Here is a copy of the draft Game Concept document.

Game Concept
Introduction
Mini Tanks is a third person vehicle combat game for the PC that uses the powerful Torque Game Engine Advanced to allow players to battle it out in different ways in an open environment using cartoon tanks.

Background
Mini Tanks features a variety of multiplayer game types similar to those found in games like Halo, Unreal Tournament 2003, & Battlefield 2 with Mario Cart type vehicle combat. Mini Tanks is built using the latest version of the powerful and flexible Torque Game Engine Advanced which has produced games such as Think Tanks, Minigolf Mania, and Marble Blast Gold.

Description
Playing Mini Tanks you start out by choosing the default heavy tank from the built-in tanks. Selecting the deathmatch map you and your team set out from your base towards the enemy with the intent of destroying all members on the opposing team.
As you move across the battlefield power-ups parachute in from planes flying overhead. Collecting a speed power-up you head towards the enemy base in order to wipe them out. Suddenly a group of 3 enemies appear on your radar, they must have been using a jamming power-up. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to go off on your own. Running isn’t an option they’re using light tanks and are much quicker than you are; time to fight.
Picking the lead enemy you fire your heavy canon. Direct hit the lead enemy has taken heavy damage and the explosion caused by your projectile has caused light damage to the other two enemies. No time to relax though they’re in firing range and have split up. Their light guns aren’t doing much damage per hit but their high rate of fire from three enemies is quickly chipping away at your health. Backing up you fire a second shot destroying the heavily damaged enemy, half your health is gone, and you’re moving slower all the time. You might not survive this fight.
Taking cover behind a rock formation you briefly avoid taking fire from one of the enemies as you line up the other enemy and fire another shot. NO, you’ve missed and the second enemy is back raining fire down upon you. It looks like your not making it out of here, time to go down in a blaze of glory.
Charging forward you ram one tank while firing another shot at the other. Now it’s one-on-one but you’re almost out of health, you can barely move so ramming your nimble opponent is out of the question, and your heavy canon won’t reload in time.
Suddenly a missile streaks past you headed straight for the enemy. The enemy tank dodges sideways but the missile matches the movement and collides in a spectacular explosion that completely destroys the enemy.
You’ve been saved. Turning around you see a group of your allies headed past your position. You offer your thanks before limping back to base for repairs.

Key Features
• Exciting multiplayer vehicular combat: Fun combat between cartoonish tanks with surprising depth.
• A variety of game types -
o Deathmatch: Players fight it out to the last tank standing.
o Team Deathmatch: Teams of players battle to be the last team alive.
o Capture the flag: Players battle in teams to capture a flag and return it to their base.
o Take and hold: Player teams battle to take over and hold on to a base.
o Combat racing: Players race and fight to be the fastest around a track.
o Assault: Players attempt to hold onto their base or take the enemies base.
• Randomly generated terrain: Before each battle begins the map terrain is randomly generated.
• Player created guilds: Players can band together to form their own group
• Exciting unlockables: Players earn points for winning games and kills scored, which can be used to unlock new tank parts.
• Awards: By achieving certain goals players can receive awards such as medals and special tank parts.

Genre
Vehicular combat.

Platform
Primarily Mini Tanks will target the PC but if time allows a port of the game to Xbox 360 will be attempted. Mini Tanks is a multiplayer only game so a network connection (e.g. internet) will be essential.