Meeting Transcript 14.06.2022

General discussion on how to handle story on the platform.

  • present: Levi, Martin, Michael

  • absent excused: -

  • absent unexcused: -

What?

  • Protagonist lives in a ‘dumb’ world where he is the only one trying to learn

  • Everyone else (NPCs, maybe apart from the aliens) are stupid

  • Leveling System = knowledge

  • Story is completely decoupled from the minigames

  • Humor (=Stupidity) will play a huge part!

Earlygame

Introduction

  • Aliens conquer the world and want to stop the humanity from exploring space.

  • They make all humans stupid with their advanced technology.

  • The protagonist got braindamage in his early years and had to go through surgery. After the surgery the protagonist had a metal plate inside his head that reflected the stupid-rays.

  • To overcome the danger of the aliens the humans have to get smarter again so they can fight back against the aliens.

Midgame

Lore

  • NPCs tell some really short stories

  • Interactable lore pages

Knowledge

  • Increase the knowledge level through successfully completing minigames.

  • How?

  • Player collects minigames in the overworld and plays them on his GameBoy

  • NPCs could give hints about minigame locations unknowingly

  • Action by persecution from NPCs (aliens)

Endgame

Ending

  • After reaching a certain knowledge level the protagonist can invert the effects of the advanced technology and make the humans smart again.

  • The humans win the fight and are able to explore space.