Video Game Narrative

After much thought, I have decided to develop a game which focused first person narrative. So why I chose this genre you might ask? I have always been interested in making a game which is able to immerse the players into the game world as well as able to create an emotional story to compliment it. 

My game will be called ‘Echoes Of Life’. It will heavily rely on visual and sound to tell a personal and emotional story of a character’s life. The game itself will be taking place in that character’s mind when he is facing a near-death experience.

The game started off with a 42 years old guy named Tom as he is walking down the street and suddenly he got held up by a mugger with a gun. His whole life flashes before his eyes as he went through a near-death experience during that incident. All the key moments of his life will be fleshed out in each of the different surreal rooms leading up to his final moment.

From here on, A world hub will be provided to the players where all the doors are laid out along the street waiting to be unlocked. The player will progress through the door to enter a location where an important moment of that character’s life happened. Player will start interacting with specific objects provided in the gameplay environment. Each object adds a layer of narration about the character’s life by having a monologue. It can also be a specific dialogue and SFX being played in the background, like an echo of the past. Once the player finishes finding all the required items in one area, the memory of that place will be completed. Thus, the other door along the street will unlock and you can proceed to another area.

 Also, I already have a voice actor ready to voice the main character for the game. I will be writing and refining the monologue script for the 2 levels which I intend to show the gameplay itself.  

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