High Concept Document Expels

High Concept Document
Sébastien Dalmasso
Expels

Table of Content
Sébastien Dalmasso High Concept Document
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Ttile and information Game Outline Characters Gameplay World
Experience Game elements Monsters Cutscenes Business model
& bonus material
Appendices

Title and Information

Cover Page
Pitch and synopsis :
Expels is an Action RPG beast hunting game in the world of lovecraft
that puts you in the role of an exorcist
who hunts various demonic entities
around the world.
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General Information
• Working Title : Expels
• Genre(s) : Action RPG
• Camera(s) / View(s) : Third Person back
• Multiplayer Mode(s) : Cooperation
• Platform(s) : PC,PS5, Xbox series X
• Business Model : Premium
• Target : Beast Slaying games players, Monster hunter
fans, Bloodborn fans, and Nioh fans.
• Rating :
Game Logo
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Game Outline

Story Type :
Designer created with emergence.
Synopsis :
The player embodies an exorcist in our time
who is part of a secret organisation that protect
people by hunting secret demonics entities
arround the world
using occult powers and weapons.
Expels
Exorcism : Unusual
Human with occult powers : weird
Contemporain urban world with demonic
beast : Weird
Weirdness
World
Character
Activities
Game Outline
Info.
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Characters

Main Character
• Name : Decided by player.
• Age : 25 to 40 year
• Genre : Decided by player.
• Apperance : Decided by player.
• Cloth : Modern religious cloth made for combat.
• Gimmick : Don’t talk but answer with facial expression and head
movement.
• Home : Exorcists headquarter.
• Function / Motivation : Protect people who are not aware of all the demonic
entities living among them.
• Back story : A new recruit with not much special past that is
described as very talented.
Characters
Outline.
Info.
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Blacksmith
• Name : Michel
• Age : 32
• Genre : Female
• Consciousness : Neutral good
• Trait / Weakness : Calm , sociable
• Appearance : Tall, muscular, blond headed, long tattoo around the arms
• Cloth : Traditional blacksmith outfit with leather apron and
occult tool like her hammer.
• Home : Exorcists headquarter
• Function / Motivation : Forge the greatest weapons and armor to protect all the
exorcist that risk their lives.
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Blacksmith
• Skills :
Occult forging skills, capable of creating every weapon and armor the character
will ask if he gives her the right materials
• Back story :
His father was a famous and talented exorcist, she always wanted to be like her father .
Until the day during a contract her father died mysteriously.
His mission companion said that his firearms stopped working and caused him to be trapped.
Since this day Michel took the decision to forge expect of hunting to assure that nobody will
have weapon problem that that will cause the death of another exorcist.
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Circumplex
Main character
Jude
Ank
Exorcist Organisation
Demonic entities
Normal people
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

The General
• Name : Ank
• Age : 53
• Genre : Male
• Consciousness : Lawfull Good.
• Trait / Weakness : Serious, charismatic.
• Appearance : Tall, svelt, short black hair.
• Cloth : A mix between a military and religious outfit with a long trenchcoat and a
religous priest collar.
• Home : Exorcists headquarter.
• Function / Motivation : Leader of the exorcist headquarter take the big decision and assign the
exorcists and their assistants to their missions.
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

The General
• Skills :
Leading skills, master many occult spell and combat styles.
• Back story :
Ank is a veteran in the exorcist headquarter, one of the legendary exorcist,
he accomplished countless mission of the highest rank possible.
He has seen countless of his mission mate died including his wife.
After the calamity incident Ank has been grevly injured and unnable to continue his exorcist duty.
A short time after that event he’s been promoted to the lead of the headquarter
to form and lead the new recruits.
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Circumplex
Main character
Michel
Ank
Jude
Demonic entities
Normal people
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

The Assistant
• Name : Jude
• Age : 22
• Genre : Female
• Consciousness : Chaotic good
• Trait / Weakness : Sarcastic, involved in her role
• Appearance : Pretty tall, short black hair, thin
• Cloth : Black military cloth, with long heel boots and satchel on the leg
• Home : Exorcists headquarter
• Function / Motivation : Assistant of the character she give him all the information and brefing he
need to know before hunting
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

