The Concept
The idea what I wanted to play with is manipulation. How a player can trust someone who was there with them through their entire journey only for the player to find out that their journey with them is a lie.
A game that has player with the similar concept is the first Bio Shock game. The main antagonist of the game keeps guiding and asking the player to thing for him and ultimately he reveals himself to be the bad guy of the game.
The antagonist would always use the phrase “Would you kindly?”. The antagonist uses this phrase to control the player and make him do his bidding.
So how would I use the concept of manipulation in my game?
I wanted to use supporting character as my tool of manipulation. In most game when the player starts the game there is a support character that pops up guiding you, giving information about the world, help the player with the mechanics of the game etc. So mostly players blindly trust these characters.
An example of these types of characters:-
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Paimon from Genshin Impact
Claptrap from Borderlands 2 These are some good support characters that stay by the players side from the beginning to the end.
The idea what I have in mind for my supporting character to look was-
The small robot from Stray
BD-1 from Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order The reference voice for my support character is Baby from Five Night at Freddy’s Sister Location.
My game is a combination of all these elements.