RPGx -- First Draft -- General Concept

ontheheap · 2005-01-17T20:15:38

I don't know how many people read my journal, but I mentioned that my project for this year is going to be a high quality RPG. As I'm learning the necessary skills to bring this game to life, I'll be working on the story at the same time. I'd like some feedback as to how "intriguing" this teaser plotline will be (it's mixed in with some basic explanation, which will initally be withheld from the player). RPG x -- Initial Story (first draft) --------------------------------------------- The Basic Concept (thus far) -- The beginning: Something strange has been going on in the Galaxy. Not the normal, every day, oddities though. No, this is something more sinister. No one is sure what it is, and a few people have been feeling rather strange lately. Of course, they won't admit to this. Especially not after hearing the ancient tales of an evil that could corrupt people from light years away(1). Even though most people believe that tale to be rather tall, there's no denying the sensations these people are feeling. But why worry loved ones over something that is obviously a tale to scare little children into behaving for their parents? Most people aren't even aware of the constant struggle between the forces of evil (Miantai), and the forces of good (Dertai)(2). This wasn't always the case, however. Now, with improved technology, and a bigger reliance on science rather than myth, people have chosen to ignore the warnings of their ancestors. No longer do the entities of this galaxy communicate with the powers of good and evil, and as far as the entities are concerned they never even existed. In fact, the only reminder of them are a few tales passed down from generation to generation, the above tale being just one example. And yet, something hasn't been right lately. People have been feeling "different." But as I said, no one will admit to it... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The tail doesn't actually say that an evil can corrupt people from light years away. No, that is only the common (and misunderstood) version of the tale. More details to come ;) 2. The player does not learn or know about these forces until a later point in the game. The galaxy the player is brought into does not believe in such things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, would you be interested in discovering what exactly is going on? Does this short snippet intrigue you? Should I give up writing and spend my life writing business apps? Here's a short glimpse at what I have planned for the next phase: And then, without so much as a warning, people started turning on their friends and families. It was almost as if something in them had changed. The basic infrastructure of science and technology, which had been the glue of this galaxy, was becoming undone. The mighty Kamikaz (the elite warriors of the galaxy), were all but destroyed while attempting to restore order. These beasts (which could no longer be referred to as "people") slaughtered their way through the heavy defenses of the Kamikaz without suffering a single casuality. Technology simple had no effect on them...

Writing for Games Game Design

Started by ontheheap January 03, 2005 04:44 PM

10 comments, last by Beige 20 years ago

dodecahedron

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January 14, 2005 08:07 AM

Seems a bit like Star Wars, where your elite warriors are the Jedi, and the medium through which good and evil propagate in the galaxy is the Force, which not many people believe in.

C.

Beige

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January 17, 2005 08:15 PM

Yeah. Flesh it out some. It's the details which make it attractive.

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