to create the virtual reality of the real fashion shows. The switching from one camera view to another requires low polygon creation for the smoothness of the game without any interruption. Low polygonal creation samples from Barbie Fashion Show Game on PC (2003) Character Visuals The Characters in the game are: Barbie: A young girl who wants to mark her name in the fashion world with her beautiful and stylish clothing which goes according to the theme trend of each fashion show. The Barbie in the game will look exactly the same as the Barbie dolls in the market. She is a young white girl with blond hair and perfectly - slim body. Sample picture of a Barbie doll from the Barbie Series v Teresa: Barbie s assistant who help dealing with customers and aid her in the garment making including giving advices on the objectives of the fashion shows. Teresa has a beautiful angular shape face with tanned skin, brunette hair and perfect body as shown in the below picture. 15

16 Sample picture Teresa and Mika the Barbie Series v Female Model: There are five female models dressed in the designed garment for a fashion show in the 2003Barbie Fashion Show game. There are also additional five male models. The female models have the looks and bodies quite similar to Barbie s but the player can customize the hairstyles and the shoes from the model board menu in the main menu. The female models have the outer appearances as shown below: Sample of Barbie Dolls from the Barbie Series v Male Model: The male models in the 2008Barbie Fashion Show are added to create a variety in the game. The male models are similar to Ken, the male character in the Barbie Series. Sample photos of Barbie and Ken from the Barbie Series Studio Visual The pictures in the main page of the game will be a studio consisting of many assets together functioning as a shortcut menu to enter into various sections of the game. 16

17 The main page of the studio consists of the fashion-studio-like background and multicolor assets in the same color tone with unified theme. There are 2D and 3D assets in the studio up to the suitability. The asset menu in the studio is consisting of: v BG BG texture v PDA v Design Table v Model Board v HUD v Radio v Other Element o Hanger o Chair o Plastic Model o Table o Window o Carpet o Curtain When the player has passed a number of fashion shows, the studio will change its whole assets. All the assets will be changed except for HUD, design table and the model board Stage Visual On the fashion show screen, the player must customize the catwalk. The atmosphere in the game is composed of a stage, lights and fashionable theme decorations such as if it is the Hawaiian Fashion Show, there are coconut palm trees for the player to 17

18 select and use. The pictures shown on the stage will be a full 3D mode except for the HUD that is used in the customization. The stage scene consists of: v HUD v Stage v Backdrop v Runway v Decorations v Lighting v Poses 18

19 Audio BGM The dubbing sound system in the Barbie Fashion Show game will use the song in the Retro Electronic Dance style (refer to 2003 Barbie Fashion Show) The majority of the songs in the game will be those with the female vocals or fun rhythms to create an air of modern, brightness and innovation. Sound Effect The dubbing sound in the game will be the entertaining kind of small female voice. The sound will be embedded in every buttons and interactive menu items so as they are interacted with the player. ) refer: ( The sound interaction will come up for every actions taken on the buttons and the menu such as outfit changing, color picking, fabric choosing. Besides, there are other sound effects in the cut-scenes, opening scene, ending scene and stylus over too. Voice The human s voices in the Barbie Fashion Show are given by the native English speakers. The main characters voices such as Barbie s and Teresa s are used to assist the player in the game and give the tutorial narration and narrate on the new events including giving narration on the cut scenes, movie opening, movie ending )refer: (The exclamation in the game such as It s cool!, That s great!, and Perfect! are included in the voice dubbing as well. 19

20 Gameplay Hierarchy When the player has installed game cartridge already and enter the game, the player will see the below screen in chronological order. I. Logo Screens The logo screen will show the manufacturers logo in order from left to right as the below drawing plan. Each company logo will be shown for only 4 seconds or will stop showing when the player touch the screen or press the any key. II. User Account Create User Account creation screen will appear as below: Profile account we can provide only 3 accounts as minimum but able to add more depending on ROM size. Text Box Help Button Scroll Bar Delete Account Button Confirm Button As soon as the player has entered this screen for the first time game play, the player will hear the voice instructing the player to create their own account before starting the game. The account creation process is as below: 1. text box touch 2. The account name is typed by the keyboard (suddenly the player touch to text box, the keyboard appears and allow the player to type their name) 3. The screen will appear the name of the player in the account name box. 4. Touch the confirm button to enter the game with the account name ) Name of the selected account( 5. The player can delete the account name by touching the account name and then touch the Delete Account Button 6. The player can listen to the advices from the Help Button 20

