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Fallout 4: Vault 115
Version 1.0
Designer: Courtney Leonie Document Date: 5/26/20 Intended Level Delivery Date: 7/21/20
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1.0 Initial Document Professor Skinner 5/26/20 1.1 Professor Skinner 7/14/2020
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ...... 2 Table of Figures ...... 3 Level Information ...... 4 Quick Summary ...... 4 Overview Map ...... 5 Level Map(s) ...... 7 Map 1: Calum House ...... 7 Map 2: Hospital Floor 1 – Part 1 ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Map 3: Hospital Floor 2 – Part 1 ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Map 4: Hospital Floor 1 – Part 2 ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Map 5: Hospital Basement ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Map 6: Hospital Floor 2 – Part 2 ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Objective(s) ...... 16 Hook(s)/Gameplay Highlights ...... 16 Campaign ...... 16 Context ...... 16 Backstory ...... 17 Aftermath ...... 17 Development Schedule ...... 17 Key Theme References ...... 18 Visual Theme 1: Fallout 4 Hospital ...... 18 Visual Theme 2: Deathclaw Basement...... 19 Visual Theme 3: Raider Decor ...... 20 Requirements ...... 22 Appendix A: Quest Summary ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. Main Quest ...... Error! Bookmark not defined. References ...... 23
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Table of Figures
Figure 1: Vault 115 Map Marker Location ...... 6 Figure 2: Vault 115 Outside Entrance ...... 6 Figure 3: Map of Vault 115 Entrance Int...... 7 Figure 4: Map of Security HQ/Maintenance ...... 8 Figure 5: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor ...... 10 Figure 6: Map of Atrium Top Floor ...... 11 Figure 7: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor ...... 12 Figure 8: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor ...... 13 Figure 9: Map of Vault 115 Basement ...... 14 Figure 10: Map of Vault 115 Entrance ...... 15
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Level Design Document
Level Information
Quick Summary “Vault 115” is a quest for Fallout 4 designed for players that are at level 40+. The quest allows player to utilize lockpicking and hacking if they choose. This quest takes place in the glowing sea and has challenging combat. The quest begins with the player finding a gunner at the Dugout Inn. Once the player starts the quest, they are sent to investigate a team of missing gunners that disappeared in the glowing sea. The quest takes place in the interior of a vault near the Federal supply cache 84NE. The vault is a large space that focuses on small vignette encounters with a legendary Deathclaw called Betsy. The vault also focuses on telling the story of Arthur Wentworth and how he tried to keep Betsy as a pet. The main quest leads to the player finding Betsy and her last remaining egg in the basement. They can choose to leave Betsy and her egg alone, take it and return it to the gunner, or keep the egg for themselves.
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Overview Map
Green = Player Primary Path
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Vault 115 Location
Figure 1: Vault 115 Map Marker Location
Vault 115 Entrance
Federal Supply Cache 84NE
Figure 2: Vault 115 Outside Entrance
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Level Map(s)
Map 1: 20 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 3: Map of Vault 115 Entrance Int.
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 1 Player enters the cave and sees the Player enters the cave near Federal vault entrance supply cache 84NE in the glowing sea 1 1.00 Y and sees the vault entrance already open. 2 Player finds holotape on dead Player enters the security room and gunner. sees a dead gunner lieutenant. On his body is a holotype talking about 1 2.30 Y finding the vault and ending with him getting killed by the Deathclaw. 3 Player enters the main vault The player enters an elevator that 1 3.00 N takes them to the main vault.
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Map 2: 40 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 4: Map of Security HQ/Maintenance
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 4 Player enters hallway path blocked The player enters the vault and sees by crates. crates blocking their path. They see turrets on the roof, in the next room, that are guarding the area. 2 3.30 N
Player can shoot the turret on the other side of the crate if they get close enough. 5 Player enters through hole in wall The player enters an open room to the to get to the next area. left. They walk through a hole that 2 4.30 N leads them to the turrets.
6 The player walks through the area The player walks through the area to to the next room the next room – Security HQ. 1 5.00 N The player kills the turret if they haven’t already. 7 Player walks down the stairs and is The player walks down the stairs and 3 6.00 N attacked by a Protectron. sees the security HQ in front of them.
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There is a locked door to their left that they must open.
