Game Concept
A female mortician who uses technology to protect people who are trying to hide.
Game Story
Alexandra, Lexi for short, was working late one night in her morgue when a body came in. Exhausted, she checked the body in and wheeled it to the freezer figuring she would get to it in a little bit, and also figuring that she needed to hire an assistant or at least a receptionist. She was placing the body in the freezer when something hit the floor. Puzzled, she looked around and found a flash drive. Without giving it another thought she put the drive in her pocket and closed the freezer door. Being as it was late and she was tired, she shut everything down and made her way into her secret private room in the very back. She didn’t quite know why this room was built into the building, but seeing how she was a single female in a fairly bad part of town, she didn’t mind having a secret room that was easily overlooked. Plus it saved her from having to rent an apartment and that was more money in her pocket; a win-win for her. Not that she was terribly worried about people breaking into a morgue, because who would do that? Turing in for the night, she had just put her head on her pillow when she heard a crack from outside. Then came another one, followed by a crash then glass hitting the ground. So much for her theory about people not wanting to break into a morgue. She called the police once she knew for sure there were people inside her building. Within a matter of minutes the sirens from the police cars could be heard and then the sound of running. Taking her chances she slowly opened the door from where she was staying and peaked out into her office. She didn’t see anyone so before the cops came in she snuck out into her office and into her private bathroom. It would be easier to explain to the officers that she was hiding in the restroom instead of letting the world know she had a secret room. When she came out and got a full look at her place she was kind of impressed. They weren’t there for long but whoever it was had done a considerable amount of damage. She had answered all of the officer’s questions about the break-in and told him the only other person that had been there that night was the delivery guy dropping off a body and the guy in the freezer. As the cops were finishing up they informed her that there was going to be a car left behind to keep an eye on the place in case those who weren’t caught try to come back.
Leaving them to do their thing she went to her office and retrieved the drive from her pocket. This must have been what they were after, she thought to herself, whoever they were and whatever this is. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, and one of the reasons she didn’t tell the police about it, she plugged the flash drive into her computer. “How many times does something like this happen to a person? Damn straight I’m going to take advantage of it,” she started thinking out loud. The window for the flash drive came up on the screen with one folder in it. She double clicked it and it opened. “Lucky for me it wasn’t password protected,” she laughed to herself. Opening each document offered up photos and writings, highly detailed stuff that was way over her head. Then she got to one that had a picture of a blueprint with a post-it-note. The note gave an address and had six words: in the wall behind ugly painting. The last item in the folder was a video. Without much hesitation she opened the video and began to watch.
“I am here to show you what I have accomplished,” an older man said in the beginning of the video. “With this technology we will be able to change the world. Let me demonstrate.” With that he walked over to a man sitting in a chair and placed a mask over the man’s face. The older man pushed a few buttons and the mask lit up. After a moment, the lights died down and the man removed the mask from his subject’s face. Alexandra let out a huge gasp and fell back into her chair. The man’s face was gone!
“As you can see,” the man in the video continued, “I have removed this man’s face.”
“No shit,” Alexandra said out loud.
“But do not worry as he can still breath and see; however, eating and talking are not an option. Like all of the king’s horses and men, I will now put him back together again… only successfully.” There was a weak chuckle from the man.
Wouldn’t want to be the guy in the chair after that mishap, Alexandra thought as she watched the next few minutes unfold, holding her breath, not thinking that it would work and not believing what she had seen. When the lights in the mask faded down the man’s face had returned and appeared he had full functionality.
“Ah ha ha ha!” the man laughed and cheered. “I did it! Not only did I remove your face, but then I gave it back to you.” The man in the chair looked a little uneasy, which was understandable, but after a moment gave a sly smile and began to celebrate with the doctor.
“If this was a movie I would say the guy in the chair has something else planned for that tech,” Alexandra said to herself. The video faded to black and she was about to close it when the doctor appeared again.
“Whoever finds this, you need to help me. I chose the wrong person to back my work and now they are after it and after me.” Then there was blackness and the video ended.
“I guess I’ll go take a look at the body,” she said to no one. “I should find out if it was foul play or not.” Since she was awake anyway and wasn’t about to go to sleep after what she had seen and been through, she started brewing a pot of coffee and began setting up for the autopsy she was about to perform. Hours went by and she finally completed the autopsy. “My findings,” she said into her recorder, “are that this man died of a heart attack and that there were no external forces at work.” Relieved that being killed wasn’t the reason he passed away calmed her nerves a little. While getting cleaned up her mind kept going back to the mask and what it was able to do. Man, what could I do with something like that? She kept thinking of that over and over as she went about her day. Stepping outside to get some air, she witnessed a couple walking by her. The man was fairly large, a little rough around the edges, but not a bad looking guy, although he had what appeared to be a permanent scowl on his face. The woman, however, appeared to be walking reluctantly beside him, her face hidden behind a scarf. If I didn’t know better, I’d say she is scared to be with that guy, Lexi thought to herself. Then it dawned on her what she could do with that mask from the video. I could help those who are too afraid to help themselves. I could help them hide and get away from the life they are in now.
With that she rushed inside to her phone and dialed the one person in the world she knew would help her, no questions asked.
“Hello?” a voice on the other end said.
“Shade, I need your help. Are you in?” Alexandra said.
“Lexi, you know I am,” Shade responded.
“Good. Get over here quickly. We’re going to change the world,” Lexi said with a huge smile on her face.
Gameplay
She will hide others by removing their face and replacing it with the face of a deceased person.
This game will take place in a 3D sandbox open world environment.
Game mechanics will be similar to those of Grand Theft Auto 5 and Dead Rising 3 with running, jumping, aim and shoot, crouching, etc.
It will be a stealth-heavy game. There will be places and meetups that will need to be reached without anyone spotting you.
Maintaining the morgue will be important to keep up appearances. It will also function as Lexi’s headquarters.
Gaining allies will also be part of the game.
These allies will several benefits, including things like equipment upgrades, better technology, and better management of the morgues.
Buying additional morgues will allow for fast travel across the map.