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Overview:

     The style of drawing for the characters is ‘2D’ made by Adobe illustration. The color scheme is grey scale. This particular drawing style was chosen in accordance with the horror genre of the story, aimed to convey the ambiance that something dreadful will unfold, from the first impression.

Characters

Hong Xiao:

     The main character Hong Xiao is a new transfer student, unaware of the ghost legend. She has a demure look; rounded kind eyes and short hair.

①: Relaxed facial expression when she talks to friends. 

②: Pokerfaced expression showcases her mild personality. 

③: Sickened expression after something devastating happened in the story. 

④: Shocked expression when seeing the ghost’s eye.

Chen chen:

     Chen is the roommate and friend of Hong who experience supernatural conflicts together. Somewhat introverted, she has a conventional face with long brown hair.

①: An awkward smile when she tries to laugh at friends joke, it shows her introvert personality. 

②: Forlorn expression with dark circles around her eyes because of a lack of sleep following a scare. 

③: Shocked expression when she notices that Hong is going to work on the Ghost Festival. 

④: Scared and anxious expression after the “something scary” event happened.

Ghost:

     The mystery ghost that appears in the legend story of Xiangxi. The elderly people of Xiangxi say; “don’t go out in the ghost festival, otherwise, the ghost will be following you.” It takes the appearance of an undead woman with ghastly grey skin, haggard long hair, and empty eye sockets.

① & ②: How the ghost appears in a scene where XiaoHong and Chen hide under the bed from her. However, the ghost spots them by lowering her head under the bed. They first see a shadow of the head, then sees a ghost head with blood streaming down its face. The blood represents the menacing, vengeful spirit of the ghost. 

③: Its appearance in people’s imagination.

Fortune Teller:

     The fortune teller gives advice to the main character’s unfortunate encounter of ghosts; this advice and whether the girls choose to follow it affects the path of their lives. Stoic in facial expression, his appearance is unkempt and he wears the yin-yang symbol on his shirt.

Policeman:

     A friendly policeman who is a new recruit. He tries to aid the main character in solving the mystery behind the supernatural incidents. His appearance is a young man of a medium statue with professional attire.

① & ②: His default look, accompanied by a worried expression when he is shocked at Hong’s story.

Scenes

Scary eye outside the door:

     This scene unfolds when Hong hears the noise outside the door. She slowly approaches the door to sees menacing bloodied eye through the gap. It’s aimed to create horror and a suspenseful atmosphere as the viewer see the bleeding eye.

Fortune Teller in the Temple:

     This is concept art of the scene where Hong and Chen are looking for help from the fortune teller. The interior design of the room mirrors the traditional Chinese architecture. The scruffy look of the fortune teller hides his real skills and identity.

Xiangxi Police Station:

     This is a police station near Xiangxi University. Hong may need to come here for help later in the story. The style of the police station's paintings is drawn according to the unified Chinese police station to make it more realistic.

Locations

School Hallway:

     This is the hallway in Hong Xiao’s school. A tinted color combination was utilized to create an ordinary and peaceful ambiance in accordance with the ordinary student life Hong Xiao leads in school. Additionally, the school hallways are painted in a low key way, to symbolize the mundane and peaceful plot, transpiring in the scene.

A Walking Street in XiangXi:

     This is a street block somewhere in the city of XiangXi, the story takes place in here. The style of the street drawing imitates traditional Chinese architecture in accordance with the mystery of the city and so that the existence of a spiritual ghost will make more sense.  

Scene 1:

Description:

Hong finishes up the part-time job of the Bubble Tea store. She waves “bye” to her coworkers, and gets ready to head back to the dorm. She is exhausted.

Audio: Relaxing background music

Location: In the Bubble Tea store.

Scene 2:

Description: Hong’s coworker asks her if she wants to grab dinner together. Hong kindly rejects the invitation as she is extremely tired.

Audio: Relaxing background music.

Location: In the Bubble Tea.

Scene 3:

Description: Hong meets her roommate Chen in the school dorm. Hong tells Chen that she has a working schedule tomorrow in the Bubble Tea store. Chen is shocked Hong is confused that why Chen is shocked by that.

