Okay, I’m a lurker a majority of the time here, but I do have a big passion for creative writing and generating ideas that I’d think would be cool to see and think other people would might wanna check out as well! So, I’m going to be rattling off about five ideas here that people might be interested in, though keep in mind this is my first ChoiceScript game, I want to focus on one of these ideas since I don’t want to be overwhelmed by having to work on two different story coding projects. Alright, now here are the basic premises for each idea that I’ve written over the course of 2 weeks:
1. Giving a King his Due (Low-Fantasy)
Your hometown of Baumstone has been totally razed to the ground by the neighboring kingdom, Darstdale. For what reason? You do not know. You remember the final vision of your life being the King leaving the town on horseback while you are crushed by debris that was once your family’s home…Now in the afterlife, a demon promises you the deal of a lifetime: revenge. The demon will bring you back to life for the chance to get rid of the King of Darstdale and maybe even bring it to ruin if you so desire, though all deals come at a price…
Your backstory can be either ruling nobility, regular nobility, or commoner for some replay value.
Said Demon is one of the ROs
2. A Nobody Surviving After the Collapse (Post-Apocalyptic)
The desert winds hit you from all sides, as you ride atop your dromedary, your precious waterskin keeps you alive as you search for a clean resource to refill it as you travel along the desolate wasteland that was once North America. Your community, your family had been torn apart and destroyed years back, for your water well by a desperate faction, now you are alone, with only your trusty dromedary by your side. The last heirloom your parents bestowed upon you is a map that can lead you to paradise across the pacific sea, where fresh water is plenty, the land fertile and green, all you need is the means to get there, without a boat or aircraft for going through or over the ocean, this paradise your parents preached seems so far-fetched. Still, it is your only salvation from this hellhole, with that shred of hope on your mind, you strive for a better future for yourself…and perhaps others if you feel inclined.
3. A Destined Rebirth (High Fantasy)
You are but a commoner, the only child of hardworking laborers, you go through life as you do, which goes between a smooth breeze and difficult bumps, as you live in the world of Soluna, where magic is a rarity, but seen as a gift from the gods when it’s awakened. Unfortunately, you have terrible nightmares of the betrayal of the dark divine Umbra, sealing away their parents, God and Goddess of the Sun and Moon respectively, and their ultimate destruction by the hands of their divine siblings: Stella, the Goddess of the Stars, Bothynus, the God of Meteors, Cosmos, Deity of Space. It had always ended the same deadly way in your nightmares, yet it never ceased to make you wake up in a cold sweat. One day, as you’re going about your business, your village is visited by the Archbishop, and they are looking to see if someone has a magical gift, to take them under their wing…however, you’d find that your magic would awaken, just not in the way that you expect.
(This concept of how the plot gets jumpstarted is still kind of being worked on, but the lore I’ve divulged is official)
4. I am Cyborg, and I Dream (Cyberpunk, may be tagged as sci-fi)
Earth is on its way to becoming inhabitable, everyone is racing to live off-planet, whether it be on the upcoming Mars colonies or the space station…that is, everyone that’s rich. The impoverished are without the means to get off-planet, being left to their fates on the ruined Earth, while business tycoons are squeezing their home planet every last drop to further secure their own futures. A particular business tycoon is willing to sponsor you and pay for your ticket to the livable space station or Mars colony IF you work for them in exterminating their company’s competition as well as their saboteurs. Of course, this can’t be done in your mere fleshy body…to become their personal champion, you must become a cyborg.
(Note: Haven’t decided if you’re a cyborg at the start after an accident, or after you meet with your benefactor, but the intention is for you to be/become a cyborg in this story.)
5. A Psionic's Cry (Superpower, you're the only one that's got it)
Even before you came out the womb, you had the power to lift objects within 10 ft of you, when the day came when you were born and cried for the first time, the glass broke and surgical tools were lifted high and scattered in the air, everyone in the labor room was flabbergasted. Obviously, the government caught wind of your peculiar abilities took custody of you after your single mother had passed away soon after your birth. From there, you were raised in a private facility all your life, as you grew older, the more your powers began to grow stronger, the more difficult it was for the personnel to control you. One day, as an adult, you had the chance to escape from that mind-numbing facility using the power at your disposal whether it be through nonlethal or deadly means, you’d soon find yourself in the real world, now without support on what to do next…at first.
(You’d have the option to have specialized kinetic abilities, such as telekinesis, pyrokinesis, electrokinesis, and hydrokinesis)
I haven’t figured out all the ROs for these, as I do want there to be ROs for these different titles, it’s concepts for people to explore or be interested in as well as things that I also want to see personally. If one majority is preferred, I’ll get to work on all the details for that one first to post here. Oh, and I also intend these to be standalone, but I’ll see what the future brings
- Giving a King his Due (Low-Fantasy)
- A Nobody Surviving After the Collapse (Post-Apocalyptic)
- A Destined Rebirth (High-Fantasy)
- I am Cyborg, and I Dream (Cyberpunk)
- A Psionic’s Cry (Superpower)
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