Starting the Planning and Story (College Work)

For an assignment we had to design and come up with a game concept for a pitch.
To get inspiration for this project, I decided to listen to some music to get basic ideas of what the story could concede and use foundations on to get the whole story and concepts completed. A German band, Eisbrecher, has a song which is about an Icebreaker boat plowing through the icy seas to make the way for other ships, promoting their bands name and what its stands for.

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German (Original Lyrics)
Siehst Du den Eisbrecher

Eine neue Eiszeit beginnt

Komm mit mir auf den Eisbrecher

Wir sind auf dem Weg ins Licht

und das Eis um uns zerbricht

English
"Do you see the Ice Breaker

A new Ice Age begins

Come with me, on the Ice Breaker

We are on the way to light

and breaks the ice around us."

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"Ice Age" and "Ice Breaker" really made me think of ways I could use these words to add into the game play or game's story its self.  So, an icy/snowy environment that the character has to save or concur through the game would be a good idea, considering not many games really do focus on the dangers and experiences in a snowy environment. 


What I have decided for the story is this;
A man, by the name of Cher, is a engineer for an Ice Breaker ship. There is a sudden turn in climate which is making these ice breakers more in demand. Unfortunately for Cher the ship collides with an unknown object, making the ship capsize, killing the members on the boat. Cher is now left alone with nothing but the clothes on his back. Through his travels to find some where safe to live, Cher finds himself in constant battles with monsters that apparently caused the turn of weather. Little does Cher know that these monsters have something to do with him...