Maxine done the beautiful artwork of the peacock/hen I absolutely adore her style and it is perfect for the posh looking male. I had a go at drawing the peahen and some of the pick up items
Everyone laughed at the name title, which was all I hoped for.
Title - All Cock and No Pea! A game by Hazel Page and
Maxine Hunter.
Synopsis - You play as Nabhitha, a Peahen who lives in the grand forests of India. Nabhitha dreams of becoming as beautiful and well respected as Sajit, a strong Peacock who struts about the forest around her like he owns the place! She can't understand why he is always treated better than her, even though he is often rude to the fellow animals around him. One day Nabhitha decides enough is enough and searches around her forest home collecting discarded beautiful peacock tail feathers in the hope that hiding her bland feathers and dull colours will make her as popular and respected as Sajit is.
What the game represents – The game has hidden messages surround the inequality for women in not just the games industry, but in various professions and cultures around the world. It is based off an Aesop’s Fable, The Jay and The Peacock.
The points system of the game is supposed to be flawed, every time you earn points the male character of the game gets double the points you earn stemming from the fact ‘the average woman will earn 19.7 per cent less than the average man per hour.’
In a world where women are treated with less respect than their male counterparts, the idea that the Peahen has to disguise herself with a Peacocks magnificent feathers plays off the fact that a woman has to sacrifice more than a man to fit in a work place (i.e. a woman is often forced with choosing either children or a job, there is not much room for both) or a woman has to sacrifice her female identity to fit into the ‘boys club’
The endless level constantly scrolling with no end and the male Peacock knocking all the feathers off you once you collect so many, represents the glass ceiling. No matter how many points or feathers you get, you can’t get any further, even if you try really hard.
We based the game in India not only because it is the native home of the Peacock, but because of the notorious way the Country treats its female population.
Systems - Android, iOS phones and tablets.
Game type – 2D side scroller.
Sound – The game would sound traditionally Indian to match the theme of the characters and the environment.
Target Audience – Ideally the game would be targeted towards schools for educating gender balance towards children/young adults. The game itself is suitable for any age group and is not only designed to be educational, but to be fun and frustrating as well.
Gameplay - You control a peahen. Your main aim is to collect as many male peacock feathers as possible to decorate yourself with! Your secondary objective is to collect seeds, flowers and lizards to get a high score. Avoid obstacles along the way and watch out for that pesky peacock out to knock your feathers off!
How the game plays – The level is a continually looping side scroller, items and obstacles are randomly generated but get more difficult the longer the game runs/how many points you have collected. Every so often a Peacock will come from behind the Peahen and knock into you, pushing all your feathers off your back and you have to begin collecting all over again.
Main controls - finger swiping and poking as directed on screen.
Main obstacles
- Tree stumps
- Rocks
- Sleeping
animals
- Big plants
Item Drops
- Seeds (common
20 point)
- Flower
(uncommon 15 point)
- Lizards (rare
spawn 40)
- Peacock feather
(10 point)
Initial feedback was that we should go with the humorousness of the title and make it a little more jokey to play up to it, which I totally agree with, you see a game called all cock and no pea and its hot funny .... you don't play again. also a thing that we could change is to make it have a victory instead of being just a one time thing that you play and realise you can't win. We need to get it to be at least winnable so people feel good about themselves after playing it.
Also Marie-Claire didn't think we should have it set in India, but maybe in a Posh house surrounding to go with the tradition of having Peacocks in the garden to show off, which also goes along with the traditional sense of men in the games industry strutting around like they own the place.
I think the direction we could take it is to make it about a Peahen overcoming her issues and finally accepting who she is and that she doesn't need to change to fit in with the boys.
Definitely food for thought!
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