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Storm Product Dance Mode Design Spec

Last Update: May 24, 2023By: John Bearded

Reviewed By: Rob Selitto

Microsoft Confidential

Revision HistoryDate Alias Description1/25/2012

Robs Initial Draft

2/1/2012 JohnB Updates to Dance Venues3/15/2012

JohnB Final Document Revisions


Dance ModeRevision History..................................................................................................................2Overview..............................................................................................................................4

Design Pillars...................................................................................................................4Features............................................................................................................................4Setting..............................................................................................................................5

Dance Venues......................................................................................................................5Design Goals....................................................................................................................6Venues.............................................................................................................................6

Bespin – Carbonite Freezing Chamber........................................................................6Tatooine – Jabba’s Palace............................................................................................7Endor – Ewok Village.................................................................................................9Death Star – Emperor’s Throne Room......................................................................10Coruscant – Night Club.............................................................................................11

Characters..........................................................................................................................12Marquee Characters.......................................................................................................12Iconic Dancers...............................................................................................................12Unlockable Iconic Playable Characters.........................................................................12Background Characters..................................................................................................13

Music.................................................................................................................................13Licensed Songs with Lyrical Changes...........................................................................13

Dance Moves.....................................................................................................................14Move List.......................................................................................................................14


OverviewDancing with the Star Wars is a fun, lightweight, full body, dance experience that

gives the more casual and social Star Wars fans a new way to interact with the sights, sounds, and characters of the Star Wars universe. It will deliver a tight and focused hour or so of progression gameplay with a good deal of replayability through dynamic visuals and scoring leaderboards.

It is Dance Central with characters from Episodes 4-6 set in movie places that Star Wars fans know and love.

The mode will feature high quality soundalike versions of popular pop/dance tunes with small changes to the lyrics to reflect the Star Wars setting.The design should allow for scaling up to a light “Destiny” mode similar to the other career modes, though the primary focus will be on an integrated “Quickplay”/”Career” experience very similar to Dance Central.

Design Pillars

Connect with the Star Wars Universe – Relive some of the most memorable moments and interact with iconic characters from the movies.

Music that Moves You – Music is made up of recognizable, popular dance tunes that get you off the couch and make you want to move.

Lightweight, Fun Activity – While this mode features a full progression system similar to Dance Central, DWTSW is first designed to be a “Quickplay” type of experience allowing for an easy in and easy out experience with short duration sessions. The experience will appeal to Hyper Socials with physical, dance gameplay and fans of the universe with its referential material.

Features 1-2 Players (Asynchronous Co-Op or Competitive) 12-16 Songs 12-16 Dance Routines 50-60 Individual Dance Moves Based on Iconic Star Wars Moments 4 Remix Challenge Dance Routines 5 Venues/Dance Floors 10 Playable Characters

4 Dance Mode Design Spec 5/24/23Spec Owner: Robert Selitto [email protected]

~1 Hour “Golden Path” Content Length

Setting

“A Jedi’s strength flows from the Force.”

Dance is all about feeling the beat and expressing what the music makes you feel. Essentially, the beat is like the Force; it surrounds us, compels us, and gives us strength. For the greatest dancers in the Star Wars universe, being in synch with the beat is being one with the Force. When multiple people are at one with the beat it shows that the Force binds the galaxy together.

In this sense, dancing flash mobs are a symbol of this unity, this binding.

Players of Dancing with the Star Wars will get to choose a dancer who participates in dance flash mobs and hops between planets to express their feeling of the Force. Dancing erupts in random places across the galaxy and players are challenged to be at one with the beat while encountering dance moves they might not have seen before.

After the fun and excitement are over, the mob quickly disperses only to reappear somewhere else in the galaxy to continue the celebration of dance.

The player will be treated with short sequences of flash mobs dancing in each of the venues described below as an intro cinematic upon playing it for the first time to help set the stage for the entire mode. As this mode is intended to remain lightweight, the fictional basis for the mode is intentionally open ended with players ready to head off to the next flash mob event.

Dance VenuesDance Venues are the locations where the gameplay takes place. Venues will be

in roughly the Episode 4-6 timeline and focused on iconic scenes from the movies of that timeline. There are five venues which are generally interior spaces to mimic the emotive design of popular nightclubs/dance floors. An establishing exterior shot will also be used for each location to further the relevance to Star Wars fans.

Once inside the venue and dance gameplay begins, visuals will begin to get progressively more like the Coruscant nightclub or a modern dance club. Laser lights, smoke, and other dynamic visuals tied to the beat of the music will be added to scene where appropriate.


Music will be loosely tied to genres of music that are representative of the visual and cultural themes that are present in the locations.

Design Goals Iconic visuals and settings that Star Wars fans know and love Lighthearted and fun atmosphere that encourages as a safe and positive vibe

Venues

Bespin – Carbonite Freezing Chamber

Musical Themes: Disco, Funk, Electronica, Techno

o Example: Village People - YMCA

Characters: Boss

o Lando Calrissian Dancers

o Loboto Bespin Wing Guardso Storm Troopers


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k

Crowdo Bespin Wing Guardso Ugnaughtso Storm Trooperso Darth Vadero Boba Fetto Princess Leia Organa (Bespin costume)o Han Solo (Bespin costume)o Chewbacca with C3P0 parts

