Hi nicol, When most game developers start a game they usually write up a story of what they expect in the game. It does not have to be something others will read but it can help in coming up with details that will make the story more believable. I started the Sarah game based on the movie Labyrinth in which a young girl wishes her baby brother would disappear and he does. So her task is to find him and get him back. She finds that he has been taken by a king in a magic castle and she has to go through a maze to get to the castle. Then I thought of doing a Harry Potter game and realized I could combine the two stories if Sarah was the only one exploring the castle. If I did a real Harry Potter game with all the hundreds of students in the school, it would take years so I had the game take place during the summer when there were no students. I wanted the woman to be an American since I am one and it would fit since if she was from the UK she would have already gone to Hogwarts and thus would know all about it. Then I picked out things that Harry did in the first five books that would be interesting for a game player to do like mix a potion or try to take an egg away from a dragon or find your way to a candy store. And I researched what rooms and classes were on what floors of the castle and that's how it started. Phil
----- Original Message ----- From: "nicol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:29 PM Subject: [Audyssey] where does sarah come from? RE: hp question > Please tell me: does sarah really exist? I know sarah alawami is doing the > voice overs but the story line of sarah who was aparated when she was 3 > and > a half years old and she went to diagon when she was 18, was it a real > story like harry potter is a real story? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Bryan Peterson > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:13 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] hp question > > Who knows? Gues we're just meant to imagine that. It didn't say what they > used in the manual, although in the Harry Potter books it generally did > say > what the object was. For instance, they once used an old boot to go to a > sporting event. I would imagine Sarah and her family used something along > those lines. > It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. > J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
