Re: [tsc-devel] [ANN] 2nd General Discussion - Request for Agenda

Quintus | Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:34:09 UTC

skarfester <…r@f…> writes:
> Post via forum by skarfester <…r@x…>:
> __7.__ A platformer doesn't need much of a story, but is a good
> complement if we integrate it in the game. For example, we can think
> the campaigns as "missions", like Indiana Jones films.

It is an interesting possibility, but if we did it like that, I’d rather
have the worlds be missions, not the campaigns. A campaign should be the
outer story around the list of missions. Kinda hard to compare to the
Indiana Jones movies then, though.

I agree with datahead’s sugestion of creating a hybrid of an RPG game
with platformer style. This is an unusual combination that may offer
interesting possibilities in the gameplay.

> __8.__ This is related to theme and audience: adding more characters
> to choose from. This way we can have a female character, and maybe
> more, for example a "classic Alex", if TSC changes Alex graphics.

This is not opposed to a story-centered idea. Look at danfun’s proposal
(DNr. 16/1). More characters get available later in the game, and that
can very well be female or other characters.

> __9.__ Mantaining a relatively cute comic style works for me: I'd
> avoid too childish graphics and there's no need for something
> "agressive", "dark" or "hipster". Cute works for most people.

It is a difficult question. Bugsbane has multiple times complained that
our current styling is heavily inconsistent, so we need to focus on some
kind of cuteness level in any case. That level is then what we need to
make all graphics into.

> __10.__ If we develop a story we need to introduce it in the
> game. I'll stick only to visual narrative, without text or
> speech. That way we can mantain TSC more language independent, and
> avoids lot of translation work. The problem with this is that a
> complex story can be hard to explain without words.

I don’t think this is a good idea. Both stories suggested until now —
danfun’s and datahead’s — focus on a rather deep theming. Both involve
the Great Library, and lots of books, datahead’s proposal includes
Dr. M. making Shakespeare quotes. There will be no room for such things
in a purely visual novel.

Don’t worry about the translations. I have worked on games with a
seemingly endless amount of translation strings (namely Freeciv) and one
still gets it done. Once we have a more widespread community, there will
be more people translating the game. As of now, we have translators for
Finnish, French, German, Portuguese. If we can get ciro back into the
game, we might have an Italian translator. That’s a nice amount of
translations already.

> __11.__ That's the big issue. I'll recap some opinions discussed in
> [this threat](http://forum.secretchronicles.de/topics/367) and others:

I will reply to this in a separate email.

Vale,
Quintus

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