The Essential Experience
Challenge the player to think critically and empathetically, as well as testing their moral judgment, through problem solving where their actions affect the environment and people in the game world rather than the protagonist.
The Pitch
The players morality is put to the test when faced with tough decision making that results in the transformation of the game world.
The Overview
What is the game about...? The player-character is a young person out on a quest to retrieve something in a world that has been neglected. It's dark, bleak and suffering. On their journey, they run into a series of events which will test the players moral compass. A scenario will play out using a combination of short animations and NPC speech and the player will be faced with a choice of options of how to respond and then carry on with their path. The scenarios will result in an action from the player that will either affect the life of an NPC and/or the game environment. This is where the topic of sustainability links in. The game has an educational element which aims to educate the player on how their individual lifestyle choices contribute to the disastrous affects of climate change on the planet and its habitants. The player is challenged to interact with the NPC's with kindness and make the right decisions in order to see the game world heal and begin to thrive. There will ultimately be two ways to play. Either the player manages to make the right decisions and the world will become brighter, more beautiful and healthy or they will fail to save it and watch the world descend into darkness.