#student characters

22.6.18

We’ve finally finished both forms for creating students for the game! We’ve created a document with important information as well as other documents attached, including the simple and complex character forms. Here are a few notes;

-Please make sure to read the schedule requirements. We tried very hard to make sure the schoolwide schedule was flexible for everyone, but we need to make sure every student has their required classes in their schedule. If you don’t make sure to add their required classes and you submit a form anonymously (meaning there is no way for us to contact you), we may have to change some of their classes. However, we will try to line it up as best as possible.

-We are going for a life-like, realistic interpretation of a welcoming school and its students. For this reason, please try to give your character “normal” appearances. Characters with “fantastical” appearance bits (hair color, eye color, etc.) will need to have something altering their appearance (hair dye, contacts, etc.).

-Not all characters of the game are available to be produced yet. Student council members, teachers, and other important characters will eventually have their own sheets and will be chosen with a contest. More will be announced as we do more work and the fanbase further grows.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16VtQpbUZmIVDl7YleWJtaXjSE-GtQoLebAwruFDGjrM/edit#

Well, even within school settings you can bring characters together in interesting ways. The classic example is the 80s film The Breakfast Club, where 5 very different students are brought together by a day in detention. Other ways that students are brought together in school could be pre-assigned group projects, sharing a school bus, or even just school sponsored activities like music, drama, art, athletics, student council, tutoring programs. 

When you’re in school, you end up spending a lot of time with people that you don’t choose to spend time with, and sometimes that can be bad if you don’t click with someone, but sometimes it can result in great friendships. So don’t think of it as just “being in school together.” Think more exact - what specific circumstances bring them together?

If you can come up with something that forces these characters together, that could give you a setting. Having them work together on a school project could mean a lot of time spent at the library after school, or at each other’s houses, or even in study halls. If they do music or drama together, it could mean scenes are set in the band room or theater. 

Outside of the school setting, try to think of errands or tasks that the characters will need to do. A school project could require shopping for supplies, or going out for investigative research. I actually had a project in my statistics class in high school where we went to a McDonalds and timed how long it took people to place their orders to test the stereotype that older people take longer to order in fast food settings. So school projects don’t have to be worked on just at home or at school.

Try to brainstorm setting ideas based on how you decide to bring them together. 

If you’d rather not bring them together in such a structured way, try thinking outside the box. A group of students might be brought together by witnessing something strange or scary at school or in the nearby neighborhood, or maybe a certain teacher favors or verbally abuses a few select students, and they come together to talk about how it makes them feel. 

A lot of this will depend on your plot, but don’t be afraid of bringing characters together just by sharing a school. There are a lot of interesting ways you can create bonds even within this seemingly limited setting. 

Good luck!