Title 

• Doctor Water  
• This title highlights the games core experience through focusing on the issue of water scarcity (Water) whilst also mentioning a character who fixes problems (Doctor).  

Genre 

• Main genre: 2D platformer puzzle game 
• What makes this game fun and new is that it combines 2D platformer with puzzle-solving which creates a new and engaging experience that gets players to engage with real world issues and think critically about water resource management 

Essential Experience 

• Doctor Water aims to create a feeling of urgency to all players and get them to feel a sense of responsibility through immersing them into real world issues associated with water scarcity. Every puzzle, exploration and world completed educates the player on the game’s important theme of water scarcity. 

High Concept and Elevator pitch 

• With water scarcity at an all-time high. It’s your mission, the player, to travel around the world and solve these issues through numerous different puzzles!  
• Doctor Water is set in the near future where water scarcity threatens the collapse of the world. The player will travel through different regions which each highlight pressing issues that are causing water scarcity in that area of the world. Players must strategically solve environmental puzzles to save the local communities. 

Purpose / Unique Selling Point (USP) 

• Doctor Water aims to raise awareness about the emerging issues of global water scarcity. Through immersing players in a 2D platformer puzzle the game will highlight real-world inspired environmental issues whilst encouraging players to think innovatively to solve these puzzles with innovative gameplay mechanics. 
• Here are a few of the USPs of Doctor Water: 
• Multistage levels that change perspectives to play the game, side-on view for traversing the map, birds-eye to solve the puzzles 
• Nonviolent mechanics to force the player in creative  and strategic thinking 
• Regional specific puzzles based on the real world water crisis, this creates an educational and immersive experience. 

Target Audience  

Game Pillars 

• Water Resource Management  
• Players have to constantly consider the use of their limited water resource, this enforces the theme of water scarcity 
• Creative problem solving  
• Through the platform and puzzle-solving aspects it encourages player to think both how to solve the puzzles through resource management but also how to solve real-world water issues 
• Non-violent conflict resolution  
• Inspired by the water wars happening around the world especially Egypt and Uruguay this games focus on avoiding causing violence helps to tie it into the idea of collaboration and ingenuity over destruction 
• Educational Exploration of Water Crisis  
• Through levels, mechanics, gameplay Doctor Water educates players about real life scarcity issues, which raises awareness about the issue