The Assistant
• Skills :
Very organized and precise on his information.
Short and clever analysis of situations
• Back story :
Jude is the daughter of Ank, when she was a child, her father was always on the hardest mission
possible, and her mother was the ancient general of the Headquarter so she didn’t really have much
of her parent attention. When the calamity incident occurred, she still was a child and lost her
mother and almost his father too. After the incident the bond between her and her father became
stronger than ever. She naturally decided to become assistant to help exorcist in their tasks.
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Circumplex
Main character
Michel
Ank
Demonic entities
Normal people
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Controls
Movement / selection
Consummables
Skill 3
Skill 2
Skill 1 (melee)
/ Equip ammo
Dodge / select
Heavy attack (melee) /
Select ammo (range)
Light attack (melee) /
Weapon skills (range)
Pause / Unpause
Weapon skills (Melee)
/ Fire (range)
Skill 1
(range)
Look / Aim (range)
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Characters
Outline.
Info.

Gameplay

Gameplay
• Beast track and fight with conditional execution system
• Equipement and spells craft system with beast parts
Core Features
Tryanny’s spells craft system and guild wars 2 on spell
influenced by weapons
Monster hunter world’s beast hunt and weapon based gameplay
and destiny 2’s conditional boss defeat in raid
Payday’s hideout and contract system and
dauntless equipement craft system
Core gameloop:
• Hideout contract base system
• Spells and weapon-based combat
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
Exploration Action RPG
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• Each weapons got their own skillset, working and combo, that can influence the
spells assigned. Like the two handguns that are ammo dependent and change some
spells that can become long range effect.
• To Defeat a weakened beast the players must fulfill condition to exorcise it. It
depends on the life remaining of the monster and the type of Monster.
Core Features
Situation
Distance
Melee
Occult spells
Beast
Weakened
Exorcise
Destiny 2 ‘s raid’s boss that needs conditions to be killed
Monster hunter’s beast fights and Weapon’s unique playstyles Guild Wars 2 for the weapon influencing the spells
Action (With all classes) featureloop :
• The Combat system is a spell and weapon-based gameplay.
• Multiple weapons and spells that allow the player to experiment
different playstyles such as a one-handed sword with offensive spell at
close range
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Gameplay
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• On the differents map the characters can also gather some basic ressources that are
only visible by exorcist like occult plant or minerals that will be usefull for crafting/
upgrading or consumable.
Core Features
AC Valhala’s gathering plants and other
Red dead redemption’s track system
Exploration (Hunting) featureloop :
• When launched on the map characters have to to find and track the
beast
• The beast leaves traces like demonic residu, furr etc… Depending on
the beast
Track Beast Gather ressources
Hunt showdown’s demon’s trace
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Gameplay
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Whenever he wants in the HUB the character can change his equipement
and assign new spell in his personal quarters.
Core Features
Code Vein’s Skills assignement
The witcher 3’s hunt contracts Dauntlesss equipemement craft sytem
RPG (HUB) featureloop :
• The exorcist headquarter is the HUB of the character.
• In this HUB he can craft equipements such as weapon,armor, spells
and consummable with the new material he gets from the contracts.
Contract ended
Upgrade/craft
character’s skills
Upgrade/craft
equipement
New contract Assign spells and equipement
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Gameplay
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

Outrider’s Pilosity selection
• These archetypes can be modified from chin to forehead passing by eyes ears cheeks
etc..
• The player can also choses several makeup and tattoos with color selection and
opacity
Other Features
Character creation
Examples :
• The players choses the gender and choses up to multiple
faces and body archetypes with color skin and age.
• Multiple pilosity from hair to beard are available from
picking
Mass effect andromeda’s faces archetype selection Fallout 4’s Face form Modifications
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Gameplay
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Other players chose to join contracts they are interested
• All contract can be played in multiplayer including story involved or with cinematics
• Contract can be play at a max of 4 players
• The monster difficulty is adjusted by the number of player facing it (generally the life)
Other Features
Terraria’s bosses adjusted difficulty depending on
players number
Warframe’s multiplayer lobby when all players are visible
walking arround
God falls’s multiplayers contracts
Multiplayer
• A player create a lobby where other players can join
• From 2 to 16
• All players are visible moving around the HUB
• Players select contract appropriate to their level .
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Gameplay
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

