Video game designers hope to advance 'Giant Cop' to next level

A Newfoundland and Labrador company has developed a new video game that lets you be a "Giant Cop", and now Other Ocean Interactive is trying to take it to the next level.

The game is set in the 70's, and while it is still in the prototype stage, designers say gamers like it.

'"You literally play as a giant cop. You're 200 feet tall, trying to clean up the city and protect the people of Micro City," said Design Director, MarcMcGinley."It's a kind ofover the top, quirky, crazy kind of thing."

Feedback from players is important for the game'sdevelopment.

In September, agroup ofdesigners took Giant Cop to EGX, the United Kingdom's largest gaming show.

"We wanted to take the early prototype of Giant Cop and really put it front of a big community," said McGinley.

"It's really the first opportunity for us to put the game in a tonof people's hands... It's been invaluable for us in terms of feedback."

Getting Giant Cop to this stage has taken a lot of teamwork and brainstorming.

"It's not just playing games all day, you design a feature...and you have to tweak it and change it," said McGinley.

The game's lead artist,Jon Lambe, hopes people can have as much fun playing the game as he did making it.

"There is a sense of satisfaction that you get out of seeing people enjoy the things that you animate and build," said Lambe.

Even if gamers like Giant Cop, it won't be enough to put the game on store shelves. McGinley said that takes money.

"We're looking to find funding for the rest of the project so the hope is that were going tospend another year working on the game and then it's going tobe released."