Game Research: Antagonists

Researched Antagonists for Inspiration

The Joker

He is an iconic character in the Batman franchise, his personality, look and laugh are very memorable. He is the perfect villain because he doesn't have a hidden agenda for money or power he just wants to see the world burn. The Joker's visual appearance has a really creepy element, the over-the-top make-up and facial scarring really match his crazy personality.

https://tangynt.wordpress.com/tag/the-joker/

Lord Voldemort

This villain is a great example of a non human character, he use to be human but he divided his soul to become immortal so now he is another being entirely. He is evil and powerful with a full-on back story that all Harry Potter fans will know. Voldemort has certain human-like features like the shape of his head and the position of his eyes and mouth. He also has snake-like features like his nose and the slightly scaled affect on his skin. 

http://dumbledoresarmyroleplay.wikia.com/wiki/File:Voldemort.jpeg

Professor Umbridge

She is probably more hated than Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter franchise, due to her personality, overly harsh punishments and sickly sweet voice and look. Umbridge's visual appearance may be deceiving, she looks like an older aunt with her well groomed grey hair, knitted pink clothes and heavy pink lip-stick yet her posture and movements suggest her darker personality.

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dolores_Umbridge_(Promo_still_from_HP5_movie)_10-15-2009.jpg

Slenderman

He has such a simple character design yet he is really scary in the Slender Games. The fact he doesn't have a face is rather chilling, he doesn't have eyes yet you feel he is staring at you. Sometimes simplicity really does pay off.










http://camusaltamirano.deviantart.com/art/Slenderman-353586833

Clickers (The Last of Us)

When playing The Last of Us the most terrifying monster you come across are the Clickers. You will hear them before you see them, the noise they make is just as scary. On top of this they are really hard to kill. As you can see from the image these characters are very disfigured but were clearly once human.
This video shows you how scary the noise they make is, especially when you're in a dark environment.







http://www.psu.com/a018184/Meet-the-Clickers-and-Runners-two-Infected-in-The-Last-of-Us

King Joffrey

Even though this character isn't visually scary, he has a very sadistic and malicious personality. Anyone who has watched Game of Thrones or read the books will hate this character a great deal. King Joffrey's acts of aggression aren't usually provoked he just enjoys causing pain, which makes him even more evil.









http://de.gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Joffrey.jpg

My Antagonist ideas

I will create 5 antagonists, one for each level of the game. 

All the villains I have researched are memorable in their own way, I hope to design unique characters that have the same impact.

Here are some traits that I have been thinking of including: - Sweet looking, scarring, dominating, half animal and an alien type creature. I will keep coming up with more ideas, I am in the creative thinking and note taking phase at the moment.

I want my characters to have personal voices or noises that the player will associate with them, when the antagonist is getting closer to the player this noise will get louder, to add intensity.

Thanks for reading...I'm off to look at graphic tablets. X

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