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Anxiety Game Idea - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Most will be story related
      - Some willl be character specific
      - Different scenarios can occur based on circumstances like what characters are with you or previous actions that lead up to the event
  - - - Talking to people will activate a rhythm game where the player must hit the right buttons at the right time to avoid sanity decrease and to gain an optimal outcome
        
        outcomes
        
        Information
        
        action acquired
        
        Trust/ relationship
    - - Trust/Relationship
        
        The deeper a relationship is formed...
        
        learn different things about the character
        
        The character will be around the player more often, therefore they may help the player execute different actions in some scenarios
        
        Easier to talk to
        
        the story may change based on what characters are with you/ how deep a relationship is formed by the time a main story flag is reached
        
        for example, if you need to do something dangerous and the player has a character with them, they may or may not join the player based on the level of friendship they have
        
        some actions may decrease friendship/bonds with characters, such as previous or current actions
        
        based on character type, everyone's different and have different personalities
- - - - alternate endings?
    - - The player is a shut in that doesn't go outside due to crippling anxiety/mental health
        
        Goal
        
        Increase stats such as sanity and confidence to go out and recover from mental illness
        
        Create relationships/bonds with characters
        
        Ideas...
        
        Save a girl
        
        saving from..
        
        Family
        
        Organisation
        
        money troubles
        
        Current toxic relationship
        
        yakuza/gang
        
        suicide
        
        She's so wrapped up in whats shes doing she cant see her foreseeable turmoil
        
        Another world?
        
        Save your kidnapped sister from a psychopath
        
        .
        
        Something a shut in couldnt do
      - set in Japan
      - "Villain"/ opposition
        
        Yakuza
        
        Politician
        
        Cultist
        
        Family
        
        Psychopath
        
        something of another world
        
        a god
        
        angel
        
        god of death/ shinigami
        
        demon
        
        Ghost
    - - events and actions will effect the sanity meter, some actions such as failing an action will result in a decrease in sanity
      - Is a stat that can be increased/developed by doing certain actions
      - The lower the sanity, the more "Intrusive thoughts" will interfere with the gameplay
        
        Intrusive thoughts
        
        More intrusive thoughts will appear and interfere the lower the sanity bar is
        
        Intrusive thoughts may appear on the screen while the player is playing, some may appear and disappear and other will need to be manually removed
      - If the sanity bar reaches 0, the player will "break" therefore only capable to do things that will result in a game over, unless there are specific circumstances put in place to
        "revive" the player before a game over
        
        A game over will occur when the player does something that results in a prison sentence, confinement, or death
      - Recovery
        
        eating
        
        sleeping
        
        Talking
        
        talking confidently helps slightly (doing well in rhythm game)
        
        Some outcomes may come as advice and help a lot
        
        some outcomes may make it worse and decrease sanity
        
        skills
        
        drugs
        
        recreational
        
        medicinal
        
        some are harder to obtain than others
        
        Music
        
        The player may listen to their own music during gameplay, but it may interfere and end up missing opportunities
        
        If music is on while talking to a character, it will have an effect on their relationship, both positive or negative dependant on the character