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Free Diving

Introduction: Free diving is the most direct way to interact with marine creatures but unaccessible for majority. This game aims to stimulate the whole training process and player can meet dolphin or whale after getting license.

自由潜水是与海洋生物互动的最直接方式,但对大多数人来说是很难获得的一种体验。 该游戏旨在模仿整个自由潜水训练过程,玩家在获得证书后可以体验在潜水过程中和海豚或鲸鱼互动。

Time: 2019.01- 2019.08

Type: Game Design

Tool: Unreal Engine 4, VR glasses

Inspiration Origin

Design Idea

Painpoint

Fear - A group people are bothered by thalassophobia (fear of the deap ocean). Even for others who are free of any psychological problems, diving in the sea without oxygen cylinder can cause fear of death.

恐惧 - 一部分人被海洋恐惧症(对深海的恐惧)所困扰。而即使是没有任何心理问题的人,在没有氧气瓶的海中潜水也会引起死亡恐惧

Training - Getting fully trained is prerequisite to the start of free diving. People have to practice breath-holding technique and Frenzel Maneuver. Also it is necessary to learn how to swim with fins and deal with emergency. For safety`s sake, taking a systematic and reliable course is requisite.

训练 - 接受充分的训练是开始自由潜水的先决条件。 人们必须练习屏气技巧和法兰佐呼吸法。 还需要学习如何用脚蹼游泳和处理紧急情况。 为了安全起见,上系统可靠的课程是必要的。

Time - Free diving is really a time consuming sport. Rookies have spend time on training, and veterans need to travel a long way to reach those diving spots. Also, meeting whales or dolphins relies on fortune and they are high likely to escape away soon.

时间 - 自由潜水确实是一项耗时的运动。 新人花时间在训练上,老手需要长途跋涉才能到达这些潜水点。 此外,遇到鲸鱼或海豚靠运气,他们很可能很快就会逃跑。

Partner - The first principle of free diving is never diving alone. But it is hard to have a suitable and fixed partner, since this is not a mainstream sport.

搭档 - 自由潜水的首要原则是永远不要独自潜水。 但是很难有一个合适的固定的合作伙伴,因为这不是一项主流运动。

Concept

Scene Design

The whole map is consist of 5 important area, diving school, lab, sea, restaurant and circus. Diving school has classroom for knowledge learning, swimming pool for apnea practice and diving spot as the entrance to dive in the sea. In the task1, lab is for preparation work and sea is for whale investigation. In the task2, player can have opportunity to steal dolphin from circus and take it to the sea. Staff from restaurant might appear in the circus.

整个地图由5个重要区域组成,潜水学校、实验室、海洋、餐厅和马戏团。 潜水学校设有知识学习教室、呼吸暂停练习游泳池和潜水点作为下海潜水的入口。 在任务1中,可以在实验室里准备工作,可以在海洋中鲸鱼调查。 在任务2中,玩家可以有机会从马戏团偷走海豚并把它带到海里。 餐厅的工作人员可能会出现在马戏团中。

Storyline1

In stage one, player is going to take free diving course and pass all required examinations. Without the free diving license, player cannot get the following tasks.

在第一阶段,玩家将参加自由潜水课程并通过所有必需的考试。 没有自由潜水执照,玩家无法获得以下任务。

Storyline2

In stage two, player can get his first task, which is diving in sea to investigate the whales

在第二阶段,玩家可以获得他的第一个任务,即潜入海中调查鲸鱼

VR Game

Programming

This blue print is for controling the swimming pace and route of whale. The whale is setted to swim towards player and keep following.

After accepting invitation, NPC Emma will follow player and jump into the sea.

User Test

At the end of the project, I invited 6 of my classmates and teachers to participate in this user test. In this process, I only introduced a little about the game and encouraged them to explore it freely. I observed their immediate response and asked them to compare feeling towards this and real diving experience.

在项目结束时,我邀请了我的 6 位同学和老师参加了这次用户测试。 在这个过程中,我只介绍了一点游戏,鼓励他们自由探索。 我观察到他们的即时反应,并拜托他们将这次潜水体验与真实潜水体验进行比较。

After this I enriched the details including:

测试后我加入了如下细节

- Setting the special vocalization to the whale.

为鲸鱼设置自己特殊的发声。

- Adding body language to enliven NPC Emma.

- 为游戏角色Emma增加一些肢体语言

Storyline3

In stage 3, player get the task of studying dolpins offered by a circus. Also player will meet some strange things.

在第 3 阶段,玩家获得研究马戏团提供的海豚的任务。 玩家也会遇到一些奇怪的事情。

Origin

Free diving principle: The first free diving principle that people need to remember is never diving alone. It is easy to fall into coma or other dangerous state because of oxygen deficit, so any diver need at least one partner who has been trained for rescue at beside.

自由潜水原则:人们需要记住的第一个自由潜水原则是永远不要独自潜水。 由于缺氧很容易陷入昏迷或其他危险状态,因此任何潜水员都需要至少一名受过救援培训的伙伴在身边。

Dolphin can commit suicide: The first famous dolphin trainer is running around the world against dolphin performances. Richard O’Barry have participated in a dolphin show. On April 22, 1970 he found out that Dolphin Cassidy committed suicide. They used to be under great training and performance, and suffered tremendous mental stress and physical torture.

海豚会自杀:第一位著名的海豚训练师正在全球范围内对抗海豚表演。 理查德·奥巴里参加了一场海豚表演。 1970 年 4 月 22 日,他发现海豚卡西迪自杀了。 他们曾经接受过很好的训练和表现,遭受了巨大的精神压力和身体折磨。

An episode in the Grand Bleu: Jax, Enzo and Joanna stole a dolphin back to the sea together because they knew that this dolphin was very unhappy at the water park. Jax and Enzo licked the dolphin, and Joanna sprinkled water along the road.

电影《碧海蓝天》中的剧情:Jax、Enzo 和 Joanna 一起偷了一只海豚回到大海,因为他们知道这只海豚在水上乐园很不开心。 贾克斯和恩佐抬着海豚,乔安娜沿路洒水。