GSP 475 Proposal

For the class course of GSP 475, I plan on making a game for the android platform. The game I plan on making is to be simple to understand and with short gameplay but with possible several levels. I want to make a game where you control a marble rolling along a path avoiding obstacles and getting power ups as you go. I want to be able to use the motion or gyro controls in an android phone to control the marble. The marble will initially start off slow and gain up to a max speed. Score will depend on the speed of the marble and how far it has traveled. The obstacles that it would have to avoid are like walls, bombs, and holes in the path. Walls would direct the marble in a new direction away from more desired ways. Bombs would destroy the marble and end the level. Holes in the level would instantly stop the marble and end the level. The power ups would either give score multipliers, extra lives, a shield, or temporary effects such as float over holes or go through walls. The game will be written in Java and will be built in the Eclipse engine.