Brief Game Concept

A brief game concept document – “The Apple that Bites”

You can use this to fill out your brief ideas for a game concept. It should contain the following sections

Introduction

(Brief introduction to game concept) What is the game about? how does it start? The dark side of Snow White in a gothic theme. When Snow finally marries her prince, there is tragic as he suddenly dies, with an apple in his hand. Left in shock she stays in the unkempt castle they lived in – In the dark. When a letter arrives from someone unknown, it says the Queen is back. It all comes back to Snow, she starts to put stuff together and so thinks that the Queen killed off her husband and so seeks revenge. Only the Queen is not who she use to be, coming back from the dead caused memory loss and so wants to live a peaceful life.

Background

A brief synopsis of the game. Based around the story - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this is just a more gothic and gruesome side and more of a carry on in a sense. This is a challenge to get Snow to the Queen and get her revenge.

Description

A summarized description of what happens in the game. How do you get from start to finish? This is were the character needs to find out where the Queen is to seek her revenge. There are things as health points that can be water, and her stamina needs boosting when she has been fighting for a long period of time – Which is fruit. There are weapons you can find or steal from your enemies, which you can upgrade by finding parts in the woods to attach to your weapons. There will also be villages to go through to find maps, which will lead you to your next level, this is where you can also buy weapons and upgrade them easier. (This will be more expensive) You get money by killing enemies or going through bushes. At the village you can also customize your character into an outfit of choice, there and also people to talk to, to find information or to have a general chat.

The game starts off easy so you get use to the game and how the character works. Once you have hit your first village and found your first map, things will get harder.

The whole surroundings are mainly based in dark and damp woods, this is where you get all your enemies and bosses. You can return to the characters castle for a free run to find helpful objects around the grounds or in the building. You also run into different villages to find information. You can either find people who are with you or against you.

The goal of the game is to get information and more maps to get to the Queen and get the characters revenge.

Key features

What are the game components. What type of game is it? What is the game perspective? What are the goals/rewards? Any unusual features or selling points? There are maps to collect and enemies to defeat which can get difficult if you don’t upgrade your weapons. There are dangers and puzzles that is inspired by Alice Madness Returns.

This game features both 2D and 3D which gives you a better view for the characters surrounds, making it more life like in action and non action.

Genre

What genre does this game belong to? i.e. Platform, Arcade, Action, RPG, simulation, strategy, god simulation. It’s an action-adventure and platform.

Platform(s)

What platforms will it run on. Is it a console game, a PC/Mac game, a mobile title? It will run on Playstation 3, X Box 360 and PC/Mac.