a story-driven adventure game

by cynthia olemoh-odunuyi
Contents page

second life 2
how to play 3
main characters 4
support chracters 5
other characters 6
city corperated 8
the purger 9
advanture mode 10
exlusive menues 11
inventory 12
timeline 13
citizens 14
interctions 15
conversation 16
decision making 17
interactive mode 18
tips 19

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 second life

Second Life, is an narrative game based on

story, exploration, and character
development. Featuring lots of charac-
ters to meet and lots to do across in a
a story-driven adventure game strange world.

Set in a post apocalyptic city bustling

with technology and greed, a place where
the sun never shines, and the people are
DECISIONS actions words as conflicted as ever.

The citizens of the city are doing their best to continue with their lives post
apocalypse, however it is proven difficult as some cannot seem to move on .

- ability to explore a strange forgotten city

- a truly Interactive world: objects and people
‐ choose your own adventure: effect the main storyline and subplots of citizens
(different outcomes and endings for every player)
-theme of mental health and overcoming struggles
-Experiencing each characters struggle through their prespective
- Allows third and first person gameplay
- Rating: Pegi 12
‐ Genre(s): choose your own Adventure, story rich/narrative, Fantasy/Dark.
‐ Platform: mobile, ipad ( IOS, ANDROID)
‐ Mode : Single player

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 how to play

Tap drag

second life is played exclusively in landscape mode and navigates using simple
touch screen gestures on your device such as; tapping and dragging across
the screen

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main chracters
A top member of City Corp. She is highly organised and
highly driven, perhaps a bit too much.

Quiet popular with the citizens, however an easy

target for those with strong personalities. She does
her best to work hard to achieve the corporation’s
goal of restoring the people and city.

She takes Snow around with her on client requests in

the hopes that someday she would adjust better to
isabelle the job, and be able to carry out tasks on her own.

An immortal being purely created to help the survivors

recover from the traumas the apocalypse has caused.
She herself appears to not understand how to do normal
everyday tasks and is oblivious to regular people
problems and social norms.

She was found one day sleeping in a box on the streets

by Isabelle, who gave her the name Snow. Isabelle then
convinced her to join City Corp.

Snow doesn’t seem do a very good job connecting with

others. She often shows signs of depersonalisation snow
disorder.

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 support chracters
Another member of 'City Corp'.

she is also the corporations administrator in

charge of distributing requests.

She has a highly assertive personality that often

makes her less likeable, and appear more self
absorbed.
she is also the reoccurring subject to Snows
belittling.
ivory

The older brother of Almond

Ever since the departure of his parents, he has taken

responsibility of looking after Almond who has been
acting ‘difficult’.

Due to this he has been forced to get a job he hates,

and is dealing with stress and depression while trying
to support his brother.

He is also a close friend and supporter to Isabelle.

clyde

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other chracters
she doesn’t really have much going on. despite this refuses
to be a contributing member of society.

she spends her day lingering around town and seems to

enjoy traumatising those around her.

her favorite victims are isabelle and pike.

She shows signs of sociopathy.

navy
The younger brother of Clyde

Ever since his parents left after the apocalypse, he has

become resentful and bitter towards everyone.

He is never seen outside the comfort of his room or flat,

due to his struggles against schizophrenia and ptsd.

almond

Due to the lack of sunlight in the city, he is

unfortunately that individual that just seems to
always be in an irritated mood.

pike is being effected by Seasonal affective disorder.

pike

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 she does what she wants whenever she wants disregarding
how it affects those that care for her. due to this she
always seems to get herself in trouble.

She's labeled as nuisance by the other citizens and likely has

anti social personality disorder.

bay

with the dynamics of society not being the same as it use

to be, bryson is unable to pursue his dreams of being a
football star, and doesn't know what to do with himself
anymore.

he is often seen in either the corner store or his flat

indulging in alcohol

bryson

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 city corperated

Ever since the apocalypse people’s quality of life has dropped

drastically, and peoples mental health took a toll. The more
driven citizens of the city have been trying to rebuild the lives
they all once had before the event, however it is proving
difficult as people have become more selfish and greedy with
time, due to the traumas the apocalypse has caused on the
survivors which has drastically effected their mood, behavior
and thoughts.

