Steve Hinan presents

Sixth Dimension Adventure

The Cartographer: Game Design Document

Pitch

A 60-second side-scrolling run. Run, jump, and swing across gaps like a pendulum. Hexapuss waits at the end, rising from a portal to the sixth dimension.

How it plays

• One run, 60 seconds, left to right.
• Jump over hazards. Grab swing points above you, swing, and let go to launch across gaps.
• Dimensional Drift: the closer you get to Hexapuss, the deeper into the sixth dimension the world goes. Visuals and sound change more and more as you run.
• Fail means a quick retry from the last checkpoint.
• Score rewards pickups, time, and clean play.

Controls

Fully playable on PC with keyboard or mouse, and on a phone with touch. One main action: jump and grab.

• Keyboard: Space, Up or W to jump. Hold to grab and swing. Release to launch.
• Mouse: click to jump. Hold to grab and swing. Release to launch.
• Phone: tap to jump. Hold to grab and swing. Release to launch.

The hero

The Cartographer. A map maker with a lantern, running through a living world that slowly bends out of shape.

The Hexapuss boss

Hexapuss emerges from a six-dimensional portal on the far right of the screen. He is the goal and the danger. His attacks are telegraphed so you can read them and react.

Art and Audio

• Palette: orange, green and purple. Green for the living world, purple for the sixth dimension, orange for light and warnings.
• Readable: the hero, hazards and swing points always stay clear, whatever the background does.
• Audio: music and sound effects shift with Dimensional Drift.

Status

Coming soon. Concept only. Not playable yet.

Later

• Playable prototype.
• Final art and music.