Narrative Theories
Binary oppositions
Earth & Space
Technology & Nature
Humans & Demons
Light & Dark
Core theme of the game
controlling light and dark within the station to fend off demons
Nature in caves, the surface, and the creatures from mars
Using advanced guns to kill demons
Technology from the space station / colony
Space is dark
Humans are the light
Demons are the dark
light from stars, moons, suns
Equilibrium / Disequilibrium
Disequilibrium
Solution
Equilibrium
A skeleton crew for the mars colony just set up on mars
Area is safe, they start building station
Demons disturbed in cave near to the station
Demons attack station and kill most if not all of the crew
Player clears the station of demons and rescues crew on the way
Military sends player up to mars to salvage the mission
Player ventures into cave to take out all the demons
Character types
Helper
Donor
Dispatcher
False hero
Villain
Princess
Hero
Father
Playable character, their goals are selfless
Aliens / demons, as they go directly against what the hero wants
Some sort of government figure / committee
The station's Crew
Air & Lack of
Air in the base
No air on the surface
Have to fill rooms with air before you enter?
Have to light up / darken rooms before you enter?
Crew might give you items / health / info
Setting
Aliens / Demons
Station
Mars
Olympus mons
Ice caps
Walls of fabric
Airlock seals at every door
Demon looking
3 types based on speed:damage:health ratio
Red like the sand
White shiny walls
Caves
Other story ideas
Government wants to keep it a secret
crew members suspect conspiracy, maybe they were guinea pigs?
Aliens attacked because they felt threatened, humanity are the bad guys
Game has multiple endings? A diplomatic ending where you establish a truce between you and the aliens? and an ending where you kill all the aliens? an ending where the aliens kill you?
Every level a day passes? a news update when it does?
Gov sent a whole squadron, you get split from them, an ambush perhaps?
Player is ambushed and all other military killed
no emphasis on the character's gender?