SeaSide Paranoia
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel
SeaSide Paranoia
——
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel
My Role on the Team
As the Narrative Designer, I was in charge of setting the overall mood for the Artists, Discussing with programmers to implement features in the Plug in Yarn spinner to control different aspects of the Game, drafting different endings for the multiple choices, and finalizing the Script for the Game.
—————————-
This Project was done over 3 months and was Polished over the Fall and Published in December and won an Award for Best Narrative by Gameheads.
My Role on the Team
As the Narrative Designer, I was in charge of setting the overall mood for the Artists, Discussing with programmers to implement features in the Plug in Yarn spinner to control different aspects of the Game, drafting different endings for the multiple choices, and finalizing the Script for the Game.
—————————-
This Project was done over 3 months and was Polished over the Fall and Published in December and won an Award for Best Narrative by Gameheads.
Drafting the script and lessons learned
—————-
When drafting the script for the game, I went into length with one of my teammates on ideas to explore, characters, motivations and how I want the player to feel, the first part I drafted was the beginning of the game and setting the Tone of the game.
—————
When discussing the script with my Mentor, I learned more about how to hold suspense, make sure to keep the story have key moments to shine and lend information to the player.
Drafting the script and lessons learned
—————-
When drafting the script for the game, I went into length with one of my teammates on ideas to explore, characters, motivations and how I want the player to feel, the first part I drafted was the beginning of the game and setting the Tone of the game.
—————
When discussing the script with my Mentor, I learned more about how to hold suspense, make sure to keep the story have key moments to shine and lend information to the player.
Drafting the script and lessons learned
—————-
When drafting the script for the game, I went into length with one of my teammates on ideas to explore, characters, motivations and how I want the player to feel, the first part I drafted was the beginning of the game and setting the Tone of the game.
—————
When discussing the script with my Mentor, I learned more about how to hold suspense, make sure to keep the story have key moments to shine and lend information to the player.
Takeaway
—————-
Making this small game allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and explore topics I haven't before, being able to lead and make sure the creative vision was maintained was an incredible experience and being able to share that with my team was amazing
—————
With my next games, I continue to hope I can explore outside my comfort zone and go deeper with topics and develop my design philosophy as I do.
Takeaway
—————-
Making this small game allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and explore topics I haven't before, being able to lead and make sure the creative vision was maintained was an incredible experience and being able to share that with my team was amazing
—————
With my next games, I continue to hope I can explore outside my comfort zone and go deeper with topics and develop my design philosophy as I do.