Unable to get all the help they can to help the city flourish
again, they decided to find a way to help people get back on
their feet.

The solution? ‘City Corperated’! A group of individuals that

help people around town in any social task they need help in.

With the existence of the ‘City Corp’ more people are

becoming active in aiding the cities restoration with
their newfound take to continue their lives by moving
forward and finding a new purpose.

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 the purger

Amongst the city there are rumors of a mysterious website that aids the quality
of life better than ‘City Corp’. “Have you heard of The Purger’?” Those with a
desperate urge to do anything to change their lives and become a different person
may only access this mysterious website at midnight, allowing them to write in
their story and get help from a mysterious girl, but there is one catch, the
individuals memory along with their struggles are completely erased in order to
start a new life

The Purger will not judge why the requester asks for
her services or their reasoning; she will do as she was
purposed for. Not much is known about this young
lady other than that she swiftly carries out her
duties. Little does everyone know Snow is actually
‘The Purger’.

It is now up to you to influence what pathway these citizens decide take to healing.

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 adventure mode

While in adventure mode you have full control

of the characters. simply glide in the direction
in which you wish them to move.

You can talk to your partner by tapping on them.

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 exclusive menues
To bring up further options simply tap on the active character, depending on who you have
active the menus will vary.

‘Switch character’, allows you to switch between

Isabelle and Snow. Each character has their own
unique interactions and mindset on the world
around them.

switch character switch character

'cell phone' exclusive to only when
Isabelle is active. Here you are able to
access articles and listings posted by
ivory on behalf of ‘City corp’, and extra
game perks.
'duties' exclusive to only when snow is active.
is a list of specific requests form citizens
who have asked for help specifically from ‘The
purger’.

cell phone duties

'inventory' accessible to both characters.

will lead to the inventory and further options

inventory

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 inventory

while in the inventory only the items held by the active character will be
displayed.

further information can be accessed on each item by tapping an the item, tapping
an item near a citizen in adventure mode will offer them the item

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items can be bought, found or taken by from other

citizens. the inventory can also be navigated
through touch glides.

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 timeline
The timeline offers the opportunity to decide the faith of each citizen. throughout the
gameplay you will get to hear out their backstories, relive their experiences and aid them.
Ultimately you will decide which pathway suits them best in order to get them back on the
right path.

guide them erase their pain

All the actions and decisions you make to each citizen throughout your
gameplay is stored within the Timeline’. The Timeline also shows you how
these individual decisions and actions affect other citizens, the city and
overall storyline.

These actions and decisions are displayed by either isabelle’s or snows icon
which shows which pathway was taken, this is further broken down by
which option was chosen within that characters influence. Ongoing or
undecided actions and requests are demonstrated by the ‘!’ icon.

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 citizen bios
This is where you can find further information on citizens you have interacted. Here you can
find out their roles in society and their generalised struggles. Further information is added
or removed depending on which pathway is chosen.

further timeline accessible through a simple touch glide.

clicking on a citizen ithrough the timeline will also take you to this screen.

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 interactions
Throughout your gameplay you will notice a variety of different interactive pop ups,
which differ per situation. simply tapping on these will proceed with that pop ups
action.

pop up ineractions will appear on citizens as well as objects

look speak enter/exit

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conversation pop ups

each chracter offers unique interactions

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 decision making mode
Throughout the gameplay there will be moments where you be made to make decisions.
Depending on which character you have active the responses , thoughts and actions will
vary.

decision making mode with other citizens

decision making mode with objects and items

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 interactive mode
you will be presented with opportunities to enter interactive mode.

interactive mode is always from a first person prespective.

Each interaction may have thier own rules,some such as isabelles phone will
remain constant.

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 Game tips
-when interacting with other citizens, despite each character having their own way of
interacting with the world, you may get interesting results by performing actions slightly
out of their persona.

-request that come in from either city corp, or snows website can be swapped! After a period
of time the citizen will send the request to the opposite side allowing an alternative
pathway.

- some citizens offer side quests that will allow you to save up more funds for items or
game perks

- some citizens offer tips and gossips that can help compete other citizens requests or decide
their pathway.

a story-driven adventure game

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