21 After finishing the account name creation, the player can then enter the game instantly with the name that the player has created. The game will be recorded under such name and the player can always enter the game again by choosing his/her account name and continue from the last-time unfinished point. The player also can create a new account to enter the game from the beginning. III. Main Studio Screen After the creation of the account name and enter the game, the player will find the screen as below: Door Icon Model Board PDA help button The Hanger Option - Pop up menu Fashion Runway Barbie Design Table 21

22 In the Main Studio screen, there are sub-menus as pictorial buttons that link to the other screens when the player has touched on them. When the player enters this screen, the player will design the garments every time by touching the Design Table menu button. The details on this screen will be explicated in the next section. After the clothes are designed, the newly design clothe will appear on the hanging area and when the outfit is touched on, Barbie who is standing right in the middle of the screen will change into such clothes instantly. Studio Switch Screen Function On the NDS Platform, there are only on input screen. For this 2008 Barbie Fashion Show NDS version, the player must set the portable terminal upright so that the input screen is on the right hand side. The studio is separated into two parts (Actually it is the same studio that has been divided into two parts for left room and right room so that the player can easily interact with each menu) The switching of the screen can be easily done by touching at the door icon. This icon is used for switching between two room areas to be on the input screen to enable the player to gain access to the menu as shown in the below picture: When the player clicks on the door icon, the left studio which is hidden will switch to be on the screen. (Input Screen) 22

23 Door Icon- used for swapping between left and right screen. Once the player touches this icon, the screen will be swapped. So, the player can interact with all whole shortcut menu easily by this Door Icon (swap button) 23

24 For the PDA on the top left corner, after it is touched, the PDA will become bigger and will be shown in the middle of the screen as below: There are three sub-menus on the PDA. They are: 1. Help By touching on the Help button, Teresa will give advices to or tell the player of the concept for the next fashion show. When touching Help on the PDA, Teresa will appear on the PDA screen and explain the game with the dubbing sound of Teresa. Teresa Animation with her voice 2. Photo Album It is a collection of photos that the player has recorded from the previous showcases. The player can browse the work theme list from the left menu. When touching the left menu, the album in the middle will change according to the selected collection name. The player can opt to listen to the explanation from the Help button on the right hand side of 24

25 the PDA. The player can also play the animation of the fashion show by touching Play on the PDA s bottom right. Photo Album Help Button Fashion Concept List Taken Photo Notice: Fashion Concept List doesn t show the event which is not complete yet. Delete Photo Button Play Animation Button 3. Close Button close PDA window 25

26 IV. Design Table The fist stage of the Barbie Fashion Show game is to design the collection of clothing according to the work concept informed by Teresa in the PDA. When the player has entered the main studio menu, the player can then connect to the Design Table screen by touching Design Table button which is in the form of a design table instead of a menu button and then the screen will appear as below: No. Costume Tab Paint Brush &Bucket PDA Pattern Outfit Tab Switch Screen Button Outfit Area Hanger Button Bin Button Eraser Button Back Button Front/Back Switch Button On the design table screen, there are the following tools: v Paint Brush: The brush for painting the fabric pattern or color. There are four types of brush bristle size as below: o Small Paint Brush used for filling color and pattern in a small area. o Large Paint Brush used for filling color and pattern in a large area. o Star Paint Brush used for filling color and pattern with stars. o Heart Paint Brush used for filling color and pattern with hearts. Each time that the player paints, the player must select the color or fabric pattern from the Outfit Tab first and then select the bristle size and so the player can paint on the available outfit in the Outfit Area v Paint Bucket: It is the paint bucket to be poured onto the clothes. The use of this is similar to the Paint Brush but the difference is the paint bucket will change the whole area in to the selected color or pattern. 26

