“Change the Way You Play”
John P Benge
Eric Fritz
Andrew Patras
Steve Tamayo
Yan Zhao
Game Designer | Environment Modeler
Game Programmer
Project Manager | Technical Director | Character Animator
Lead Character Modeler | Character Rigger | Texture Artist
Lead Character Animator
 A single player 3D action adventure game
 Ancient tribal world filled with monsters
 3rd person hack-and-slash combat
 Story-driven
 Decisions determine story’s outcome
 Collect Forms
 gather Soul Essence from defeated creatures
 Transform, utilize their powers
 Create your own unique play style
 combination of different creature forms
 Fun!
 Pokémon + Kirby + Fable 2
Health Meter
& Active Form Gauge
Available
Forms
 Novo – nomadic tribe survivor
 Bloodline power
 Three main tribes in the world
 All-out war, no victory
 Monster population has grown
 Encounter three main tribes, help or hurt
 Janus – another survivor from your tribe
 Decide the fate of the world
 Reputation
 Three distinct paths:
 Help one of the three tribes
 Help all three obtain peace
 Help Janus destroy all
of the tribes
 Janus was an exile!
 Misuse of power
 Use soul energy as a bomb
 Wants to destroy all the tribes
 Decision determines ending
 You help Janus destroy the tribes
 He stabs you in the back
 He steals the soul essences you collected
 Combines it with his own
 Makes a blast that obliterates you and the tribes
 You help one tribe gain dominance
 There aren’t enough soldiers to stand against Janus
 You end up sacrificing your power to cancel his
 Save the one tribe
 You help all three tribes
 You unite the tribes against Janus
 Epic battle
 Bring Janus down
Primary
Ability
Available Form Slots
`
1
Tab
Game
Menu
2
3
W E
A
S
4
5
Secondary
Ability
6
L
Use/Talk
D
Movement
Jump/Fly
Spacebar
R
Outpost of one tribe on way to main tribe town
 Storyline information stored here
 Healing
 Plants found in the world can heal you
 Some Creature Forms slowly heal over time
 Some Creature Forms have a healing Ability
 Death
 Load your last saved game
- Or  Respawn at the last town or save point you were near
 Novo is extremely weak by himself
 Transform into collected Creature Forms to battle
 Each Form has strengths and weaknesses
 High Magical Attack vs Low Physical Defense
 Vary play style
 Get around obstacles, quest objectives
 Revenge!
Blade Mantis
 Rock Golem
 Defense – High
 Power – High
 Speed – Low
Rock Golem
 Primary Ability – Rock Punch
 Powerful Physical Attack
 Secondary Ability – Block
 Decreases Physical Damage
 Passive Ability – Stonewall Defense
 Increased Physical Defense
 Each Creature Form you have has a Form Gauge
 Energy slowly depletes as you use a Form
 When a Form runs out of energy, you transform back
into your base form
 Bad news if you’re
in the middle of combat!
 Forms slowly recharge over time
 Level up a Form to stay longer
Available Forms
 Over 50 Creature types in the final game
 Variability – Change it up
 Visually Appealing
 Unity 3D
 Speeds up development
 Low licensing costs
 Imports models from Maya
 Agile development methodology
 Good teamwork
 High replay value
 Multiple story paths and endings
 Moral and dialogue choices
 Many creatures and forms to collect
 High customization
 play style and form combinations
 Variety of environments to explore
 Target Audience
 Males ages 16 to 28
 Who enjoy open-world games, collection games, or
games that can provide many hours of enjoyment with
multiple unique play-throughs
 Willing to spend 1 to 3 hours on the game per sitting
 Target Rating – Teen
 Gameplay Time
 Maximum: 80 hrs
 Minimum: 15 hrs
 Mean: 40 hrs
 New Level
 Add 2 New Forms
 Porcupine
 Fire Elemental
 Possible 3rd Form!
 Angel