2D Game Design - Plot

Plot

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A 17 years old teenage, name Arthur go for visit his grandfather (Valence) on summer vacation. He feel bored because there are countryside and got nothing can do. Arthur want to go out for strolling. Before he leave, his grandfather advice he don’t go in the forest. Arthur did not listen his grandfather’s urge, he still go in the forest. After no longer he go in the forest, he get lost. Suddenly, it start raining while Arthur try to find his way out. He sees an old orphanage not far away. Arthur decide to go there to take shelter from rain and ask the way go out from the forest from the orphanage.

Arthur go in and see, the orphanage is so big, but there no one around. So, he start to search the room to try to find out the people and ask the way out from the forest. Arthur found a women who name Silvia wearing a white robe in a room, he very happy to see someone here. He ask the women the way out from forest, but the women tell him she also doesn’t know the way out. She tell Arthur she is a biologist and he hear here has a very rare species so he came in this forest. Silvia suggest that they can find the way out together. Arthur accepted the suggestion and want to leave this orphanage. In a mean time, something mystery happened. The door of orphanage is lock, there have no way to break the door and windows. They are trapped in the house. So, Arthur has to find out the way to get out from this orphanage and reveal what was happened in this orphanage.

When finding the way out, Arthur find out some mystery fragment that will jump out the memory in his mind when he torch it. They had search out all the floor of the orphanage, but still can’t find the way out. After that, they found a basement door. That is the only place they haven’t search yet, so they decide to go down there. While they are walking down to the basement, Arthur smell a faint of blood smell. At this time, Silvia take out a small knife and want to stab Arthur. There is a man (Ryan) come out and push Arthur before he was stabbed. The man save Arthur and help him run away from Silvia. Arthur has no idea what was happened. The man saved Arthur who name is Ryan. He told Arthur he want to help Arthur get out from this orphanage but Arthur don’t want he help since he feel like he can’t trust all the people in this orphanage anymore.

Arthur want to go himself but Ryan still follow behind him. Suddenly, Arthur hear a very loud foot step sound close to him, he thought that is Silvia but he was wrong. There is a “monster (Caedes)” chasing to him. And again, Ryan had saved him. They run into a room for flee from the “monster”. Arthur has realize that this room is a database room and he try to find out if there have some data about this orphanage and the “monster”. He found out that this house actually is a secret laboratory not an orphanage, and Silvia actually is an experimenter. They know that the “monster” has mystery power so they want to integrator it with human body. They use the “orphanage” name to cheat the people go inside, caught them and use them to do the experiment.

Arthur finally know all about this orphanage, and this make him even more want to escape from here. He suddenly remember Ryan had said want to help him get out from here, so he ask for help from Ryan. Ryan promise to bring he out from the orphanage, but he need Arthur help him to do something first. Arthur also accept for that, because that have nothing worse than trapped in this orphanage.

Ryan bring Arthur go to a room. Before go in, Arthur can smell the blood smell in front of the door. When he open the door, there is all blood and dead body in the room. And there is a girl tied on the wall by iron chain. Arthur go find the tool cut the iron chain and let the girl (Candice) down. After let the girl down, Arthur want to ask Ryan the way out from this orphanage, but Ryan was disappear. Whether how he call Ryan’s name, there has no one answer him. Arthur ask the girl for the name and why she is here. The girl tell Arthur that she lost her memory, she only can remember her name called Candice and she is the one of the subject for the experiment.

Arthur decide to bring up Candice and together find the way out. On the way, Arthur had found all the mystery piece of the fragment. The mystery fragment actually is the memories of Candice. When she torch the fragment and all the memories was back. She tell Arthur if want to go out, they need to let “monster” kill Silvia. Because Silvia use the “monster” to do the experiment, so the “monster” have a grudge against Silvia. The “monster” want to trap Silvia inside here so use the mystery power to lock all the entrance and don’t want to let anyone go out.

Arthur make a trap to let “monster” caught Silvia and kill her. After Silvia die, the “monster” also gradually disappear. All the door was unlock, finally they can go out. But before they go out, Candice tell Arthur she want to go garden of the orphanage before they leave here. There is a grave in the garden and the word “Ryan” carve on it. Candice tell Arthur that Ryan is one of the experimenter, but he feel like the experiment is too cruel, he cannot accept it. He try to bring her run away from the laboratory, but he was failed. The other experimenter caught them back and they kill Ryan and burn his body. So, Candice use a stone and crave Ryan’s name on it as the grave. In a mean time, there is someone walk out from behind the tree. That is Ryan’s soul. Candice and Ryan smile to each other and Ryan gradually disappear. After Ryan disappear, there is a map floating down. Finally, Arthur and Candice follow the map and leave the forest. 

Gameplay

This game controlled via keyboard, and it is play from a top-down perspective. The player move a character through two-dimensional fields, interacting with and examining various object. This game doesn’t has battle scene but player need to solve the puzzle, riddles, overcome the obstacles, monster and trap which will make player  escape from the house. In the game, glass cube are the saving point.

This game will have 3 good endings and 1 bad ending, so total 4 endings depending on the player’s decision during gameplay. Player will get the different ending according the different choice.

There will have 3 chapter in the game. In chapter 1, player need to find solve the riddles and puzzle to find out a key to open the locked room in floor 1 and find a path to floor 2.

In chapter 2, puzzle will become harder and player need to solve the puzzle and find out the key to open the basement door.

In chapter 3, player need to escape from the monster and enemy. And also player need to find out how the way to get out from the orphanage.

After clear the game, player still can play it again from the beginning and choose the different choice try to get all the ending.