Below are some storyboard variations for the opening and ending cinematics of the 2016
Halloween Google Doodle game! Click on the images to enlarge them.
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The original motivation for the player was to get your stolen hat back and save your school! |
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(The fire turned out to be a bit much.)
Finally, we settled on getting your book back (as well as stopping the rampaging ghosts). To save on file size and to be more efficient, I changed the intro to take place in one shot! No more camera panning. |
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(Pt. 1)
We also aimed to place the tutorial within the intro. A "tutorial" backdrop would fall down to indicate you were in tutorial mode! We ended up moving it to right before the first level to not disrupt the flow. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikShOulj9gADLlUi2Zi-_X0lMtWIch4oRmgMFJBwaHLh5gzvwmLOR-jkWA6gE7TfeoZLGnKNgeFnN-qIEV8mjqCR3w7m8LFrAA5y0uOetl9da0F66BR1ZkLZig8JlHAkjeV1nnCl3QhBKa/s640/intro3-2.png) |
(Pt. 2) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3objop1It3lVZN5utSXfJekGQy_8qIE8y2Vfm2aJthOs47KKQHVaP52NlZ2eqcSOidgTPSGXT864Iy2GMK_1_g4MmK1TxOVKOrkFepIYtMFHv3l6cMRNkO-b4GPU5KasRa15b0TkeDcT/s640/endingboards.png) |
Ending, resulting in the final score screen for the players. Black bars would appear so the player would know they were watching a cutscene.
(There was originally a gameplay feature where you could choose to rescue your friends, and depending on who you saved would affect who would appear in the ending.)
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Here's a different story concept: protect the trick-or-treaters!
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(Pt. 1) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QXXWPC0UMAgxUEUwX4AHyIfI4IKGsuc0XRkUByIaMb5BT7d3ARCxSIga0964MFWS9hHxv-FeAdrUO0joexncoEWdO9l74eo-kg8XPmC2JBj5jucfcjQskYMgMr95Cr-IJifxDIoHQDjT/s640/alt3.png) |
(Pt. 3)
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