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
Ø
Ø
·
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
Ø
·
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
Ø
·
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
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