Audio: Suspenseful background music.

Location: In the school dorm.

Scene 4:

Description: Chen tells Hong the story of “Ghost Festival” on the 4th of every month. She tells Hong that whoever goes out on that day will be possessed by the ‘legendary ghost,’ and something horrible will happen in that person’s life.

Audio: Suspenseful background music.

Location: In the school dorm.

Scene 5:

Description: Hong had a nightmare last night. It’s about the legend of ghost that Chen tells her.

Audio: Silence Ambience

Location: In the dorm

Scene 6:

Description: This scene shows Hong goes to school the next day. Her mind is preoccupied with what Chen tells her yesterday about the legends of the ghost.

Audio: relaxing background music

Location: Outside of school

Scene 7:

Description: In the school hallway, Hong is deciding whether to go to work or not.

Audio: relaxing background music

Location: School Hallway

Scene 8:

Description: Hong finally decides that she is going to skip the work today, so that she comes back to the dorm.

Audio: relaxing background music

Location: In the dorm

Scene 9:

Description: After having dinner outside, Hong and Chen walk back to school in the heavy night rainfall because it’s too late and the last bus just left. It’s early summer, yet they soak in the cold rain for a long time, trembling. The wide street at night has no others but them around, this makes them anxious.

Audio: Raining SFX, windy SFX

Location: On a minor street of XiangXi

Scene 10:

Description: After they arrived at the dorm, Chen accidentally dropped her ID card on the ground. Then, both of them are shocked to see it’s covered with blood.

Audio: Scary SFX, suspicious background music.

Location: In the dorm.

Scene 11:

Description: Chen is in fear. She remembers the “legend of ghosts” and recalls that she might be possessed by the ghost. She doesn’t know what to do, then asks Hong for help.

Audio: Suspicious background music continues.

Location: In the dorm.

Scene 12:

Description: Hong is calmer than Chen, she recalls a time when she saw a temple while she walking on the street, and there is a famous Fortune teller inside. She figures the fortune teller can help them. Therefore, Hong tells Chen that they are going to visit the temple.

Audio: Background music stop, crying SFX.

Location: In the dorm.

Scene 13:

Description: Hong and Chen arrive at the temple and meets the Fortune teller. The Fortune teller asks them the purpose of the visit. Hong is hesitant because she does not know where to begin.

Audio: background music: traditional Music in China played by zither.

Location: Inside the Temple.

Scene 14:

Description: The Fortune teller notices Chen is possessed by a ghost before they even speak about it. He tells them to leave the door open tonight to welcome the ghost in, and hide under the bed to avoid being seen. They shall be safe after that if everything goes successful.

Audio: Background music: traditional Music in China played in zither.

Location: Inside the Temple.

Scene 15:

Description: Hong and Chen choose to follow the fortune teller’s advice. At that night, they leave the door open and hide under the bed. After a while, they hear footsteps in the room (someone enters the room).  Suddenly, a thunder strike sounds outside. With the lighting, they see a face outline projected on the wall.

Audio: Summer night ambiance sound - Cricket’s sound.

Location: In the dorm at night.

Scene 16:

Description: The ghost spots them by lowering her head under the bed. Hong and Chen scream!

-storyline 1 one Ends.

Audio: Summer night ambiance sound - Cricket’s sound, transitions to scary background music at the end.  Then in the order of footsteps SFX, thunder SFX, and screaming SFX.

Location: In the dorm at night.

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Access: (Game start background)

The game will start with a picture of Xiaohong and Chen, standing outside the door. Also, the ghost is staring at them. The player can click the button of “begin” to start the game, or the player can click the button of “intro” to check the background of the game.

Game Play:

In each level, the gameplay will consist of mouse clicking on dialog boxes to forward the story. In some cases, the player will need to make a choice from multiple options on the dialog box when the main character XiaoHong faces decisions. Difference choices will lead to difference storylines which ultimately leads to different endings. In addition, there is a limited time (3 seconds) when the player is making a choice. This will add intensity of the game to play.

