SLIDE 6 Story and Gameplay
Story (Logline) After a long, exhausting journey, a little buddy called Coo sets themselves in a beautiful
- valley. It is the player’s job to
make them comfortable in their newfound home. Story (Synopsis) Just arrived to the Valley, the player impersonates Coo and decides how (much) they want to make themselves at home (fjlling the Status bars). All tasks develop in Coo’s mind, so they are only fjnished when and how the player decides so. Three options are always present: not completing the task given, accomplishing the basics, or excel at the highest score. There are several things to do (lumbering, harvesting, quarrying, etc) that unlock many others (hunting, sowing, building). Also, there are little Sprite beings in the difgerent locations. Coo has to choose between being careful with them or going right though the annoyances. The game develops depending on Coo’s decisions, theres are three main storylines: If the player follows “Mother Nature” line, they have chose to not fulfjll any needs, not killing Sprites and not collecting Supplies. Once the middle of the game is reached, Coo vanishes (dies) and the Valley is like nothing happened. When following a “Basic needs” route, the Valley changes bit by bit. When all the unlocked tasks have been played -completed or not- Coo has a look at their home and sees how much the Valley has changed. The hills are carved, wild animals have left the place, and struggling sprites are angry at Coo. Now they have a new batch
- f works more diffjcult than the previous ones, which are fjxing the place like it was before.
The tasks have increased their toughness by evolving into more diffjcult puzzles and levels, and the Sprites are starting to get violent. After all of them are completed, Coo can fjnally live in equilibrium with the Valley and the Sprites. The “Happy Ever After and After and After” route is like the previous one but reaching high scores several times. When the middle of the game is reached, the puzzles also increase their diffjculty and the Sprites turn into bosses and minibosses. At the end, Coo has created a fully human-oriented environment, with houses, many farms, a fully functional place full of resources to the taking. But as long as it is not the place it was before, Coo leaves and travels to a new Valley where the game starts again. On a side note, the character name is taken from CO2. It must be said that there are no good or bad endings, just actions and consequences. If Coo lives without using the resources at their reach, they would die; if they want to live but keep the place nearly the same, it would take a lot of efgort. And if Coo wants to live comfortably and careless, the Valley wouldn’t support their lifestyle but they can travel to a place even better. Gameplay (Brief) Three possible paths for three possible gameplays depending on the player’s scores. The breaking point its at the game climax.
