To Establishing characters in the game:
Write directorial notes for 3 characters first appearances in game.
: Willow, Dr Cryptus. Owl Bot
Six to 12 story beats in 6 to 12 panels
For my directorial notes, I wrote at first some on word just to plan out the story and then where certain events took place as well as what characters were present. I then used twine to make it an interactive story.
Dr Cryptus first directorial notes
Willow first directorial notes
Owl bot first directorial notes
story beats
1. shot of lab on hill with hero on top
2. hero in lab undergoing a test
3. hero finds hooks
4. hero escapes
5. hero find lighthouse
6. hero finds goblin town
7. hero gathers troops and heads towards lab
8. hero finds scientist in lab
9. hero fights boss but is captured
10. hero escapes down tunnel
11. hero fights boss
12. hero heals dad and saves captured goblins
The next task I had set myself up to do was to make my Story beats in 6-12 panels. I personally used storyboarder which was handy for making quick and easy to read pictures. Once I made one design of the hero, I copied it.
How I made the story beats on storyboarder
Story beats page 1
Story beats page 2
The hero relaxes in their barracks and thinks of the outside world.
The Hero performs a test as Dr Cryptus overlooks.
Story beats page 3
Story beats page 4
The Hero goes back to their room only to discover an unused room left behind, she enters and finds its loot.
The hero escapes the lab and heads into the outside world.
Library and owl bot design story beats page 5
Hero finds goblin town entrance
The hero finds a lighthouse with a robot owl as its librarian.
The hero takes what knowledge it has and the robot helps the hero find the goblin town entrance.
Hero gathers troops and heads towards lab
Hero find scientist in lab
The hero enters the town only to find its elder who request them to go back to the lab and save the other goblins.
The hero enters the lab and finds Dr Cryptus, interrogating him over his lies.
Hero fights boss but is captured
Hero escapes down tunnel
The hero is captured but fights a boss who reveals to her that he is her father.
The hero is lured into a camp tunnel where she rescues the other captured goblins.
Hero heals dad and rescues captured goblins SB 11
The hero heals her father and saves the lab from imprisonment. She in revenge captures Dr Cryptus.
Reflection
If I could have done anything better, I probably would have made more digital drawings of my characters. I will be doing something in the summer, possibly making some 3d models or 2d sprites too. I would have also liked to do a painting or two since the way I drew the art above is quite simple yet effective and so doing this with water colours would look really nice. I could have also made some speech buubles for the directorial notes as well.