Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc – Ethan Huang

Mood Boards

Board #1

Words

  • Bright
  • Light-hearted
  • Cute?
  • Paper-like
  • Time

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Images

Board #2

Words

  • Gloomy
  • Darker
  • Classy
  • Slow
  • Quiet

Colors

Images

Board #3

Words

  • Destruction
  • Fear
  • Pollution
  • Gross
  • Sad

Colors

Images

Board #4

Words

  • Cyberpunk
  • Clean
  • Futuristic
  • Uncertainty
  • Ascend

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Playlist

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Potential Directions

Game #1

Pet villain arc game set in dark, polluted steam punk setting. As a steam-powered cat kicked to the streets in a world devastated by human pollution, you seek revenge on your neglectful owners. This can be a 2D puzzle game where you, as the cat, interact with the environment to solve levels (similar to Baba is You) and work your way back to your owners. You are limited by the amount of steam in you and gather new steam powered tools along the way. You ultimately find your owners and…

Game #2

Cyberpunk themed 2D platformer where you, as a lowly office worker, work your way through the Tower of Technology TM. Your goal is to steal/learn the tech secret of each floor (brain-computer interfaces, bionic modifications, hacking, etc.) to ultimately confront your CEO to grant you granola bars in the lounge. Each floor will have a main puzzle related to the tech secret to solve. For example, the hacking might be a maze of doors that you have to unlock by hacking.

Game #3

Brighter steampunk 2D platformer centered around rapidly advancing technology. You, as someone who was frozen in time for decades, wakes up to airships as far as the eye can see. The world starts off black and white, where you have no understanding of what’s going on around you. You must explore each level, talk to people, and learn about the new technologies of the world. As you learn more, the world becomes brighter and more colored, and you piece together the history of everything you missed. Your ultimate goal is to document all this history and become a historian in a world that no longer cares. But then, you wake up, realize it’s a dream, and return to a world in black and white.

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