JE2 Assignment Brief

Assignment brief

Qualification	Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production – Games Design
Unit number and title	Unit 74 - Computer Game Story Development.
Assessor name	Jordan Eastwood
Date issued	16/05/2016
Hand in deadline	24/06/2016
Assignment title	JE2 – Story Creation and Development
Purpose of this assignment is to: ·         LO2: Be able to create story for a game following industry practice. ·         LO3: Be able to create game dialogue following industry practice.
Scenario Jump games have approached you and have asked you to create an informational story for a Video Game, within this they have asked for thorough informative and descriptive development showcasing some of these practices with purpose, plot devices, character backstories and narrative flow, this should also be including reflection, they have also asked you to produce an opening cutscene for the story you have generated.
Task 1 – Game Story Development Create a chapter of a story for a video game that showcases plot devices, character backstory, environmental story development and should also include: Story Setting (What is the environment? What does it look like? What relevance does it have to your setting). Backstory Characters (Including Antagonist, Protagonist, Sidekick, Player Character etc). Character Backstories You are aiming to create a story for a video game following industry practice, showing creativity and flair and working independently to professional expectations. The title of this work should be titled Task 1 – Game Story Development This provides evidence for Unit 74 P2, M2, D2
Task 2 – Script and Narrative Development. You are generating an opening cutscene for your game that will be showing some of the narrative environments that was in your story, you will need to produce a script of and a small environmental sketched map containing the environment, this is some of the things needed for this: ·         Map of the setting/environment in your story (Sketched/Illustrator) ·         Script (Containing narrative from your story you created) You are aiming to develop a visualisation from your story into a small 3D environmental piece so the user and employee can see and visualise what you are trying to make in story form. The title of this work should be titled Task 2 – Script and Narrative Development This provides evidence for Unit 74 P3, M3, D3
Task 3 – Cutscene. You should produce the cutscene in Unity and generate a small “Cutscene” with video software including your narrative over, this should also include a video of: ·         Unity Environment ·         Voiceover ·         720p or 1080p video produced and uploaded You are aiming to develop an opening cutscene from your story and generate it into 720 or 1080p video piece. The title of this work should be titled Task 3 – Cutscene                                                                                 This provides evidence for Unit 74 P3, M3, D3
Evidence checklist
Task 1 – Blog post showing a story with plot devices and an imaginative and developed story.		[ ]
Task 2 – Blog post with self-created assets and a complete small setting environment for a visualisation prospect.		[ ]
Sources of information Reference on Moodle.

JE2 Task 3 – Cutscene.

JE2 Task 2 – Script and Narrative Development.

Looking upon the scene was a puzzling sight that perplexed even the cops but I was not in the least bit confused it was a simple sight which took two seconds to figure out. It took a mere two seconds to figure it out unlike these simple cops who simply forget what a person is capable of. I decided to use all 5 senses to find my pray but it was a sad sight to behold. The sight before me that baffled the police was a crime scene where two people had died, a husband and wife, Damion and Jeanne Wesley and to top it off it was the classic murder mystery with a locked room. To be put bluntly a room locked from the inside with no way of escape but no murderer in sight a real cliché in the novels…a bit too overused in my opinion.

In this room they had to break the door down to get in which just further proves the point that no one could of been in the room or escaped after killing the two. Just by looking at the crime scene and the state of the bodies you could guess what the cause of murder was, there was no external injuries on either of the bodies and the walls was clean and there was no damage to the surrounding area, it was slightly messy but what room isn’t. the walls were lined with bookshelves, a number of murder mystery novels that I had read multiple time myself, I bet they never thought that they would end up a part of one.

