Cold Blood（虚构电子游戏项目）

Imaginary video game project

As a writing assignment we needed to create a [or deepen any existing] story which could be any media.

I picked a video game rpg story driven style. This video game would be based on the myth of vampires in Transylvania. The horror genra is definitly the main genra, as the game would not lack of graphic depiction, blood, organs, or disfigured beings.

We would incarnate "Diane", a woman knight, new to this job. But further and further she goes into her journey protecting her country, she's slowly discovering the truth about thoses "vampires". And that, perhaps, they do not exist, and this is just a governamental lie.

Jonas, the clergy.

One of the main antagonist (or not depending on the side you're on).

He was the one who made Diane's loyaty towards her country start to crack, as they met when Diane got sent by the peoples to investigate.

As he is rumored to be one of them "vampires", although as a clergyman, he is the one who spread the voice of God, how could he be sinful himself?

Despite being suspected as one, Jonas is still active in the church, whispers of accusations are few, but still strongly beleived in.

He's a man of few words, as he wishes to find some quiet in the crowded church, but is also part of the rumors foundation.

This illustration clearly represent what is happening in the story, he is in the shadow, casted by this bright vampire. And at the bottom right we can see Diane, clearly not looking too friendly at him. The clergyman seems tired of threats, and doesn't even bulge anymore, his cold and pale face might be another reason why people accuse him of being a blood-thirsty demon. Although only blood he ever drank was God's blood (wine).

Poster illustration

I wanted to make some kind of promotional illustration, simple and exposing right away the main themes to catch viewer's attention.

Kept that blue and red (or white and black) combo, as it's questioning wether this character might be good or evil, it keeps it's balance.

Diane, the knight.

Illustration of Diane, our main portagonist, later in the game, when she would look at herself in the mirror, questioning her loyalty she have toward her country, after discovering the truth about "vampires". Maybe she would have prefered to be a real vampire, not only to justify the blood on her hands of the people she unalived but also to not see herself like that in the mirror.

As the game progress, she's descending more and more into madness, I wanted to picture madness as graphic as the fights (wounds and corpses) could be, making the artstyle shift to a more abstract and graphic way.

Foggy, red, uncanny, this is what Diane's is hallucinating. She's not seeing clearly anymore, humans are malformed beasts to her. She also began developping other symptoms, such as paranoïa and schizophrenia, who to trust, the governement? The rumors of the people? The not-so "vampires" themselfs?