Early character backstories

Last week, gameLab worked with the GK Leaders to use the rough visual sketches created by gameLab to develop backstories for each of the game's family members.


Character Backstory

For your team’s character, please answer the following, in any way you choose:

Family Role: girl child

Name of character: Rebecca

Personality of character:

Shy Generous Introverted
Kind Thoughtful Smart
Sweet Creative

Character’s relationships with others?

Has a best friend avoids people who bother her or talk about her
Has lots of cousins Favorite Aunt Loves her parents
Gets along with her siblings

Character’s relationship with the world?

Likes
Mints Ginger Candy Fried Foods Rice
Listening to sweet micky an zen

Dreams
Actor Dentist Doctor Singer Dancer

Some things the character might have written about in his or her journal in the last few years

She met a guy named Raymond that she likes. They go to the same school but one thing she aims for is an education so that she can have a better like and nice job.


Character Backstory 2

Family Role: male child

Name of character: Marcugero (Marc)

Personality of character:

Adventurous, Curious, Handy, Introverted of his little shyness, very intelligent

Character’s relationships with others?

Friendly with others he knows, like friends and family when he tries to take time with them because he likes to be by himself on his own adventure.

Character’s relationship with the world?

- Dreams to be like his father/older brother
- Likes to travel
- Like to read if he is not being disturbed with family problems
- Dislike is missing school because he loves education

Some things the character might have written about in his or her journal in the last few years

Very high grades on report card
Fears are not being able to finish school to have an education to support his family to live better.
He has a puppy but is afraid of not being able to feed and take care of it.


Character Backstory 3

Family Role: male child

Name of character: Theodore

Personality of character:

Athletic, creative, outgoing, funny, thoughtful, generous

Character’s relationships with others?

Has a lot of friends that he loves to play with & family (Likes: Sis, Mom. Dislikes: Dad, Aunt)
And some of his neighbor’s he doesn’t like.

Character’s relationship with the world?

His dream is to become rich and help his family and his country.
To become a basketball player
He also likes to play baseball.

Some things the character might have written about in his or her journal in the last few years

- He has a job that pays minimum wage (collecting bottles and selling them with soda and other juice)
- He is trying to get a girlfriend
- He just graduated from junior high school
- His sister is really smart in technology


Character Backstory 4

Family Role: Mother

Name of character: Rebecca Edward

Personality of character:

28 years old Merchant
Like to own a merchant business

Krochet, listen watch movies

Character’s relationships with others?

- Krochet
- Listen to music
- Watch movies
- She always friendly to people
- Always generous
- And thoughtful

Character’s relationship with the world?

Dream is to make Haiti healthy.

Some things the character might have written about in his or her journal in the last few years

Wish life was easy in Haiti.



Character Backstory 5

Family Role: Father

Name of character: Pierre Edward

Personality of character:

- Smart on farming abilities
- 30 years
- He likes to cook and craftsmanship

Character’s relationships with others?

- Meet for the first time; marketplace
- Love teen around friends and family
- Hit his best friend Steve for stealing a pineapple

Character’s relationship with the world?

- Environment (care)
- Leaders (decision)
- Music such as Jazz
- Dream of performing

Some things the character might have written about in his or her journal in the last few years

- Life without his wife isn’t worth living
- I must always provide for my family
- My childrens is the hold on my soul