The first screen after the game starts:

Location: dormitory

Background: 

Chen tells XiaoHong that the fourth day of every month in Xiangxi is a ghost festival. On this day, it is better to go home before dark, otherwise, strange things will happen. However, Xiaohong is going to work on this day and may return to the dormitory late. At this time, Xiaohong can choose to follow Chen's opinion and not go to work, or do not follow Chen's opinion, still go out to work, and will get home after dark.

Dialogue:

Chen: "The fourth day of each month is a ghost festival. You better not go out at night."

Xiaohong: "But I still have to go to work. If I am going to work, I may be back after dark."

(If not listen to Chen's.......)

Second frame:

Location: dormitory

Background: 

Chen did not return all night, but she returned to the dormitory safely the next morning and told Xiaohong that she wanted to move out of the dormitory. Xiaohong has two choices: one is to advise Chen not to move away; the other is to not advise Chen to move away.

Dialogue:

Chen: "Xiaohong, I want to move out of the dormitory and rent my own house."

Possible Actions & Ending:

Choice: 

If the player chooses to advise Chen not to move, they still live in the dormitory.

Choice: 

However, on the 4th of the second month, the two of them accidentally returned to the dormitory after dark, so something strange happened: every night, someone knocks on the door, but after opening the door, they did not see anyone. Chen couldn't help but take Xiaohong to the fortune teller. The fortune teller said that they had committed taboos, let them sleep at night, don't lock the door, let the ghosts come in, and they both hide in places that the ghosts can't see, so the ghost can't find, so they naturally won’t come again.

Choice: 

If the player chooses not to advise Chen to move away, Chen will move out of the dormitory.

1st Ending: 

Since then, the Xiaohong has always felt that someone is watching her across the dormitory, and she will hear her roommate call her in the middle of the night, but knowing that she is the only one in her dormitory. Xiaohong felt very scared and went to report to the police. After the investigation by the police, there was a body inside the opposite building. The person who died is Chen who moved out. The woman suddenly collapsed. End of story.

Third frame:

location: on street

Maybe Later, Xiaohong will meet the Taoist again when she goes to the supermarket....

Background:

On the street, after seeing the fortune teller, Chen and Xiaohong hesitated, Xiaohong had to make a choice, whether to listen to the words of the fortune teller or not.

Dialogue:

Chen: "Xiaohong, do you think the fortune teller is reliable?"

Xiaohong: "I don't know, I have to think about it".

Possible Actions & Ending:

Choice: 

If the player chooses to listen to the fortune teller, they did not close the door at night and hid under the bed.

2nd Ending: 

But because the female ghost originally went to school at this university, and later committed suicide because of emotional problems, she died head-on. The ghost opened the door and walked over the ground with his head. She went to the bed and looked upside down and saw her and Chen, killing Xiaohong and Chen. The story ends.

Choice: 

If Xiaohong chooses not to listen to the fortune teller.

3rd Ending: 

This strange supernatural event occurs endlessly. Xiaohong gradually mentally breaks down and then dropped out. End of story.

*Another branch: If the player didn't listen to Chen at the beginning, go to work.

The fourth scene:

location: in the dormitory

Background: 

Xiaohong is sitting on the bed, thinking that she has gone through too many strange things and unnatural phenomena this month. She is now faced with two choices, whether to go to the police or to find a priest to drive out ghosts.

dialogue:

Xiaohong (thinking): What happened in these days is really abnormal. What should I do?

Possible Actions & Ending:

Choice: 

She decides to call the police.

4th Ending: 

When she called the police, the police told her that the woman was her missing roommate and hanged herself. The girl Xiaohong had been seeing was actually hanged. She has been watching Xiaohong silently for so long. Xiaohong mentally collapses and the story ends.

Choice: 

She decides to go to the Taoist.

5th Ending: 

Going to the Taoist, the Taoist gave her amulet and then helped drive the ghost, and the female owner survived. The story is over.

Audio:

All of our audio will be using non-copyrighted audio from SFU library and the website named freesound. There is the website link: https://freesound.org/

The type of sound effect/music  that we are going to use:

Home menu: 

     A constant, chill ambience sound.

