Castaway: The Plan

Storyline Tutorial for New Players

  • The player will join the game to a loading screen as normal, then see an opening scene of them arriving on an island on a small raft, which they end up crashing on arrival. This raft will become damaged, and the player - who is now stranded on the island with minimal resources - will need to gather resources to repair it and escape this island. While gathering these resources, they will need to maintain their health and ensure a safe survival.
  • The main purpose of this is to introduce the player to the basic mechanics of the game while interacting with an interesting storyline.
  • Once the raft is fixed, the player can “paddle away” to the main game to play with other players.

‘Castaway’ The Game

  • Players will have their own island which they can load/save.
  • Upon joining, players will choose where they want to load their island on a map (which also shows where other islands are currently loaded).
  • When first playing, or when creating a new island/save, players should be able to choose from a range of presets (one of these being a flat island) which will have a variety of caves, forests, animals and other naturally forming attractions to gather resources from.
  • There will be a larger “public” island which is openly accessible to all players in the server. This island will have a range of NPCs such as villagers who are looking to sell, trade and buy resources/items which players can visit by travelling to the island on the boats that they have created. This island will also have different shops and a few basic locations to gather more resources from.
  • Players are able to release their creativity on their islands, building anything that they desire with a unique building system implemented into the game.

Unique Features

  • Animated Animals: Realistically animated animals is not a commonly seen asset in Roblox games. This will be one unique feature that would strongly benefit the future of Castaway by adding a large range of features. Different animals will have different personalities; for example, wolves will be vicious and want to attack you, whereas birds will just be there calmly. These animals can also be killed for food and other resources.