Hot Shot Boss Design Document
by JakWabit
Version 1.0
Description:
Hot Shot Boss is a hotshot business sim game. It is a persistent browser based game with text and graphics.
If you ever wanted to run a hotshot business then you come to the right place. Register to start your company and see
if you have what it takes to be the top boss. Compete against other managers by growing your business from the ground up.
Game Features:
Player starts with 1 truck and driver, $5000.00, and 1 free contract.
Contracts.( cantract's have time limits to fill or get penalized)
Trucks (buy and sell).
Truck parts (player buy's to upgrade trucks for performance or maintenance).
Multiple cities to ship to and pickup from.
Bank for player deposit in or withdraw money from (pays interest, gives loans).
Dispatch screen. (Graphical interface used to assign truck routes for your drivers).
Contract bid's ( used to get jobs for your company to make money, the more trucks you have the better contracts you
can get).
In-Game acheivments.(used to build moral)
Stock market system (Later implementation for players to invest in outside (other players) companies).
Site wide contest's (players can enter contest to win in-game prizes: trucks, money, etc.).
Google Maps Api for game world. (not sure if this is needed maybe used to see your trucks in action(real time)).
Endorsements (used to carry certain types of loads).
Player Stats:
Money( seperate from company money, maybe used to play in casino's and purchase stock)
Truck
Company name
Company Headquarter's city
Level (not sure about this, maybe you have to be a certain level to enter contest or stock market).
Avatar
Stocks purchased.
Company stats:
Acheivements awarded (dicounts on fuel, truck purchases, repair cost, etc).
Money (seperate from personal money, not sure why this would be needed but added it anyway for some reason).
Terminals owned by this company.(seperate screen list)
Contracts screen
Dispatch screen
Routes screen (to see what trucks are on what route also used to check condition of trucks(need repair, crashed, etc).
Site features:
Truck auctions (sell and buy trucks from other players with the upgrades they used)
Casino
Lottery
Forum
Chat room
Truck lot
Stock market (maybe even a ticker located somewhere for in-game stock only)
Bank
Truck Stats:
Image
Date purchased
Purchase price
sell price (or put in auction, to see if you get more money for it)
Year
Condition
Upgrades
Mileage
Make
Model
Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions. Thanks for your time.
Sorry this post is long
