This blog entry discusses the initial concept for a game called “Exercise your Demons”.
It is a 2D narrative time management game where you work at a gym and help Fairies from Irish Folklore exercise and overcome their problems.
You befriend the creatures while spotting them at the gym and bumping into them outside of work.
Your goal is to help them improve, overcome their weakness and pass on from this plane of existence.
Failure will have dire consequences for both you and the Fairies.
Vibe Board
This mood board looks at games with similar styles to help define the artistic direction of the game.
Stakeholders
- Cozy Gamers (Wife)
- Gamers interested in Narrative or Irish Folklore
- DkIT Faculty who are reviewing the game artifact and thesis
User Personas
User personas were created to better understand the needs of people that could be playing this game.
Project Management
The project will last about 10 weeks of development while also preparing a thesis.
After the game is user tested another 2-3 weeks will be spent concluding on the effects of the thesis on the success of the game.
Project Management
- Hand drawing & Krita – 2D Assets
- Raylib & C++ – Programming Stack
- Trello – Kanban Board for task management
- R & Markdown – Documentation, Data Analytics & Charts
- Google Forms - Surveys
- Audacity – Audio Design
- Vistaprint – Branding & Merch
- Git & One Drive – Project & Data Storage