2. Game Design Document
Table of Contents
Our story starts with our protagonists going to school like every other day. During class, a portal appears, and all the students get absorbed into another world. Antonio, our main protagonist, decides to find all his classmates and return home. He'll find his best friends, er Yona, Rocío and Sayori, and a mysterious guy named Aether. Together, they will defeat all enemies and find a way to go home.
From the main game pillars, we will focus on them primarily. And they are the following:
In this video game, it will feature RPG Turn Battle system, meaning that every single actor on the fight, will havbe their own turn to act in order to win the fight. They will be able to attack, defend, use magic or even use consumable items. Depending on the level the player is, the battle will be more complicated.
Another main pillar that the game will feature, will be exploration. Almost every single point in the game will feature exploration, that means that in order to go to point A to point B, he will need to traverse to certain dungeons, caves, forests, time-space dimentions, etc. If the player finds a secret place within this locations, he will be rewarded according on how difficult it is to find the secret place. Also, these places will feature puzzles, in which you can find here.
A game that will explain to the player an adventurous story that has some protagonists. We will emphasize the appearing notable characters and we will also design quests that aren't just those secondary quests that one does in order to gather resources. We will create memorable secondary quests in order to achieve a better user experience.
Most of the JPRG games have practically the same structure, so us, as JRPG enjoyers, we thought that making a parody of JRPG in an humoristic way, can change the homogeneity of the genre.
He is a student from Santa Isabel de Almería. He always wears the students uniform and dreams of having an adventure someday.
Better known as "er Yona", he is a cani from the Dominican Republic who loves golden jewelry, flat caps, and hanging out (most of the time skipping class) with his best friend Antonio.
Rocio is a studious girl, but has some of the worst grades in all of 2nd B. She likes nature and bright colors like pink, and she always tries to dress with some floral decoration in her hair.
Sayori is an exchange student from Japan but she has family in Spain. She is very shy and has few friends, and she likes to wear white to go unnoticed although she usually wears a headband with cat ears. Deep down, she is a big manga fan and is a dedicated cosplayer.
Aether is a mysterious man, not much is known about him except that he does not come from the parallel world either. He always wears a trench coat and dons a huge mechanical right arm.
Balphogor, demonist antagonist of the Underworld full of the Undead and reigner of all-kinds-of-life and a bit more
The main antagonist of "Return". He is a big threat to Ardtlandt since he wants to reign over all kinds of life. At the beginning, he only wants to reign over Ardtlandt, but at some point of the main story, he will be notified of an unknown dimension (the dimensions where the protagonists come from) and he will also want to reign over it.
Typical annoying bats that you can find in any cave. But maybe they are just experiments of some crazy scientist. A mix of a cyborg and a bat. They are weak to physical attacks.
A common slime found in the dungeons. Since they are living in a world that combines steampunkish and fantasy features, they attached themselves a mechanic arm in order to adapt to the world they live in. They are weak to magic and resistant to melee attacks.
Balphogor's main minions. Weaklings that make the work done. Mostly vulnerable to all types of attacks.
The combat goes in turns. Each turn each character attacks, sorted by their speed. Each character can Attack, use a Skill or use an item.
The main quest consists on finding your classmates to join to your party. First you find Yonatan, then Rocio and then Sayori. When your party is full you find Aether and start knowing about the world and how to return. Your last quest is to find Balphogor and defeat him.
In the city there are a few secondary missions that are meant to give you experience and items. These missions are about saving people that are attacked by some enemies, or finding and returning certain items to an NPC.
A puzzle that requires the player to press a certain button. Can be an ordered sequence that the player needs to press. Can also be a lever of some sorts.
Example: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
A puzzle that requires the player to push a rock (or another object) to a certain point in the map. This can be a trigger for other puzzles.
Example: Pokémon Fire Red
A challenging puzzle that tests the player's memory. Certain colors will pop out and the player will need to memorize the color sequence and the order they appeared. Then, they will need to replicate in order to solve the puzzle.
Example: Stardew Valley
In our game, we will be using the following controls:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
W |
Up movement / Menu up |
S |
Down movement / Menu down |
A |
Left movement / Menu left |
D |
Right movement / Menu right |
ESC |
Pause |
L-SHIFT |
Run |
SPACEBAR |
Interact / Select |