World

World
Story
Background :
• Fauna & flora :
Occult plant, flower and mineral grow in the path of some demonic
entities.
• Religion & Cults :
The demonic entities are from the folkore and belief arround the world.
They are responsible of many human disapearance, mortal accident and
suicides.
• Major conflicts :
The exorcists are fighting hidden demonics entities to protect the people
that are not aware of them.
• Noticeable building :
Exorcist headquarter, an underground facilitie located in Hongria.
Normal contemporain world with same culture and race
World map with important location
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
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Level Design
Meta : Open
Nioh 2’s Character’s progression
Macro : HUB
Dark souls 3’s HUB
Micro : Semi open
Monster hunter rise’s semi open maps
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World
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
The monsters are attached to a type of environment
and a continent. To track and hunt the monsters, the
character launches contracts on different small
opened map.
The main place of the character is a HUB where he
can craft and upgrade his equipment and launch
new monster contracts.
Character’s progression is proper to the player, with
the different weapons and spells that are craftable.
The player experiment and chose his own playstyle.

Experience

Experience
Ingame Mockup
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
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Game Flowchart
Logo Pub.
Logo Dev.
Splash
Title scr.
Main
New
Load
Options
Save scr.
Game Pause
Display
Sound
Controls
Quit
Accessibility
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Experience
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

Game Elements

Interactives Elements
Ladder : QTE
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Game Elements
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
Resident evil 6’s ladder climb

Hazard
• Created by Beasts, examples :
God falls’s bosse’s fire traces Valheim’s bosse’s poison smoke Hollow knight’s mob that fire spikes
Fire traces : instant damage in it Poison smoke : damage over time Spike : instant damage
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Game Elements
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

Collectables
Horizon zero dawn’s plant and mineral gathering Genshin impact’s mana orbs
Monster hunter’s beast parts drop
Beast parts : Dropped after beast contracts. RPG
(craft/upgrade)
Plants and Minerals : On the map. RPG(craft/upgrade)
and Action (consummable) Occult sphere : Drop hiting beasts Action (mana)
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Game Elements
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

Monsters

Monsters
Legends
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Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.
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: Low health
: Medium health
: High health
: Very high health
: Low damage
: Medium damage
: High damage
: Very high damage
: Low speed
: Medium speed
: High speed
: Very high speed

