Game Log 3

IMAGINE PHASE

Overall process and new game idea

Based on the feedback we received last week we have spent today working on our game idea hence we did not feel that our concept and game idea was ready to be tested. We have decided to scope down and focus on creating a single game level, while still preserving the portal world concept.

Concept

The idea now is that the player starts in the world of Modern Breakthrough, where they discover a plant that refuses to grow. Then, a riddle appears, pointing them toward a house with light coming from one of the rooms. Entering the room transports the player into the world of Romanticism - a realm of beauty and illusion. There, they are drawn to a beam of sunlight and decide to bring it back, believing it will help the plant thrive. Initially, it seems to work. But over time, the player uncovers a deeper truth: nothing from the Romanticism world is real. Its light is only an illusion, and cannot nurture real growth.

The player returns to the Romanticism world and suddenly it is clear that this world is not as polished as it first appeared to be. Here it is also grey and “sad” sometimes. A new riddle appears which leads the player back to the Modern Breakthrough world and a vague beam of sunlight can be seen. *Something is used to brush clouds away or something* and it is clear that the player can only use what is available in the “real” world.

Play/game elements

Riddle 1:

The field is gray, the earth is cold,
nothing will sprout, nothing takes hold.
Catch a spark and bring it near,
so life may bloom and reappear.

Riddle 2:

The painted sun begins to peel,
Its warmth is a whisper, never real.
What glows in dreams won’t warm the ground — no roots will grow where lies are found
The roots you seek won’t grow in air
Find the light that’s truly there.  Seek now the sun behind the gray, and clear the clouds that block its way.

Element to use sunlight in the Modern Breakthrough world
We are still deciding on this

Methods

Citizen Experience Mapping: 

Rough Mockup:

Feedback - Play test 
TBA
We are planning on testing our game as soon as possible and we will post the feedback here in the gamelog afterwards.