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FNAF Security Breach OST: Main Theme

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Teeth and Leaves : Forest Theme

ROOFTOP : Stray Main Theme

Engineering committee

Engineering committee

Little nightmares -

This is a game that can best be summarized as an... � E x p e r i e n c e…

But quite possibly, there’s one thing you all surely know this � game for…

And that’s its...

Engineering committee

Bezier Curve Shaped Procedural Neck Geometry -

What did you think I was gonna say?

So Smooth! 🤩

lerp(a, b, x) = a + (b -a ) * x;

a

b

x ∈ [0,1]

Game Design committee

Let’s Talk Genre (again!)

What are the genre elements of little nightmares?

• Puzzle
• Platformer
• Horror
• adventure

Puzzle Elements

• Present components
• Player problem solves comp. & steps
• Lead to a solution

Once more for the Genre!

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Platformer Elements

• Jump + Navigation emphasis
• MAneuver challenges

Horror Elements

• Setting
• Frame of Risk (Tension)
• Player disempowerment (Helps but not a req.)

Adventure Elements

• Exploration
• Interactive Story
• Narrative based
• Puzzles included!

Little Nightmares I & II rarely gives explicit instructions for the player

Implicit Gameplay/Guidance Design

How do we accomplish this from a designer’s pov?

• Environmental queues
• Scene or Sequence set-up
• Visual framing
• Subtle player feedback

Let the player come to their own conclusions:

Progression as a puzzle!

How to Design Horror?

Horror Design faces quite a few challenges:

• Player Contract
• Once the atmosphere is set, it should be maintained
• Be mindful of mechanics, gameplay, dialogue, etc. that may influence or shatter it

How to Design Horror?

Horror Design faces quite a few challenges:

• Pacing
• “To build tension is to know where to pause and slow the tempo.”
• Horror games tend to utilize puzzle seq., Fighting seq., chase seq., cinematics, etc. to control game pace

Without spoiling much, the Bosses in LN’s serve a couple purposes:

Boss Design in Little Nightmares

• Act as a test to ensure the player understands the gameplay
• Provide new approaches to established mechanics & expectations
• Drive narrative & progression within the game

Narrative committee

Let’s dive in

Little nightmares has an interesting method of storytelling.

eNVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING - THE ART OF ARRANGING A CAREFUL

SELECTION OF THE OBJECTS AVAILABLE IN A GAME WORLD SO THAT THEY

SUGGEST A STORY TO THE PLAYERS WHO SEES THEM (sTEWART, 2015)

environmental storytelling

What did you notice?

environmental storytelling

What did you notice?

environmental storytelling

What did you notice?

environmental storytelling

What did you notice?

Words throughout the game

Visual Arts committee

Visual Arts committee

Lighting

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• Layering through light & dark
• Spotlights
• Vignette
• Contrast

Visual Arts committee

Sound team committee

Inspiration

Inspirations, motifs, and what makes something spooky?

• Children's nursery rhymes, featuring hit classics such as…
• It's all in the instrumentation!
• The mode helps too

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NOw what exactly is a motif?

• A recurring musical idea, theme, or melody
• motifs can symbolize many different things…

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Let's talk about a recurring theme…

Recurring themes and motifs

Six's Theme Part I and Six's theme part II

recurring themes and motifs

Recurring themes and motifs

I hope you don't get sick of this tune because it's literally everywhere!!!!

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Some other fun recurring themes I found…

more recurring themes

this is the Last one I swear…

even more recurring themes

How do you make a song spooky?

• Let's follow Little nightmare's example…

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NURSERY RHYME → MAKE MINOR → SLOW IT DOWN → bAM! RESULTS

(help what does minor mean)

making a spooky song

making a spooky song

Look a song!

We did it!

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