Storyline

In One Day or Day One you play a female prospective student looking to do engineering at the University of Auckland. To get a better idea of what engineering is about, you've signed up to Enginuity Day to learn more.

When the player opens the game, they're asked to enter their name. This is used for personalized dialog.

Upon getting into the game, you're greeted by Naomi who introduces the game to you. She walks up to you and tells you to meet her next to the student services hall. This is done to teach the player how to move, she tells you to move using your arrow keys before moving back to the student services hall.

After speaking to Naomi at the student services hall, she tells you about your backpack which contains your timetable for the day and the achievements list. At the end of the dialog, we show a notification telling the player about their backpack. Notifications are shown throughout the game to tell the player once they've finished a task, or to give them hints.

Below is a screenshot of the backpack and the task list therein.

More examples of notifications.

Following your timetable, and Naomi's advice, you should find yourself downstairs in the engineering leech where all the workshops are held. Your first workshop is the software engineering workshop. To do the workshop, you speak with Rashina, who is the software workshop instructor.

If you go to the wrong workshop, you're told to check your timetable. Additionally, on the next dialog frame, you're told which workshop you're supposed to do instead.

After completing the software, civil, and electrical workshops Naomi tells you to meet her in the engineering lobby for a networking event.

The networking event lets the user talk with students the Twenty Four Seven Solutions team interviewed. The students give valuable feedback which can be beneficial to their opinion of engineering.

After the networking event, Naomi give you a prize: a diploma! In the diploma, you're recommended a specialisation based on how well you did in the specific workshops.