So here’s my idea. I was inspired by various spy-secret agency movie, The Librarian, and Lara Croft. I mixed up some romance and voilà.
You play as a young adult, who still has nightmares about your dark past. You have a lot of different capabilities (fight, scientific or/and historic knowledge and persuasion), and that’s what makes you a unique person. And that’s what the Olympus agency is looking for.
Explore the world with your team, in the search of old artefacts and the truth about your past. Fight, persuade or use your knowledge to get out of difficult situations. Stop an evil mastermind from gaining more power while making friendships and even romance.
Will you be hailed as a hero or recognized as an anarchist? Choose wisely, the fate of a lot of people is in your hands.
An extract from the book that I kinda like to use as a summary
“That’s still doesn’t tell me why you want me to work for you. Or what you people do exactly.”
“I will try to answer your questions, although I’m afraid I can’t say much more.”
I puff, “much more” ? He hasn’t said anything yet.
“Why do we want you? Well, that’s seems pretty obvious to me. What I saw today, what you did… It’s incredible. People with your range of capabilities, not mentioning how good you are at them, are rare to find. You’re wasting them here, this job, it’s so little compared to what you can do with us.”
He smiles and looks at me almost with admiration in his eyes.
“What was the second question, again? What do we do exactly? Well, our goal,” he says, putting his hand in his expensive jacket “is to protect people. To let them live their life as peacefully as possible. " He frowns, still searching for whatever was in his pockets.
“But we’re not the one messing around with politics, the newest nuclear weapon, or serial killers- Ah! There it is.” He exclaims as he sets down his wallet on the table, opening it wide for me to see.” We’re collecting things, old and dangerous, keeping them safe and hidden, so no one can use them to do any harm."
I take his badge off the table and my fingers trace the embossed letters as I read them.
“Olympus? Like mount Olympus?”
“The one and only. Where the Greeks used to think their god lived.”
“Well, that’s not narcissistic at all for an agency.”
He laughs and sit back on the chair, relaxing, which seems odd for someone telling they’re a secret agent working for a secret international agency.
“Do you know why they thought that? It was seen as a secret garden. Because they never saw the top of the mount. May it be hidden by the clouds or brightened by the snow in sunny days, the gods were invisible. That’s what we are called Olympus, because we are hidden, a secret, even when we are exposed by the sunny days”, he pauses with a proud smile on his face, “we are invisible.”
Features
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You can play as male, female and non-binary, and be straight, bi, gay or ace.
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I’m planning to do a character customization about hair, physique, height, and origins (you can choose -maybe even input- where you are from)
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You can choose your previous job from these 4 options: a detective, a scientist, a university student and a political activist. These will influence the way you act and fight (influence your fight, your knowledge and your persuasion)
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Make friends or enemies, both have consequences.
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There will be 5 love interests, but one of them will be really hard to get. Their gender will change depending on your sexual orientation. The romance won’t have a direct impact of the game (win or lose, gain allies or lose them, etc.), but you will have more scene and more angst.
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Will you be hailed as a hero or recognized as an anarchist?
I just wanted to say that in this story, “good” and “bad” is relative. The “Hailed as a hero” option is not rainbows and sunshine, it’s also a lot of consequences. I didn’t want to create a story where everything is fine just because you smiled and were nice, it’s not very fun or realistic I personally find.
I already created everything, the story, the character and their backstory, etc. I planned three books, and I know everything about them (I really love creating stories and developing them in my head ). I just have to write it entirely (only did a few chapters). I never really planned on publishing anything, I was just having fun with it. But now I wonder, why not?
Let me know if you like it, and if you have any suggestions!