REQUIRED ASSETS/MECHANICS:
- The level must include a way to Win
- The level must include a way to Lose
- One or more Collision based Door
- One or more Collision based Treasure Chest
- One or more Collision based Locked Door (Requires a Key)
- One or more Collision based Locked Treasure Chest (Requires a Key)
- One or more Collision based Key Pick Up Locations
- One or more Collision based Health Pick Up Location
- One or more Stationary Enemy Turret
- One or more Rotating Enemy Turret

SYNOPSIS:
In my game, Oni and the Blind Florist, the main character is a demon, Oni, who has been trapped in hell in search of his human father, a blind florist who married a succubus. He was wrongfully sent to hell, and it is Oni's mission to find him.

The title of my game is a riff on the game titled, "Ori and the Blind Forest," and there is no correlation other than that.

This game serves as a comedic piece that does not take itself too seriously. I decided to go this route because this was my first time making a game, and I felt that creating a less serious experience would allow me to try out and test more interesting tools and mechanics without worrying about losing story immersion.

High Concept

You start in "Demon Purgatory" where the devil yammers on about his terrible experience inside your father's floral shop which you had recommended to him. Through his complaints, the devil discloses that he sent your father to hell because he did not have any flowers capable of surviving the unbearable heat of hell's flames. This bothers you deeply because your dad is a nice guy, and he does not deserve eternal damnation. You need a way out and luckily there is a door with a big EXIT sign above it. Using your demonic deductive reason skills (not a real mechanic), you conclude that is the way out and smash through the door (collision-based door). You are now in hell and must immediately put up with Tezcatlipoca, an office demon who works the front desk. From his desk chair, he immediately recognizes that you should not be there and attempts to kill you with his demonic uncomfortably long stare (rotating enemy turret). You grab the skull (key) inside his desk drawer (treasure chest) and unlock the door (locked door) behind him. You pass through and are now inside a larger office space with a few cubicles. You also hear your father's faint, confused mumblings from a giant locked door on the other side of the room. There are a couple of other side doors in the room as well, one of them unlocked. You notice Jerristalkazar (demons call him Jerry) from HR is staring at you from one corner of the room. He (locked treasure chest) has the only skull that opens the door across the office and wants to trade - a skull for a skull. The cubicles also have tortured souls (health pick-up location) that are working their eternal lives away. The first and only unlocked door opens to a long plummet down to the depths of hell. There is no fall damage, so the player survives the fall and platforms up over demon lava while avoiding the burning gaze of demon gargoyles (stationary enemy turret). If the player falls into the demon lava or reaches zero demon health, the player demon dies (loss state). Along the way, the player picks up two skulls (collision-based key pick-up location) and reaches the backside of one of the doors in the larger office space. One skull unlocks the door, and the other is traded with Jerry. You now have a goat skull and unlock the giant locked door in the office, and your blind and strangely comfortable florist non-demon (human) father is there next to your succubus mother and the devil. They yell "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" It was a surprise party, and you were working so hard that you forgot your own birthday (win state).

The game is playable by anyone, is winnable by anyone, and the entire runtime should last between five and ten minutes.

Concept Map

My 3D Models + Blueprints

Jerristalkazar/Goat Demon 3D Model

Jerristalkazar serves as the only quest giver in Oni and the Blind Florist. He is the first organic model I ever made and was challenging to put together in Maya. I did not use any sculpting tools for him, and despite inexperience, I feel he came out quite well. In the game, his head and body are separate entities, and he serves as a "locked chest" blueprint which gives a goat skull key when provided a skull key.

Bubble Chart

Jerristalkazar Blueprint

Jerristalkazar consists of three blueprint classes: one for his sound, one for claiming the goat key, and another for allowing access to the goat key.

Jerristalkazar's Goat Key Claim Event Graph

Jerristalkazar's Hitbox/Goat Key Access Event Graph
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Gargoyle 3D Model/Blueprint

The gargoyle is the second "organic" model I have ever made. Its blueprint serves as stationary turrets in this project.

Gargoyle Event Graph

The gargoyle's blueprint constantly checks a 4000-unit diameter around itself for the player, otherwise it does nothing. The moment the player enters its range, the gargoyle starts shooting every second.

Pendulum Axe Model/Blueprints

The pendulum axe serves as an obstacle to the player. The axe head itself is used in both a pendulum axe blueprint and a spinning razorblade blueprint.

Pendulum Axe Event Graph

The pendulum axe blueprint allows it to rotate from its offset pivot point and gives the axe head a hitbox which kills the player on avatar hitbox overlap.

Razorblade Event Graph

The razorblade blueprint takes the pendulum axe event graph and expands on it, adding horizontal vector movement as well.

Hell's Wet Floor Sign

This is the first model I created for this project. It is not a blueprint and has no extra code attached to it, but I believe it is the most successful at what it is supposed to do: keep hell safe.

Potion 3D Models

Some potions I made to help add variation to the library.

Purgatory EXIT Sign

The exit sign is also not a blueprint and has no extra code attached to it, but perhaps is of equal importance to the wet floor sign in its function.

Ghost 3D Models

The ghosts serve as decorative pieces and simply float in and out of the library and birthday room.

Ghost Blueprint

The ghost blueprint consists of the ghost model and the spline it used to move.

Ghost Event Graph

The ghost event graph allows the ghost to move along the spline at an adjustable speed. I use the same code for moving platforms as well.

Intern Blueprint

The intern is essentially a health potion. Interns deliver 10 points of health upon hitbox overlap with the player character.

Intern Event Graph

The intern event graph calls the Found Health Potion function, immediately destroys the health-giving hitbox component, then destroys the actor itself after a short delay.

Tezcatlipoca Blueprint

Tezcatlipoca is the first obstacle the player encounters. He is similar to the stationary gargoyle turret, however in this case he rotates towards wherever the player character is.

Tezcatlipoca Event Graph

Tezcatlipoca's event graph has the same range, weapon, and tick functions as a stationary turret, however in this case I have added a Z-axis rotation function which follows the player as long as they are alive and in range. The turret can also be "killed," however instead of deleting the actor, I added a function that moves it elsewhere.

Locked Door Blueprint

The locked door serves as an obstacle to the player, making skull keys the player's objective.

Locked Door Event Graph

The locked door event graph checks for a key in the player's inventory, and if they have a key and overlap the door hitbox, the door will unlock. If the Player Has Key condition is not met, the "door is locked" UI message is called onto the screen upon hitbox overlap.

Skull Key

The skull key serves as the player's secondary objective.

Skull Key Event Graph

The skull key event graph allows the key to hover when the player is in range, then gives the player a key when the character hitbox and key hitbox overlap. This also destroys the key hitbox component and key actor.

Fireplace Demon

The fireplace demon consists of many different bone models which I put together from the modular dungeon asset kit provided for this project.

Library Demon

The library demon also consists of many different bone models from the provided modular dungeon asset kit.

Oni and the Blind Florist