27 v Pattern: It is a type of the main part of the clothes and it will change according to the selected tab as below: o Tops :Upper outfits o Bottoms : skirts or pants o Dresses : one piece clothes o Colors o Fabrics o Decals :accessories v Outfit Tab: The player can change the decorative items from this tab. An outfit consists of : o Tops o Bottoms o Dresses o Colors o Fabrics v No. Costume Tab: Show the order of the designed outfits by this tab, there are three tabs in the beginning and there are five tabs at the most. v PDA: Help button is the assistant button that after a player touch at the button, Teresa will explain on each tool which is selected at the moment or inform of and explain on the next procedure to be taken. v Front/Back Switch Button: the switching button between the front and the back view of the clothes. The default setting for the designed clothes is at the front and this button is to be used when the user wants to switch the front with the back views. By touching at the button again, the view will return from the back to the front view. v Switch Screen Button: the Switch screen button use for leading the player to enter Paint Mode. Once the player touch this button the screen will switch outfit area to take input screen place, then the player can paint on the outfit with current selected tool. See the picture 27

28 Switch Screen Button (Touch again to switch back to tool selection mode) v Eraser Button: this button is used for erasing the accessories )Decals (that have already been decorated. By touching this button, the cursor will change to an eraser and after that the player can touch it at the accessories to be erased. v Bin Button: The characteristic of use is similar to the eraser but it is a bin tool used for deleting the unwanted designed clothe and return to the original default setting ) blank pattern without any designed decoration(. The method of use is to touch at the bin button, then the cursor will change to be the bin s shape and then the player can touch at the clothes that the player wants it to return to the default setting, such clothes will lose its decorations and return to its original state right away. v Hanger Button: It is the button used for confirming the whole actions that have been done. By touching this button, the game will record the clothing styles and designs that the player has designed and the player will then return to the main studio menu and the designed garments will be in the hanging area on the hangers. 28

29 V. Model Board After the player has completed the design, the game allows the player to enter this menu (if the player do not finish with the design, normally the game will not allow the entrance to this Model Board screen). After the player enters the model board screen, the screen will appear as follows: No. of Model Tab Help Button Model Picture Back Button Customization Button On this screen, the player must select the models (females or males) from the Model Box. In the 2008Barbie Fashion Show, there are five female models and five male models. The selection can be made by stylus-selecting and stylus-dragging the desired model from the Model Picture and then drop the model at the desired outfit in the No. of Model Tab After this process, the selected items in the model box will be pasted on the outfit box. The player needs to match all models with all the designed clothes. Then, the game will allow the player to enter the next mode. What s more, the game also allows the user to adjust the hairstyles and shoes of the models. After a garment is selected for each model, the player may touch the Model Customization button to customize the model as below: 29

30 PDA Model Appearance Hair Elements Shoe Elements Back Button In this customization screen, the player will see the model wearing the selected outfit in the full 3D mode. The model can also be turned around to the left or to the right with the left and right direction keys on the +pad. If the player wants to change the hairstyle or the shoes, the player can change by touching at the desired hair-style or shoes, then the model s hairstyle or shoes will change accordingly. The instruction of use from Teresa can be listened to by touching the PDA button. 30

31 VI. Fashion Runway After the player has specified the model and the outfit already and has returned back to the main studio, the player will be allowed to enter the Fashion Runway mode right away. When the player touches the Fashion Runway button, the player will enter the Fashion Runway modification screen as below: PDA Runway Elements Preview Area Fashion Show Runway Tab Back Button The player can customize the Fashion Runway before the show begins, the elements to be modified are as below: Stage: The size and shape of the stage can be adjusted. Each type of stage has different models walking path. Backdrop: The backdrop size and shape can be changed. Runway: The style and color of the Runway can be modified and adjusted to suit the backdrop. Decorations: The decoration along the runway can be adjusted. Lighting: Light adjusting. Music: The player can select the music to be used in the fashion show. Poses: The poses of the models can be specified by the player using the Poses Tab ) The last tab on the Fashion Show Runway Tab(, the screen will change to be as below: 31

