Gauging interest in design - WAKE: Evolution through Extinction

Tim Sibiski · 2013-02-13T18:43:16

Hi there, everyone! I wanted to gauge any interest, design ideas, compliments or criticism, that people might have about this story and design for WAKE. I have delete the story in this post to make this post shorter and easier to read. To read the story about WAKE, please visit this link: WAKE Storyline If I were to describe WAKE in one sentence of descriptors, it would be: Mass Effect meets I Am Legend meets Singularity (Video Game) meets Life After People (History Channel Show). Here is a the demo's play-out. I hope this gives a good idea of how the game progresses, and the story too. WAKE: Evolution through Extinction Scene 1 (INTRO) Characters: Assumed to be “ThePlayer", Duffy, and Ziggy in every scene, until otherwise noted. Items of Interest (IOI): Journal Puzzles: NoneHidden Object Games (HOG):None Goal: -The player meets Ziggy and Duffy after waking from hyper-sleep. Possible actions: -Player can collect IOI journal -Player can continue onto the next section Notes: -A journal can be collected next to a skeleton in a broken hyper-space pod. The journal reads: “Something is trying to break in: I’ve got no clue what it is. The door seems sturdy enough, but there’s no food or water in here. I’m trapped, and the only way out seems to be to sleep through this nightmare. The sign on the wall says ‘stasis’, and there are a couple people in these pods. It all seems remarkably straightforward, but I still pray that I am calibrating my pod correctly. I don’t want to die. Scene 2 (“Letting it all sink in”) Items of Interest (IOI): Yes– via HOG Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games (HOG): Yes Goal: -Leave the hyper-stasis room and see what the outside world has become. Possible actions: -HOG -Player can talk to Ziggy and Duffy to learn more about them and what they have seen on Earth so far -Player can continue to the next section once specific items have been collected that will aid in exploration Notes: - HOG, where the player collects various objects from a scene that has alien tools and devices from the expedition team. The expedition team has collected some trinkets, odds, and ends, that they have stored here that adds to the scene Scene 3 (“Had to see it with my own two eyes”) Items of Interest (IOI): Time Capsule via HOG Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games (HOG): Yes Goal: -Rummage through the debris and pick up the time capsule, before proceeding. Possible actions: -HOG -After time capsule is recovered during HOG, player can proceed to the next area Notes: -The HOG has several items that appear to have recently fallen out of a busted time capsule. The player must find a vial with a note, among other items (including a cell phone), before proceeding. The note reads; “Hello from Westfall Elementary class of 2024. We are excited to leave for you a few original drawings and writings from our students, and a small stash of our time’s precious technology. It is our hope that the creativity of our class will inspire whoever should find this, and that the technology will leave you in awe of the progress of mankind. The world you see before you now is thanks, in no small part, to the students of 2024.” Duffy expresses interest in the phone, telling you to hold on to it. It will offer a vital interface with human technology that may be encountered. He uses his scanner to reprogram and configure the phone and hands it back to the player. Scene 4 (“Put a fork in it”) *Area splits into three paths; easy, medium, and hard. The Demo has a set path* Items of Interest (IOI): No Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games (HOG): No Goal: -Choose a path; easy, medium, or hard. In the demo, the player will be taking the medium route (streets). Possible actions to achieve goal: -Player can proceed to the next area Notes: -None Scene 5 (“Paleontology is not my strong suit”) *Area is a HUB for several side locations that are of importance in completing the puzzle in this scene* Items of Interest (IOI): Yes Puzzles: Yes Hidden Object Games: No Goal: -The incomplete skeleton of some massive creature lies in a bed of wires. Somehow, the wires are still electrified. That mystery is secondary to finding a way to cross. To complete the puzzle, the player must complete the skeleton to crawl over it and reach the other side of the electrified ground. Possible actions to achieve goal: -Proceed to side-scenes where bones can be collected to complete the skeleton -Player can explore a derelict combat tank, and a makeshift shelter for refugees -Player can proceed to the next area when the skeleton is complete Notes: -The pieces of the skeleton must be found. Using a multi-purpose device of Duffy’s the player can attach magnets to these pieces and place them into the skeleton from a safe distance. With all of the pieces collected and attached, the player can cross the electrified bed and reach the other side. -The IOI’s in this scene are bones hidden within the landscape Scene4a (“Tanks for the memories”) Items of Interest (IOI): Yes Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games: Yes Goal: -The tank hatch is sealed, but unlocked. The player must open the top and look inside. The light shines in, revealing an array of items. The player must find the bones in this section, and return to Scene 4. Possible actions to achieve goal: -Player can examine the national emblem on the tank by clearing mold and dirt -Player can engage in HOG -Player can return to Scene 4 Notes: -One IOI is the emblem on the tank. When the player cleans it off, they discover that the tank has the flag of Britain on it. Yet, the marquee in Scene 4b states that this location is in America. -The other IOI’s in this scene are several bones hidden in the tank or the landscape outside of the tank. Scene 4b (“Help never came”) Items of Interest (IOI): Yes Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games: Yes Goal: -Find bones in refugee structure via the HOG and landscape around it. Then return to Scene 4. Possible actions: -Player can interact with an IOI, which is a marquee that has fallen from a wall, and lies on the floor. -Player can interact with an IOI, which is a message scrawled on the wall of the shelter. -Player can search the scene for additional bones -Player can engage in HOG to discover more bones -Player can return to Scene 4 Notes: -One IOI is an old marquee lying on the ground. A message is faintly burned into the marquee from prolonged use. It reads, “Breaking News: Chaos as”. With the message cut off, Duffy tells the player that he can use the repurposed cell phone to wirelessly interface with the device. The phone can use this interface to translate the data stored into the text that once flashed on this marquee screen. It reads, “Breaking News: Chaos as the government of our United States has officially dissolves into a state of martial law. All remaining citizens are advised to flee high density population areas.” -Another IOI is a message scrawled on the wall; “Jen Barrister (Heart + “4ever”) Desmond. I have to get the children to safety. Find us. You know how to follow the bread crumbs. Remember, I love you! -The other IOI’s in this scene are several bones hidden the HOG and shop =========================================================== **With all pieces of the skeleton found, the player can arrange them to complete the skeleton and continue on** ============================================================ Scene 5 (“Let there be light”) Items of Interest (IOI): Yes Puzzles: Yes Hidden Object Games: Yes Goal: -A large metal door is blocking your progress. The player must find a way around it to continue. Possible actions: -Player can interact with several solar panels -Player can interact with a tin roof that casts a shadow over the solar panels -Player can interact with an old, but seemingly functional generator near the large door -Player can proceed to a side-area (Scene 5a) -Player can formulate a solution to the puzzle, which would open the door and allow the player to continue on in their search for answers Notes: -The player can choose several interactions with each solar panel. Only one does anything that helps the player solve the puzzle, which is cleaning the solar panels off. -The player will only receive a message when interacting with the tin roof. “This roof looks thin, but too sturdy to pull down. It’s casting a shadow over these solar panels.” The player, remembering the all-purpose tool of Duffy’s, may note that the tool shot the magnets out at a reasonable velocity. The player can talk to Duffy about this tool, and discuss the velocity of the magnets. This will lead the player to being able to ask if the tool could punch holes through the tin roof covering the solar panels. Duffy will allow the player to use the tool to punch holes in the roof, allowing rays of light to fall on the solar panels. This will allow the solar panels to charge the generator. The generator powers up, but does not seem to open the door. Duffy notices that a connector is a converter is busted at the base of the generator. A new converter can be found in the nearby HOG. With this converter, the door can be opened. The generator needs to be interfaced with, via the phone that the player is carrying. With the door open, the player can proceed into the building. Scene 5 (“Desmond’s Pawn Shop”) Items of Interest (IOI): Yes Puzzles: No Hidden Object Games: Yes Goal: -Explore this scene for anything of interest. Possible actions: -The player can explore this shop -The player can interact with various items -The player can interact with a Painting to get a clue -The player can explore a HOG in this scene to receive a critical item (converter) -The player can return to Scene 5 Notes: -An IOI can be found in the HOG in this scene (converter). -The painting is an IOI that, when interacted with, shows that the artist is “Jennifer Barrister”. The player can also flip the painting around for a message that reads; “I knew you’d come looking for answers here first, in your shop. Find the place where the two lines converge. The place we parted every morning and reunited every evening. There lies a room with a key pad lock. The code is simple, but only you could know it. Remember what you said to me when you decided to open the shop here in Astoria? You said, “Location, location, location.” Turn the painting back when you are done. I don’t want someone… or something following you. END OF DEMO So - do you like it? Let me know if you'd like additional information, or what you think about the potential of a project like this! I am open to anything, be it interest in helping, or just thoughts and opinions. PM me or reply in this thread. Thanks!

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February 12, 2013 08:24 PM

Ok, I've edited the original post so that, after the synopsis, a detailed representation of all the scenes in the demo is displayed. I hope you guys like it. All advice or interest is very welcome. Thanks!