Today I started to produce Robert’s interaction script however, instead of showing a step by step guide of how I made and edited the script, I will provide snippets from the script and discuss them.
Within Robert’s interaction script, I decided to make Robert abrupt and reluctant to speak to Lucas, showing his intolerable personality and symbolising the lack of care within the dome’s society – reinforcing the Cyberpunk themes of our game/demo.
Further illustrating Robert’s lack of care for Lucas, the first line spoken by Robert is that of a disrespect and discourtesy – with the expression of ‘Urgh’ having connotations of repulsion and unwillingness. Through this first line alone the player is made to feel a disconnect between Robert, therefore replicating Lucas’ feelings of him; helping the Player to immerse with Lucas.
Also portraying Robert’s personality, he mentions to Lucas that he is off duty but is still happy to arrest him. Through this, the player can sense Robert’s distain for Lucas whilst also assuming that he takes his job very seriously through the sub-text implied. With this sub-text and tone of the conversation, the player will also feel a sense of immersion because of the resemblance with the introductory trailer where it is stated how corrupt and uncaring positions of power are. Connecting these points will also help with the player’s sense of escapism by helping them think that the world created is fluent and coherent, not just thrown together.
Overall, I feel that Robert’s Interaction dialogue was successful and was immensely benefitted by the improvisation session I held playing as him – allowing me to think as he would and ‘talk’ as he would, enabling me to make a more realistic character because of it. If It was not for the time restraints in place, I would allow Lucas to interact with other police members and people of power, allowing the player to clearly see the thorough corruption of the dome, not just through one character. Doing this would also help further reinforce the cyber-punk theme, as researched, corruption is a central idea throughout the cyber-punk genre.
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