32 Rehearsal Button Pose Position Tab Selected Model PDA Pose Bullets Done Button Previous/Next Model Selection Done Button Play Button Back Button In this Pose screen, the player will see the overview of the stage and the marked pose positions. Those positions are where the models will stop for posing. The player can identify the postures from touching and dragging the poses from the Pose Bullet to the Pose Position Tab. After the pose is dragged to the desired area, that pose bullet will appear on the stage (left screen). Addition, once the player drop the pose icon to Pose Position Tab, short polygon playback will appear on left screen for around 2-3 seconds to demonstrate what the poses looks like. Short playback plays once the player drop the icon to each slot. 32

33 The player can change the pose by dragging a new one and drop it over the old one right away. While the player is in the pose selection stage, the player can confirm the pose selection by touching the Done Button. After this button is pressed, the player can play the animation of the current selected model who will pose according to the selected postures by touch Rehearsal button. )To end the rehearsal, the player can press the Rehearsal Button again, this button is an option the player no needs to see rehearsal as well(. After the player confirm the Done Button of every model, the play button will be enabled and it means the show is ready to begin. As soon as the player touches on the Play Button, the game will cut into the fashion show with the screen appearance like this one below: Photo Slot Animation Area PDA Shutter Button End Button Back On the Fashion Show screen, the game will play the show as an animation and during the animation (left screen); the player can take photos of the models. The player can shoot the photos by looking through the animation area which shows the panning camera views from various angles, the player can then take the photo shoot by touching the Shutter Button. After the touch, the photos in the Animation Area will be recorded and the player will lose one photo slot. There are six photo slots for six photographing times. This means the player can take six photos in total. If the player wants to end the show before the real finishing moment, the player can then touches on the end button and the game will record the photos to the photo album. 33

34 Additional Feature In the 2008Barbie Fashion Show, the working team has added two more fashion show themes which are Male Show: First Date and Male Show: Rock Band. Such additional features have created more effects in many parts of the game such as: v Five more male models are added on the model board in the same style as the female models. That is all five of them have same body shape but only different because of their skin color, eyebrow color and hair style. v When the male fashion show festival comes (Male Show: First Date and Male Show: Rock Band(, the game will increase its collection of clothes and design formats on the design table to include specific garments for men. Such clothes are unfit for female models and the male models cannot wear the female models clothes as well. When the game unlocks the male apparels, the game has also added the male dresses which have the appearance of long Godfatherthe-movie-style coats. v When the male fashion show festival comes (Male Show: First Date and Male Show: Rock Band(, the game will add the hair style and male shoes in the model customization page but less number than female s elements. The male hairstyles and shoes cannot be used with the female models and those of the females cannot be used with the males as well. v Every time that the player is trying to put on the female apparels on the male models, the player will be warned by Teresa every time that such action is prohibited. In other words, Teresa will say that such apparels, hair-style and shoes cannot be used. v The models postures on the Fashion Show Runway will be changed to those of the male models when the Male Show: First Date and Male Show: Rock Band has come. Optional: Another option in the game play in the male model mode is the Cyber Planet team will block the unconcerned elements that belong to the female models so that they are not shown in the male model mode. When there is a male model fashion festival, the game will show only the options or elements that belong to men as below: v On the design table, there is no female apparels )Tops, Bottom, and Dresses( but the color, fabric and accessories are still the same. v On the model board, there will be no female models pictures and in the part of model customization, there is no hairstyles and shoes for women. The game will show only those for men. v On the fashion show runway, the game will not show the female postures but will only show the male postures. 34

