Concepts Continued

Below are some shots of my progress with inserting the Hammer as the chosen weapon

Concepts Continued

I will take several shots of one place, then photoshop in the evidence on each shot, I will then fade one over the over so that it appears that the player is walking towards the evidence.

Concepts Continued

I have edited the images and placed some blood on a leaf, my overall idea is to edit the images and place in evidence with photoshop. I also created a scanner to go over the top of the image and scan the area for evidence, this will be as if the player is scanning it themselves. Also there is a keyword which the player will have to make a note of to be able to solve the mystery.

Beginning Concept

I went to NUCA courtyard and took some photos for the idea, I liked these images so decided that I may use them in my final piece, I am not sure how it will flow of look yet but I will probably make the images short movies with slight animation in them to add more to the novel.

Ideas Generation Continued

I then thought of creating a google map style novel where you pick particular places in the country and look at them but there would be a particular that would alter the building/image, a Twisted Version of google maps. I liked this idea but due to time constraints was not sure if I could travel or find the right images to use.

I then had another idea and went with the following choice, I decided to create a small murder mystery game based around NUCA since this is where I study. It would be based around the google map idea but in a smaller location, essentially I will take photos and videos of the NUCA courtyard and then manipulate the images to represent that a murder has happened. The viewers role will be a detective come to find enough evidence to convict the suspect therefore adding the interactivity.

Ideas Generation

Having created the game idea in a previous project I was tempted to create a 2D novel based around the characters and game Droplets, however I felt that this was an opportunity to add some different development work to my portfolio so decided against this.

I began to think of some different ideas, my second idea was to follow a character through environments and have a choice half way through as to do a particular action or not. I thought of following a Sniper and whether or not they should take the shot at a particular point. i liked this idea and began some rough ideas and research into how I would partake this idea. However after some thought I decided against this idea.

I then thought of creating a google map style novel where you pick particular places in the country and look at them but there would be a particular that would alter the building/image, a Twisted Version of google maps. I liked this idea but due to time constraints was not sure if I could travel or find the right images to use.

I then had another idea and went with the following choice, I decided to create a small murder mystery game based around NUCA since this is where I study. It would be based around the google map idea but in a smaller location, essentially I will take photos and videos of the NUCA courtyard and then manipulate the images to represent that a murder has happened. The viewers role will be a detective come to find enough evidence to convict the suspect therefore adding the interactivity.

Brief

In this part of the project we have been asked to either make a 2d interactive novel or if we chose to do 3D as our main role in the gaming industry then a character, vehicle or environment for use in an available game engine.

As I have chosen to do 2D as my main role I shall be creating a 2D Interactive Novel alongside creating the website and portfolio.