There were a few things that stuck out when I looked over the room, the first being a greyish medicine tray with each day on it the day labelled Tuesday was open and empty, the next bit of evidence, or lack thereof, was the fact that there was not a single weapon in the room that could have been used for any of the murders all of this lead toward the strong possibility of a using drugs for the murder but that would only explain one of the murders and not the other since only the two of them lived here but what explained everything was what I found on the floor hidden under the desk

A heart bracelet

A heart bracelet which was inscribed D.W <3 L.H

All the information then came together…love really is a sad thing isn’t it…it can drive someone insane

The murderer was…Jeanne Wesley

After finding out that her husband was cheating on her she decided to kill him probably to inherit his things before they were to get divorced but after what she had done to the person she had once loved so much to the point of saying “I do” she killed herself not being able to live with what she had done and decided to die the same way spending the remainder of her time by her husband’s side

Love may be sad…but it can also be very beautiful. Like a thorny rose

JE2 Task 1 – Game Story Development

Detective Story

Step 1: World

·         Which continents does this world have?

Ø  This game will take place worldwide on an Regular earth

Ø  The game takes place based from one place to another

Ø  Starting place will be London

Ø  In London the MC lives in an apartment that is leased by

·         Which cities are there?

Ø  London

Ø  France

Ø  New York

Ø  Tokyo

Ø  ???

·         Who lives here?

Ø  London

v  MC - Arthur Conan Doyle – Arthur is the main character and a prodigious detective. He lived his life as a sheltered life until one day he had to watch as his father die right before his eyes and sister get shot and paralysed. Throughout his childhood he had always had heightened senses and respected/loved his dad and wished to be like him. He now joined the same detective agency his dad worked for to earn money to support himself and his sister but ever since the incident that paralysed his sister he has hated his father with a burning passion blaming him for what happened to them

v  “Boss” – The Boss of the detective agency Arthur works for. He is a master of disguise and no one at the agency knows his real name. he’s a mischievous guy who shouldn’t be taken lightly, he’s also the man who taught Arthurs father

v  MC Dog – Sherlock Bones (Just a parody name on the main character who is based off of the writer of Sherlock Holmes)

v  Sister – Connie Doyle – Arthurs sister who has been paralysed since the tragic event involving her father. Unlike her brother she doesn’t blame her father. She respects and is grateful to her brother for helping her out even though she just feels like a burden.

v  Father – Charles Altamont Doyle – a distant man who loved his children and loved mysteries he didn’t get more joy from anything else that what he found from solving an unpredictable and hard mystery. He put his job before his children which got himself killed

v  Adopted Father – Carlton Holmes – The man who asked his father to do the case, he’s an apathetic police officer which a pretty blank face he adopted Arthur and his sister not out of pity or even respect for their father but to take responsibility for what has happened

Ø   Tokyo

v  Rival - Edogawa Rampo – Ranpo (Names based of a famous Japanese murder mystery novel) will be the rival detective to the main character and also best friend who he will meet her later in the game. Ranpo is also a prodigious detective who views Arthur as his rival even though they have never met since they are similar. They are the same age with similar amount of cases solved and soon become friends wen Edogawa challenges him to a detective competition and will work together to complete difficult cases

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·         Are there interesting landmarks?

Ø  London

v  Buckingham Palace – The place the first case in the game will take place. It will be a locked room murder. Two people dead. No blood. No destruction at the scene. A medicine tray (it held the deceased tablets and a poisoned one). A split heart bracelet on the floor. No other weapons. Room locked from the inside. On hand doctor declared them dead.

o    How it happened:

o    Two people went inside

o    Husband was in the room

o    Wife went in to talk to him to confront him with his cheating habits

o    She decided to kill him

o    Replaced his medication with a drug that would

o    Why was she dead?

o    She couldn’t take what she had done, she was only human so she killed herself

v  London Bridge – Bridge destroyed - terrorist attack that lead throughout the game will eventually be a dangerous case that is given to Arthur but he doesn’t take it because he believes that it would put his sister in danger but he eventually becomes impossible for him to turn his back to it because

o    Option A – His sister gets kidnapped

o    Option B – his sister is a casualty

v  London Eye

v  Tower of London

Ø  France

Ø  New York

Ø  Tokyo

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·         Do people have enough resources? (food, water, wood etc.)

Ø  Certain places have less resources

v  Because of these resources there is radicalization

v  With radicalization comes death which in turn lets murders happen for cases

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·         Are people thriving or struggling in this place?

