Wow, Catch up Time

I was sure I had written this Monday night but seems something went wrong...

So I have decided to go for creating a game for my final project, originally it was going to be a development of what was my third concept but this has since changed due to the fact, I could not work out a suitable way of incorporating "PC" restrictions into a game to create a compelling gaming experience.

So after having a good talk with the game gang and Doug Monday, I decided to go back to my essay to for another means of inspiration for a game. Two quotes from Bruno Bettellheim were of real interest to me.

“Many parents believe that only conscious reality or pleasant and wish-fulfilling images should be presented to the child – that he should be exposed only to the sunny side of things”

and

A child is not concerned by the monsters in these [fairy] tales but the monster “he feels or fears himself to be, and which also sometimes persecutes him.””By keeping this monster within the child unspoken of, hidden in his unconscious, adults prevent the child from spinning fantasies around it in the image of the fairy tales he knows”

So in summary,

Children use fantasy/violence as a means to control the monster within, to learn to control and understand their feelings. To know the difference between right and wrong, and the difference between thinking and doing something.

Using these ideas I was able to create a narrative and an original means of gameplay.

Monday/Tuesday:

Kid Protagonist, always had a life that’s always been on the sunny side. One day his world is turned upside down, his inner monster is unleashed from within taking over him, how can he stop it? He must learn to control himself, his feelings. The good in him exists in his mind but it is weak in comparison. Good kid must complete the 4 stages to gain full power and put a stop to the monsters control.

Wednesday:

Franklin has grown up without ever experiencing fantasy, make-believe or pretend violence. He has only ever been exposed to a complete sense of reality. There were no cartoons or fairy tales like we all have come to learn and love. Problems started to manifest as he grew older. He began to feel things not so on the “sunny side” of life. Anxiousness and Helplessness. Anger became a recurring feeling. This confused Franklin. Where had these feelings come from? He had never experience anything like them before.

Now age 8, these feelings have grown out of control, too great for Franklin to supress. As a result, his inner monster is unleashed taking over his physical self. Within his own mind, Franklin must take back control. In order to do so he must learn to control his feelings.