Okay
After creating mind maps and searching for inspiration, I have an idea of what i'll be creating.
Game synopsis:
Okay is a story of a girl
called Kay who lives in a carnival halloween-esque world of the dead that has
been thrown into a dystopian scrapyard state where the residents fear for their
safety and are under strict watch by the government. Kay reaches a certain age
and has to take on responsibilities of killing evil spirits that exist like
pests outside of the city, but slowly one by one the city is being overcome by
darkness and the creatures of the city are being consumed by an unknown evil
and Kay takes it upon herself to find out the source of the real evil and put
an end to it. The somewhat harmless pests were tampered with genetically and
they begin to work like parasites finding hosts and using bodies as a shell to
exist in, turning the city on eachother. Kay is the last hope for the city as a
quarantine takes hold. She escapes and sets out to destroy the source of the
evil with her companion, a broken robot created to patrol the city that she had
fixed from a pile of rubble.
Initial Idea:
My trailer and game idea is
aimed at children to early teens (10-16) but with design and themes that are
nostalgic to older gamers and include witty dialogue that older audiences
will fully understand much like many point and click games such as Sam &
Max, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island and Simon the Sorcerer. I will be giving the
teaser a Halloween, day of the dead and carnival-esque feel that is suitable
for teens without making it too horrific but I also would ideally make the
viewer feel uneasy through the use of disorientating camera angles. I won't be
using any dialogue as I want the teaser to be minimal, leave the viewer asking
questions.
I had originally
intended for the protagonist to be a young pumpkin headed boy but decided on a
female protagonist as there seems to be only a few of them within the video games, and even then most of those are over sexualized and essentially game
companies tend to only think of their target audience as men. I'd like for a
younger audience to be inspired by the character as she is very self-aware, independent and adventurous without having a hugely
tormented past. Her companion doesn't work as a necessary strength to save her
but instead provides insightful assistance as Kay may be too head on and want
to run into trouble. I decided on the final idea of a scruffy looking girl. Concepts for the scene below:
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