Ø  In this place that is not so much of a problem

Step 2: Characters

·         In what environment did they grow up? (Link this to the world design!)

Ø  They grew up in a sheltered environment

Ø  It was a pleasant life

Ø  They lived with their dad

Ø  They didn’t have to worry about much and they were always well behaved

·         What were they like at age 5? At age 15? 30? 50?

Ø  5 – Arthur is a sheltered boy who lived with his sister and father. He loved his life and loved mystery novels and has shown that he has some great deduction skills even showing that he can help out with his father’s work

Ø  7 – this is the age in which the tragic event happened, he was traumatized by what had happened and was worried about whether or not his sister would be okay

Ø  11 – he has started to work on detective work under the “Boss” the boss trains him with “simple cases” (He calls them simple but they are actually difficult and professional level). He also started to blame his father for what has happens top them

Ø  15 – He started actually working for the boss to make money for food and for his sister’s medical bills

Ø  17 – this is where the game starts

·         Do they have particular skills? (Use this for your game mechanics!)

Ø  Amazing detective skills – ever since he was a child he has been a prodigy in detection always being able to solve cases and treating everyday life as a case ever since being a kid e.g. he once used deduction skills to solve an Easter egg hunt

Ø  Extraordinary senses

·         Were there life-changing events in their past?

Ø  He was brought up with his sister by his hard working father

Ø  His father worked as a detective because he loved helping people

Ø  One day he was put to the job of finding info on a mafia leader that could be used in court that had to town – Mafioso X

Ø  But because of this the mafia tracked him down and shot him

Ø  With his body he protected his children- MC came out fine but MC sister was paralysed

·         What is their personality like? How would they react in specific situations?

Ø  Stuck up

Ø  Cocky

Ø  Easily flustered when not on the job

Ø  Caring

Ø  Temperamental

Ø  Doesn’t like losing

Ø  On the job he is a very prideful man but off the job he is

·         What do they look like?

Ø  White haired – Marie Antoinette syndrome – representing instability and trauma

Ø  Average looks

Ø  Silver/Light blue eyes

JE1 Task 5 Interactive Stories and Writing Strategies

Cinematics (Trailer)
The cinematics/trailer gives the buyer a small look into the games story, they only give a small glimse into the games story as to give you a intriguing idea of what the games about while making it vague enough to give people hopes for more things that may not be in the game. They do this so people become more interested in the game, they start wanting more of the game and buy it on release because not too much of the game has been spoiled. The trailer are just there to tease the game, they do this by being very short and action packed which leave you wanting more and more.
Pokemon Sun and Moon

In this new trailer for Pokemon sun and moon it shows limited things about the game on the surface but underneath the surface it shows off a lot more or gives more ideas that you can theorize with which is a good thing in my opinion. On the surface it shows off what the region is called "Alola", the 3 starter pokemon "Litten", "Poplio" and "Rowlet" as well as the two legendary pokemon for he game. Underneath the surface there is a lot more such as the fact that your character is wearing different clothes in two different parts which means that the character customisation is back, the professor says "cousin" in a tropical region which shows that the game is based off of Hawaii, there are other things but i think I've made my point.

Persona 5

In the persona 5 trailer they also give off things on the surface and underneath the surface, on the surface they show off the characters and show what the main characters persona is, the fact that they have a meelee weapon and a gun. underneath all of that it shows you fighting enemies, in other persona game you fight against shadows but in this game you are fighting other personas. also it shows the fact that the protagonist is a thief so does that mean that you are the bad guy in this game.


