Solo Project. Cinematic Sample - 3rd Person Fantasy RPG

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A boy walks briskly on a wide dirt path with his sister. RODNEY (15) is a realist, in a good way, as well as observant. He glances backwards to make sure his sister is keeping up. ALISHA (15), his twin sister, is just as concerned…

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My Creative Process: This took inspiration from games I hadn’t even played. I had seen gameplay and story bits from The Witcher 3 and Fable 3. I recalled the art style of Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which I also have yet to play. The idea? To take those really good examples and write a piece of third person fantasy screenwriting, making it flexible for use in minor or major plot points.

Incorporating transitions of cinematics to gameplay and back was first task I tackled. Writing in medias res was next, as this takes place after the beginning of the narrative. One tricky part was timing those transition points. Where did I want the cutscene dialogue to cut to gameplay? Another tricky part was writing characters in a compressed space. Overall, I am pleased with how it turned out.