Pioneer

Company: Arora Software

I am designing and developing a Sci Fi shooter with social sim elements.

The Last War was a devastating conflict that tore the Earth apart to the point where humanity's last hope was to seek out new habitable worlds. Alex, a soldier who fought in the conflict, now flies on one of the Pioneer ships in search of a new purpose and a new beginning.
Gameplay
  • First-person shooter combat combined with Persona / Fire Emblem 3 Houses style exploration and interaction sections between combat.
  • The player character will be given perks in combat based on choices made by the player in the story, NPC interactions, and in quests. The character is haunted by his decisions in the past… will he change to become an inspiring leader, a stealthy agent, or an uplifting field medic?
  • In out-of-combat sections, the player walks around a town area and speaks to NPCs building friendships and driving the narrative.
  • The dialogue will give the player multiple options to choose from next to a portrait of the person they are talking to after the player initiated it by clicking on the NPC in town(on the ship).
  • The choices they make in the dialogue will result in the NPCs responding to them differently. Some NPCs may have questlines if the player chooses the right options. Some NPCs will be available to team up with the player as squadmates in combat.
  • There will also be an upgrade system where the player gathers items from around the ship and from combat on the new planet and brings them to the engineers on the ship. This will unlock new combat equipment for the player.
Genre - First-person shooter, Social Simulation
Market - Teens and Adults. The target audience for this game would be the cross-section of people who enjoyed huge hits with strong social simulation systems like Persona 5 and Fire Emblem Three Houses and the large market of people who enjoy sci-fi first-person shooters.
Visual Idea Board - https://www.pinterest.com/arofreelance/pioneer-game-world-board/