Story Driven Puzzle Platformer.
Genre : Platformer
Platform : PC
Input : Keyboard
Engine : Custom Engine using C++
Time Frame : 2 Weeks
Role : Programmer, Game Designer, UI and Environment Artist.
Team Size : Started 4. Ended 3.
Status : On Ice
Derelict was a group project made with a story in mind. The devastation of a planet that you would find. The puzzles and the stories you would find and when you would combine it all, you would come to understand the grand history of the planet you would land on. Unfortunately, not everything went to plan when one of the member decided to quit and we were left to finish the project with limited time and a sudden change in responsibilities. So let me re-introduce the story of Derelict : Chapter Zero.
The World of Derelict comes from the idea of destruction through the lack of care. Much like real life, the world we explore in Derelict is full or exploitation of it's natural resources, carelessness of how precautions were handled and overall destruction of an entire civilization because they did not take action when they had the chance. It is hard look at what might happen to us should we keep ignoring the things that matter for our survival.
Derelict is a puzzle platformer that is rich in story telling. You are a space explorer and you one day find a ship in the middle of nowhere. The ship is clearly been dead for a little while. So you go into explore it. Moving around the game is controlled by WASD. E is used for interacting with objects.
The platformer was designed with several puzzles in mind. Fetch quests hidden behind difficult traversal, some back tracking as well as context clues and fitting the pieces of the puzzle to gain information about the exploration. The player is put through levels of that they are openly able to choose but aren't fully open without the right tools that can be found in other parts of the maps. In Chapter Zero, you are in the spaceship and capable of going into any part of the ship but you must have certain items in the ship to get to certain places in the level itself. We've made traversal itself very quick and easy so the players don't mind the bit of back tracking one might have to do to get to places.
Derelict is a project far more discussed than we had time for. The story goes deep and the lore is vast. It would take months and I would need several people with me to produce a solid and satisfying game that people could look forward to. So for that, I have decided to ice the game until further notice.
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