Crystalis Reboot
Crystalis Reboot is a narrative driven ARPG about restoring balance in a world governed by tyrant abusing an artificial superintelligence and its terraforming capabilities.
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Players take on the role of a nameless protagonist guided by Z.T.A.K, an AI that appears to assist but is later revealed to be a remnant of the very system that is destabilizing the world.
Narrative Design Goal
To create a story where gameplay progression and narrative revelation are inseparable.
A World Governed by Protocols
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Crystalis Reboot is set in a world still operating under the remnants of a failed system known as D.Y.N.A., an autonomous superintelligence A.I. originally designed to maintain order of the land.
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Rather than collapsing, the system persisted to find a solution for itself.
It continues to regulate access, power, and knowledge through fragmented protocols, shaping how the world functions long after its creators are gone.
The player enters this system not as an unknown variable, someone capable of putting a stop on the abuse.
Branding
I’m a paragraph. Double click me or click Edit Text, it's easy.
Storytelling
I’m a paragraph. Double click me or click Edit Text, it's easy.
DESIGN
I’m a paragraph. Double click me or click Edit Text, it's easy.
Consulting
I’m a paragraph. Double click me or click Edit Text, it's easy.
Story And Gameplay Integration
In this reboot project, I want to avoid conveying all lore through cutscenes or any media that breaks immersion, I want players to be able to play the story.
Z.T.A.K as a System Interface
Functions as:
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Guide
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Tutorial system
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Narrative voice
Over time, player perception shifts:
from a trusted mentor figure to an authority figure
Elemental Progression as Story Progression:
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Players defeat elemental bosses (Fire, Water, Wind)
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Each boss represents a fragment of a broken system
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Each reward (Element Ring) is both:
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A gameplay buff
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A piece of narrative restoration
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Controlled Information:
Locked areas, keycards, and restricted zones
Instead being purposefully obnoxious mechanics to players, they represent the story world, a world still governed by system permissions
The Game World
