These Rites of Severance - Progress 2/?
I spent today on a couple of my antagonists.
The thing is, neither of them are really "antagonists" as far as "bad guys" go. They're more like "opposing forces" that go up against Jhana due to their circumstances.
One of them is the first major boss of the game, a monster of a sea serpent called the Anathema of the Abyss.
To understand this Anathema is to understand Jhana, which makes for an even stronger opening act, so I knew I needed to make this deep dive. Why did he become an Anathema? What happened, what went so wrong that he then affected Jhana's development? Did he wish to turn out this way? What did he dream of doing with his life, and what was he actually doing when he succumbed to this curse?
And hoo boy did I figure out a lot.
This is the kind of deep dive that I want to do for every part of this game. Nothing should be meaningless or filler, unless it's meant to be as comedic relief.
I'm going into the script now to draft some lines about shops, locations, and the environment of Irabu Harbor. And then maybe some story too, which should lead to the first dungeon of the game, Deeptide Shrine.
See you for another progress update!
Listening to...
