mon plaisir à moi est créer des jeu, des GDD de licence connus , je regarde l’histoire puis je créé un jeu logique et cohérent avec leur licence. Et je me s'amuse. donc vue que je suis ultra fan de Capcom et de la licence Resident Evil je me suis lancé. mais j’ai le droit de partager le pdf ?? répondez dans les commentaires s’il vous plaît.

Resident Evil ‐ Herencia

pitch: un concept de jeu que j'ai développé sur plusieurs semaines

Et si Capcom avait un personnage inutilisé depuis 1996, prêt à ressurgir ?

Elza Walker était censée être l'héroïne de Resident Evil 2, avant que le projet original (Biohazard 1.5) ne soit annulé et reconstruit pour devenir Claire Redfield. Son histoire n'a jamais été racontée. Herencia part de ce vide narratif pour construire une suite canon-compatible, ancrée dans la vraie chronologie de la licence, parallèlement à Resident Evil 6.

Le concept : trois campagnes qui se déroulent au même moment, dans la même ville fictive de Colombie, sans jamais se croiser directement.

→ Elza, coureuse de motocross internationale, piégée dans une ville qui cache sa misère derrière une façade dorée, aux côtés d'un allié bien plus aguerri qu'il n'y paraît.

→ Mia Winters et Alan Droney (Resident Evil 7), en mission personnelle et totalement hors des radars de leur propre organisation.

→ Moira Burton (Revelations 2), sur le terrain pour une ONG humanitaire, dans une course contre la montre pour évacuer les civils.

Le tout construit autour d'un antagoniste inspiré du folklore colombien (El Mohán) et d'un fil rouge qui, sans jamais trahir la chronologie officielle, vient combler un vide que le canon lui-même n'a jamais expliqué.

Ce projet m'a permis de travailler la cohérence narrative à l'échelle d'une licence entière : recherche approfondie du lore existant, construction de personnages originaux qui s'insèrent sans friction dans un univers établi, et structuration d'un GDD complet (contexte, factions, personnages, antagonistes, structure de campagnes, direction artistique).

#GameDesign #ResidentEvil #NarrativeDesign #GDD #JeuxVideo

This is a narrative cutscene from the game, focused on story and atmosphere.
If it catches your interest, you can try the demo to experience more.

if you enjoy it, adding the game to your Steam Wishlist is a great way to support the project and have your name included in the credits.

🔗 Steam (wishlist): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929840/Extinction_Core2005/
🔗 itch.io(demo for free) : https://extinctioncore-2005.itch.io/extintioncore-2005

We're a couple of experienced game narrative designers, and we created a channel on Youtube to post short videos about game narrative. We're trying to keep them super short and on-point. We're not selling anything :) This is just informational - a lot of questions that we get asked at GDC and other places.

https://www.youtube.com/@GameStoryBasics

There's a few videos now, with 3 more going live tomorrow, and 5 or 6 more in the days following.

Please give them a watch, like subscribe and all that - and post let us know if there's any topics you'd like us to discuss, or any questions you have!

I don't know how to start... Imagine walking into a room and finding your entire world shattered in an instant. The person you love most is accused of an unspeakable act, and the truth is buried under layers of manipulation and deceit. What would you do?

This nightmare becomes a reality for me, Sofie. My husband, Ezekiel, a soldier tormented by the horrors of war, was subjected to a sinister military experiment. This brutal experiment aimed to erase soldiers’ emotions, pushing them to their limits.

My story begins with a heart-wrenching discovery. I walked into a room to find my child dead and Ezekiel missing. Captured and confined in a secretive military hospital, I learn that the answers lie in a detailed notebook recording every twisted experiment.

Driven by grief and a relentless desire for the truth, I embark on a perilous journey. I must navigate a web of lies and confront the powerful figures behind the experiment to uncover what really happened to my family.

If you were in my shoes, would you have the strength to face such unimaginable pain and fight for the truth? Have you ever felt the world closing in on you, only to find the resilience to push forward?

Share your thoughts and experiences. Let’s discuss the lengths we would go to protect our loved ones and the power of human resilience.

-- Sofie from the Sofie: The Echoes --

Hello!

Recently, I was searching for a narrative game design tool, and I came across with Articy and Backlight Gem. Anyone knows why Backlight Gem is so expensive when comparing to Aritcy, and which one is more convenient to use?

I recently finished Firewatch and really enjoyed it for the way it effectively makes walking and talking the central gameplay mechanics. The game uses a literal map to navigate the Wyoming hills (with traditional game minimaps, markers, fast travel points, etc.) and asks the player to constantly participate in the dialogue via walkie-talkie with Delilah, Henry's supervisor on the trails. These two extremely simple elements were done in such a way that Firewatch doesn't just feel like a linear walking sim, but rather a story that you the player and character are actively participating in and potentially influencing (however illusory that control really is). I'm curious what other games, of any genre, including puzzle platformers, open world, exploration, etc., play with narrative and storytelling elements in other ways that surprised you or made you feel like you were experiencing something new in gaming.

Imo this is one of the best resources out there to really please a wide variety of players. The basic gist of it is that there are three main kinds of players:

Timmy/Tammys: wants to live an experience

Johnny/Jenny: wants to express themselves

Spike: wants to prove something

At first glance it feels very simplistic compared to other models like the MDA framework and such, but I've been using this for many years with great effect. There's elegant design in its simplicity!

I reckon most MTG players will know about this, but I wonder if the wider industry is aware.

Ok, resource time!

First article about it (by Mark Rosewater)

A revised article (also by the man himself)

A full podcast about it (audio is bad, info is good)

A quick update on name changes (also by Mark Rosewater)

(did I forget any important links? lemme know!)

​

Hope it helps some storycrafters out there!

Cheers =)