This document provides a proposal for a game called "Shards" which would be developed by a team of three people. The game involves twin boys where one falls into a coma after an accident with a mirror. The other twin is blamed and tortured by their mother, developing mental health issues over years. Players control the twin to collect mirror shards across different levels and worlds to save his brother while avoiding threats. The game would be developed using Unity and deployed on various platforms. It draws inspiration from movies and games dealing with parallel worlds and mental health themes.

1. Major
Project:
Game
Proposal
Game
Title:
Shards
Team
members
Meghann
Quinn,
Fabrizio
Valerio
Covone,
Marc
O
Donoghue
What
is
the
game
about?
Twin
boys
are
playing
in
their
family’s
huge
old
house.
Part
of
the
house
is
derelict
and
sectioned
off.
While
exploring
the
forbidden
areas
of
the
house
they
find
a
huge
old
mirror.
The
mirror
falls
on
one
of
the
boys,
shattering
into
pieces
and
putting
him
into
a
deep
coma.
The
twin
who
wasn’t
hurt
is
blamed
by
their
mother
for
the
accident.
She
grows
to
despise
him,
ridiculing
his
every
action
and
making
his
life
an
unbearable
nightmare.
All
the
while,
the
father
is
unaware
of
her
actions
as
she
is
careful
not
to
torture
the
boy
in
his
presence.
This
only
serves
to
worsen
the
boy’s
mental
state.
The
boy
becomes
an
introverted,
nervous
wreck.
He
develops
fears,
phobias
and
hallucinations.
Seven
years
later,
with
his
brother
still
in
a
coma,
the
boy
tries
to
escape
from
another
of
his
mother’s
torrents
of
abuse.
In
his
haste
to
find
a
place
of
refuge,
he
finds
himself
back
at
the
scene
of
his
brother’s
accident.
He
sees
the
broken
mirror
shards
scattered
on
the
ground.
This
scenario
triggers
all
the
past
memories
related
to
the
accident.
When
he
comes
out
of
the
flashback
he
sees
only
one
shard
on
the
ground.
He
realises
he
may
still
be
able
to
save
his
brother
and
salvage
what
little
is
left
of
himself
by
finding
all
the
remaining
shards.
Describe
the
core
game
mechanics/gameplay?
Differences
between
two
worlds:
• Flipped
horizontally.
• Graphic
Style:
o Modern
&
Proportioned
in
Normal
World
.
o Fantasy
&
Exaggerated
in
Hallucination
World.
• Player
abilities:
o
Limited
movements
(normal
world).
o Extremely
agile
and
unlockable
superpowers
(Hallucination
World).
• Interactive
Elements:
o Inanimated
objects
in
Normal
World.
o Possible
threats
or
enemies
in
Hallucination
World.
Travel
Between
two
Worlds:
• Using
mirrors
as
portals.
Mirrors
can
be
one-­‐way
or
two-­‐way
and
they
are
checkpoints.
Describe
the
key
experiences
• Retrieve
the
mirror
shards
over
a
number
of
game
levels
and
use
them
to
unlock
new
skills.
• Solve
different
platform
puzzles
by
travelling
between
two
worlds
(moving
platforms,
ladders,
etc).
• Avoiding
threats
in
the
hallucination
world.
What
technology/platform
is
needed
to
build
and
deploy?
Development
Tool:
Unity
3D,
Unity
2D
Development
Toolkit,
Mono
.net
C#
Scrpiting
Language.
Graphics
Design:
Adobe
Photoshop
and
Illustrator.
Prototyping:
Game
Maker
HTML5
/
Game
Salad.
Cinematics:
After
Effects,
Premier
Pro
Deployment
Platforms:
PC,
Mac,
iOS
Devices,
Android
Devices,
Flash
&
Web
(Unity
3D
plugin).
What
games
is
this
inspired
from?
Movies:
Mirrors,
Franklyn,
Coraline.
Games:
Silent
Hill,
Limbo,
Abe’s
Oddysee,
Outland,
Vvvvv,
Braid,
Heart
of
Darkness.
Themes/
Ideas:
Hallucinations,
fears/phobias,
parallel
worlds,
opposites
(light/dark),
Taoism
(yin/yang),
personification
of
inanimate
objects…