Charas Community Project Thread

[Linkizcool]

Hey can I join in? I did a lot of coding and mapping and spriting from the last time we tried it. I don't want it to go to waste.

Besides nobody's in the mapping team

I also had an awesome CMS programmed. It was like a scrolling wheel, except it moves up and down in a circle.

As you can imagine here.



The graphics and backgrounds were only temporary, and I can still salvage the whole thing and change it around.

[Shady Ultima]

Excellent!

We should probably have a meeting on Saturday, me, aboutaso and Phayre have to begin on the writing.

[aboutasoandthis]

I'm actually back at home. I'm just relaxing. PM Me the progress if you can.

[Shady Ultima]

Ok, so... what's going on? Phayre and aboutaso, we need to meet soon to work on the storyline...

[Phayre]

We do. I haven't been on much, sorry. My brother is depressed, so he hogs the compie to look at boobies and such.

[aboutasoandthis]

Originally posted by Shady Ultima
Ok, so... what's going on? Phayre and aboutaso, we need to meet soon to work on the storyline...

I'm sorry I had to do this. I uninstalled MSN. It caused way too many problems on my computer. For example, it slowed down my computers memory. I will not be able to meet via a Messenger box, unless it is America Online Instant Messenger only.

I also have started school; I'm going to be very busy this year. Aside from other things, with me making my project of my own, I will not have the time to sit down and make a new storyline. I can only work on the story if someone else presents me with a basic idea for me to review.

What did you come up with while I was gone Shady Ultima?

If you really wanted to wait for my input...how about posting my PM for everyone to see? That way, the Charas can see it, and come up with some alternatives. Please?

I want to see this get done, but I simply do not have the time.

Which reminds me. Who the hell had this moved to the Community Contest section? Now nobody is seeing it.

[Shady Ultima]

Osmose moved it down here... I didn't like that but whatever.

So you only have aim now Aboutaso? I think we'll be able to work it out, since I think Phayre has Aim too, and I do as well.

Let's say... Friday or Saturday to meet on aim, if that's ok for everyone, let me know.

[aboutasoandthis]

My aim is actually da4halls. Yep given away my last name. Next weekend should work.

[Shady Ultima]

So, I came up with an idea for the story, or at least the beginning of it. It actually happened to me in a dream.

The main character is a imperial guard - in training. He is the son of the emperor's most trusted friend, and so is often included in peace keeping missions. The emperor is a very benevolent ruler, but his life is always at risk, because he does have many enemies.

One day, the emperor receives word that a small village on the outskirts of the empire has been attacked by bandits, and that the people there are in need. So he brings a small group, including the main character, to the village. Upon arrival, they enter the mayor's house. The mayor seems strange, and suddenly, he collapses, and a group of men attack the emperor and his guards. They kill everyone except for the main character, who is knocked unconscious.

When he wakes up, he is in the village's church. He is being attended by a nurse who explains that the emperor walked into a trap. The main character must return to the capital as quickly as possible, because as soon as news reaches the capital of the emperor's death, it will cause a civil war, due to the emperor leaving behind no heirs. She warns him that many of the emperor's enemies will be attempting to stop him, and gives him a health potion.

In the chapel, the main character grabs a long sword and a short sword from displays on the walls, and leaves.



The point of the swords is an idea I came up with. The main char can only use swords, but each sword has strengths and weaknesses. A long sword is extremely powerful, but slower, and has lower defense. The short sword is rather weak, but it's fast, and has high defense. The medium sword, which you begin with, is an average blade. Each sword will have several different types of swords, but there are only 3 types of swords available, long, short and medium, and obviously, you buy the type you like most.

Anyways, I added both Aboutaso and Phayre on aim now, so we should meet later today. If you like this general story idea, we can continue with it.

[aboutasoandthis]

Go ahead and try to contact me. I may be DA4HALLS instead of da4halls. What's your aim address?

I have a few gripes with the story, but generally I like it.
 Things I Don't Like
 

Emperor leaving his station

 

The Murder of Everyone but the Main Character

 

Emperor Having No Heirs

I don't think a ruler, especially one at risk, would leave their post. They should only do so if it is something important like a fortress or merchant city.

I think that instead of the Emperor having no heirs, he is almost on his deathbed and he has a very young son as his heir. He reluctantly sends his son, and his son gets murdered. He now has no heirs, and doesn't know about it. We could even make his death a plot twist or something.

I don't mind the second one, but there's something wierd about it.

[Phayre]

Hmmmmm........ seems simple enough. I agree with aboutasoandthis on all counts, however, unless there's some really good reason why the hero survived.

[CoolZidane]

As to the hero surviving, it could easily just be him running from the fight and passing out from his wounds. Factor that into his character, and you get a nice little internal strife dealing with his wondering if he could have saved anyone if he had not fled.

I agree with aboutasoandthis about the Emperor leaving his post. It doesn't make sense for the leader of the empire to personally go out and deal with bandits in a small village. I also like the idea of the emperor's heir being killed. Of course, even then, it doesn't make a lot of sense. However, it could be that the heir went against his father's wishes and disguised himself and tagged along with the hero and the guards, only to be killed in the eventual attack. It certainly helps make the revelation of his death more of a twist.

I also would like to throw in a concept that I had used in a game I never completed. It involves three guards of some royalty who are actually spies from an antagonistic character. But I don't mean like three completely incompetent guards who are surprisingly strong. I mean three guys who really know what they're doing. Anyway, these three guards would be fought on numerous occasions (3-4 times). The first time you fight them, they get away. The second time, the least competent one would die through his own fault (in my game, his desire to escape blinded him to the cliffside off which he falls). The third time, the middle one would die. The final guard would be killed in the fourth battle, perhaps with a scene following the battle covering his death.

I doubt it's a brilliant idea, but I'm just throwing it out there.

[aboutasoandthis]

I have actually met with Shady Ultima today and began discussing the basic plot. I have already written it out (four pages of college rule btw) and am about to forward it to Shady Ultima.

Shady Ultima will then make changes to the plot in the PM. The PM will then be forwarded to you Phayre so you can familiarize yourself. We will then meet some time to discuss opinions, events, and character designs-the three of us.

Shady if you're reading this, I changed some ideas to fill in the plot holes. If you have any changes for the storyine, put them in italics or something without deleting anything I posted. This way, Phayre can get see each of our opinions.

I will edit this post after I finish PMing Shady Ultima.

PMing finished.

[Phayre]

Phayre's AIM is assassin_duckie , so you all know and can randomly attack me or something to discuss.

[aboutasoandthis]

I'm going to bed. Hopefully we can meet up tomorrow.