Adelle Thompson

Playthrough of Narrative Extracts

Compilation of all the dialogue and story extracts I wrote for Dreamweaver. Voice acting was done by the team for fun so pardon the amateurism!

Dreamweaver Worldbuilding

World lore and character backstory

Characters of Dreamweaver

Narrative Document

A breakdown of the narrative style for the game. The structure of the game prompts for the player. And a list of those used in the game. (Art is by Flatwhitecanvas)

Dialogue/Bark Lines

Clue One Related Dialogue 1.TO SHARON (NO CHANGES TO CORE LOOP) ROBIN Can I talk to you about work? SHARON Of course hun, what's up? ROBIN B. How about a vacation? SHARON B. I've always wanted to go to the mountains. A snowy paradise does sound nice but...shouldn't we consider ...

'Merry' Character Greetings

Start of day greetings for Merry.

Opening Scene: Noom's Call

Guardian 1 - Envy's Cutscene

Cutscene of MC's encounter with Envy upon completing her domain.

Guardian 2 - Paranoia's Cutscene

Cutscene of MC's encounter with Paranoia upon completing her domain.

Boss Fight Dialogue: Shame's Encounter

Ritual Dialogue - True & Dark Paths

Consequences of the end game ritual, depending on the player's choices thus far.

True & Dark Ending Cutscenes

The ending cutscenes to both game endings

Cutscenes - True Ending

Scripted cutscenes which follow the game's true ending

Core Branching Narrative

Core DREAMWORLD Loop As Robin enters his home, he hears the radio static turn into a joyous tune. He walks up and chooses a family member to talk to. He can interact with his family in any order. SHARON ANDERSON Hey hunny, I've missed you. ROBIN How was your day?

Branching Narrative (Quests+Dialogue)

Dialogue with choices leading to either a dark or true ending

Episode with branching narratives

A pitch including outlines for an episode of the Love Island Dating Game

Branching Narrative Chart (Zoom In)

Dialogue chart listing prompts and choices for good, neutral and bad results.

Branching Narratives

Player choices leading to three different game endings

Outline

SOMINUM EFFECT Main Plot Step into the shoes of a mortician in a bleak world. Every day, you work in a dim, dusty cellar, preparing corpses for their final send-off. Your moral compass drives you to provide closure for the departed, believing they deserve a better rest. After work, you return to...

Narrative Outline

Outline to Merlin: Son of Darkness, a dark fantasy RPG based with deck-building mechanics.

Demo Outline

An outline for Fribbly Game's demo of 'Violet's Visions', utilizing story quests a guideline. (Art is by Stuart de Ville)

Main Narrative Outline

Premise, outline and synopsis of main story

Narrative Template for Demo

Game demo structured template

Premise & Treatment

Premise and treatment for a interactive historical game in 3 acts

Dreamweaver Worldbuilding

World lore and character backstory

Character Profiles

List of all characters from The Somnium Effect

'The Starshooter' Mini-Nugget Story

Collectable mini stories which give the player lore nuggets of Aria's past

Journal Entries

Individual journal entries belonging to David Mitchel.

Autopsy Report: Kimberly Sinclair

One of the key clues Robin finds while trying to uncover secrets about his workplace

Post-finale Outro (Narration)

Clue List

Breakdown of how all clues will play out (spoilers)

Voice Over Script | In-game Commercial

Script for voice over to an advertisement in the game.

Shame's Outro Story - Storyboard Cutscene

Storyboard of the cutscene received upon defeating the final guardian, Shame.

Trailer Storyboard

Two versions of a storyboard for Fribbly Game's RPG 'Violet's Vision's trailer. 1st version focusing on gameplay demonstration, 2nd edited to focus on story and tone.

Treatment for Season One

Highschool Drama - 'I never stopped dressing up'

A 15 minute animated episode revolving around identity struggles through fashion

Spooky Gang Chronicles (Kids TV show)

My contributed episodes towards an animated remake of the 'X-Files' (Child Friendly). Document includes character profiles, premises, step outlines, and script.

Script

Historical & Personal drama. TV Series - PILOT EPISODE

Chimera

Animated phycological drama inspired by Japanese horror writer Junji Ito

Writer's Statement

Explaining the creative process behind creating Andy

Writer's Statement

My personal drive behind creating Becoming Bonny

Ranarh

Flat White Canvas

Steven Nicodemus

Steven Nicodemus is a Concept Artist with pre-movie and video game development experience at small indie game companies. With a background in graphic design and fine art he is always looking for new worlds to create...and occasionally where he left his keys...and his car