Sunday, October 16, 2011

Amaranthine: Composite Levels

Amaranthine
Action/Adventure RPG

Platform: PS3, Xbox 360, PC

Concept: The player takes the shoes of Aiden, who is on a quest to find and take vengeance on the person behind his assassination attempt as a child.

Composite Levels:
Level 1 - Tutorial level within the walls of Castle Amar, which teaches players basic game play elements. Experience Aiden's early life in training, into choosing your own Aspect, leading to an attempt on your life.

Level 2 - You are in the town of Branton, recovering from an assassination attempt. Your memory is faded. You encounter kingdom guards who were sent to finish you off. Your powers awaken and you will demonstrate an early mastery of your aspect.

Level 3 - You are in the kingdom of Crueg, the opposition to the Amaranth. You encounter several side quests that will lead to the first milestone in the game. You will undergo training to learn about your Aspect. This is the first milestone in the game. Your training takes several years, and player will be introduced to the Aspect Mastery System*.

Level 4 - After several years in solitude, training you return to Crueg to do several quests leading up to an audience with the king of Crueg. A certain alliance will be made, and you begin your adventure back into Amar.

Level 5 - You are in the town of Briar where your adventure has lead you. A band of thieves has taken over the town, and you take it upon yourself to help the people of Crueg in taking back their land, as a condition of the alliance.

*Aspect Mastery System - This is a branched skill system where players will be able to choose to place points into a certain mastery accordingly to certain abilities, skills, and attributes. Throughout the game, certain bosses and quests will lead to the player obtaining Amaranthine essences, which will allow you to venture into a variety of combinations of skills dealing with Agility, Strength or Magic. (Fig. 1)

Figure 1.


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