Background music:   

     Types: gentle background music in some of the school scenes, Creppy background music in suspicious scenes, and scary music in some of the scenes.

Mouse interaction:

     Clicking SFX.

Conversations:

     In some conversations, we may use interjections words SFX to express the mood of the characters.

other Sound effects:

Sound effects during the gameplay: 

     door-open SFX, ghost’s footsteps SFX, cup drops on the ground SFX, screaming SFX and continue...

Updated Characters:

Taoist: He is a very famous Taoist in the city of Xiangxi. He is very good at exorcizing ghosts. Although he looks very embarrassed, his skills are very powerful.

Interaction & Relationship: After Xiaohong chose to ask him to exorcize the ghost, he came to the school and recognized the female ghost who existed in the school for a long time. With his help, Xiaohong is finally saved.

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Plot Line:

A female student went to school in Xiangxi, and the school was very remote，she heard a lot of bad rumors when she first went there because the legend of Xiangxi has always had a tradition in the streets of the Ghost Festival every month on the 4th. Her roommate A warned her that the day must be in the dormitory before dark.

It happened not long before the school started, and it catches up with the ghost festival. The Xiaohong was just going to work and returning at night. After her roommate told her about the legend of Xiangxi, she chose to:

Listen to the roommate A’s warning and not to go to work. It was safe that day, but her roommate A never came back. The next day, roommate A said that she returned to her home, nothing happened. The next day, her roommate wants to retire from the dormitory to rent a house, but the school was remote. Xiaohong can persuade the roommate not to move away. It is not safe for a girl to live outside alone.

Storyline 1: After choosing to admonish roommates, the two of them were still in a dormitory, but in the second month on the 4th, the two of them accidentally returned to the dormitory after dark, so something terrible happened, they heard the horrible sound every night, someone knocks on the door. They do not know what to do but go to the fortune teller. The gentleman said that they made a big taboo, tell them when sleep at night, don't lock the door, let the ghosts come in, and hide in places that the ghost can't see, so if the ghost can't find them, it won't come again. Xiaohong and her roommate can choose to listen to the words of the fortune teller or not at this time:

(1) Listening to the words of the fortune teller:  the next day, students found that they both died in the dormitory. Later, the investigation revealed that the female ghost was also attending the university, due to some emotional problems, she committed suicide, so she died with her head down. The woman did not lock the door that day. She and her roommate were hiding under the bed. The ghost opened the door and walked over the floor with her head down. When she got to the bed, she saw her and her roommate. The story was over.

(2) If they choose not to listen to the fortune teller, Xiaohong will encounter many strange things, and she went mental, withdraws from school.

Storyline 2. Choose not to admonish roommates. Since then, Xiaohong has been seeing someone in the opposite dormitory building has always been staring at her. She felt very scared and went to report to the police. After an investigation by the police, they discovered that the person who died was her roommate. Xiaohong went mental and drop out of school.

Chose not to listen to her roommate: and after returning from work, nothing happened and she was safe, but her roommate was missing. But since then, when she went to school, she always saw a girl hiding in the window on the 4th floor of the dormitory next door. This happened for a month, and a girl was missing in the school. She can choose to call the police or find a priest:

Storyline 3. When she called the police, the police told her that the woman was the missing roommate and hanged herself. The girl the woman had always seen was actually hanged. She has been silently watching the woman for so long. Xiaohong went mental and the story ended.

Storyline 4. Go to the Taoist, the Taoist gave her amulet, and then helped drive the ghost, Xiaohong survived.

Time Line:

World Building:

Magic: 

Some of the characters have the ability to sense the existence of ghost, including the Taoist. Some of the characters have strong spiritual power, including the Fortune teller. There is resentment of the dead, the ghost.

Races: 

Humans and ghosts

Characters Bio: Main Characters

Name: Xiaohong

Backstory: Xiaohong is a student from another city, she just arrived in Xiangxi for two months. She is good at study, and have a very good grade. She is also working in the part-time to support the family. She is willing to accept new things, but she is also timid and shy. Xiaohong is lively and cheerful, and treat others nicely.

Character relationship & interaction: Chen is her roommate. Chen and she are good very friends, Chen is like a big sister to her. They help each other in daily life.