Monsters
• Description :
Katakans are Vampires. Like all intelligent vampire species, they enjoy drinking blood in
smaller or larger doses but don't mutilate their victims by shredding them apart, leaving
only bite marks. They are however somehow wilder and more savage than the rest of
intelligent ones.
• Appearance :
In natural form, Katakans have many bat-like traits although somewhat larger and
monstrous. They have long claws which continue to grow during all its life. They are also
capable of disguising themselves and acting as normal humans.
• Location :
Europe Map. In dark urban alley.
• Patterns :
Attack the character in a skirmish style moving back and forth turning around and jumping
on him with some claws attacks.
Katakan
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Exp.
World.
GM.
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Outline.
Info.
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• Stats :
• Perks Examples :
• Randomly after jumping back triggers an active camouflage that hide the Katakan, it
remains visible with a blurry silhouette and fade away when it attacks the character or
if it’s hit by him.
• If the exorcism fail (wrong method or run out of time while weakened) the Katakan
recover some health, slash around him dealing low damages and trigger its camouflage
jumping back
• Skills :
• None
Katakan
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Description :
Tengu are a type of legendary creature. They are considered a type of yokai. Some
of them are respectable spirit that continue to learn watching their ancient world
but some other are called ghost of the arrogant. This type of Tengu are evil and
malicious spirit that torment the living cursing and tricking them provoking
poverty, cecity and even death depending on their evil.
• Appearance :
The Tengu appears in a variety of shapes. It usually falls somewhere between a
large, monstrous bird and a human being, often with a red face or an unusually
large or long nose.
• Location :
Japan map, every where near their next or last mischief
• Patterns :
Will constantly be at close range attacking with a high variety of double handed
sword attacks. Has a good balance between attack and defense, parrying the
character and dodging his attacks
Tengu
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Stats :
• If the Tengu is hit too much time in a short period he turn around himself trying
to hit with his wings causing the character to be hit being staggered.
• If an exorcism attempt fail (wrong method or run out of time while weakened) the
Tengu recover some health and jump in the air using his wings and hit the ground
with his two swords aiming the character causing medium damage to character in
the impact point.
• Skills Examples :
• The Tengu launch one of his sword on the character, the sword will every time end
planted on the ground (even if the character is hit by it) causing the Tengu to dash
in its direction slashing in his path with his other sword dealing medium damage
and ending with a circular slash picking up the planted sword that deals high
damages to character.
• The Tengu adopt a defensive stance during a limited time, if the character hit
him during this period the Tengu grab the character and impale him with his
sword dealing very high damages throwing him after that ending the animation.
Tengu
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Description :
The Banshee is a female spirit who heralds the death of a family member usually
by wailing, shrieking or keening. Banshee are woman who died young in their
family some of them are good, singing the near death of one her family member,
but some are evil due to a death in hate of her family. She then haunt the member
screaming their future death that she will provoke.
• Appearance :
Usually, the banshee has long streaming hair and wear long cloak with red eyes
from continual weeping
• Location :
Europe map, everywhere near his ancient family
• Patterns :
Will stay at mid-range attacking with her scream and her hairs, offensive when at
long/mid range but defensive at close range trying to step back.
Banshee
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Stats :
• If the character is too close of the banshee for too long, she will try to step back
launching herself in mid air with her hairs screaming during the time dealing
medium damage to character and stunning them for a low duration.
banshee will recover some health and screams around her at close range dealing
low damages and low time staggering to character.
• The banshee launch his hair in the direction of the character, if the character gets
hit, he will get grabbed by the feet, pulled back hanging in the front of her. The
banshee then launch a scream at close range on the character dealing very high
damages on him with him being thrown away after that.
• The banshee launch a random number of scream randomly in the direction of the
character, dealing medium damages and stunning him.
Banshee
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Description :
Lycanthropes or Werewolves are humans with the ability to shapeshift into a mix
of human and wolfs generally after being cursed with the transformation
occurring on the night of a full moon. They are a big source of trouble for the
exorcist because unlike the other demon they are visible by everyone but most of
all, werewolf are cursed living human, so contracts are very delicate.
• Appearance :
Lycanthropes are the mix of giant wolves and human beings.
• Location :
Europe map, Urban part.
• Patterns :
Full offensive 0 defense always attack the character and harassing him with long
jump, bites and claw attacks.
Werewolf
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Stats :
Werewolf recover some health get up and repeat a high number of slash with his
claw in every direction dealing medium damages.
• The Werewolf roars making appears minors' spirits wolves with low life and
damage that attacks with bites
• The Werewolf jump in the direction of the character grabbing him and stepping
on him. He then hit the character with a high number of claw slash dealing very
high damage. After that the werewolf jump back.
Werewolf
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
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Outline.
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• Description :
The Kappa are a type of legendary creature. They are considered a type of yokai.
The Kappa is known to be malicious creature, they usually lure humans close to
water point and pull them under water to drown them, sometime to eat them. The
superior Kappa is a kappa that killed and ate an exorcist. He’s bigger and able to
use occult energy.
• Appearance :
The Superior Kappa is a green, quadruped beast with webbed hands and feet,
a turtle like carapace on its backs and depression on its head, that retains
water. The superior Kappa however is more on the beast side
• Location :
Japan map, close to water park such as urban park, river and lac
• Patterns :
High defensive style with its shell that deflect damages, attack at close and long
range with large zone attack such as high pression water shot and claws slashes.
Superior Kappa
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Monsters
Elem.
Exp.
World.
GM.
Chara.
Outline.
Info.

• Stats :
• If the kappa is hit to much time in a short period, it will sometimes take refuge in
its shell that it recovers of occult energy and turn around himself dealing high
close-range damages to the character.
Kappa will recover some health and dive into the ground swimming for
repositioning, at the impact of dive the kappa provoke a little water explosion
dealing close range medium damages to character
• The Kappa dives into the ground swimming in it, in the direction of the character
when it reach its target the kappa dives out the ground dealing high damages and
launching the character in the air
• The Kappa channels a medium time, gathering occult energy around it, when
finished, it fires a high-pressure water spray sweeping in every direction dealing
high damage and a stager effect to the character.
Superior Kappa
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Monsters
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Cutscenes

