Video Game Design

Somber in Melbury

Somber in Melbury is a game about a character that deals with teen violence and abuse. Your character is in charge of helping the victim out. The game type is adventure because you have to look around the town to find clues to help you figure out the main problem. The sub-genre is text adventure because you interact with your character and choose what to do next. It expresses the topic of building a better world by helping a friend that is a teen that has abusive parents but you don't know and you have to figure out what is going on with your friend.

Main Quest Story Line

Your character must find clues from throughout the town of Melbury to find out what is going on with your friend who is not acting normal. The main quest being that you need to help your friend before the time runs out.

Gameplay Screen

The camera angle changes often, while in the main town area, like the streets and so on. But depending on location, the camera will change to a more detailed and dynamic angle.

Mood Board

The mood board includes thing for other games that have given inspiration to our characters in the game. It also shows the pine trees and a small town to give an idea of how the town will end up looking.

Main Character

The main character is a choice of either a male or female character. The job of your character is to save your friend from the main problem of teen abuse and violence.

Villain

The villains are the mother and the father of the victim which they try to stop you from helping out the victim.

Setting

The setting of our game is a small town called Melbury. The town is surrounded by pine trees making it a quiet isolated town. The town makes up of few houses, Melbury schools and smalls stores. Other things around the town are used to help out your character for finding clues or getting resources.

Inventory

The classic inventory of a teen... A phone, money to buy items including food which is the third inventory slot to keep your energy levels up.

Skills

The characters don't have any special skills. They just need to be able to find clues and help around the town to complete quests and to finish the game.

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