My Year 1 final design project: a pen-and-paper role-playing game set in an outdoor environment.
Link to game website: https://yiran19990925.wixsite.com/rpg-utopia
Link to process blog: https://yiran19990925.wixsite.com/totheutopia
Project Brief - To the Utopia
Sometimes I just want to escape, to bring my senses, my thoughts, my soul elsewhere, a place where I can be someone else and do the impossible things. Sometimes I just want to play, to explore, to immerse myself in seemingly meaningless fun.
Even if the world is on fire, I hope my mind is not.
Have you ever felt the same?
Now I want to invite YOU to escape with me, through my creation, to the world that only happens in our dreams. It may be a place, a sensation, an experience.
Through the use of models, prototypes, photography, film-making and any other mediums I may need to document and express my thoughts, I would investigate how we grown-ups ‘escape’ to the imaginative worlds through various ways like role-playing and cosplaying, and why it is so fascinating to be someone else or live in another universe.
Game Description:
You want to live in another world. You want to experience a different life. You want to write your own stories. You want to have fun with friends.
You dream of wandering though the Utopia that only exists in your dreams, spending a lazy afternoon hanging out with your friends, writing a story about ‘another you’ saving the world. To escape, to explore, to have fun.
You’ve had enough of being trapped indoors staring at the computer screen; you’ve had enough playing only a deck of cards with your friends when meeting outside; you’ve had enough of the Covid restrictions that could change faster than the UK weather.
I hear you, I feel you. Now I’d like to invite you to escape with me, to the fantasy world that exists in your imagination, meet your new buddies that you once dreamed about, do the impossible things and feel like a hero.
Introducing to you the outdoor multiplayer role-playing game — To the Utopia. To have fun, all you need is your smartphone and your imagination.
This game is a tabletop role-playing game that does not limit itself to be played indoors. You’ll have more fun when step outside with a group of friends and start exploring. Led by a great story teller or the Game Master, the boundary between the real and the virtual world is now merged, bringing reality into the game world and bringing fantasy into the reality. Get the illustrations, maps, music and stories that are easily accessible, for an immersive role-playing experience.
Now prepare yourself for the journey ahead, bring your gadgets and grab your coat, step outside into the utopia within the world in front of you. Although the pandemic is still happening and the rules are to be followed, you still have the right to play.
Don’t let the rule of 6 let you down.
Character Design: https://yiran19990925.wixsite.com/leslyn01/post/to-the-utopia-npc-character-concept
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