Graduate Studies

 

First Advisor

Tom Larson

Degree Name

Doctor of Musical Arts

Department

Music

Date of this Version

Spring 2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Comments

Copyright 2024, Joshua Aguiar. Used by permission

Abstract

“Project: Gogi” is a fully playable video game in the style of Japanese Role-Playing games (jrpgs) from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. This project is available for consumption with either Windows PC or Mac systems. This project features an original score, sound design, art, story, and gameplay systems. Three acts serve as the organizational structure, the first “character prologues” features a collection of stories introducing the playable characters and setting to the player. The second is an adventure though a dense unexplored forest culminating in a visit to a wise wizard. The third and final section is a long “dungeon” in which the party fights their way through a monster infested mine. The short epilogue has the party end in a new town deep in the woods where they can find some respite before embarking on future adventures. The game is playable at the following address in a web browser, https://joshaguiarmusic.itch.io/progect-goji.

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