The Sundered Land

[rebelseal]

Im trying again Enter The Sundered Land

the basic idea of the game will be to either repair the world or rule the sundered lands and when/if i get something other than gimp for digital art i will do CG not just text
Blog: http://unknownartsprojects.blogspot.com/?zx=4972686b90e8a43f

[xeragoth]

well it would be good to know what this game is gonna be about before choosing the name

[rebelseal]

honestly its mainly gonna be an rpg about reconnecting the lands more than anything else or conquering the world not sure which i kinda flip between wanting to do heroics and be an evil Dicktator

[Car6on]

The Barren Islands?
The desolate kingdom?

[OmegaScales]

Well, you could have the protagonist travel across one of the (or each) land, using a morality system. Then, depending on the choices made, the rest of the game will revolve around either reconnecting them or conquering them¹. It may be complicated to do that, but at least the first part could stay mostly the same if you wanted to change the plot.
I like the name The Shattered Lands; If you wanted to go only one way or the other, it could stay that, or be Conquering the Shattered Lands or Connecting the Shattered Lands. At least until you're sure what you want, I'd suggest referring to it as The Shattered Lands.

¹I'd have maybe the first land under a monarchy where everyone hates the monarch, and the protagonist takes them down. Depending on choices, he either becomes the new monarch or they adopt a new form of government (constitutional monarchy perhaps). Then either conquer or connect.

[rebelseal]

omega i really like that idea

[Yamemai]

Hee, if you're looking for some plot, I can help you out, by giving you an idea. I remember having a dream(?) about something similar, two actually, but one of them was about the lands being connected, so I probably won't tell you about it.

Anyways, in the dream, each island (12 or 13) has an element -- the element affects the environment, what creatures live there, and the inhabitant's hair color, and maybe temperament (Ex. Red = Fire & is emotional, e.g getting angry easily, hot-blooded, etc).

The protagonist was summon by a tribe with near transparent hair -- pretty much depending on where they are, they can use the elements available there, and their hair color is the color of that element. Reason he was summon was because they're pretty much weaklings in an uber-leveled area -- something caused the monsters to become that high, or they kept losing warriors due to all the assaults or w/e, and now they're pretty much in isolation (one village with a barrier around it), and depending on you to help them; by gaining knowledge about the elements from each island, recruiting people, and delivering supplies, such as food, equipment, etc. How you do this is... I think it was teleporting? or was it you're invincible so you can just walk/ride/whatever to each land?

And that's about all I can really remember, or care to talk about. You can use bits of this exert if you want.

Ps. The other one was pretty much; Each area is represented by a race, and you're suppose to try and conquer the other areas, or something like that

[rebelseal]

honestly im setting up the maps before i do any story

[Smisenost]

You might want to be careful, there is a pen and paper game called Shattered Lands. It's an old Dark Sun game which was originally owned by TSR, which is now owned by Hasbro IIRC. So, not that I think it will happen, but, hasbro has been known to be very picky about "their" stuff.

**Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and know jack and shit about copyright/intellectual property law. I'm just trying to help avoid any problems in the future.

[OmegaScales]

1. So long as there's no profit coming out of the game, it should be fine.
2. Slap The in front (the Dark Sun game is simply Shattered Lands) and it's something different. It may seem stupid, but it does work.

[VintageBass]

3. Simply swapping another word for another seems to also work as well, seeing that some games do that to avoid going to court, because some companies are really stingy when it comes to trademarks. Like switching Shattered for another 'broken' synonym or, go with what I'm thinking of, Shattered Earth or anything to replace Land.

[rebelseal]

meh ill change it at some point thats just a working title for now

[rebelseal]

Holy shit I've managed to make next to no progress on this game my job for RGIS keeps me way too busy to do anything. if I'm awake I'm at work if not I'm asleep

[joku]

You work for RGIS? Then I expect lots of progress in November and December.

[rebelseal]

ill have work and hopefully a new job by then sorry to disappoint I'm trying to get an IT job with a local sheriffs dept.

[AriasaYatomie]

so, uh, what is the current status of this? wondering when a working demo will be out~

[rebelseal]

i feel like an idiot... i forgot to put a link to my blog which has that information AriasaYatomie

[AriasaYatomie]

It is fine~ just glad i reminded chu~