One-Way Ride

This project is a game prototype for a story-driven indie game, a top-down hybrid game combining 3D top-down as a base with multiple genres of playstyles. We are experimenting the application of game systems and mechanics and how the narrative and game design will work in tandem with each other.

In chapter one, the player will experience a short prologue to the 3D top-down experience and the world of the characters as the main protagonist suspects that he's reached the end of the ride. The "ride" here is the life he's led so far, a life of uncanny choices and crime that leads him here.

The second chapter is where the majority of the gameplay is introduced to the player(atleast for the prototype). After a brief cutscene, the player is allowed to explore the gas station and the surrounding areas. Here, the hidden intelligence system is used to have a few different choices of dialogue or events which do not change the flow of the story. Following which, the player will be introduced to the shooting mechanics which will lead to a full-blown shoot-out which will take the characters to a nearby warehouse. Here the stealth system will be introduced with a cover system and the chapter ends with a boss fight (TBD).