2. So, let’s just say we are
game designers…
…more specifically, Game designers
working on the new point-and-click
Adventure: The Wolf Among Us. Imagine
yourselves in that board room, locked in by
Telltale Games and they won’t let you out
until you have at least the beginning or a
synopsis of the opening level.
4. To continue we must know our main
characters…
What are their motivations?
Who are they?
What do they do?
Where do they come from?
When does this story take place?
Why are they there?
5. Fable Backstory
Fables began as a comic Our main character is
book/graphic novel in Bigby Wolf, the Sheriff of
2002 Fabletown, a secret
Taking our favorite fairy community of refuge
tales and turning them fairytale characters who
gritty and dark were kicked out by an
evil overlord and must
Their stories revolve
now try to live in our
around Mysteries and
world, in New York City.
murders.
6. What is “Game Logic”?
What is the most believable
way we can keep the
integrity of the characters
while moving from panels
and print to cinematic
animation and gameplay?
7. The Main Mystery
A series of
unexplainable
murders points to
normal everyday
people committing
the crimes. Is this
true or is someone
else pulling the
strings? As Sheriff
Bigby, you must
solve this case
without causing
alarm within the
Fabletown
community.
8. Where to start?
Should we research other “Point-and-
Click” Adventure style games?
Should we delve into both the classic
fairy tales and these darker fairy tales
that “Fables” is based upon?
How can we show the beginnings of
the game while “slipping-in” the
player controls at the same time?