35 Couple Fashion Show As Rachel idea, we discovered that couple fashion show may raise amazing fun of playing game. In the game, there are all 10 events to prepare dresses for each fashion show as: v School Spirit (3 outfits) v Male Show: First Date (3 outfits) v To the Beach/Swimwear (3 outfits) v Retro Funky (4 outfits) v Asian Inspired (4 outfits) v Male Show: Rock Band (4 outfits) v Prom (5 outfits) v Pop Star (5 outfits) v Wedding/Bridal (5 outfits) v Future Fashion Finale (5 outfits) Now CP team decided to adjust Prom theme and Wedding/Bridal to couple fashion show. Both 2 fashion shows will make the player to double design- original version the player need to design 5 outfits for Prom and 5 outfits for Wedding/Bridal. But now, the Prom needs 10 outfits for 5 female dresses and 5 male dresses and the same way with Wedding theme. And now we changes Wedding/Bridal to Wedding/Bridegroom and Bridal. Thus, once the player reaches Prom event or Wedding events there is a little gameplay adjustment which the player has to design both female outfits and male outfits but not the same time. First the player has to design dresses for female first- general gameplay. Next, once the player has finished female outfits designing, Teresa will suggest the player to build up remaining male outfits in the same number of female. Then, the player has to enter design table again to design the rest of male dresses. Not only designing section is changed but also model board too. As the old version Barbie PC GDD 1.00, the player has to define only female model match with the dresses. But now in the latest version of Barbie Fashion Show, the player strongly needs to define male model too. Once the player has finished match female and dresses together, Teresa will appear to instruct the player to match male outfits with the male model in the same way like designing section. Finally, the player is permitted to enter Fashion Runway menu as well. ** the couple feature will also affect to model fitting. The Runway Of course, the game will combine Male show and Female Show together, the player customizes the Runway as usual but there are 10 models walking on the runway. The male model and female model separately walk but finally, in the end of fashion show, male models and female models will be paired with no walking- stand together in a half body camera view (see below pictures) sure this time the player can capture 35

36 their picture as need. Lastly, the pictures display two of them together in their matching outfits. Couple poses example#1 Couple poses example#2 Couple poses example#3 36

37 Unlock System Within the 2008 Barbie Fashion Show, there are total elements used in the game as below: Category Amount Type Tops 30 Bottoms 27 Dresses 13 Outfit Fabrics 240 Decals 80 Shoes 88 Hair & Shoe Style Hairs 88 Stage 6 Backdrop 22 Runway 22 Fashion Show Runway Decorations 22 Lighting 22 Music 22 The condition to unlock the elements in the game is the player need to pass a fashion show that comes with a theme. When he/she reach the next theme of the fashion show, there are new elements and the numbers of new elements are as shown in the below table: Category(Default) **F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 Tops(3) Bottoms(4) Dresses(1) Fabrics(12) Decals(44) Shoes(16) Hairs(16) Stage(2) Backdrop(4) Runway(4) Decorations(4) Lighting(4) Music(4) ** F0=School Spirit F1=Male Show: First Date F2=To the Beach/Swimwear F3=Retro Funky F4=Asian Inspired F5=Male Show: Rock Band F6= Couple Show: Prom F7=Pop Star F8= Couple Show: Wedding/ F9=Future Fashion Finale 37

38 Save/Load System The game will record the game that the player has played and once the player has finished each fashion. The player can also continue playing from the Create User Account interface by choosing the account name that the player has created and so the player can continue the game from the last unfinished stage. 38

39 Scene Play Storyboard Since the NDS is a portable terminal (Handheld terminal), the CyberPlanet team consider that there should be no FMV containing in the game since too many memory will be used and it will be difficult to manage the memory units. Therefore, we have decided that the game is to be presented mainly in the form of scene plays (whereas the story is still the same as on the PC Platform). For this reason, The below picture and the storyboard shown below are the sample of the narration in the scene play style (still pictures with the narration) NOTE: CyberPlanet team has considered the FMV to be used on the NDS and found that using the FMV on the NDS will case the RAM problem and also affect the size of ROM. The CyberPlanet team then uses the Scene Play narration as a good solution. We would like the Activision team to give us your idea whether we should input the FMV on this Barbie Fashion Show game, NDS version 39

40 Opening Scene Play In the Fashion Designer Award Barbie the girl was awarded She s the best young designer In her studio The phone rang She s got a lot of fashion work Suddenly! Teresa came in Barbie recruited Teresa for helping her They worked perfect dress 40

41 Camera paned out The game start 41

42 Ending Scene Play In the Future Fashion Festival Hot future fashion costumes were displayed People were interested People was buzzing to the fashion At the end after finale Barbie appeared to get the award Teresa was so glad Congratulations She s got the best Fashion Designer trophy The cameras spam taking on her 42

43 She smiled with her award Camera took the photo and it became a hot topic in fashion magazine 43

44 Cut-scene 1 Plane in the sky Camera zoomed in the window Barbie appeared She s happy to see her new studio Cut-scene 2 The plane landed Barbie took off the plane She looked at something It was her new studio End of GDD_v