A Protectron is activated and attacks the player. The player can sneak past it or deactivate it with a terminal next to its pod. 8 Player walks up to the security The player attempts to enter Security room. HQ, but the door is blocked by a shelf that has fallen over. 1 6.30 N
They see a terminal that is connected to the door they need to unlock. 9 Player enters the room and unlocks Player walks back down the stairs and the door enters the room via the side entrance.
When they enter the room, they hear loud footsteps and growling from behind a window.
They interact with the terminal to 3 7.30 Y unlock the door by map label 10.
The terminal talks about the vaults original purpose.
After unlocking the door, a Protectron is activated and attacks the player. 10 Player enters the atrium area. The player proceeds through the door 1 8.00 N and moves into the atrium area.
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Map 3: 35 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 5: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 11 Player enters the hall and sees a Player enters the hall and sees two split path corridors in front of them.
1 8.10 N They see one hallway has collapsed and is filled with dirt. They find some loot here. 12 The player enters the atrium. The player enters the atrium. They explore the space looking for a way to 7 9.30 N progress. They are pulled to the left to the infirmary door. 13 Player enters the Infirmary The player enters the infirmary to try and progress. They find a locked door that requires the overseer’s key to 1 10.30 N unlock. They turn around and go looking for it. 14 The player enters the kitchen and The player investigates the cafeteria. find a cracked Deathclaw egg in a In the pantry they see a restricted 1 10.45 N hidden kitchen lab. access room. Inside the room they find cracked a Deathclaw egg. 15 The player walks up the stairs to the The player walks up the stairs to the overseer’s room. overseer’s room that is on the 1 11.00 N balcony.
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Map 4: 30 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 6: Map of Atrium Top Floor
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 16 The player enters the overseer’s The player enters the overseer’s office room to pick up the key and triggers and sees a terminal and a key on a an alarm. desk.
The player picks up the key, a trap sound plays, red lights turn on, the Assultron turns on and the security 7 11:30 N door opens. Klaxon alarm starts playing.
It searches for the player, but the player can sneak past it.
17 Player exits to the atrium Player exists the overseer’s room and returns to the lower atrium to the 1 13.00 N clinic.
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Map 5: 35 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 7: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 18 The player enters the clinic The player unlocks the clinic door and backroom and fights a Protectrons. enters the next room.
They fight a Protectron. 5 16.00 N
They read a terminal that gives more information on bringing the egg back here and using it in experiments.
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Map 6: 17 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 8: Map of Atrium Bottom Floor
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 19 Player enters hallway and has The player enters a hallway with a second encounter with Betsy. hole in the roof. When they walk under it there is loud footsteps, some 1 16.15 Y growling and then gunner body parts fall from the hole, the hole is dark, and people cannot see much above it. 20 Player reads story terminal The player enters the old experiment surgery lab. This contains child bodies and other disturbing remnants from the vault’s original experiments.
1 17.30 N The player reads a terminal that describes Betsy coming to the vault. It describes her making her home in the reactor basement. It also has records of the original experiments. 21 Player enters the basement. The player uses the load door to enter 1 18.45 N the basement.
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Map 7: 25 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 9: Map of Vault 115 Basement
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 22 Player enters the basement room The player enters large space that and sees Betsy’s introduction used to be a part of the vault but has since been destroyed by Betsy. It has reactors in the back that emit rads.
The player enters the room, their 19.00 Y control is temporarily disabled as Betsy climbs over a cropping of rocks, roars, and climbs down.
From A1 to A2. 23 Player chooses to either fight Betsy Player chooses to take the egg and or leave the egg alone. fight Betsy or player leaves the egg 10 20.00 Y alone and heads to the exit. 24 The player takes an elevator back to The player takes an elevator back to 1 20.20 N the surface. the surface.
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Map 8: 20 CK Mod Tiles
Figure 10: Map of Vault 115 Entrance
Approx. Map Difficulty Approx. Label Event Description Detail Information (1-10) Time Wow? 25 Player exits at the vault entrance The basement elevator takes the player back to the entrance where 2 20.40 N they can use a terminal to unlock the door to exit the vault.
