11 Jan XB3002

Exploring my 3 ideas further - Thinking about narrative, characters and gameplay.

1.       Dawn could bring something back to earth that starts either a widespread virus, causing zombies or mutations or perhaps the other way, causing us all to evolve into smarter beings, causing people to be able to get better at anything they want, or to create robots. Narrative- The game could start with an animation showing the Dawn craft either picking up strange signals which causes a team to go check it out or the Dawn could be shown coming back to NASA with a strange substance on it that could start the virus, maybe if used correctly or used for just rich people as it’s an expensive material it could be used to make people excel at any chosen subject, but misused it could mutate people or the poor end up rising up against the rich with this substance, in a Demolition Man style world.

Gameplay- A third person style game where you can upgrade sections would suit. Use the substance as currency or use it yourself, the more you use, the more powerful, the less you use, the better equipment, weapons and armor you have. Or a survival I Am Legend style game as Dawn brought back a virus that wiped out some and mutated others. Characters- Choose a man or woman, learning more about the incident or leave the world to just be what it is and learn more about the character throughout the game? Start out knowing nothing?

2.       Dawn could bring back a stowaway alien. Then it could either be evil and could either take over human forms or it could spawn more or maybe it could be harmless but funny, like Roger from American Dad, or an ET/Super 8 like story? Narrative- A team of a guy and an alien go about solving crimes in a near future world, maybe him being an alien is a secret but it helps to solve the murders? Possibly some humour? A bit MIB.

Characters- A male detective and an alien detective. A made up futuristic organization that uses aliens as partners for all their detectives, very secretive? Or the FBI and he’s the only alien detective, he and the FBI know but the public doesn’t. Gameplay- Detective work, not too futuristic, the alien helps by seeing things through its vision, maybe you can choose at the start who to play as, if you are human, you can ask him to use his powers? If alien, buttons activate powers, co op would also be good here.

3.       Dawn could document alien life on the planet and send the information back causing a manned ship to go to the planet to check it out- This could lead to a horror game. Or maybe a light hearted game with a story more like Planet 51. Narrative- check out what seems like a desolate planet but maybe it’s more like a survival and the planet is like the film Pitch Black. The gameplay being, when it goes dark maybe you have to make sure you’re inside somewhere, where you aren’t safe but safer than being outside? Or you are outside the whole time and you have to do things to avoid/fight the creatures. If its light hearted, the people could go check it out to find it is very similar to our world and they are harmless but frightened of us? This one could be humorous.

Characters- A team of astronauts, you play as one of them. Gameplay- If the horror, the weapons could be found objects or items that have other uses like in Dead Space or they could be more military like and have proper weapons? Stealth would play a large part. Using the darkness to your advantage would also work. If the light hearted one then maybe the whole point is to get back home? Maybe you crash landed? Maybe some of the aliens are hostile and you do have to fight them with the help of the first nice alien/s that found you?