{"id":4049,"date":"2026-01-05T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:59:47","slug":"story-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2026\/01\/05\/story-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Game idea 3: story idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Exploring the themes of <mark style=\"background-color:#fbaabf\" class=\"has-inline-color\">children&#8217;s storybooks, unreliable narrators, decisions, and loops<\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-system-monospace-font-family has-tiny-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Click on the sentences below to find out more!<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Main story I thought for the game :<\/summary>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Wake up in the middle of the forest ( daytime )<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\">The unreliable narrator is distracted by something \/ a random noise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\">Bump into sheep after exploring a bit, after the narrator disappears<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\">Sheep talk to the protagonist after trying to run away. Then the wolf appears, looking to chase the sheep: it asks you for directions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6\">Depending on what choice you make, the Wolf will either call you a liar or thank you for honesty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7\">The narrator comes back to narrate your story, and while you follow the instructions, he gets distracted again, but randomly mentions not to trust the &#8216;wicked wolf.&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8\">The wolf is stalking you now, but doesn&#8217;t confront you. So instinctively run away from the wolf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9\">As you run away, you come across a white blank empty area detached from the forest area (this place is the &#8216;end&#8217;, the blank space is filled with unfilled pages\/ empty pages with distorted images\/ or story tales but now the narrator returns and is not happy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10\">As you continue running from the wolf\/narrator, you end up back in the place where you woke up, reseeing the wolf and the lamb before they encountered you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11\">You get to see a bit of the conversation between the wolf and the lamb (before the lamb bumps into you)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12\">Then the narrator repeats the story with the same dialogue but with a different character; this time, you accidentally make a noise. So the narrator gets distracted as he did previously.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13\">You get two options now: 1. Follow the lamb,2. Follow the wolf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14\">1. Following the innocent lamb will lead you to pa ack of sheep where the narrator appears, instructing them on the next story as he&#8217;s sort of like the shepherd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15\">2. Following the Wicked Wolf will lead you deeper into the forest, where he confronts you, asking how you haven&#8217;t disappeared. You mentioned you want to get home, and he laughs, explaining that you aren&#8217;t real, and when the narrator finds out, it really will be the &#8216;end&#8217; for you. You refuse to believe him and ..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><mark style=\"background-color:#111;color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Multiple endings:<\/mark> not fully polished yet<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17\">Bad ending: the player dies inevitably, but teaches a moral lesson to those who listen to the story.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18\">Good ending: the player lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19\">Another ending: the story is incomplete, no one knows what happened at the end, or is a warning being sent?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20\">Spiral ending: They realise they can&#8217;t make decisions for themselves and start spiralling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><mark style=\"background-color:#111;color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Characters:<\/mark> <\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22\"> The narrator\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23\">Could have a plot twist where the narrator is the villain ( similar to Little Misfortune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24\">The witch (player character)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25\">The wicked wolf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26\">The lamb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27\">The cat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Decisions:<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29\">Why did I turn the main character into a magical witch? \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30\">I personally wanted to give the player character a whimsical, magical person, and in folklore, there are often witches associated with that. So I decided to make it into a story about a witch trying to get back to her cat, Miss Mya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why a wolf and a lamb?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31\">I want the &#8216;wicked wolf&#8217; and the &#8216;innocent lamb&#8217; because I&#8217;m referring to the fable story &#8216;The Wolf &amp; the Lamb,&#8217; however, in this interpretation, the lamb flees the wolf, and the wolf declares the lamb to be evil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But I don&#8217;t want it to be perceived that way right away, giving the player the option of trusting the wolf or not, leaving ambiguity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why a narrator?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32\">Well, I wanted to have a narrator, similar to how children&#8217;s fairytales are told by grown-ups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33\">The narrator represents control; he&#8217;s like the puppet master to the reader. In the game, I wanted him to serve as a guide for the player and show that he&#8217;s in a position of power. However, later on, when the instructions become questionable. So this way, I can create tensions between the narrator and the player and make the player think more carefully when making a choice, rather than following the rules blindly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34 is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Possibilities for narrators reveal :<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35\">A witch that can control fate\/past\/present (reference In Norse mythology, the Norns, female beings who create and control fate.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36\">A future person rereading a traditional story ( the game )<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37\">An evil antagonist acting like the puppet master.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-378a646d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-38 wp-block-paragraph\">What tone do I want for the story\/game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-39 wp-block-paragraph\">\u2043 Whimsical, but weirdly eerie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong><em>What inspired this game idea:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-41 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(37deg,rgb(253,211,189) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 100%);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">The inspiration for the game came from children&#8217;s stories, fate, and previous research into existing 2D story-driven games such as Little Misfortune and Franbow. Personally, I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by story-driven games and how engaging they can become. I planned to make a game using pre-existing fairy tails&nbsp;meant for children; however, this may change as the idea grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To manage my work, I created a simple schedule: One for the in-depth week tasks and one for the coming weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5fb07882 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Minimalist-Weekly-Planner.png 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/White-Elegant-Minimalist-A4-Weekly-1.png 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-system-serif-font-family wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);letter-spacing:10px\"><em>Reflection:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);text-transform:none\">My game is a 2D narrative-driven concept that centres on player choice and storytelling. At this point, the game idea exists as a concept supported by early planning and research, to further develop it through prototyping. The concept covers current trends in game design, specifically the rise of narrative games that prioritise player engagement. I was mainly inspired by prior research from existing 2D story-driven games like Little Misfortune and Franbow. The game research helped to make sure that future story idea decisions should have a meaningful link to the overall story so it will be more engaging for the players overall, and although the game is just a idea, I&#8217;ve tried to use industry-supported methods: such as sketching visuals, creating prototypes, brainstorming, S.C.A.M.P.E.R technique (substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate, reverse), inspiration from other mediums and real life. I did this because I wanted to try and engage with industry-supported methods for game ideas. I also wanted to explore the moral impacts of my game idea, specifically whether they would help another character in the story by appearance without judgment or consequences. Hence, I included characters like the sheep and the wicked wolf in the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border is-style-default wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2196\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-pale-pink-border-color wp-image-4058\" style=\"border-width:4px;border-radius:47px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image.png 2196w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image-1536x730.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/image-2048x974.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2196px) 100vw, 2196px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This was the second most popular game idea in the survey. Developing this concept needed considerable thought and reflection, and to be honest, while I did try to keep the scope realistic and appropriate for my current skills. It was difficult to actually fully refine the whole story, and since I&#8217;m also deciding to work alone, I&#8217;ve acknowledged that I may have to cut a few things from the game, so instead, I made a list of possibilities for future development of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">As the concept progresses, the next phases will be prototyping and visual iteration to further refine the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/11\/17\/game-idea-3\/\">Click here to go back to the game idea 3 page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the themes of children&#8217;s storybooks, unreliable narrators, decisions, and loops. Click on the sentences below to find out more! What tone do I want for the story\/game: \u2043 Whimsical, but weirdly eerie. What inspired this game idea: The inspiration for the game came from children&#8217;s stories, fate, and previous research into existing 2D story-driven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4601,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions\/4601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}