Thursday, 26 May 2016

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


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