Spaceport VIII was a project undertaken to fine-tune my ability to write out Quest documents for other developers to utilize. It featured a document detailing the main area the player would be in, the quests available, rewards, and the characters they would interact with. The project Utilized three documents that were put together for developers to either quickly look through and understand or be able to go much further into detail.
Date of Project: December 2022
Developers: Jacob Davis
Developer Role: Narrative Designer
Development Engine: Google Suite
It's a given that all the information will eventually be needed in quest design, but sometimes you only need the spark notes. Thats why the main focus of this project was condensing down information for other developers. Everything a dev would need to know can be found in the quest area doc quickly and easily.
Although the Quest area doc and summarization took precedence, making sure a cohesive slice of the game's narrative could be read was also important. Thus, not only the Main Quest doc was built out but also the side quests for the area. In the quest documents, each step is given in detail as well as the characters, prerequisites, items, and a short overview.
Outside of the quest document, I also built out a google sheets to keep track of the species and world I was building. It helped me keep track of elements of the greater story while making the project feel a lot more like a vertical slice than just a project to keep myself fine-tuned.