#mirror break

[videoreligion]

Ghosthouse (1988)

[tromacom]

After discussing super awesome gamey things with Steffan, I think I've got a few more ideas in terms of mechanics. Steffan suggested having it as a side scroller for the adventurey type parts but once a battle starts it swings perspective into third person open-world type, and then perhaps swings back again. The only issue I would have with this is it might seem pretty strange to have the perspective shift depending on what you're doing, but having the comparison between the 3D, right in the fray style and the slightly more active, easier to navigate, faster paced style of side scrolling. I mean there are some fantastic side scrolling games out that have awesome feelings to them.

In terms of the enemies, it'll either be a case of them already being there waiting for you (for the smaller enemies), or dropping down from the sky (aka the mirror world) for the larger enemies. Of course there can also be things bursting up from the ground, breaking through buildings etc.

The mechanics for her form change would be event based, perhaps you even get the choice as to whether you want to be in alternative form or not, but it would likely only be for the very large bosses.

Story wise, you play as a guardian of the mirror world, making sure all the monsters locked away in it are kept subdued so that they cannot break loose and wreak havoc on the world again. It's been thousands of years since they were last out, and it's a constantly changing battle. However a sorcerer or...something along those lines...manages to find/work out/whatever a spell that actually casts her out of the mirror world and breaks the barrier wide open. You then have to fight through huge monsters working for the bad dude in order to get to him before he cracks open the deepest, darkest part of the mirror world. You partner up with a pair of 'normal' world warriors, a male soldier and his androgynous younger sibling, and they can both be used in battles or for their own little side-levels. As a character, the main is human normally, but can transform into a large eastern dragon type creature in order to battle the really big monsters. She carries a very very large sword and has control over lightning and electricity, meaning she has special attacks that can be used to great effect on certain types of monsters.

[tromacom]

I've been told to write shit down as it kind of comes to me so that's what I'mma do here. This whole idea, I have decided, will be dedicated towards practicing my skills in concept art and character design. So yeah you can kind of ignore this.

So normally my brain comes up with ideas that form into novels, comics, or sometimes even animations. This? A fucking game. Never had a game idea before so I'm curious as to how it plays out.

I don't know much about it so far except that there are two worlds, one fairly peaceful (Earth I guess) and a mirror world full of monsters and danger (spoopy). The main protagonist of the game is a female warrior from the mirror world who ends up falling (?) to the peaceful world, not sure how. She is super anime I don't even know how, but it's all ruffles and dresses and fucking awesome armour, and she has a big-ass sword as well (among other weapons like a giant hammer and and whip and such which I guess you'd unlock throughout the game?). She can control lightning and electricity and most of her attacks are, well, pretty damn blue. As she's actually from the mirror world, she has an alternate form - a electric blue Eastern dragon type monster.

There are two other characters I know about that might be playable? A male paladin (bit of sword, bit of magic) and the androgynous younger sibling of his that prefers ranged weapons and speed etc, both from the peaceful world. And I also know that there's a bad sorcerer guy who is trying to help release all of the other monsters from the mirror world? And the good guys are all obviously trying to stop him.

I mean, the way I see it in my head kind of alternates between an open area, horde fighting type thing like the new Hyrule Warriors, but also as a side scrolling type thingy kind of like Child of Light? I don't know, this is very unlikely to ever be made into a game, I'm just playing around with concepts.

[ditzyliz]

xD!!!!!