Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Goblin's
quest
Platform: PC
Engine: Story Stylus
Team Size: 1
Duration: 3 weeks
At the end of my first semester of the Game Level Design program at Sheridan College, I worked individually on a Point and Click Adventure game in Story Stylus, playable from the Story Worlds application. I hand drew all the art for the game and wrote the story. Additionally, I scripted all gameplay and story events in Story Stylus, which uses a Lua based programming language.
In regards to story, my biggest limitations resulted from choosing to hand draw all art for the game. This restricted some story as additional story would require more assets to be drawn. I wanted to make sure all scenes were full of mouse hover descriptions and opportunities to expand upon the strange world I created, so I kept the number of exploration areas small at ten.
STORY
SUMMARY
The player character, Mira, encounters a troubled Rutherford who sets her on a quest for his stolen Jar of Worms located in an evil gnome's lab. The lab is guarded by two ogre brother's, Ap and Zuk, inspired by my huskies, who will let the player into the lab if given Slug Jam. The player must gather various ingredients to make the jam, trading with eclectic towns people and two bathing Bullywugs.
Player Avatar: Mira
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Quest Giver: Rutherford
MAIN QUEST FLOW
WORLD MAP
LOCATIONS
1 - TOWN
2 - ALCHEMY SHOP
3 - GENERAL STORE
RUTHERFORD'S TOWN
After encountering Rutherford, the player follows Rutherford to his town, a quaint lakeside area with large mushrooms and jagged cliffs. The town is home to Verma, a kind, overly romantic alchemy shopkeeper and Blubshnark, an odd creature that owns the General Store.
4 - CROSSROADS
5 - CHASM
6 - BULLYWUGS
7 - PORTA POTTY
BULLYWUG MANOR
Here the player first comes across Hoglash and Quafdor, your friendly Underdark Bullywugs...maybe too friendly. The pair speaks as though they are always lying, but to the contrary, they are always telling the truth. For instance:
"We can definitely give you a slug, absolutely, pinky swear"
8 - AP & ZUK
9 - GNOME'S LAB
10 - RUTHERFORD'S
MISSION
OCCUPADO
This is a small side mission I added to the game as an additional assignment. The player makes awful eye contact through a small crack in the wooden porta potty with a Bullywug named Barto. Barto asks the player to get him some toilet paper to slide under the door. If the player obliges, Barto is grateful and invites the player to a secret, evil cultist gathering at a hidden location. If the player is too rude to help the poor frog man, Barto curses the player and will later ambush the player introducing them to his evil cult.
Unfortunately, the cultist meeting/ambush was unable to make it into the game due to a time constraint. The conversation and toilet paper were able to make it in, however.
IN-GAME SAMPLE WRITING
