The opera, Hamlet, is by the French composer Ambroise Thomas and words by
Michel Carre and Jules Barbeir in 1868. It is an opera in 5 acts with the
characters Hamlet, the prince of Denmark; Claudius, the King of Denmark;
Polonius, the Chancellor; Laertes, Polonius’ son; Ghost of Hamlet’s father;
Gertrude, who is Hamlet’s mother; and Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius.
In the first Act, the Queen is worried her son Hamlet does not love her since he is
upset that she is marring his uncle so soon after his father’s death. Hamlet is
later acquainted by his father’s spirit who tells him that he was murdered by
the present King, Claudius. Hamlet’s father wishes for revenge for the crime
that was committed. In Act two, hamlet tries to get a confession of the Kings
crime; he wishes to have a play that re-enacts the murder of his father. Claudius
orders for the play to stop, proving he is guilty. Act three portrays Hamlet
sparing Claudius’ life because he is praying, and finds out that Polonius was
in on the murder of his father. Ophelia, Polonius’ daughter, is suppose to
marry Hamlet but he refuses after hearing this information. In act four,
Ophelia goes mad from heart break and drowns herself. In The last act, Act
five, Hamlet feels bad for how he has treated Ophelia but does not know she is
dead. Laertes, returns for his sister’s death and challenges Hamlet to a dual.
Hamlet gets wounded but before they can finish the fight Ophelia’s funeral
interrupts it, and Hamlet then realizes she is dead. Hamlet’s father’s ghost
appears again and reminds Hamlet of his duties; Hamlet kills Claudius.
The game I have come up with has the same
characters as the opera; Hamlet, Claudius, Ophelia, Ghost of Hamlets father,
some guards, Polonius, Laertes, and Gertrude. I kind of combined a different
version of Call of duty, with Tap Tap Revolution, and Temple Run. There are six
levels and an option to play easy, medium or hard. The difference from easy to
hard is easy is harder to die then if you choose hard.
In
the first level, the player is Hamlet and it takes place in Elsinore Castle in
Denmark, where Hamlet is approached by his father’s ghost. He is told he has to
help revenge his father’s death by killing Claudius. Then it will take you to
the front of the castle where you have to choose between two paths. One will
take you to a room where you will find a box; in this box is a variety of
different weapons. It only includes weapons from the 1800’s and they will be
randomly picked; you can return to this box at anytime to switch your weapons.
If you choose the other path you will have to fight a series of guards. It will
be almost impossible to beat the guards without a weapon. Once you die you will
be taken to the beginning again.
The next level, after you beat the guards,
you will be taken to Hamlet’s mother who will be trying to capture you; if she
does capture you, you will be killed with kisses. Without hurting her, you will
have to try and get to the theater room. Once you get to the theater room, you
will see the play of the murder of Hamlet’s father. While this is happening,
you will need to hit the right notes on the piano so that you keep the audience
entertained. To do this there will be four sets of piano keys and when they
light up you will have to press the right ones as fast as you can. If you miss
a note a little bar with the audience happiness level will go down; you are
aloud to miss four notes before you fail and the audience leaves. If you pass
the play you will see Claudius run out of the play.
The next level will start with Claudius
and Polonius talking about how they both worked together to kill Hamlet’s
father. While this is happening you will have to try and escape without them
seeing you. There will be a highlighted path for you to take, but on this path
there will be obstacles that consist of guards you will silently have to kill
by breaking their necks or stabbing them.
The next level starts out with you
refusing to marry Ophelia. You will then have to chase her dodging trees and
boulders that stand in your way. At the end of the chase you see Ophelia jump
into the water. You will have to jump in and try to save her in a certain
amount of time before you and her die from lack of oxygen; to add to the
difficulty there will be a shark swimming after you. You will not be able to
save her, she will die.
If you do stay safe away from the shark,
you will enter the next level. In this level you are in the cemetery near Ophelia’s
grave where you will have to fist fight Ophelia’s brother. Once you beat him,
your father’s ghost will appear again and you will have to run back to the
castle. Here you will have to kill
Claudius. This is the last level so this will be the hardest level to beat.
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