Synopsis: You are a BJD who gains sentience. You remember your owner painstakingly sculpting you, spending hours scraping at your body to perfect you, braiding your hair. When you gained sentience, your hair fell out, and you are determined to discover who you are without the influence of your owner. Media Inspirations: Why this idea?…
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Prototype 2: Childhood Doll Braiding
Synopsis: You’re a child who plays and braids her doll’s hair while your mum is in the salon. Something significant is happening within your family. You don’t understand why they are so secretive around you. Listen to the adults’ conversations and try to make meaning of them without bothering them. Media Inspirations: Why this idea?…
Prototype 1: Untitled Salon ‘Simulator’
Synopsis: You begin as a young woman visiting your childhood salon to get your hair braided. The last time you came here was before Auntie Jo passed away. Through your aunties, you find out that the doll she made for you (as a present) is still somewhere here in the salon. Will you take the…
Game Review: Toca Boca Salon 4
Toca Boca is a hair simulator game where the goal is nothing, more akin to a sandbox aimed at ages 5-12 to play around with hair styling and have fun messing with the character’s hair. Toca Boca is a franchise I have a lot of childhood memories with, and I used to play with some…
Game Ideation
At the end of my last presentation, I shared some ideas with the class based on the nodenogg.in feedback and some thoughts I had, leading from that. I wanted to explore 4 game ideas from these and maybe combine a few of them. I wanted all of these ideas to have Trauma, Community and/or Aestheticism…