Cutscenes
Name Were Type About Technical
Welcome to the
headquarter
After character
selection
Advancement
The new exorcist
arrive at the
headquarter where he
discovers his new
home
Ingame
Beast discover
Every time an
undiscovered beast
contract is launch
Setup
Present the new
demon to exorcise in
the most threatening
way
Mission accomplished At the end of a
contract
Payoff
The character rest a bit
waiting his teleport
happy of his
perfomance
Mission failed
At the end of a
contract
Payoff (negative)
The character sit on
the ground negatively
with his head on his
hands
Mon.
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Business Model & Bonus Materials

Business & Bonus
• Type :
• Premium
• Price :
• 60 $
• Online plateform (steam, PS store , XBOX store etc…) and reseller
• Downloadable content (free)
• New beasts
• Extension price : 30 $ ~~ 40 $
• New classes and weapons with some actual weapons revised
• New beast and type
• New Map
• Collaboration :
• Beast slaying games (monster hunter, dauntless)
• Exorcism theme games (devil may cry, the evil within)
Informations
Monster hunter’s extension at 40 $
Dauntlless free new Beasts
Cut.
Mon.
Ele.
Exp.
Wor.
GM.
Cha.
Out.
Inf.
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Appendices

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Appendices table of Content
Feature Document Content document
Video game persona
Gameplay pillars Whats not
References

Feature document

Features
Action feature
Action Eco Featureloop:
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Situation
Distance
Melee
Occult spells
Beast
Weakened
Exorcise

Features
• Ranged weapons can’t carry all the ammo existing in the game. The ammo types you
can carry depend on the weapon you use. For example, some ranged weapons can
use piercing ammo but not explosives and some can use both but are limited in other
type of ammo.
• Melee weapons got light and heavy attacks that allow the character to perform
combo. Melee weapon skills depends on the working of the weapons. For example, a
gauge that fills up with normal attacks that allow the character to use weapons skills.
Action feature
Devil may cry’s variety of weapons with their unique working Monster hunter rise’s ammo display for ranged weapons
Weapons Mechanic :
• There is two types of weapons :
• Ranged
• Melee
• Each weapons got their own working and weapons skills that
correspond to the type of weapons. For example, all one-handed
swords got the same working and weapons skill.
• Ranged weapons are ammo dependent. There is many different ammo
that can go from normal unlimited ammo to piercing or damage type-
oriented ammo that all are limited to carry. Ranged weapon skills don’t
need ammo to works but got cooldowns.
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Dauntless’s melee weapon working display

Features
• The weapons can influence the way some spells are displayed but the nature and
effect stay the same.
• For example, if the character use a one-handed sword and cast a dmg spell, the
character perform a slash attack at close range that deal spell
• But if he uses a pistol when casting the spell, it becomes an energy orb that deal the
same spell effect
Action feature
Spell effect with double pistols
Spell assignement Spell effect with one handed-sword
Spells Mechanic :
• The character can carry up to 3 spells. He can assign his spell in the slot
he wants with each slot corresponding to an input. The spells
assignment can’t be done during a contract.
• Spells need occult energy (mana) to be used.
• The spells effects are various and can go up to damage oriented like a
damage buff or a damage cast to debuff to the monsters which reduces
its defense.
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Features
• When the life lock occurs, during a limited time the Monsters perform a special
action. Depending on the monster they can for example launch a channeling, be
weakened and fall on their knees, summon minor monsters etc…
• If the lock is not broken by the character the monsters will always recovers some
health and do additional actions like a recover / repositioning attack or end their
channeling (if they are doing one) to launch it. After that, the monsters are back in
their first phase
• More information in the content examples part in the next pages below.
Action feature
Monster hunter world monster that cast a regenaration
at a certain life threshold
Darks souls 3’s bosse who works in two minimum phases Life lock display
Monsters Mechanic :
• Monsters patterns work in 2 phases :
• The first phase corresponds to the basic attacks, skills and perks of the
monsters.
• The second phase occurs after a successful exorcism, monsters become
stronger, they deal more damages, and they add new skills and perks in their
patterns that can also change.
• Monsters have a life bar that locks at a certain percentage of life
remaining. The lock threshold is different for every monsters, it can be
at 15% or even 50%.
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Action feature
Sekiro’s consummable that allow the character to damage
special ennemies
Remnant’s final boss that is damageable only if the character
fullfill confitions in the fight.
Guild Wars 2 for the weapon influencing the spells
Exorcism Mechanic :
• To break the monster’s life lock and continue to deal damages to the
monster. The characters must perform an exorcism.
• Exorcism consist of during the limited time the monster is performing
his special locked life action, finding and “attacking its weak spot” with
the right exorcism damage which the monster is weak, for example
silver weapons or bullets for vampires. Which breaks the life lock and
lead to monster’s second phase.
• The exorcism method is different for every monsters, but the damage
type weakness is the same for the whole species. For example, all
vampires' weakness is silver.
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• If the character doesn’t have the right damage type on his weapon to exorcise the
monster, he can use consumables that add the exorcism damage to his weapon
during a limited time. This consumable can be crafted, bought or sometimes given at
the starts of contracts as additional supplies.
• The “weak spots” of the monsters are various. It can go from a simple point on the
back to multiple exterior points such as energy pillars to destroy in limited time. It
depend on the monster’s difficulty
• More information in the content example parts in the next pages below.
Features

