project_game/planning.md

Air Traffic Control

Game Description

I want to create an air traffic control game. A player must successfully land airplanes in their corresponding airports without crashing or missing the plane.

Core Mechanics

• Players will control plane movements with the arrow keys.
• Players will select which plane they are controlling using the number keys.
• Planes will be assigned a random color corresponding to the airport they must land in.
• When a plane successfully lands in the correct airport, the player gains a point.
• When planes run into each other, the wrong airport, or the edge of the screen, the game ends.

Challenges

• How numbers should be re-used after a plane associated with that number has already landed.
• How to increase the difficulty of the game as it progresses.
• How to make sure there is always a plane on the screen.
• How to manage the different ways that the game can end.