Game Title: Doctor Water
Doctor Water is set in the near future where water scarcity has reached its all-time high leaving humanity on the brink of collapse. The player takes on the role of water engineer who after experiencing the devastating effects of water scarcity drops his comfy life in the UK to travel around the world and help solve the global water crisis to save humanity.
The starting scenes reveal the protagonists backstory, he was a well-respected neurosurgeon who spent his life saving people’s lives. But as he got older and earnt more money he was blinded to the issues that were happening around the world. However, one day whilst caring for his patients the hospital’s water stopped, the implications around the hospital were devastating, for three days they couldn’t access any water through their taps. The protagonist stepped back and realised the possible global implications of water scarcity. With a sense of responsibility, he plans to travel across the world solving different water crises one at a time to save humanity.
Storyline / Worldbuilding
The protagonist begins their journey in his home country, a city that doesn’t stop to think. With everyone too busy to sort things out themselves the city’s water infrastructure is crumbling beneath their feat yet no one seems to care. With a sense of weight on his shoulders he plans to journey to areas of extreme water scarcity and prevent the collapse of humanity.
His journey will take him to 4 regions, each that represent an unique water crisis:
- Londinium: A country rich with fresh water, but with water systems that are so outdated all the pipes are rusting away.
- Nefarun: A desert waste land with trees withering away and sandstorms everywhere. Wells and water systems are dried up and buried under mountains of sand. With an increase in desertification in the area water sources are running out.
- Bayonara: A fishing area with houses on stools to mitigate the effects of their monsoons. However, all these areas are dried up, there’s no sign of it raining and it hasn’t rained for years. All water catchers have been broken for years.
- Andemara: A frozen icy mountain range which is shrinking rapidly, glaciers are melting away. Even the constant snow storms can’t keep the temperature down.
Each location has their own different environmental themed elements, such as rusty pipes, dead trees, frozen items and other signs of water scarcity. The protagonist uses their limited water source and locally sourced weapons to slow down and divert enemies to give himself time to do the puzzles.