Features
RPG feature
RPG Eco Featureloop:
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Contract ended
Upgrade/craft
character’s skills
Upgrade/craft
equipement
New contract
Assign spells and
equipement

Features
• A contract can be repeated after completion to farm monster parts
• Contracts are displayed on the world map corresponding to the type of monster the
character must slay
• A contract fails if the character is K.O 3 times in it. When a character is K.O, he
retreat on his map camp.
RPG feature
Monster hunter’s retreat on KO
Hunt showdown’s contract with briefing Payday 2’s contract on world map
Contract mechanic:
• Contract are the main missions of the game; the objective is to kill the
monster named on it.
• New contract unlock when some monster contract are successful
• Contracts can contain multiples monsters to eliminate
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Features
• New weapons unlock too with a new monster but not necessarily for every weapon.
Same for the spells, new can be discovered at the end of new monsters but not
necessarily.
• Weapons, armors and consumable craft system is simple, if the character has the
asked materials, they are crafted instantaneously.
• Spells craft system consist of an upgrade branch. To craft new spells that are stronger
it require in the branch craft to have crafted the previous spells. It can be an effect
upgrade or new effects. The branch at some point can split in two parts. Watch
machination system for more information.
RPG feature
Spell tree Mockup
Dauntless’ icon at blacksmith that means new crafts are
available
Cyberpunk’s instant craft system
Craft mechanic:
• Weapons, armors, spells and consumables can be crafted at the black
smith in the HUB. They need materials such as monster part, plants or
minerals.
• When killing a new monster, new equipment and spells craft unlock
for the character.
• New armor sets are always unlocked when a new monster is killed, it
correspond of the monster killed
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Features
• Spells
• Mana cost
• Cooldown
• Effect
• Weapons :
• Damages
• Exorcism damage
• Damages type
• Crit chance
• Available ammos (range)
• Weapon skill cooldown (range)
• Passives
RPG feature
Statistics:
• Character :
• Health points
• Stamina
• Mana :
• Defense
• Elemental resistance
• Armors parts :
• Defense :
• Passives
• Bonus set ( not all)
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• Monsters :
• Health point
• Life lock threshold
• Defense
• Exorcism weakness
• Base damage

Features
• Spells
• Base cost - passives
• Base cooldown - passives
• Spell dependent ( flat damage, damage buff ,defense
reduction to monster etc…) + passives
• Weapons :
• Damage + passives
• Elemental damages + passives
• Serve to break monster’s lock during exorcism
• Crit +passives (Crit damage = +50% damages)
• Piercing, holy, silver, paralyzing etc…
• Base cooldown - passives
• Same as the armor
RPG feature
Statistics rules and calcuation:
• Character :
• 200 + passives, when empty character is K.O
• 200 + passives, -25 every dodge and attacks, refill (20 every
seconds)
• 100 + bonus set
• Physical damage*(physical damage/(physical damage + defense))
• Elemental damage*(elem damage/(elem damage + elem resist))
• Armors parts :
• Add to character when equipped
• Add to character when equipped
• Augment stats, modify spells effects or add perks
• Gain bonus when same armor part of a set are equipped.
From 2 pieces to 4 (augment passives effect or create new one)
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• Monsters :
• Monster dependent
• From 15% to 50%
• Same as character
• Same as character
• Only work as a lock breaker
• Monster dependent + perks
(exorsim fail, grab etc…)

