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Post by ano on Aug 19, 2015 22:49:53 GMT -5
Hello Peeps, I am pleased to announce our first assignment for building the world of Bane of Gluttony. And in it we will be doing just that, worldbuilding! The first step to building a world of adventure is actually shaping it to fit the adventurers. We already have a few guidelines on how that world came to be and how it works internaly. But first, rough map!  Draft of the map with notesThis is really rough and preliminary, and we expect a lot to change, but it serves to display a few things that we already had in mind. First, the biomes. We plan on including mountains, a forest, a desert, a beach, and an island, like certain other games. We will also have an intermediary zones, like a savanna in between the main area and the desert and rolling hills going up to the mountains. Besides all that, we also have a swamp biome at the far south of the forest. Each main area(Plain, Desert, Mountain,Forest and Island) also has it's own town with it's own peculiar inhabitants and is afflicted by one specific kind of expansion, keeping with its main themes. - The desert area was afflicted by the most peculiar hunger. With food scarce, the citizens of its town turned to the only readily available food, themselves. The distrust and fear that soon followed the rampant voring of the citizens instituted a state of anarchy in the whole town, which now seems on the border of collapse. Expect lots of wild west aesthetic and themes around here.
- The islanders, always easygoing and generally unoccupied maintained that disposition throughout their transformation. Affected by a strange species of plant that suddenly started growing in their lands, their regular aloofness is only multiplied as they inflate uncontrollably. Though unconditionally, this cultural characteristic is going to be their downfall as they party hard and watch their populace float towards the sky, if they even make it that far.
- In the forest lay a forgotten city. Long ago divided from the rest of the world by the woods' twisting paths. In this city, a monarch is overcome by greed and sloth, becoming an example of slob for the entire population. Becoming increasingly lost in its own indulgence, the dark corners of the forest will become their graves.
- The main city has only recently beem affected by the curse, and as the weight of its populace steadily climbs, most swear nothing out of the ordinary is taking place. As they persist in their insistent denial and gluttony, are they too soon join their neighbors as the ravenous hunger takes them?
- The last city, the one that lies in the mountains is still up to debate, and we want you to help choose what it becomes! It is tentatively planned for macro, but that poses significant design challenges.
Other than the last city we also need your help in fleshing out the world with interesting people and culture. We will be talking about background lore, religion, and the hidden places forgotten in the world. If you are interested in joining us, please use this doodle to fill your schedule. The final date will be announced next Saturday(August 22nd), and the meeting itself will take place in the #BaneOfGluttony IRC chat at QuakeNet. Hope to see you there! Edit - Kazan: Linked old draft of map with notes and a few reference images for biomes. |
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Post by goran on Aug 20, 2015 0:36:49 GMT -5
My work hours are variable (fixed on a weekly basis, usually, but not on a daily one), so I'm going to be hard-pressed to stick to any sort of schedule.
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Post by ano on Aug 20, 2015 1:30:40 GMT -5
My work hours are variable (fixed on a weekly basis, usually, but not on a daily one), so I'm going to be hard-pressed to stick to any sort of schedule. Not going to be a reoccurring event, just this once. We will have different activities weekly around here. But they will probably require different formats as necessary. So this week we have a meeting. Next week we will have a content submission and a few polls. Who know what the future will bring? |
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Post by mad2bhere on Aug 20, 2015 2:06:19 GMT -5
Submitted my availability to doodle. Here's hoping I can join the fun -- whichever date it ends up. Though, like you said, there's always future events. So I'm not going to be too disappointed either way.
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Post by syriko on Aug 20, 2015 2:08:26 GMT -5
Submitted a schedule, though due to quite a different timezone I might not be able to join the meeting for the full duration if at all, depending when it happens (sadly not a night owl at all). But don't let that affect the time you choose.
Also, that forest city king sounds right up my alley!
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Post by Kazan on Aug 20, 2015 2:11:09 GMT -5
Also, that forest city king sounds right up my alley! Your avatar gives it away, and I was thinking the same thing when we were thinking through it all. XD |
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Post by syriko on Aug 20, 2015 2:16:08 GMT -5
My one sample submission does seem rather close to the idea. Expect me mostly working on the forest area, though the desert area appears to have some charm as well. If I can make it to the meeting, I'll look forward to dabbling into the background lore and religion.
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Post by Kazan on Aug 20, 2015 2:21:47 GMT -5
If anyone can't make, I'm sure there will be some kind of synopsis/overview.
Also, if anyone ever just wants to come in and chat about the game, among other things, Ano and I are usually on most late nights (EST) too.
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Post by goran on Aug 20, 2015 2:47:53 GMT -5
Forgot to ask before I left, is there any way to retrieve previous content?
