Ants-The Lost Memories Windows game

Story:

The story starts where the ant finds himself lying unconscious inside a pipe. When he woke up he could not remember anything about his past life. Now he has to get out of this pipe and try to get his memory back. When he got out of the pipe, cross the water fountain, get him to the garden (where he has to find his memories). He found a memory, where he remembers that he has something to do with the worm colony. So, he searches for it. He reached the worms’ colony. There he came to know that he has been staying with them since he was a child and also has been storing foods in his own secret storage facilities in different part of the colony. The worm colony is quite vast in terms of ant’s perspective. Now the ant has to find all the storage facilities in order to get his memory back. After finding all the memories the ant could now remember everything of his past.

When he was a child he was thrown out of the ant colony because he was different from others and they thought him as a danger to the society. Since then he has been staying with the worm society. He used to search for food alone because he could go to places where the worms generally
cannot.

How he found himself in the pipe? One day when the ant was searching for food in a human kitchen there he came to know that this winter the ant colony was destroyed by the humans. And they have no food to survive the winter. The ant in a hurry to help the society fall inside the dish wash basin
pipe. This is how he lost his memory.

Now after getting back his lost memories he immediately went to the ant society where he helped them by sharing his food which he has been storing, was enough for the society to survive the winter.

After this act the colony decides to give him a special place in the society.

Gameplay:

The game has three levels each level has a different gameplay style and perspective: 3D side scroller and 3rd person View. And there are also sub-levels in the game.

The game is non-violence, so game-play consistsof environment interaction, find collectibles and complete time challenges.

First level is inside a drain pipe (3D side scrolling), where the ant found himself unconscious and lost its memories. The objective of this level is to find a way out of the pipe. He has to overcome platforming challenges and has to arrange some blocks to get out of the drain pipe in limited time (the next level is a water fountain just above the drain pipe).

Level 1 prototype:

Second level is inside a water fountain (3D vertical scrolling), where the ant is inside a water bubble. The primary objective of the level is to get to the top of the fountain safely. The gameplay is that the ant is inside a bubble and the bubble to limited supply of oxygen. It will reduce in due course of time, so the ant has to collect other oxygen regen bubbles. Also in this level there are enemies like small fish, micro insects and some particles falling from the top. The player has to evade all of this. If it touches the bubble, the oxygen amount in the bubble will reduce in a large scale. (next level is the garden)

Level 2 prototype:

Third level is in the garden (3rd person view), where now the ant is free to roam the level, the primary objective in this level and collect the lost memories. Obstacle in this level are the environment interactive puzzles, NPC quest, plat forming. Besides this in this level the ant will gain his two powers (fly and wall walk) when we collects the respective memory piece. The powers can be used anytime in the level with the cost of stamina, which will auto regen in time. Here in this
level the player also has to collect food to satisfy his stomach and has to store it in his facility (after he remembered about this), basically collecting food is point based, more food collecting more point earned.

Level 3 prototype:

Forth and the final has the same gameplay style as in 3^rd level but this level is fully story dependent. According to the story the ant has to save the society. For doing this he has to solve puzzles and cross platforms.