Chen tells Xiaohong at the beginning of the story, the legend of Xiangxi Ghost Festival, and tells Xiaohong to go home before dark. Whether Xiaohong chooses to believe or not will determine the overall direction of the story. In the following storyline, Xiaohong will decide whether to advise the roommate not to go out to live alone, and the choice made by Xiaohong will determine the fate of Chen.

Name: Chen

Backstory: A freshman in Xiangxi, she was born in Xiangxi. She knows all the ghosts and legends of Xiangxi. She is very introverted and timid. Although she is timid, she believes in ghosts and gods. For Xiaohong, she is the existence of a big sister. She is like the heroine in Xiaohong’s life. She has always encountered strange things before. She has been weak and sick since she was a child, so her family is particularly unwilling to let her live alone.

Character relationship & interaction: She always thinks about Xiaohong, she thinks that it is hard for   Xiaohong to go to school in different places. However, when she knew something, she was hesitant to tell Xiaohong. Later, after she knew something, she planned to move out of school. Between good friends and fearful things, her approach will influence the direction of the woman's last story.

Name: Female Ghost 

Backstory: she was a leader of this university. Her grades were very good, and she was among the best. As for everyone, her life was very successful. But this good student had her troubles. In the year she graduated, she falls in love with a boy. After started a relationship with the boy, she found that the boy was just playing with her, not treating her with a serious and responsible attitude. The boy also had an improper relationship with other girls in the school while having a relationship with her. After the girl knew about all the things that happened to her, she jumped from the teaching building and died on the spot. After her death, various rumors and rumors began to spread in the school, and the students began to encounter strange and inexplicable things.

Character relationship & interaction: After she died, she had a deep resentment, so she kept hanging out in school. She accidentally met Xiaohong and her roommate. She found that Chen’s body was very weak, so she often went to their dormitory to find Chen. She began to struggle with B when she entered school. Her life has brought great troubles and changes to the female host.

Secondary characters:

All the secondary characters will only appear on some of the branches of the game; the choice of the Xiaohong will determine whether they appear or not.

Police: The police of Xiangxi, who has worked in the Xiangxi Police Station for many years. He is courageous but very careful; besides, he specializes in handling murder cases. Moreover, he is an atheist.  

Interaction & Relationship: Xiaohong reported the case to the police station,  and the superior leader sent him to investigate the case.

Fortune teller: The fortune teller of the city of Xiaohong, has a certain ability but is not profound. His appearance looks quite powerful, and he wants to fool people between words.

Interaction & Relationship: Xiaohong and Chen met by chance on the street, being fooled by the fortune teller. Fortune teller told them how to avoid ghosts, but they did not know that such a method brought them a tragic ending.

Taoist: He is a very famous Taoist in the city of Xiangxi. He is very good at exorcizing ghosts. Although he looks very embarrassed, his skills are very powerful.

Interaction & Relationship: After Xiaohong chose to ask him to exorcize the ghost, he came to the school and recognized the female ghost who existed in the school for a long time. With his help, Xiaohong is finally saved.

Locations:

Stage 1 (school)：

A strange school where the story begins

XiaoHong and Chen meets here

the architectures of the school are really shabby and aged.

Stage 2 (Dorm)：

Xiaohong and Chen lives in here, beside them, there are two more roommates

The dorm locates at the back of the convocation building 

Years ago, one formal student reported that she saw a shadow of a girl with no face in the washroom at night. 

Stage 3 (Street)：

The street that Xiaohong used to walk by every day

Items used in the story:

There is a ring that Chen(the roommate) always wear, and it will be an important lead as the story developed.

As the story developed, in some plot lines, after the roommate Chen dies, she became the ghost.

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Title: 

The Island

Subtitle: 

Survival Choice 

Sentence Length Short Description:

     Five characters were on a ship and encountered a shipwreck. They came to an uninhabited island. If these five people want to survive on a desert island, they will face many choices and difficulties. The user is the protagonist of the five characters. Through the different choices of the protagonist, these five people will have different endings.

