Just one of those days..

We finally have our headings for our design document! These are below, along with Character biographies.

Overview

·      Key Points

·      Goals     

·      Unique Selling point

Gameplay

·      How the game is played

·      HUD

·      Evidence

·      Narrative based

Narrative

·      Overview of whole narrative

·      Tutorial narrative

·      Different endings

·      Use of Dreams and evidence

Characters

·      Jason

·      Susan

·      Lily

·      Shaun

·      Cult members

·      The Kasumi Family

Locations and Environments

·      The opening house

·      The Kasumi Family home

·      Your office

·      Flashbacks and dreams

Experience

·      Use of colour in the game

Impact the player has on the game as a whole 

Character Biographies 

Characters

Jason (playable character)

Jason is a 35 year old detective. He has short black hair, and has a very scruffy face, covered in stubble. He lives alone in a small apartment, after going through a tough divorce. Before, he was living with his wife Susan and daughter Lily. He is able to see his daughter at the weekends and barely see’s his ex wife at all. Although his life seems pathetic, Jason refuses to show it. In or out of his job he continues to work on his personal appearance, wearing neat expensive suits he knows he can barely afford to keep clean and pretends his life is perfect. He is however in secret suffering from deep depression. He is always happy to help the surrounding world he cares about, which is why he joined the Osaka Police Force, working his way up the ladder to a detective, working alongside his new partner Shaun.

Shaun (sidekick/helper)

Shaun is Jason fellow detective and best friend. He is 37. He joined the OPF (Osaka Police Force) at 25, during his first year as a police officer he stopped a bank robbery. In the process, he was attacked by a knife armed robber and earned a scar across his lip. He became quite a celebrity after that. The injury he gained made him think about his future. This is when he decided to become a detective. As the job he eventually acquired, he threw away all the police officer fame and became a button torn, scruffy haired casual person. His charismatic personality never left him though. Unexpected events lead Jason into his midst, making him his partner. Shaun welcomed him with open arms and they have been best friends ever since. Jason being 2 years younger than Shaun, he treated Jason like a little brother.

Susan

Susan is Jason’s ex wife. She is two years younger than Jason at the age of 33. She has medium length dark brown hair that she always has tied back into a bun. She always dresses smartly, to constantly look presentable. During the early years of her marriage she was always happy. However, due to recent events regarding her divorce with Jason she has recently become more protective and paranoid with Jason, as well as herself. Despite everything she still cares for him. She is now always on edge, but can’t give it away too much to avoid worrying her daughter Lily.

  

Lily

Lily is Jason and Susan’s 7 year old daughter. She has short brown hair like her mother and wears a black band across her head. She always dresses in pretty dresses, which her mum treats her to, when she has done well at school and helping at home. She is caught up in the middle of their divorce and is not given the opportunity to speak out for herself. She denies that her dream of a happy family has gone, and continues to try and keep her mums spirit up by always smiling and enjoying herself. In school, everyone is aware of what her parents are going through and bully her for it. Coming home with new bruises on her face nearly every day, her paranoid mother has been forced to keep moving schools. Not having a lot of money she can’t afford private schools for Lily, so she has to make do with public schools. Despite all the hardships, Lily still remains in denial of a life of sadness and pain, which she believe her mother is going through, even though she denies to admit it, because she reckons Lily is too young to fully understand. One of her best days in her week is going to see her dad at the weekend. Although Susan isn’t always too keen seeing Jason, she has to keep up appearances for Lily’s sake.

OK, So we have all of our headings for our design document, and all the art has been decided. Now I just have to do it. Easier said than done, but after 3 attempts here is the sketch outline for Jason.

This is the final study for Jason, which we will use on his biography page.

Here is Susans image for the design document.

This is Lilys picture for her page.

And finally, the one that was the most annoying to get right, Shaun.