Task 1: Originate and develop a idea

Synopsis

The game is set in a place known as Avalon where a war has broken out between the seraph and the hellion clan. The seraph kind are beings of light whereas hellions are beings of darkness. The war started when the clan leader of the hellions kidnapped the daughter of the seraph kind’s leader and rescuing the princess will be the main mission for the game. In the game you will play as the female protagonist named Aurelia who is the sister of the kidnapped princess Oriel. 

Objective

The way my game works in terms of controls and gameplay is very much inspired by the game Horizon zero dawn that was initially released on February 28 this year, in the game Horizon you get to play as the strong female protagonist, Aloy. At the start I thought of using a male protagonist who is the love interest of the kidnapped princess but I thought that that would be too cliché so I decided to use a strong female lead instead because you don’t get to see many games with strong female protagonists. 

In a way my idea was also a little bit inspired by the original super mario where mario has to go and rescue the princess from the antagonist of the game. I thought of using a rescue based storyline because I felt like it would add more feeling and character to the plot of the game.   

Target Audience

Since my game idea is heavily inspired by the game Horizon zero dawn I’d say that we’ll probably have around the same age demographics. When I was researching Horizon’s user ratings I found out that 888 of the voters were male and only 101 were female. There were 409 that voted who were between the ages of 18 and 29, 360 of which are male and only 44 being female. There were also 416 voters between the ages of 30 and 44 of which 371 of them are male and only 39 female voters. My game will have a different PEGI rating as Horizon is only 16, mine will have a higher rating because my game will include violence, blood and maybe some slight nudity where as in Horizon you only go around fighting robots. As for my target audience based on the research that I did on Horizon’s user rating or age demographic my game will be targeting people between the ages of 30-44.