Paragraph Description:

     Five people were on a ship and encountered a shipwreck. They came to an uninhabited island. On this deserted island, they must unite and begin to find ways to survive because no one can come to rescue them.

     Due to the sudden hurricane waves at sea, the unsound boat was knocked over by the waves. When the five people woke up, it was already the morning of the next day. There are no buildings on the island, the sun on the island is particularly glaring. The first person to wake up was the fox, and then he woke up the rabbit, the sheep, the dog, the pig lying on the beach. Only five of them survived from the shipwreck.

     Looking at the bodies on the beach, they began to find ways to survive on the island. The fox proposes to find useful materials in the wreckage of the ship, such as food or every day using materials. The five of them walked to the ship. After searching, they found a lot of clothes, but most of the food has been soaked in seawater, leaving only canned and vacuum-packed compressed food. These foods are only able to sustain their five-day life for five people. Among the five people, there is only one woman(rabbit), and the rest are men. The fox proposes to find some wooden sticks that can be used for tents. because they don't even have a place to sleep. After a long day of hard work, they set up a tent. When night falls, there is no light on the island, it is scary and cold. After a day of hard work, The fox, the rabbit, the sheep, the dog slept very well. At this time, the pig was woken up by a voice, a kind of voice he had never heard before, like a low-pitched voice, also like a whisper by the ear. The pig was scared by this sound for a night, he was afraid that there would be a kind of creatures to attack them when they fell asleep. The next morning, the fox got up early. the pig told him about the sound she heard in the middle of the night. The fox decided not to sleep tonight to find out. The night falls again, the fox and the pig sat on the beach, and they agreed to listen to this strange sound without going to sleep tonight. It may be because of the tiredness of the day, the fox and the pig fell asleep at the same time. The fox suddenly awakened, he heard a strange voice, as pig said a strange sound. The next morning, the fox and the pig told the rabbit, the sheep about this thing. They decided to go to the forest to find this sound. After a discussion, the rabbit, the sheep felt that they should also guard their hard-won food, so they decided to stay where they were. At this time, the protagonist the dog has to make a choice. Does he want to follow the fox and the pig to explore:

     Case 1: Dog decided to follow the fox and the pig to explore, he felt that they should look for some new resources. They went to the depths of the forest. What they thought was different, the depths of the forest were not as terrible as they thought. The forest seemed to have been taken care of. The trees were very lush and arranged very neatly. There are also ornamental flowers in the forest. They realized that they might not be the only living people on the island. They went on and walked through a very crowded path where they saw a castle. They were shocked by the sights in front of them, which looked like a tribe, and there were people outside the gate who were dedicated to the gatekeeper. They look like local people. When they want to leave this place, the standing guards pointed at them with their weapons and asking them to come forward. After searching their body, the food on them was taken away, along with the guardian, they walked into the house. They are aboriginal people who lived on this island. Because they have been met outsiders, they can speak a little English. After some inquiries, they know that these people have lived on this island for many years. After the three people the fox, the pig, and the dog clearly expressed their purpose, the aborigines said they could help them. These three people decided to call the rabbit and the sheep at the seaside to accept the help of the local people. 

     Case 2: The fox and the pig are going to go to the other side of the island to find some resources, they want to explore where the sound is coming from. The fox and the pig ask the dog if he wants to go with them, the dog decides to stay on the beach and wait for rescue with the rabbit and the sheep, the dog, the rabbit, and the sheep are preparing to move in the direction of the ship again, and they are going to find out if there are any resources available. After getting on the boat, they found that there were a lot of tables and chairs in the boat, and the boat looked like they were turned over. They just felt weird and saw the figure standing in the boat. There are nearly 20 aboriginal people standing on the boat. The rabbit and the sheep and the dog were shocked, they were caught up by the aboriginal people. After going through a forest, they saw a castle, and there were people standing outside. Outside the room in the hobby, they saw the pig and the fox. It turned out that after entering the forest, the fox and the pig crossed a bush and they also found the residence of this aboriginal people. 

