Animated Narrative Week 11

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                                                               Week 11

This is a short story, it is about a boy whose name is Peter, who went back home after school and think about things that happened in school, those bad memories make him become more and more depressed. The game is about to show the changes of his emotion through the journey as the player interacts with other characters and triggering events.

Plot 1:

Peter walking on the street, he is coming home after school. People who live in those houses near the street are doing their own business, some of them reading some interesting book, some of them doing the housework, some of them just smoking on the balcony.

Everyone is enjoying their relaxing moment in this area except the boy, he is recalling things that happened in the school today. He has criticized by his teacher because he did not pass the exam as usual.

‘You should work harder Peter, everyone can pass it except you, this is a class for outstanding students, if you can’t do it then leave, I am not gonna let you ruin it!’ The teacher said.

‘I already work hard on it, it is just….., maybe I am really stupid as she said…..’ Peter thought in his mind.

The weather is still very comfortable, the wind gently blows to everyone’s face, but in Peter’s point of view, it starts cloudy.

Plot 2:

Still, Peter walking on the street, it is a commercial area where has more pedestrians around. He is thinking about another awful thing that happened this afternoon in school, one of his classmates bullied while other classmates watching.

‘Why you still here, loser? Did our teacher not tell you about the exam, shame on you.’ The classmate said, ‘Get out here, we don’t a loser to be our friend!’

Peter: ‘……’

The weather is still pretty good, such a sunny day, some people just take off their coat because it starts to get hot, ladies hold up umbrellas to shade, but in Peter’s mind, it starts to rain, no one can see even one drop of rain, but Peter can hear the sound of heavy rain. Now Peter believes that human’s emotion can spread because people hold up their umbrella when Peter passing them, seems like they all influenced by his emotion, they can all see the heavy rain and he feels like everyone is pointing at him and judging him

‘He is useless, no I don’t like him as well, who will, right?’

‘Yeah, just look at him, definitely not.’

The truth is they just want to shade the sun and no one is judging him, they just talk about their own stuff. These facts made Peter feel even worse, the rain becomes heavier.

If players stay around and interact with those pedestrians until a certain amount of time, the bad ending will come out, which is Peter swallowed by the depression. If players decide to go forward, plot 3 which including the resolution and good ending will come out.

Plot 3:

Peter just passed the commercial area, he is really tired, both physically and mentally. He can barely walk, he is just about to give up, at that moment, he heard his friend’s voice:

‘Peter! Come on, we waiting for you, my mom cooking dinner for us, let’s go!’

‘Yeah Peter, I already hungry, hah, come on let’s go!.’

Peter feels immerse in the sunshine, he can see a door is opened for him, it is such a sunny day on the other side of the door, he stepped out of that door and did not look back.

The end of the game.