Have you ever dreamed of having adventures during a break? A buddy's night out? Reveal your true self with your friends, cross time, discover worlds or fight flies... Everything becomes possible!
INTRODUCTION
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Pick a Story is a multiplayer mobile game providing interactive stories as in "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. The game works as a library of fantasy adventures that makes role-playing game accessible for all.
Choose from a selection of interactive multiplayer stories and experience intense moments where everyone can have a decisive influence on the adventure's progress.
This project was made in a few weeks with a team of 5 people.
GAME DESIGN
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In Pick a Story, every adventure follows a narrative scheme with multiple connections that allows us to propose different situations for the same story with a different sequence for each key choice.
Players should also keep in mind their past choices as they will influence their behaviour during the game (state of fatigue, illness, injury, drunkenness, etc).
For this purpose, we devised a drag-and-drop system that encourages players to reconsider each of their decisions. As a result, all actors will be actively involved in the ongoing action (especially when making perilous or uncertain choices...).
UI & UX DESIGN
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I worked on this project as an interface/user experience designer by creating all the game screens, the player navigation, the interaction system and the game's visual identity.
From the beginning, we wanted to make the experience more social by bringing players together on the same device, rather than each other on their own.
When designing Pick a Story's player experience, I focused on 3 main aspects:
- An original visual identity which invites to adventure and discovery.
- A more personal and player-friendly handcrafted look.
- A strong emphasis on readability on mobile displays, as well as an accessible and intuitive navigation compliant with UX standards.
The story selection screen highlights the new monthly content through a selection of scenarios covering different themes, moods and topics. The most popular stories amongst players can be turned into sequels or series.
The library was conceived as a space for collecting lived adventures where players can find all the stories they have completed as well as the entire Pick a Story adventure catalogue, sorted by popularity, story series and more.
The profile screen lets you share your ID and invite your friends, allowing multiple accounts to play together on the same device and win in-game rewards that will be directly linked to player profiles.
The economic system is a free to play model based on a game currency called "tickets" allowing players to acquire additional stories to play. Tickets can be purchased via different packs directly in the game shop.
