Extra: Class game story idea

Until fifty years ago, the picturesque island city-state of [NAME OF CITY] was considered a paragon of culture and the forefront of technological innovation. But one mysterious Event fifty years ago changed everything. The city swiftly closed itself off from the rest of the world and the city Council suddenly tightened a vice-like control over its' citizens. All references to the Event have been thoroughly eradicated from all records. Anyone too young to have witnessed what befell the city fifty years ago cannot ask those who had lived back then, for fear of the Council and what they do to anyone who dare try speaking any details about it. But recently, strange things have been happening in [NAME OF CITY]. Strange things that to Alice, a young citizen of [NAME OF CITY] has a feeling stem from the Old Quarter, a part of the city that has been closed off and closely guarded ever since she was born. She is sure that the Old Quarter and this mysterious Event are connected, and when the phenomena around the city begin to threaten lives, she decides to unravel the secrets of [NAME OF CITY] herself, with the help of her close friend Theo, a city guard who gains access to the security cameras within the Old Quarter. While Alice explores the Old Quarter, Theo watches from the security cameras and guides her through, warning her of the many dangers within the restricted area, such as hidden traps and oncoming guards along the way. Together, Alice and Theo delve deep into the city's dark history and uncover the secrets behind the Old Quarter, the Event, and the reason behind the Council's ever enclosing grip on [NAME OF CITY].

(To be honest, I don't have much more of a story beyond what I've typed here. I was going along the lines that there was some sort of immense power somewhere within the Old Quarter that the city leaders wished to harness, but had to use the whole Quarter of the city to run tests and harness the power etc. The totalitarian bit would be to ensure that plenty of labor would be secured for the processing etc. of the power without knowledge getting out. The power could be mind control, or potential WMD or something. I know its not very thought out, sorry about that. I was trying to build around the idea that you'd have one character running around doing the platforming part of the game, while another one was controlling the camera, since it was decided in class that we wanted a 3D platformer with multiple fixed cameras, and it seemed to me that that would work best if the player knew when each camera was being switched and had control over when the cameras changed. It would still be a one person game, the player would just be controlling the character (Alice) and the camera (Theo). Also, I'm really bad at making up names for cities, so again, sorry.)