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Process Document & Reflection

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Post Process Volumes

I was experimenting with how I can make the game appear more like the artist's work but this didn't really work out since it didn't fit with what I was going for at all...

Then I came across this method which made the game appear more the style I was looking for which I was satisfied with...

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Interactions

Gates

Door for the main gate for the player to exit the town to reach to the end of the game...

Collecting the Pages

The main goal of the game is to collect all the pages in the game so to make it easier for the player to find the pages they could follow the light...

End Card

I wanted to create a way for the game to end, so I made the journal the object for the player to try grabbing for the game to end...

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Tree Process work

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Textures to the World

Textures I made for the houses as well as the walls and the main gate for the town...

Textures I made for the landscape and the trees

Houses

Trees

Assets

Assets that I didn't use in the game

The reason I didn't use there for the game was because I felt it was unnecessary since they have no significance with the artist

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Game progress

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Yes/No/Maybe

to make my process more efficient when creating the game i decided to organize my list of assets to see ones that are a must for the game, ones that i could add but not needed and ones to completely discard

Needed

Pages

Key

Lock Puzzle

Maybe

Lamp

Journal

Nope

Map

Creature

Official Changes Made

I decided to make the lock and key idea out of the game since it would be too time consuming, so I made the game primarily on the player collecting the pages and finding the journal which belongs to the artist

Final Concept

The final concept is that you are in a dream in one of your paintings and in order to leave you need to find all 8 of your missing pages along with you journal...

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Creating the Style

These are the Videos that i plan to use when learning how to create a 2d world within a 3d space and figure out how to incorporate what i learned from them in re creating a world that looks like the player is walking in a painting

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Asset List

Lamp: To help the player roam around the area as well as to shine it on the creature whenever it attacks

The Journal: To assist the player on how they must escape from the world

The Pages: The pages contain clues that may help the player find the next page or tips on how to avoid the creature following them

Map: To make it easier for the player to find their way around the town

Tiles (puzzle) : To allow the player to get back into the real world the player must collect the tiles and place them together to form a lock to unlock the door

Key: The player will need to receive a key in order to unlock the door to the real world

Creature: I wanted to give the player the feeling that they are being hunted or followed to sort off motivate the player to look for all the pages as fast as possible

Assets for The Scenery

17th Century Houses

Grass

Trees

Abandoned Cabin

Door to Escape the World

Walls

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Final Concept

For the Concept and Story I decided to make the final a horror game where you find yourself in a painting and discover a journal with missing pages, you try to look for these pages but as you do you realize you're being followed by a haunting presence that roams around the town.

There are 10 missing pages and you must find them in order to find a way to escape it.

You discover your only way out is to head to a cabin outside and leave through a painting that will take you back into the outside world

To make the process of creating the game more time efficient I decided to make the whole game take place in this map rather than create two worlds, since making the game appear more like a sketch and a painting.

The sketch style would take place in the town but the nature outside of the town will have the style of the watercolor.

The Journal

The Journal serves both as an objective as well as a guide to help the player escape. The journal was written by the artist (creator of the world) on how he created it as well as how to escape it, the journal serves as a survival guide that will help the player...

Objective:

You must collect all the missing pages that will contain a piece of tile that will help you return back into the real world

Assistance:

Each page serve as a guide to help search for the next one, and clues that will help you escape the painting

Puzzles

I want the player to not only find their way out but also get their way out by completing a puzzle. So I thought of the idea of the player finding tiles with the pages and use them to help him unlock the door to the real world

This idea was inspired by the anime Shadow House where the main characters find Feves and the main character puts them together in the shape of a key which ends up unlocking a door...

I wanted to create a similar concept where the tiles would form a lock for the player to put the key in so that they may unlock the door...

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Puzzles | Inspiration

Fran Bow

My Inspiration behind the use of puzzles in my game are inspired by a game called Fran Bow that is about a journey of a young girl and her cat that are in search for a way back home...

For example

Collecting Items | Inspiration

Slender: Eight Pages

The idea behind the player looking for pages to complete a task was inspired bye Slender: Eight Pages. Where you are being chased by slender man and your goal is to look for all the eight pages around the forest. This idea was originally meant for the first Level of the game however I wanted it to be on the second level instead so that the player will focus exploring the world around them by simply collecting notes and items that will help them in retuning back into the real world...

For example

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Map | Normal World

First Level | Wall Painting in the Sewers

In this I plan to make this world a horror game where the player will have to get to the center of the maze in order to escape it, as the player tries to find their way to the center of the maze they will be followed be a creature that will catch them. To get to the center the player must solve puzzles to unlock paths that will lead them to the exit...

Style for this level:

Second Level | Painting in the Cabin

This level the player enters a maze where they collect notes written by the author to learn more about the world and why it was made, and most importantly how to exit it...

The player will need to collect stuff in order open a door or a portal that will bring them back into the outside world...

Style for this level:

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The Painting Inspiration | Narnia: The Voyage of Dawn Treader

This was the inspiration behind how i thought for the player leaving the painting

I thought of the idea that the painting would make itself a part of the cabin that the player would find themselves in when leaving the painting, like branches or plants from the painting would grow out of it...

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Stage 1: How it Begins

This was my original idea of how I wanted the game to go, I originally wanted to provide the choice for the player in giving them the choice of what path they would choose to go...

However, it felt like it didn't make sense and decided to take a more simpler approach...

I decided to make it start off more as a horror game where you have to collect either pieces of the map to get to the center of the maze to enter a portal that will take the player in to the other world where they has to collect pages of the creator of the worlds in order to find a way to exit it and return back into normal world again

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Concept Ideas | The Journey Through William Alexander's Art

Original Concept: So for my Idea for the game is basically about a person in a painting of William Alexander who makes a journey to find out about the world he's in and tries to discover how he can leave it.

This is in relation to the games that sort of break the forth wall and try going beyond the boundaries of they universe it takes place in.

This game will be a simple collecting game where the player will have to search for specific items to complete tasks for each stage...

New Concept:

For my new concept I plan to have my game about a person who could be an aspiring artist that discovers a hidden world created by an artist and finds a way to escape it...

The player begins to find themself in a maze where they are being chased by either a Spirit or a Creature, the player has to escape the maze by reaching to a portal that will take him to the next level

The next level is where the player will have to collect items that will help in returning back into the real world...

I thought of the lore behind the world could have relation to William Alexander.