• Elemental effects
• Poison : Damage over time
• Paralyzing : Paralyze during a limited time
• Ice : Slow during a limited time
• Fire : Damage over time (can be stopped by rolling for
character)
• Water : Reduce the stamina regeneration
• Electric : Augment by 10% the damage dealt
• Special ammo effect except elementals and exorcism:
• Piercing : Deal continuously damages trough target
• Explosives : Explode at impact
• Fragmentation : Explode in multiple shard
• High caliber : Deal more damages than normal
• Impact : Stager effect
Features
RPG feature
Elements and special effects:
• Exorcism damage :
• Silver : good against vampires, curses etc…
• Amaterasu : good against Yokai
• Holy : good against specters.
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Content document

Monsters
Content
Tengu’s Additional information and content examples
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Feat.
Stats Phase 1 Phase 2
3500 3500
50% Broken
400 300
Fire Ice Water Electric Paralyzing Poison Fire Ice Water Electric Paralyzing Poison
60 20 30 70 40 immune 70 40 10 50 immuned immune
Amateratsu Amateratsu
150 200

Monsters
Content
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Phase 1 : In the first phase the Tengu fight with two katana that deal different elemental damage with a good balance between attack and defense.
The Tengu Performs crossed slash with his two
katana dealing two different high elementals
damages to the character.
The Tengu sheath his right katana during a
limited time. During this period, he can't’ be
interrupted or staggered but he’s damageable. If
he receives enough damages by the character his
posture is interrupted, however if he’s not, he
performs a long-range slash that deal high
damage to the character
The Tengu use his two katana to create a tornado
that he launch toward the character. The tornado
has a very long range and slightly move toward
the character, but it can be dodged. The tornado
deals medium damages and throw the character
in the air
Feat.

Monsters
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Exorcism opportunity: The exorcism of the Tengu is like all monster. A health regeneration if the opportunity is failed by the character. In an
addition to it, at each exorcism attempt failed the Tengu increase his base damages by 10% that stay all along the fight even in second phase.
The Tengu summons minor Tengu that create
and supply an energy dome during a limited
time. The dome is impenetrable by the character
and protect the Tengu. If the time runs out, the
dome and the summoned disappears.
To destroy the dome, the character must kill all
the minors Tengu that supply the energy dome
during the limited time. The minor Tengu are
only damageable by Amaterasu damages. If the
character doesn’t kill all of them during the
limited time, in the next opportunity it will only
remains the ones who survived
If the dome explodes, the Tengu fall on his knee
and do not regenerate. The character must
damage him with Amaterasu damage to
complete the exorcism procedure and break his
locked life.
Content
Feat.

Monsters
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Phase 2 : In the second phase, the Tengu brings the character to his dimension. He gets rid of one of his katana and know fight with a mix of
spell cast and slash attack. He becomes way more aggressive and less defensive.
The Tengu cast a large energy beam across the
ground that comes out under the feet of the
character dealing high damages to the character.
The Tengu dash toward the character and grab
his head, he then releases an energy explosion
that deal very high damages to the character.
The Tengu creates a portal behind the character,
he then enters in another one in front of him to
perform a long-range slash attack on the back of
the character dealing very high damages to him.
Content
Feat.

Gameplay pillars

Gameplay Pillars
Gameplay
Gplay
%age
Game mechanics GM Details
GM
%age
References
Action
45
Combat_Skills Actives (buff / debuff / heals / damages etc) 35 Genshin Impact
Combat_Weapons Sword, dual guns, hammers, catalyst etc 55 Monster Hunter
Contextual actions QTE (Mine, Gather, ladder) 10 God of war (chest)
Exploration 20
Track Monster’s traces and residues 20 Hunt Showdown
Loot
Beast Parts 50 Horizon Zero Down
Ressources 30 Breath of the Wild
RPG
35
Craft/Upgrade
Weapons (Damages Stats / Damages type) 45 Dauntless
Armors (Defense stats, Elemental resistances) 35 Dragon Age origins
Skills (buff / debuff / heals / damages etc) 20 Guild Wars 2
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Cont.
Feat.

