You were born to a widely-adored King and Queen. Unfortunately, so were your two brothers–years earlier. With little chance of inheriting the throne, you’ll need to seek your destiny elsewhere.
I am not looking for line-specific feedback, i know i probably have infinite typos, etc. the game might even be broken! Just want to know if anybody wants to read something along these lines. if not, let me know that too. posting in here because the demo is so short, i’ll create a real topic if i end up sticking with it.
Hello there again John, what’s the genre of this? Is MC gonna be an adventurer? Hero? Is it set in a fantasy world? Relatively normal or completely normal type of world? Anyway G’Luck with the project though.
Okay, fellow forum members, I’ve got that problem that I’ve finally decided to ask help with. It’s probably not a suitable thread for it, but I don’t know where else to ask. It can be obnoxious and\or problematic, tho.
Problem
So, there’s a game that I’m making; I’ve put a lot of effort and thought and love into it already, even if it’s barely started. The huge problem for me is that it’s set in Russia.
And not just Russia - an alter USSR.
The bare bones of the whole story and around 3\4 of the first chapter were ready before 24.02 came to being. After that I’ve lost any motivation and inner resource to write; now I feel ready to write again but I’m obviously scared that the backlash about the setting will kill all my inspiration again. Note that I can’t - or want - to change the setting, since it plays the major role.
So, the question - should I continue to work on it now, at least in English?
Short story blurb
You are a common student that returned home to their backwater little town for holidays, but your joyful time ends when you find yourself in one-day time loop that inevitably ends with your death. Now it’s up to you to find the truth and break the flow of the fate itself, while trying your best not to lose your humanity and your sanity in the process.
Before I even think of answering your question, I have a question myself: if you’re ALREADY using an “alter” version of USSR (i.e., not-USSR), how importantly, exactly, is the setting? Unless I misunderstood something?
The setting is incredibly important… What started the story couldn’t have happened in any other setting, and I don’t want to change that. And even if I wanted, there’s a lot of stuff to change in already written parts and plans.
What is linking it to Russia (even that it’s an alter history), are ethnicities, places that play a huge role, names, some parts of the story, some common themes and overall… how should I say it… feel to it.
At which point does your alter history start diverging from real-world history? Why did it diverge? Does the game make reference to events prior to the divergence? Does alter USSR do things that mirror real-life Russia actions?
Basically after the first world war, yes, there are some references, yes, there are things that mirror some things that was done in USSR, as well as some practices that were common in USSR, but there nothing similar to what’s going on now.
Now I understand that even if I change the obvious signs, the core still is readable.
Hmm it’s a interesting question poised and honestly I can understand wariness especially the little I know in my memory of something’s. Yet I’m going to echo jbento and say that I think your good write your story take it at the pace that you want.
Well, let’s remember that credibility is also important within a historical fiction story. So if we think of an alternative USSR I would start with the following question: What alternative versions of the USSR do you think are possible?
And secondly, I could recommend you to do some research on the problems of the formation of the USSR in its beginnings, such as proposals for government, economy, diplomacy, or anything else that you consider relevant in the context of its history. A solution that occurred to me to your difficulty would be to consult these historical sources or on the other hand to consult with Russian users or anyone who comes from the former republics of the former Soviet Union of this incredible platform. I hope I have been helpful.
