This is where you’ll find all the developmental stages from concept art, receiving feedback, developing on those iterations and then finally the final product which myself and my team have come to an agreement.
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When reading Riya’s GDD it was mentioned how the dates that you go on aren’t quite what they seem and so earlier within the project when writing the narrative I brought up the suggestion of having a “glitch” within Violet’s first date where the game will flick to a glitched scary frame and then quickly switch back like nothing ever happened. Once everyone was on board the first game that was in the front of my mind was DDLC (Doki Doki Literature Club) as within the game it basically starts glitching on you to reveal a dark side to the game and so I started creating a mood board to convey what I was thinking when talking about the evil version of the mermaid café.
Mermaid Café Evil – Mood Board
Below was me brainstorming some ideas for how we could go about creating the glitched look
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Key Takeaways From Mood Board
- creates the emotion of being on edge
- increases anxiety
- potentially scare players
- characters + backgrounds become deformed / unnatural
- affects text within game
- eerie feeling
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