The first mission in Remote Shepherd takes place around a small park at the heart of Royal Cove. On this day the park is being used for the weekly flea market where the locals can sell and buy goods. This is also the time when the local gang sends its debt collector around the local businesses to collect any outstanding debts the shop keeps might have. The mission for the player is to stop the gang from being able to collect this debt in an attempt to weaken the gang’s grip on the locals and to lighten the gang’s wallet. The player will first have to locate the gang’s debt collector based on his actions towards others as well as the behaviors of the locals towards him.
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| New York City |
The concept for the market is based on the picture above of a section of Broadway in New York City. I came across this area while exploring New York City using Google maps street view for open markets. I had found a few places where there were open markets but they were all covered areas so that did not work for our game. I then changed gears and looked for a park that could be used to hold a flea market. This led me to this place which is too narrow for our game, so I simply made it into a full city block. With this we can have open areas giving the player a clear view of the NPCs so they can find the debt collector. It also allowed me to design an area in which some parts would be occluded from certain vantage points. Blocking the view from certain vantage points is important because we want to force the player to use all the vantage points.
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| Flea market vendor |
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| Surrounding city blocks |
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