Whats not

What’s not
Open World
Beat Them all
TPS
Narrative
Horror
Multiplayer (PVP)
Infiltration
Realism
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metal Gear Solid 5
For Honor
AC Valhala
Devil May Cry 5
The Division 2
Detroit Become Human
Resident Evil 2
Sébastien Dalmasso High
Concept Document
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Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Video game persona

Persona
• Name : Jordan Boggero
• Gender : Male
• Age : 22
• Matrimonial status : Celibate
• Job : Sport university
• Education / Degrees : Post bac
• Incomes : Summer jobs and his parents
• Geographical localization : Nice / France
Demographics
Picture
Appartement
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Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Player Theories :
• Bartle : Killer / Socializer
• Lazzaro : Hard / Serious
• Leblanc : Challenge / Fellowship / Fantasy
• Gardner : Bodily-Kinesthetic / Musical / Mathematical-logical
• MDA + : Dynamics / Mechanics
• GNS + : Gamism / Experimentalism
Archetypes
Personality key words :
• Social
• Perseverant
• Inventive
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Gaming Goals ? Why ?
• Have fun with friends
• Relax after work
• Explore all the possibilities and find his playstyle
Hopes / What he wants
• Get challenged
• Having multiple possibilities
• Multiplayers features
• Faces Bosses
Motivations
Similar gaming products / Likes / References
Dauntless
Jujustu kaisen
Destiny 2
Monster hunter world
Blue Exorcist
Darksouls 3
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

General frustrating elements
• Having too much work
• Being bored
Frustrations
Dislike in Gaming Products
• Too easy games
• Not being able to play the way he wants to
• Boring bosses
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Daily Routine
• 8 : 30 AM go to university with his bike for 7 hours
every day except the weekend
• 7 PM get back home playing or working
depending on the given work
Gaming Experience
• All weekend staying at home playing or going outside playing
soccer
Daily path toward school Gaming Setup
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Watch :
• Movies :
The exorcist, the conjuring, Bird
Box, A quiet place
• TV Shows :
The witcher,
• Anime :
Naruto; Dragon ball Z, Jujutsu
kaisen, Blue exorcist
• Youtube-Twitch Channels :
High level gaming youtubers
such as theory crafters.
Media consumption
Listen :
• Music :
French and american
rap, house, electro
Read :
• Books :
The witcher, lord of the
ring, lovecraft
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Online identity
Facebook :
• Just talking to friends
with messengers
Twitter :
• Sometimes just reading
the tweets of the ones
he follows
Discord :
• Go on private server
with his friends to play
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

Soccer :
• Type :
Sport
• Level of Practice :
Hight
• Position :
Midfielder
• Involvement (hours) :
Depending on his free time but usually on
weekends 2 or 3 hours the days he’s playing
Hobbies
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Persona
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.

References

References
Gameplay
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Pers.
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.
Monster Hunter world : Beast slaying, weapon-
based fight, and equipment craft
Dauntless : Beast slaying, weapon-based fight and
equipment craft
Payday 2 : HUB with contract missions displayed
on world map
Guild wars 2 : Spell assignment and weapon
influencing spells
Tyranny : Spell assignment and craft Darksouls 3 : HUB and boss fight

References
Gameplay
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Pers.
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.
Outriders : Spell assignment Destiny 2 : Conditional damage on bosses Remnant from the ashes : Bosses fight with
ranged and melee weapons
Horizon zero dawn : Beast part drop and
destruction
Hunt showdown : Demon track and hunt The Witcher 3 : Monsters's track, bait and fight

References
Art
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Pers.
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.
The Witcher 3 : European Monsters Bloodborn : Monsters, outfit and weapons. Nioh 2 : Japanese monsters
Sekiro : Japanese monsters Hunt showdown : Outfit and weapons The Evil within 2 : Modern facilities

References
Art
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Pers.
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.
Vampyr : Outfit and creatures Devil may cry 5 : urban contemporary world and
monsters
HP Lovecraft : creatures and outfits
Cabin in the wood : European monsters Strangers things : Monsters Scary stories to tell in the dark : Legendary
monsters

References
Universe
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Pers.
Not.
Pillars.
Cont.
Feat.
Jujustu kaisen : Exorcist institute, humans with
occults powers. Fighing demon in an urban world
Blue exorcist : Exorcist institute. Fighting demon
in an urban world
Monster hunter rise : Hunter organization
Bloodborn : Demon hunters Doctor sleep : Humans with hidden powers Hunt showdown : Demon hunters' organization

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