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[Reudh]

Phantom, it's hardly cluttering. I would only consider it clutter if it seriously derailed the thread.

[Darvi]

Most of it is in the OP, or through the thread. For the most part, we're just going to make it pretty generic and have people poke fun at it throughout the game. There's a bunch of kingdoms, all under siege by the Troll Army. Among these:

There's the Darkling kingdom. Darkling Wolf is its king. It proclaims love for all.

There's our hero's kingdom. We don't have a name or idea yet.

There's the Friendship Kingdom. Filled with Bronies and ponies and pegasisters. They are locked in eternal conflict with the penguins. During your quest you will have to side with one or the other. Each will give rewards, but by helping one, you offend another. The Bronies preach love and tolerance... as long as you're one of them.

There's the Twelfth Bay Penguin Army Collective. They are locked in eternal conflict with the Friendship Kingdom. They are very mafia-life in their behaviour. They will reward you if you help them defeat the Friendship kingdom... but beware them if you side with the Bronies.

Actually the initial idea was for Core and Darkling to be enemies, with core being affiliated with, but not being, the ponies.


Oh hey FG&RP could be a casino. It would be incredibly fitting.

[Ultimuh]

There should be multiple endings depending on various things, such as which faction you support.
(or if you decide not to support any of them.)
If you manage to beat the Troll army or let them do their thing.
And so on..

just my little opinion.

[MaximumZero]

I'm gonna have to take a look at the LMMS wiki and get back to you on that, man. Seems really powerful, but fuck, it looks dense.

I'm pretty tired right now, so that may be impacting that viewpoint.

[Darvi]

Y'know, some things we should think about for the story:

• Fourth wall integrity. Our victory quotes make it look pretty definitive that we're at least medium aware, but that could just be chalked up on us just being that meta.
• Sliding scale of seriousness vs. silliness. While we can't be totally serious (we have a goddamn facefaulting polar bear as a tank, for Pete's sake!), do we want  the game to be an endless stream of shout outs and forum memes or do we want those influences to take the backseat to the main plot and just manifest as a series of easter ggs?
• Tech level. Do we have a DF-style medieval era (unlikely, given the existence of robots, but possible nontheless), modern age tech (if that's the case, then XK's computer must be a lootable thing) or are we in the grimdark future where there is only flamewars?

[Ultimuh]

Well here's what I think.

1. Medium awareness would not stray too far from the nature of the game, but not too much meta.
2. We got Pony Vs Penguin, it kinda explains itself.
Then again, there should be som e moderation of both seriousness and sillyness.
3. Well concidering it's all based on a forum board, it could go either way.
I think modern age tech but this trope would probably fit the whole thing well.

[Darvi]

Really, I disapprove of the whole PvP thing. I think ponies wouldn't be the type to go to war.

The people affiliated with them, on the other hand...

[Ultimuh]

The people affiliated with them, on the other hand...

But that's what it's all about.
There are plenty of pony and penguin fans on these boards.
Which is why this rivalry you see?

[Darvi]

Core vs. Darkling?

My point is, the people are not ponies, despite what their avatars may indicate. Fans going to war does not reflect the status of the franchise they're supporting.

Also I still think that the penguins should be the mob, but that's just me. E: also, that would give representation to the mafia board.

[Ultimuh]

My point is, the people are not ponies, despite what their avatars may indicate. Fans going to war does not reflect the status of the franchise they're supporting.

Well don't take it too seriously, sure the Pony themselves might not go to war,
but as you said, they are not ponies.
Only the physical personification of what a brony would be.
So do not think of it as the ponys themselves, but rabid fans on these boards.

[Darvi]

On a semi-related note, the Darkling kingdom should be closer to the Upper Realms than the core kingdom is. The reasoning is that the Upper Boards use Darkling by default, so it'd make the transition from one to another more smooth.

[Ultimuh]

Sounds reasonable.

[Darvi]

That leaves... Creative Projects, LA, and OG.

OG could be a battlefield, full of hired mercenaries which are actually cameos from, well, other games.

CP is the dev room. Obviously.

[Max White]

While I would love to sign up as some boss fight, Darvi is press ganging me into being a PC... I guess I don't have a choice! 

[Reudh]

Can do, old friend! Are you able to the sprites?