Document Creation/Organisation - I create crucial documents to help track progress and inform all departments of narrative details. This ranges from Dailgoue Asset Lists, Narrative breakdown documents, Puzzle/Mechanic lists, Character profiles, and much more.
Mentoring - A part of Serious Point Games internship/ WEX programme is helping people develop their skills and have the opportunity to gain experience within an industry setting. I do this by providing constant feedback to the team, whether that be dialogue or character ideas etc. As well as taking constant feedback from the team on what skills they want to develop and how to best support their growth.
Leading the Narrative Crew - I assign each member meaningful tasks to not only progress the project but also to help improve their own skills. Additionally, I host weekly Writers' rooms, as a group and individually, where I bring important topics to discuss. This would often involve ideation of some kind, where each member has their ideas heard and explored.
My Key Contribution/ Involvement:
About The Ski Lodge Murder:
The The Ski Lodge Murder is a narrative-driven murder mystery following renowned detective Lukas Braun.
Set in 1976, he is invited to a secluded luxury lodge by Nicolas Bordeaux, who is the owner of a successful wine estate, Lukas is tasked with uncovering which of the eight guests plan to kill their host.
What begins as a classic whodunit quickly unravels into something far more complex. Each time Lukas reaches the truth, he finds himself back at the beginning, the day unfolding with an unsettling sense of familiarity. Now armed with knowledge of what’s to come, Lukas can intervene, but stopping one plot only exposes another.
Examples of what I've produced for the Project:
Narrative Overview
I created a spreadsheet to detail key elements for each chapter/ narrative beat of the story. This includes what dialogue assets are available, character locations, sequence of events and more.
(This example document only shows up to Chapter 3)
[Click here to view Document]
Character Profiles
I co-ordinated and designed character profiles for each of the game's major characters. With help from the rest of the narrative team, each character was deeply detailed, and a personal wiki is now in progress.
[Click here to view Document]
Points of Interest Mapping
I put together a detailed map that highlights where puzzles, evidence, characters, and other key points of interest are in relation to the floor plan.
[Click here to view Document]
Dialogue Asset List
A list of all Dialogue Assets was made. The document consists of the description of dialogue contents, context, characters involved and the stage of development each assist it at. This makes is very easy to assign a dialogue task to a narrative member as it is very clear what is required.
(This example document only shows up to Chapter 2)
[Click here to view Document]
Story Testing
Feedback is a huge part of the design process, so I designed a text-based playable version of our story - initially to test how our characters would feel when having a conversation with each of them.
(This example document only shows a first conversation with each guest - A Newer and updated document is in progress )
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Images of the project:
The Ski Lodge Murder is an ongoing project, please feel free to contact me for any questions or more information on the project.
You can also visit https://www.seriouspointgames.com/