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Post by Kazan on Aug 20, 2015 2:52:00 GMT -5
Forgot to ask before I left, is there any way to retrieve previous content? Not from the IRC... I think... :/ |
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Post by hdalby33 on Aug 20, 2015 9:55:34 GMT -5
Schedule submitted if you were still in need of help.
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Post by kallekat on Aug 20, 2015 10:36:45 GMT -5
I'd be able to be at most of the meetings, had they only been held 6 hours earlier... Oh time zones, why are you so annoying?
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Post by Aaron on Aug 21, 2015 11:54:46 GMT -5
I'm available at most times. I'll be more than happy to participate in this event!
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Post by Sinner on Aug 21, 2015 16:05:47 GMT -5
Perhaps there could be a tundra/arctic area where the characters... obesity can be pivotal in their survival.
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Post by Sarun on Aug 21, 2015 16:28:55 GMT -5
To input ideas/thoughts:
Desert: Its focus is on vore so the quest and actives are revolved around it and wild west theme? My guess is "WANTED EATEN OR ALIVE!" (Player goal in quest-lines are fairly self explanatory)
Island: Focus is tropical and inflation, can also be an access point to a tropical skyworld, an anchor point for the denizens where their internal air-pressure from inflating balances out with lack of from air pressure higher in atmosphere, thus they then have no worry about floating further up, but they are otherwise stuck and can't come back down. (Player goal here would be through enough level ups and gathering strength, to then be able to fidn what they need to access the skyworld, which is lot tougher, and then at he skyworld to figure out how to get back down, long circular quest-line mostly about finding information and sharing it)
Forest: Sort of partnership/business quests, you help the King get exotic foods (items not found in their lands/rare encounters, whether hostile, social, or business), which has side effect of easing the burden on his people a little from his madness (i.e. ingestibles that can help keep one full and less hungry for longer, which the king can be duped into having, thus allowing his subjects t deal with his madness before it gets too out of control)
Mountain: Has no given clear ideas yet, my personal suggestion would be a sort of multi-tribe/cabals, fighting amongst one another for resources, and attacking raiding for other "resources", as in to the victor go the spoils, but at the same time having a code of honor that prevents them from ever totally wiping each other out (Player goal here is there have strange happenings that over-step these boundaries, which to figuring out there some sort of rouge element involved which seeks to destroy the cabal tribes way of life into a militant iron fist)
Starting Village: Nothing more then several small quests of different sorts to get the player used to the game, before heading out to the more difficult areas (places beyond bordering the staring town, the other towns, and beyond them), essentially the impact of here from the spread of gluttony is normal levels, people are still themselves, and nothing truly sinister/adverse happens.
Other thing to add is foes, rare foes, and unique foes (quest specific/boss foes, treated afterwards as rare foes after certain conditions are met, i.e. "friendly" re-fights with those who aren't exactly evil [still treated like any other battle however the npc is converted to a friendly disposition towards player and such causes no harm/misdeeds outside of battle], and such as re-banishing or subduing certain foes from regaining too much strength for foes that are dedicated evil [always seeking to cause chaos, but is essentially immortal/limitless in number and thus can never be truly defeated, just merely regenerates after a time]) regaurdless of how many re-fights these are no longer tied to any quest and thus do not grant a new reward, save for it being loot that is tied to the foe and not the quest.
Venomous/Poisonous creatures may have varying degrees of severity and split between raw damage and bloat damage.
Having various slimes/elementals is a must, its up to you the limit.
Having a sub-terrainian area (below ground / underground civilization area) and possibly a hard to get to and to get through, more futuristic area with lots guards living, cyborg, or autonomous mechanical, and traps, in-betwixt getting caught and possibly experimented on or accidentally walking into a dangerous/hazmat/swatish area of one of the experiment rooms, aside from coming across the various horrors or delights that can be found when on the outside of the room looking through the glass. These areas could be considered more so as bonus/expansion areas to be worked as far out as 2 years from now, and not an immediate concern.
Finally is to address the possibilities of macro/micro issues and how interactions can change. Npcs can potentially treat you differently depending on your lawful/chaotic alignment, and/or good/evil alignment, and/or your size/height/weight, and there will need to be ways to adjust yourself should you eventually wind up making yourself big or small enough to be classified as macro or micro, which would cause dynamic, rather than gradual shifts in interactions.
Overall my ideas are orientated to having a good, but not overly harsh game-play experience, where essentially nothing ever quite stays dead unless it was from age (natural causes). My ideas for anything are usually this overwhelming, but I think of them more as long-term goals, rather than anything short-term. Feel free to pick and choose or adjust the ideas I've made as you see fit, I'm more than happy to be tossing them out here. Feel free to contact me through FA or other means should have any reason/desire to.
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