I haven’t wrote a blog post in a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing.
I want to write a book of short stories, because I get a certain satisfaction from actually finishing something. I’m also still working on Scavengers and have been making decent progress.
This weekend I plan on seeing Prometheus, if that turns out to be as spectacular as I hope it’ll be I’ll probably write about that too.
I’m also going to take this time to show off my short story ideas:
The Duel – Set in the Scavenger’s universe, it’s a classic wild-west style duel with a slight twist. [The twist is that there is no twist. (I'm joking)].
Cold Hard Streets – A parody of the Noire writing style about a traffic warden.
Comic Book Hero – A guy/kid spends his life training to be a masked vigilante, but it gets more interesting than that.
Ada’s Brilliant People – A murder mystery/whodunnit style story set in a manor house recently purchased by the very rich Lady Ada. She assembles a team of the world’s most brilliant minds [including a masked vigilante] to solve the mystery for her own entertainment.
And that’s all so far.
In other news, I’ve been pledging to Kickstarters. Specifically 2.
Even more specifically, these two:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420946887/vacant-sky-awakening-reinventing-classical-rpgs
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/111151453/the-beginning-of-a-saga-magin-a-new-order
I really like the sound of Vacant Sky and I hope it gets its funding so it can do away with that RPG Maker look. What struck me in particular was the way combat is handled, building strategy around your character’s personalities.
“-Personality and Synergy: By reinforcing a character’s personality and interpersonal relationships in battle, you can unlock their true power. Dakura, whose nature is to destroy, gains energy by dealing the finishing blow. Sarian, who undermines, gains energy by exposing enemy weaknesses and allowing allies to exploit them. By acting in concert, Sarian can expose an enemy’s weakness to her friend Dakura, who can then finish it off – allowing both of them to gain energy more efficiently. Based on the relationship between two characters, whether they be friends, rivals, enemies, or lovers, the way they interact in battle is different. Learn the relationships between characters and use them to unlock everyone’s full potential.”
What I like about Magin is how HP is done, damage being dealt in percentages rather than flat numbers. I particularly like how it deals with potentially wasted potions.
“Raising a character’s HP denotes a change in his/her storyline–most commonly that of an age increase; in an era like Magin, life expectancy grew some as you grew older. Another reason is to decrease the feeling that some potions might be wasted. Because some characters will have naturally low HP and others will have high, a number of potion strengths are needed. ”
That and the creator is a pretty kick-ass writer.
As well as the information on their Kickstarter, Magin has also made a Google Doc public. While that is an intimidating wall of text, the ideas there are pretty good – hence my pledging to the KS. To see them implemented.