     In case 1 and case 2: the rabbit, the sheep, the dog, the pig, and the fox five people reunited. They started to live in the castle. After the rabbit and the sheep came to the castle again, they always felt that these indigenous people were somewhat unscrupulous. They always observe them secretly, and there are always Aboriginal people who follow them 24 hours a day. For these problems, the fox and the pig do not care at all, the rabbit and the sheep tell the dog about these problems. In this case, the dog faces both options: 

     Case 1: the dog Choose to go with the sheep and the rabbit, escape the place where the Aboriginal people are stationed, and never come back. They have to go back to the beach and wait for the rescue of the rescue team. 

     Case 2: the dog chooses to stay with the fox and the pig. After they left, the three of them found that the indigenous people were more and more anxious. They were given food that they couldn’t finish every day, and they didn’t let them do anything. They were only responsible for eating and drinking. After half a month, the fox, the pig, and the dog found that they were cannibals and were eaten by people of this nation.

Medium and Platform:

Visual Novel & Choice Driven Game on PC

Genre:

Adventure / Violent

Interactivity: 

     The player starts the comprehend the storyline and keep following the multi-paths we are offering on the PC platform. We would create the background and character illustrations, then to insert the graphics into Renpy (visual novel engine).  

Interaction Design:

     The audience would use mouse manipulations to navigate through the whole story that we created fluently. During the game, there would be multiple times that the player needs to make a decision. For example, there would be small decisions/missions such as eat a mushroom or go hunting for meat that would affect the characters’ state, yet it would not change the path of the storyline. There are a mini-games they need to complete for the missions, which is to use the keyboard (UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT) to control the character to stand upright or squat or jump forward in a steady pace. In addition, there would also be significant decision making for the player that would lead to different paths of the storyline. For instance, the player needs to decide whether go to explore the island or stay near the beach for rescue.

Sound Design:

     Since the genre of our game is the adventure and violent game, we will find relevant sound effects and background music online. At the same time, we will also be associated with the sound effect when the player clicks on the option.

Motivation Design:

     The key to the game is the choices made by the player. The player making different choices will trigger different storylines which can lead to the different outcomes of the game: escape from the desert island or die on the island. Among them, we will design some mission that can affect the speed which the player enters the next level (choices).

Locations Concept Sketches:

1.  Sherwood Forest

2.  The “Lost” Beach

3. The Native people’s Castle

Character Concept Sketches:

Name: Dog

Introduction: 

     A newcomer who has entered the workplace. He had a goal of the struggle and has become a key player in the company. He is a smart and humble person. One of the five people who survived from the shipwreck drifted to an isolated island and lost contact with the outside world. He believes that friendship is very important. He has the ability to analyze and solve problems on its own.

Expertise: 

     Good at analyzing problems and making own choices. Because of his youth and strength, he also has the ability to find food and resources on the island.

Name: Pig

Introduction: 

     He is quiet and timid in this group. He is more dependent on friends and tends to follow the strong. However, his desires and darkness gradually unfolded when it comes to friends and interests.

Expertise: 

     Lazy, like to eat. Smart, he invents many convenient tools to live on the island.

Name: Fox

Introduction: 

     The elite of the old gangster is about 40 years old. He is very self-sufficient, and even after falling to the desert island, he always feels different from others. Is a veritable savvy person, and has established his own team for personal gain.

Expertise:

     Because of his rich experience and management skills, he organized other people well in the early days of the island. Encourage others to find ways to survive. But once he came across the issue of interest he will betray others for his own good. 

Name: Rabbit

Introduction: 

     As the only surviving woman in a shipwreck, she is smart and calm. Face the choice to have her own standards and choices. Because she broke up with her boyfriend, she decided to go out to travel and encountered a shipwreck.

Expertise: 

     Because of the clever and calm personality, there is a better ability to observe. The ability to observe details that others can't see points out the problem, but she is indecisive.

Name: Sheep

Introduction: 

     A student in the engineering department is a young man who has just stepped into the society. He travels with friends and dogs and trusts his friends.

Expertise: 

     Because the profession is an engineer, he can make tools for the invention of pigs. It is the most survivor of the ability to live independently.

Perspective:

     The user would play as a character in the story. We would use the Visual novel style to place the character in our interface.