Characters and World

The Characters

Since I had limited time, I wanted to pick an idea I was passionate about. I already have an interest in cyborg characters, having written a story about one before. The character of Pink is one who's existed for a while. I've not wrote a full story on her (until now) but the general gist of her character is that of a soldier-turned-freedom-fighter. I like to think her faith in humanity was shattered during her time as a soldier, causing her to be apprehensive of both humans and cyborgs after being burnt by both sides.

If I were to expand this game's scope, I think Pink would play the role of an ally, with her rebuilding her trust with people and opening herself up to be less lonely in the world.

Early Pink Design Sketch (2022)

The Investigator is a different case, I first had the idea of a murder investigating cyborg since last year. In the spur of the moment I decided to combine this concept with another sketch I made of an unnamed cyborg character. Beyond the character design, I hadn't planned anything about his characterisation, backstory or relation to Pink/the world until the Game Jam.

If I were to expand the game's scope, the Investigator would certainly be one of the main protaganists. I think that his faith in the systems that brought him into this world would be shaken, regardless of the ending picked in this version. He's afraid of his past and of making waves in the world, so I think confronting that side of him, along with seeing who he was before becoming a cyborg would be a fun direction to take his character in.

Unnamed Cyborg, the design was then used for the investigator (2022)

The World

The world these cyborgs inhabit was left quite vague, but I like to imagine that a war brought on great technological advancements, including using cyborgs for military purposes.

I left the details of the location and time period of the story vague but I imagine it in the near future.

My previous story had a focus on the cyborg soldier Ana having to break free from her programming and self-sacrifical nature. Whilst I didn't get much chance to explore this in the game jam, I would love to explore how society fears and restricts the freedom of cyborgs.