Love Interest Introductions in game - Weigh in
Added 2019-09-29 02:40:50 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
I have been contemplating various ways to introduce Caissa and Magnus into the story a bit earlier and I wanted to try to get some feedback from you guys!
First, how important is it to you to be able to interact with an LI prior to choosing (or being placed into) a route? Important enough that I should work out a way to do it if at all possible?
There is really no way to intro Lance but I don't have much of an issue with that as his route will be locked and you'll have the opportunity to meet him in required routes before you're able to do his story anyway.
With Caissa and Magnus, I have two options.
The easy way out: Introduce the characters via the MC watching a news report about them. It will be impossible to interact with them, but I can certainly show their sprite on screen and talk about who they are.
The more complicated (but, as I think about it, doable) way: Work them in much sooner. This will require rewriting a potentially sizeable portion of chapter three. I may also have to make some continuity edits to Ari's route.
I'm totally fine with doing this - revisions are a part of the writing process.
Much of the common route was adapted from the first few chapters of the originally "Endgame" project, which was written as a traditional novel. It was not written with a branching narrative in mind, which is why it's a bit limited and may need to be restructured.
Anyway, I mostly just wanted to see which way you guys would like to see?
Share your thoughts below!
Comments
<3 they are great ideas <3
Angels-do-Exist
2019-10-02 04:03:30 +0000 UTCSo does that mean...five CGs in total and we're not even past common route yet? :o
Kattie
2019-09-30 10:11:10 +0000 UTCAnd doing it this way means.....two new CGs! OwO
Steamberry Studio
2019-09-29 23:27:10 +0000 UTCDoing both creates a bit of a plot problem. But I think I figured out a way to get them into chapter two - which also solves some problems and makes it easier to set Reuben up as an LI if we reach his stretch goal (or I decide to expand the game after release).
Steamberry Studio
2019-09-29 23:26:55 +0000 UTCWhy not both? :D The newsreports would be interesting, because it'd show how the world thinks of these characters and can introduce some facets of their personalities that aren't necessarily true. Facets we can debunk ourselves when we actually meet the characters. The news report also gives you a little wiggle room to put off a meeting if you can't quite restructure the story to get them in as early as you'd like!
wrecknrule
2019-09-29 14:38:28 +0000 UTCI thiiiink we're going to go the route of having a meeting. I think I can make it work.
Steamberry Studio
2019-09-29 10:35:07 +0000 UTCFair. My original issue was just how to get them in a place they can meet Morgan. Neither one is in a position where they'd logically be lurking around her neighborhood. But I do think it's important to have the player meet them. I will have to make a few concessions to get them there story-wise, but I came up with a way to more or less make it work, I think.
Steamberry Studio
2019-09-29 10:34:39 +0000 UTCI think I decided to create a branch where the player meets Reuben. This way it'll work similarly to the first chapter when you meet Ari, Caleb, or Jack. Except you'll stay with Reuben or part ways with him to meet Jack or Caissa. This also solves the issue I was having with romance meters and the fact that there's no logical way to have additions to Caissa or Magnus stat bar even though the other three get them. So...yeah.
Steamberry Studio
2019-09-29 10:32:40 +0000 UTCA news report is a neat idea, but I think getting to interact with them somehow would give a better feel on who we're dealing with.
Kattie
2019-09-29 10:00:24 +0000 UTCI agree with the above. I prefer to interact even a little, but the news report would be interesting in its own way.
AwayLaughing
2019-09-29 03:26:04 +0000 UTCA news report could work, but I prefer to interact with an LI before 'committing' to their route.
Eileen K
2019-09-29 02:58:58 +0000 UTCI think it would be kind of interesting and different to have them introduced the first way, where you can see them but not interact. That being said... I personally prefer to actually meet and interact with characters whenever possible?
Foxy Dangerfluff Addams
2019-09-29 02:51:43 +0000 UTC
