Pitch : When Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney meet Love, death & robot.

Synopsis : From the Caribbean to the Russian steppes; from the 15th century to the 1980s; follow seven artist’s destinies as they create their work.

 To illustrate my game concept, I decided to create the narrative documents for one level, the sixth, on the art of performing. I focused this level on classical dance, one of the practices reflecting this art. So first I wrote a scenario in three acts describing the story of the level, the first act being the introduction, the second what the player will experience, and the conclusion with the third. 

I then wrote two cutscenes that would contain the level, the introductory one and the final one.

The inspirations to be unlocked to access the end mini-game had to make sense to imagine the level. So I set about writing a ballet to have the different scenes that would be in the work that Anastasia has to choreograph to turn some of them into a puzzle scattered throughout the level.

My different inspirations are presented with the story, the idea being to write a ballet inspired by the romantics of the second part of the 19th century, notably Tchaikovsky.

I've continued the development of the level with what amounts to a level design document where I present my research and show in more depth how I built the ballet.

I also detail the choice of previously written scenes that will lead to inspirations in the level and how to solve the puzzles that unlock them.

Finally I present the ending mini-game with all the chosen dance steps and how to play them.

Finally, I made the level in Twine to continue to try my hand at writing situations and dialogue.

Here you can see the structure that was built more by area, like the forest on the left and the lake below, and on the right the discussion with Mikhail.

Here is the result of the structure, it's up to you!

To present my game, I have created a High concept document that goes over all the global aspects of the game.

If you want to see more about this project, here is a link to the production part.