Cut Scene
A games cut scene is almost like watching a movie/show/anime to get the story through to the player in a very easy and simplistic fashion, this is especially good for major points in the story or parts opf the story that are meant to be aesthetically beautiful. they use scripts that are more fluid which is closer to two people talking face to face rather than a system that's click "A" to proceed the conversation which sounds far better, better camera angles and usually use things that they would struggle to show off in normal gameplay without creating more assets.
Fire Emblem Awakening

In this cut scene they show off things they cant usually show off during the gameplay. In this cutscene it shows a fire that starts out, things that are falling from the sky (which is hard to do because of the perspective), the magical portal that looks like a eye in the sky that is creating undead and then a masked person who saves a young girl which would be hard to do during the game play.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Triggered event
A triggered event is one of my favorite things in games and usually happen in role playing games but they're not exclusive to them. a triggered event is a part of the game that can and will be different depending on you actions. this can range from secret extra mission that can happen depending on how well you do during a mission or can be just like a visual novel which gives you a spoken options which will change how others speak to you in the game.
Dragon ball Xenoverse

In Dragon ball Xenoverse there is two endings that you can trigger during the last boss fight, the most common one you coule get is where during the last boss fight if your health bar is at 50% or lower then Goku would appear and will help you defeat the boss which would also change the final cutscene where it shows both you and Goku doing the Kamehameha together to defeat the boss Demigra but in the other ending knows as the secret ending if your heath stays above 50% then Goku will never appear and you will do the Kamehameha on your own and get overpowered but the friends that you have made will appear and give you support and energy so that you can beat Demigra and complete the game.

Persona 4 Golden

In Persona 4 Golden they use triggered events quite well because if you don't do certain things within certain time frames then you can miss out on things, you also have things you can say that will change that happens and what your relationships are. Persona 4 Golden is also a remastered version of the original persona 4 since it has two huge different triggered events that can happen such as becoming friends with the antagonist and then not having the heart to tell the police on him so you end up becoming his accomplice or if you become friends with Marie, the new and unknown girl, before a certain date you get a whole new part to the story which lets you have a wider perspective on the game.

Player Control
The biggest part of progressing through a game is the player control, this works by having the player going through the game and traversing the levels. this tells the story with the environment, enemies and characters talking to you during the level. This is the best way and its what a game is all about because it allows you to fully experience and immerse yourself in the story that you are playing. by playing the game you are able to put yourself into the shoes of the character and really experience everything for yourself e.g. finishing a level that was hard would let you really remember a story since you would repeat the same level and see the same things but another thing is the fact that replaying levels will let you view things differently depending on how you play.
Undertale Pacifist route

Undertale Genocide route

On the game Undertale it has a very interesting concept which they mention on their steam page "UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone." which you don't because in this game you are able to spare and give mercy to your enemies and depending how you play will change the story quite drastically. on your first palythrough of the game you will play the neutral route which means you can kill or save anyone and be free to do what you want but if you don't kill anyone, flowey tells you that you are able to reload and then do the pacifist route or if you start the game again you are able to do the genocide route were you have to kill absolutely everything which drastically changes how you play and the story.



Character Customisation
character customisation is a good way to put yourself into the character, you are able to make yourself into the character and become whoever you want to be in the game. when you use character customisation and become one with your character you are able to immerse yourself in the story even more whether it be because of the greater aesthetics or because you designed that character to be how you wanted it creates a greater story experience without really changing the story itself. the only time I believe that your customer characterisation will actually change is when the game has races (Caucasian, Asian, etc.) and whether this be because of racism or because I know in some games they have different races (Elves, Giants, etc.) where you could start in different towns because they live in different places.

Links

Cinematics (Trailer)
Pokemon Sun and Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn25hijDL7c
Persona 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZaGWFzGE78

Cut Scene
Fire Emblem Awakening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ5EQcLJ9C4
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVZ9mylEZs

Triggered Event
Dragon ball Xenoverse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LwVvucDCh4
Persona 4 Golden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK3a6vaSVI

Player Control


Character Customisation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKB3mWsy0Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXKSrRFaTMM

Task 5 – Interactive Story and Writing strategies

Explain and use elucidated examples on how interactive story elements are used to help get the player invested and involved within the game’s story, this should also include what writing strategies they would of used to create this, do this for the following areas:

Cinematics (Trailer)

Cut scene

Triggered Event

Player Control (How player control has helped story telling)

Character Customisation

You are aiming to comprehensively how Interactive story elements are used with writing strategies to help explain and develop a video games story relationship with a player using elucidated examples. You should be using subject terminology consistently and correctly.

The title of this work should be titled Task 5 – Interactive Story and Writing Strategies.