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Objective(s) • Initial Quest o Talk to the Gunner in the Dugout Inn. o Investigate the gunner team’s disappearance. o Investigate the vault. o Collect the Deathclaw egg OR leave the egg alone o Return to the Gunner. • Quest Branches o Give the Egg to the gunner at Dugout o Leave the egg alone and leave Betsy in the vault. o Keep the egg for yourself • Explore o Find records of what happened in Vault 115 • Loot o Find rare loot from the Deathclaw which appears only seldomly in game Hook(s)/Gameplay Highlights • Deathclaw fight • Exciting Environmental Storytelling. • Rare in-tact Deathclaw Egg worth 1000 caps
Campaign
Context “Vault 115” is a side quest independent of the main story quests in Fallout 4. Depending on the route the player chooses they can choose to leave Betsy and her egg alone, take it and return it to the gunner or keep the egg for themselves.
The quest can be found any time after the player reaches level 40. The player would need to stumble across the quest by talking to a gunner at the dugout Inn that is rambling about the strange disappearance of his team. This is a stand-alone quest with no additional missions.
Development Schedule Milestone Date LDD 5/26/20 Whitebox 6/8/20 Gameplay 6/22/20 Aesthetics 7/6/20 RTM 7/21/20
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Backstory
Figure 11: Vault 115 Timeline
• Full sized images are included in the document.
Vault 115 was a vault designed to test the effects that radioactive iodine experiments can have on children and various disabilities. The chief scientist Arthur Wentworth opens the vault much later and finds Deathclaw eggs. Arthur begins harvesting them and using them in the experiments by feeding them to the vault residents and using them in clinical trials. The mother of the eggs tracks them back to the vault, rampages through the vault and takes resident in the basement reactor room. The scientist names her Betsy and keeps her as a type of pet. Betsy kills all the vaults inhabitants and guards the vault along with the still existing prewar security.
Aftermath The players relationship with gunners in the world does not change. If the player keeps the egg, they can sell it for a lot of caps or cook it into an especially effective food item. If the player chooses to leave Betsy and her Egg alone, they are friendly unless the player takes the egg or fires first. If the player returns the egg to the gunner, they will get 400 caps (500 if bargained with).
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Key Theme References
Visual Theme 1: Fallout 4 Vault General
Figure 12: Contact Sheet - Vault General
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Visual Theme 2: Vault Residential
Figure 13: Contact Sheet - Vault Residential
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Visual Theme 3: Vault Basement
Figure 14: Contact Sheet – Vault Basement
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Visual Theme 4: Lighting
Figure 15: Contact Sheet - Lighting
Lighting Theme Description
Hallways- dark with selective high contrast lighting to draw attention to important story pieces. Residential Atrium – relatively well lit. Basement – Selective lights with lots of very light fill lights. Selective flickering lights to draw attention to places where needed.
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Requirements Map Label Description Type Priority 2 Holotape that plays with audio Story/Scripting Medium 3,24 Elevator that can load down into another cell Scripting Medium/Hi gh 9 Growl/Roar/Deathclaw footstep sounds after you Scripting High open the door on the terminal 20 Heavy footsteps + dropping body parts/corpse Scripting High through hole 22 Make Betsy climb down the rocks Scripting High
Sound Descriptions • Water Dripping • Creaking Metal • Deathclaw Growls/Footsteps/Roars • Electric Crackle for Reactor • Default Acoustic Space: IntVaultGenericSecretMainA • Music Type: MUSDungeonC
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References Cover Page https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_4_posters