Tatooine – Jabba’s Palace

Musical Themes: Jazz, Latin, Pop Dance, Rock

o Example: Jamiroguai - Canned Heat

Characters: Boss

o Boba Fett Dancers

o Oolao Princess Leia Organa (Slave costume)o Bib Fortuna

Crowdo Jabba the Hutto Gamorrean Guardso Salacious Crumbo Sy Snootleso Max Rebo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i46N2ZFPb0

o Droopy McCoolo Jawaso Rodianso Humans


Endor – Ewok Village

Musical Themes: Tribal, Jamaican/Reggae/Dancehall

o Example: Sean Kingston – Fire Burning

Characters: Boss

o Chewbacca Dancers

o Wicket Warricko Lograyo Wedge Antilles

Crowdo Ewokso Anakin Skywalker (as a Ghost)o Yoda (as a Ghost)o Obi-Wan (as a Ghost)o C-3POo R2-D2o Princess Leia Organa (Endor party costume)o Luke Skywalker (Endor party costume)o Han Solo (Endor party costume)o ??? (Was Chewbacca)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyhvCdJ_vM&ob=av2nl

Death Star – Emperor’s Throne Room

Musical Themes: Techno, Electronica, House, Drum and Bass

o Example: Daft Punk – One More Time

Characters: Boss

o Emperor Palpatine Dancers

o Darth Vadero Sate Prestige

Crowdo Royal Guardso Inner Circle


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8&ob=av2nl

Coruscant – Night Club

Musical Themes: Pop Dance, Electro Dance, Rock

o Example: Taio Cruz – Dynamite

Characters: Boss

o Han Solo Dancers

o Human Femaleo Ithoriano Rodian Femaleo Arcona

Crowdo Humanso Rodianso Twi’leks


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjdiDeJ0xg&ob=av2el

Characters

Marquee CharactersCertain iconic characters will appear as dancers that challenge the player to copy

their dance moves. In addition, the player will unlock a number of playable characters that are similarly iconic to the Star Wars universe and are extant in the Episode 4-6 timeline. The player will have a number of “generic” themed humanoid characters to play at the start of the mode and will unlock iconic characters as they progress through it.Here is a list of the proposed iconic characters that will appear either as dancers, unlocked playable characters or background characters.

Iconic Dancers Lando Calrissian – Bespin Lobot – Bespin Boba Fett – Jabba’s Palace Oola – Jabba’s Palace Princess Leia Organa – Jabba’s Palace Bib Fortuna – Jabba’s Palace Chewbacca – Ewok Village Wicket Warrick – Ewok Village Logray – Ewok Village Wedge Antilles – Ewok Village Emperor Palpatine – Emperor’s Throne Room Darth Vader – Emperor’s Throne Room Han Solo – Coruscant Night Club

Unlockable Iconic Playable Characters Princess Leia – Hoth Outfit Princess Leia – Bespin Outfit Storm Trooper Imperial Gunner


Background Characters R2-D2 C-3PO Luke Skywalker Yoda (as a Ghost) Obi-Wan (as a Ghost) Anakin Skywalker (as a Ghost) Jabba the Hutt Salacious Crumb Max Rebo Sy Snootles Droopy McCool Bespin Wing Guards Storm Troopers Gamorrean Guards Jawas Rodians Royal Guards Inner Circle Sate Prestige Twi’leks Humans Ithorians Arcona Ugnaughts Ewoks

Music

Licensed Songs with Lyrical ChangesThe player’s familiarity to the musical content and relevance to the dance genre is

an important factor in the overall enjoyment of this mode. While licensed pop/dance music is not completely necessary for this mode to exist (some recognizable music or themes from the movies can be used) having it will certainly broaden the experience out to more than just the core Star Wars fans.


The intention, then, of licensed songs with lyrical changes would be to drive interest in this mode to the people most apt to participate in this type of game mode (dance fans) through music that is relevant to them and secondarily drive interest to fans of the Star Wars universe through Star Wars related visuals and lyrics.

An example of this would be to take the 70’s hit dance tune, YMCA by the Village People, and change it to YODA. Keep the music fairly the same (perhaps modernizing the soundscape a bit for current audiences), but change out the lyrics and you have an instantly recognizable dance song that is relevant to both dance fans and Star Wars fans.

Familiar songs to dance fans would naturally be hit dance songs for the specific demographics. As Storm is targeting a super broad set of demographics (Star Wars fans of all ages) the song selection should somewhat reflect this with a filter of focusing on the younger, more active dance fans (Hyper Social Teens). That would give us a song list heavy on the post-2000 dance hits with a few nods to the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. Some examples include:

Village People, YMCA – YODA Gwen Stefani, Hollaback Girl – Hollagram Girl Cascada, Evacuate the Dance Floor – Evacuate the Death Star Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Droids Just Want To Have Fun Taio Cruz, Dynamite – Carbonite Jason Derulo, Ridin Solo – I’m Han Solo Flo Rida, Club Can’t Handle Me – Force Can’t Handle Me Nelly, Hot in Herre – Hoth in Herre Sean Kingston, Fire Burning – Jedi Burning (Somebody call Obi-Wan…) Ricky Martin, Livin’ La Vida Loca – Livin’ La Vida Boba

Dance Moves

Move ListTo get the connection to the Star Wars universe that is a key principle for this mode,

the dance moves or at the very minimum the dance move names should be reminiscent of either a memorable moment in the movies or an iconic character.

The Emperor – Both hands in front of body about shoulder height, right hand higher, fingers apart, hands shaking, then switch to left hand higher

Sand People – Both hands above head pumping up and down, normal stance


The Yoda – Both hands in front near waist (like holding a cane) bob left to right These Aren’t the Droids – Wave left to right (right hand) then right to left (left

hand), open stance Fire When Ready (Death Star dudes) – Hand above head and pull down or in

front of body and pull back, left foot forward Han Shot First – Shooting from the hip


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