Project W Post: February 2024

So last time, in the very first info post I made about Project W, I mentioned how it had a historical fantasy setting. Now I'm gonna share a bit more about what that means.

First, the historical side of things. Project W takes place in the past, but not the super distant past. There's a mix of real and fantastical technology, but it's all vintage as opposed to ancient. End of the 1800s to the early 1900s is the general inspiration for this world's time period. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun to design outfits for the characters, haha.

As for how fantasy plays into it, there is a magic system that has a huge role in society and the plot. So, do you get to use magic? Yes, with a question mark. It depends on what you mean by "use". Let's just say there are multiple parts to making magic. Some major aspects of it, you never really do yourself.

But, not only that, there is a fantastical race that was created specifically for this game. The game doesn't have fairies, or witches, or dragons, or anything in that fantasy range. There are humans, there's real life animals, and then there's "L"s (that's just the first letter of a longer name). Ls are as intelligent as humans and the two races live within the same country. There are areas that are almost exclusively Ls, or humans, and places where there's more coexistence.

I'd also like to talk about another part of this game, and that's how it doesn't truly let you be "yourself" the way the OL series does. You can do whatever you want and design your MC fully, but the best you can manage here is imagining who you'd be in this time period, in this world, and in this story.

The obvious point is that I doubt many of you were born well over a century ago, though it doesn't stop there. Another fairly important difference between who you actually are and who you'll exist as in Project W is the MC is not human. You get to be the fantasy race. They're human-like in many ways, however their culture, the way they live, and what their bodies are even like are unique to them. If you follow human behavior/sensibilities as much as possible, that's fine to do, but it is gonna make you odd by your own species' standards.

Though, of course, there's no requirement to make the MC be yourself. If you want to come up with someone wholly different from you, that's wonderful. Doing that is completely possible with how things work.

And that's the info drop for this month! What do you think about it being a decently modern fantasy where you play as an inhuman being?

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