[1-22] Screenshots by me – Fallout 4
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Appendix A: Quest Summary
Main Quest Stage Description
0 Player hasn’t started the quest yet. Johnny is standing at the Dugout Inn waiting for the player to talk to them.
150 Player talked to the quest giver but rejected the quest initially.
200 Player Accepted the quest. They need to travel to the vault in the glowing sea.
300 The player picks up the holotape at the vault entrance.
500 The player needs to use the elevator to enter the main vault.
510 Player needs to head to maintenance.
520 Player needs to unlock the maintenance door to get to the atrium.
530 Player needs to enter the secret lab.
540 Player needs to enter the basement.
600 Player must choose to take Betsy’s egg and fight her OR leave the egg alone and return to Johnny.
700 The player has killed Betsy – they must now pick up the egg.
800 The player did not take the egg and now must return to Johnny.
850 Player has not attacked Betsy yet but they took the egg – making her angry.
900 The player returned to Johnny but lied and kept the egg for themselves.
1000 The player gave the egg to Johnny as agreed.
1100 The player left the egg and Betsy alone and returned to Johnny. They protected Betsy.
Dialogue Gunner Johnny Quest Start 1. Greeting (requires player activation): Hey – stranger, got a minute? Greeting (If rejected, requires player activation): Changed your mind about that job? 2. I haven't see anyone as mean looking as you in a long time. You must've done your rounds in the Commonwealth. I got some info that could benefit us both. Normally I'd keep something this good to myself but this one is getting complicated. 3. Player dialogue:
Player Dialogue NPC Response Special Notes (if applicable)
Alright – I’m listening So here’s the deal.
Just hear me out, okay? If Not right now – I’m busy you’re still not interested I’ll leave you be. I've been around a while, sure, but this job - it's beyond anything we can A little suspicious a gunner handle. I've been asking wouldn't want a job for around and you've done himself. some impressive work around here. So why not pass this job by you and we both go home happy. Well... Alright, if it'll get you This sounds a little interested. My team found a Speech Check – Easy sketchy. You hiding new vault - I'm not gonna Success something? tell you where yet but This sounds a little sketchy. You hiding I’m not hiding anything. Failure something? 4. I sent a team out to a site we found out in the Glowing Sea. They never came back. I want you to go check it out and bring back anything valuable you find. 5. Player Dialogue
Player Dialogue NPC Response Condition (if applicable) Great. Find whatever is in Alright, I’m in. that place and see if you can Set Stage 200, END conversation pick up anything valuable. Find me if you change your I’m busy right now. Set Stage 150, END conversation mind. I have a boss that really Why is a gunner asking for wants whatever is in that
help from me? place. I can't go back empty handed. Sounds like a dangerous I’m desperate so, 500 caps it Speech Check - Easy situation. I think you need is. Success to sweeten the deal a bit.
Speech Check Failed 400 caps is the best I can do. Failure
Quest in Progress 1. Greeting (requires player activation): How’s that errand I sent you on? 2. Player Dialogue
Player Dialogue NPC Response Condition (if applicable)
I’m on it. I’m counting on it. END conversation
Some poor suckers stumbled on it out in the How did you hear about Glowing Sea. The bosses the site? found out and sent my team and I out to check it out. I work for a couple of big gunners. I used to have a Who are you? team of my own before they went MIA. Well it's out by an old Any idea of what I should Federal Cache, so, probably expect out there? some pre-war security.
Quest Completion 1. Greeting: So, what happened? 2. Player Dialogue
Player Dialogue NPC Response Condition (if applicable) I found a Deathclaw egg. I knew the bosses we're Should be worth a small If the player is at stage 850, onto something. Thanks, fortune, they're really hard Set Stage 1000, END conversation here's your piece of the pie. to find intact. Ah... That's a shame. I mean I found your team, sorry I knew they probably Johnny. They aren't weren't coming back but I'll coming back. still miss them. And there's nothing If the player is at stage 800 The bosses are going to be valuable down there - just pissed. But you held up your a nasty assaultron and end, here's a little some old protectrons. something for your trouble. The bosses are going to be If the player is at stage 850, so pissed. But you held up I didn’t find anything, only Speech check hard your end of our bargain. a nasty Assaultron. (lie) Success Here's something for the END Player keeps egg trouble. I found an old vault. Security nearly killed me. You're trying to tell me a You should let your bosses vault had nothing good in it? If the player is at stage 850 know it's more trouble I'm not an idiot. than it's worth. After losing a whole team, If the player is at stage 850, I didn’t find anything, only there's no way anyone is Speech check hard a nasty Assaultron. (lie) going back there. Failure Guess I'll head back to the If player is at a stage that is less What will you do after bosses and let them know than 900 but greater than or equal this? how this all panned out. to 800 The bosses told us there was something big... It did cross If player is at a stage that is less Did you know there was a my mind. I didn't want to than 900 but greater than or equal vault out there? scare you off so I kept quiet to 800 about it. 3. After quest is completed and handed in, greeting (requires player activation): Thanks for helping me out with that job.