Ghosts

An AR game of ghost encounters.

The game allows players to encounter and interact with a variety of ghost characters through an AR experience.

My Role

Storyteller and Designer

I wrote the storyline, character backgrounds, and dialogues of the game and contributed significantly to designing the pipeline of the game play.

I also created 2D concept designs of all the items and some of the characters in the game, and I designed the first two iterations of the game's UI.

Introduction

The Background

The player has a device (their phone) that can detect the world of the supernatural. They discovered that there are ghosts on their college campus (Cranberry Mellow University). The player encounters these different types of ghosts using their device and help them accomplish their wishes. The player can befriend ghosts and collect photos with them in the photobook after fulfilling their wishes.

The ghosts were once people who lived and left their most important personal items in the area. After they passed away, due to their unfulfilled last wishes, their ghosts are attached to their items. They are unable to contact the physical world and longfor someone who can see them and help them.

protagonist

Gameplay Pipeline

The Ghosts!

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Due to the long time that the ghosts are bound to this ground, there are 3 types of ghosts:
1. Conscious: Player can talk to; would assign tasks or give clues to player.
2. Amnesiac: Need player to find clues related to their past and help them.
3. Resentful: Need player to use specific items/actions to cleanse and restore consciousness in order to proceed.

2D and 3D Character Art

Character Narratives

“You can see me?!”
“Hi, sir/madam.. I need your help (teary).. My name is Jacque. I can’t find my mommy and daddy. Could you help me, please?”
“My mommy is (description of her appearance). I thought I heard her singing our lullaby in the cut direction. “
“Did you find my mommy? Thank you sir/madam! But mommy
said I should not go off with strangers. Did she tell you our secret password?”
“That’s right! Mommy used to sing this lullaby for me every night before I go to bed. Thank you for helping me. Let’s go find mommy now!”

“Uh, hi. I’m Richardson, some call me Ricky. I I study English literature at Cranberry Mellow University, at least I once did. “
“Did you happen to see Miss Franklin? She is the kindest and most beautiful young lady. She wore her white lab coat all the time, like an angel walking on Earth. I adore her. I wrote a letter to her to confess my love, but I never heard back.”