Lexitron: Game Guidelines

Content requirements

• • The game must be stable. While games in development are fine they must be to the point where they can run unattended with few problems. Popups that require keyboard/mouse input are especially bad.
• • Since the game may be on display in many different locations the content must be “Teen rated” or lower

Technical requirements

• • Windows 7 (64 bit) compatible game
• • 1920 x 1080 display; native resolution preferred, launcher hasn’t been tested with resolution changes
• • Should not depend on network access
• • The game should start in fullscreen
• • The game should hide the mouse cursor
• • Players will not have access to the keyboard/mouse
• • Two controllers will always be connected
• • Game needs to respond to XInput (Xbox 360 controller). The Lexitron has the following controls per player:
  • • Left D-Pad
  • • A, B, X, Y (colored and arranged like the 360 buttons, but unlabeled)
  • • Left and Right bumpers (unlabeled white and black buttons, respectively)
• • Button layout:
  • X  Y  LB
    A  B  RB
• • Gamepad-to-player assignment should be stable across restarts
• • Game also needs to respond to the big green LEX button:
  • • Tapping the LEX button sends keyup/keydown events for the “[” key. This is the game launch signal for the launcher. It could be used to trigger your game’s pause menu.
  • • Holding the LEX button for more than 2 seconds sends a keydown for the “]” key. This is the game quit signal.
  • • On receiving the quit signal (“]” keydown), the game should exit gracefully within a couple of seconds.
  • • Responding to the launch signal (“[” keydown/keyup) is optional.
• • The game may respond to the coin insertion signal (“=” keydown/keyup), but should not require it.
• • After a minute or two of inactivity the game should exit automatically

Suggestions

• • Reduce or eliminate menus
• • If you need input to start the game, consider accepting any button, including the LEX button
• • Blue (X) is at the top left of the button layout and makes a better primary button than green (A) if you can’t accept any button

Deliverables

• • Game executable and game data
• • Command line needed to start the game if nonstandard (e.g. Lexitron-specific arguments, fullscreen mode, etc.)
• • Game title
• • Game description
• • Game logo/image (size TBD)
• • Game developer name
• • Game developer description
• • Media info: web site, Facebook, Twitter, etc.