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I'm a novice game designer and wanna-be programmer. Also, I'm working on "Reptilia Squad - Episodes of the Lizardmageddon in Brazil" -, an action-RPG with giant lizards and crocodilians as playable characters.

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Lenin

Race: Reptilian (Varanus komodoensis)
Class: Mangler (Merciless Warrior)
Height: 2,3m (7m in length)
Weight: 3t
Weapons of proficiency: backswords, military rifles, heavy weapons and high tech guns
Mainstream melee weapon: dotanuki
Mainstream firearms: lasers and Master Dragon assault rifle (with grenade launcher and double drum magazine)

Main protagonist in "Reptilia Squad" series, Lenin is an albino Komodo dragon – enormous and heavily muscled –, a Mangler. He's proficient with backswords and mixed martial arts; additionally he uses military rifles, heavy weapons and high tech guns. Lenin is extremely truculent and bloodthirsty, not unlike all other Manglers – also known as Merciless Warriors –, simply murderous – cold-blooded. His most frequent weapon is a dotanuki – a tougher variant of the katana backsword –, long-handled and thick-bladed – capable to slice through the victim with a single cut. Because of his super-strength – as well as super-speed, extraordinary endurance and other attributes –, that Komodo dragon is feared even without any weapon.

Trivia: Lenin's clothes are particularly ornate. The varieties range from a simple loincloth to a Roman legionary costume, in addition to the Sex Shop Warrior's clothes and an ashigaru dressing.

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I used many items in order to develop the game design documents.

Most items can be found in my gallery at Deviantart.

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Reptilia Squad - Episodes of the Lizardmageddon in Brazil

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As evidenced by the title, the game's story takes place during the Lizardmageddon in Brazil. The Lizardmageddon, as the pun implies, is an Armageddon done by lizards; that’s a vengeance against the human race, in response to the crimes against the reptiles. The Lizardmageddon begins with widespread attacks on alligator farms – as well as many other establishments alike –, where such reptiles are farmed for their meat, leather and other products. The widespread attacks soon intensify, spreading destruction far and wide; many cities are completely destroyed, and thousands of people are ruthlessly exterminated. Even the military cannot stop the attacks, because the Reptilian monsters have extraordinary attributes – such as super-strength and many other superpowers as well.

In “Reptilia Squad – Episodes of the Lizardmageddon in Brazil” –, the game mechanics are entirely adapted from “Reptilia Squad RPG”. The characters’ actions are determined according their attributes, skills and other characteristics – constantly taken into account –, as well as everything else.

The gameplay is totally linear (particularly because of the story): the plot is already pre-determined – entirely –, and is communicated through regular cutscenes that usually occur before and after each level. As well, it’s possible for the player to engage in many side-quests. In these missions, similar to the mini-game (Mercenaries) from “Resident Evil 3”, the player is assigned to eliminate as many enemies as possible within a time limit; the player starts off with two minutes (approximately), getting extra time (at least +2 seconds) for every enemy killed. Other sidequests are similar to the Battle Game, featured in “Resident Evil – Code Veronica X” –, except for the context.

Such bonus stages are different from the missions, because the objectives are optional.
The game features a mission-based gameplay, where the victory conditions are quite simple (but not necessarily easy): achieve the predetermined objectives at each stage; there are many objectives, such as rescue the captive reptiles – mostly alligators, caimans and crocodiles –, as well as their sympathizers, protect them against enemy fire, etc.
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