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Are you ready for a jounrey of a lifetime? Beyond is an adventure action turn based role playing game targeted towards teen and young adults. The game focuses on the main character, Briar (the player can decide what gender the character can be) and their friends Laya and Ren who live in a very small, strange town called Eia. The group find themselves in a strange circumstance as one day they witnessed a shooting star fly across the atmosphere and hit their hometown. After the star hit, the whole town completely changed and turned into a whole new town, its people having turned into dreamlike creatures. Briar and their friends make it a goal to restore the town’s peoples and set out into an adventure to discover the secret behind the star that fell upon the planet earth, Merith and through their journeys they overcome hardships and struggles and learn more about relationships, working as a team and even fighting against evil. Beyond explores and dives into topics that aren’t brought upon such as mental health and brings awareness as the player follows these characters’ adventure. Inspired by Undertale and Earthbound, Beyond is a down to earth rpg game with turn based combat and storytelling with visual throwing back to retro gaming.
When creating the concept, I wanted to do something unique not a lot of video game developers usually do. With my approach I wanted to create this rpg game that’s heavily inspired by a traditional sketch type of artsyle. Each of the characters have their own problems that they have to face throughout the game which helps the players learn more about how each of the characters are different from one another yet despite their differences they still stick with one another really placing a huge emphasis on their friendships with one another. The characters encounter difficult enemies along their journey and players must learn to be strategic about gameplay. Beyond also talks about concepts or ideas people don’t usually talk about thus helping the player know more about some aspects of society. Beyond’s main goal is to entertain and bring about a whole new gaming experience to young adults and teens who are very much into indie games such as Undertale. What will make Beyond stand out is the artistic approach and story bringing about joyful experiences to those wanting to play. Beyond will be available in multiple platforms so many can enjoy.
