Big City Adventure Games - Play Big City Adventure San Francisco online for free

Big City Adventure games like this San Francisco one are very popular with gamers. It starts off on the infamous island of Alcatraz where you as the player, have to find numerous objects hidden within a holding cell, in a set time limit of 5 minutes. Find all the hidden objects, and you progress to the next level. No doubt, one of the finest hidden object games I've played.

What makes this hidden object game stand out amongst others, is that it isn't so hard that it's impossible to find the objects, yet is still challenging enough to keep your interest. It's also not as frustrating to play as others, in that if your time limit runs out before you've found all the hidden objects, you're given the chance to play that level again, only this time with a while different set of objects. Others I've played simply end the game and make you start all over again from the beginning. The re-playability is also high with each new game giving you a whole different set of objects to play. No game is ever the same as the last.

Unfortunately this game is no longer available for playing online, however you can still download a full free trial version from the fan site over at: http://www.bigcityadventure.com/

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Game design plan from a developers point of view

Creating a game design plan is always recommended to ensure the creator has a clear objective in mind before they start to code the actionscript (Adobe Flash). The example of a game plan shown below will be used for discussion purposes within our Adobe Flash tutorials that we will be starting in the near future.

Note: This is not the design plan the developers of Big City Adventure San francisco used when making this hidden object game. It's merely a reverse-engineer of a game design plan based on my experiences as a player.

Title: Big City Adventure San francisco

Developers: Jolly Bear Games

One sentence description: Hidden object game where you have to find numerous objects with a set time frame, hidden within the city of San francisco.

Scenario / World: Numerous iconic landmarks within San francisco.

Mode:Single Player

Objectives: Find all the hidden objects within a set time frame so you can move on to the next level.

Characters: There are no characters as such, just objects to find.

Audio / visual aesthetics:

• The visual aspects of Big City Adventure San francisco is highly detailed, as you would expect from any hidden object game.
• The music played as the online game loads is very similar to the Sims theme, in that it is very upbeat. There is also audio on each mouse click, that hears like the turning of a page click sound. There is a separate noise for when you find a hidden object, that sounds like a sprinkling of stars type of audio.

Genre:

• puzzle
• adventure
• hidden object

Possible Target Audience: 7 - 70 year olds. In other words suitable for everyone.

Itemization of game elements:

• Game is played with mouse. ie. simply mouse clicking hidden objects.
• The introduction page looks and sounds cartoonish fun, enticing the player to continue with the game play. It lets you know straight from the start that the game is for all ages, in that the graphics include kids, mums, dads and grandparents all hanging out of a city tram, ready for their big adventure. You are given 3 choices, to play online, download the game or buy the full version.
• Helpful hints pop up through out the game to guide the player as they progress.
• Along the top toolbar you can see how many rounds (levels) you're up to, the time left, and the total score.
• Along the bottom of the screen is the list of items / objects you need to find, hint coins that can be clicked on to display a hidden item, and a choice to download the full game to your PC.
• Between rounds there are mini games to help mix things up so the player doesn't get bored. The score you achieve in the mini games, determines where you go next within the game, making each game play along a different path.

Itemization of game rules:

• Find the hidden objects within each round to progress to the next level.
• Find the hidden objects as quickly as possible so you can achieve the highest possible score. The faster you find the objects, the higher your score.
• Play the mini games between rounds and score as highly as possible.