My final project at university has finally arrived and i decided i would re-visit one of my favourite ideas from the past, which was my end of year two project. This game idea followed the journey of a recently dumped girl called Serenity whose former boyfriend decides to take over the world. The story was a little bare last year though as i focused more on costume and character design so i decided i would revamp the story a little bit:
'In a top secret lab four of the most intelligent scientists are examining a white, wispy mass that was discovered whilst in space and brought back to Earth. The science team soon discover that the unidentified object has amazing natural properties and holds the secrets behind the universe and life itself, they call the white mass 'Eden'. Through extensive experimentation the team realised that Eden can create invulnerability, immortality and immense power which the team try to harness with little success and the project is due to be passed onto other experts. However one of these scientists, James, a narcissist, refuses to allow Eden to be passed onto another team and keeps trying to harness its power and eventually he is successful. Realising the amount of sheer power at his fingertips he decides to break off his ties with his girlfriend, Serenity, another of the scientists working on the project, so that he won't have to share the power.
Serenity is distraught at the news and attempts to change his mind by following him back to the lab and trying to talk things over. Once at the lab she realises what James is planning and attempts to talk him out of it which doesn't work and instead irritates him. He harnesses the power of Eden and fuses with it, giving him the powers of a god. He lashes out at Serenity, knocking her unconscious and almost killing her. He then decides that the world is an ugly place with so much potential, and decides to destroy it and create a new world in his new image. When Serenity regains consciousness and discovers James' plans she vows vengeance on him, not only for planning on destroying the world but also for breaking her heart. Although James doesn't see her as much of a threat, he decides to enlist some guardians to help him destroy the world and stop Serenity should she try to interfere. To stop James from fulfilling his intentions Serenity must defeat each of James' guardians who consist of former friends, lovers and family.'
I think this story has a lot more substance than last years and is hopefully more interesting to potential players. It also sets the game up like some of my favourite older games like Crash Bandicoot where you have to face a series of bosses before reaching the final boss.
Now that i had my story i had to decide on how to present my work. I thought that since this was my last project i should do something fun that i'd enjoy and i looked back on past projects to see which i enjoyed the most. I remembered how much fun armature building was at my end of year one assignment and i decided to make models of my characters. I drew out my characters then worked out where joints would need to go etc, however this all proved to be a huge waste of time as trying to schedule appointments with the armature instructor was near impossible so i abandoned this idea.
With my plans dashed i felt very unmotivated and didn't know which direction to take my project in, a few weeks went by and i eventually decided to just do digital painting instead, something i hadn't particularly wanted to do since it wouldn't be as impressive as armatures. However, once i got started i started having a lot of fun and found the motivation to get the work done. The next few posts will show my progress, along with character biographies and finished pieces. Enjoy!
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