Community Project Vote #1

[AHadley]

I have a feeling that PF, MrX and FC will all go through... and then we can get to work

[Angstromicus]

That's an excellent idea: The master minds behind these great stories to jointly discuss combining their stories.

I'm sure the final product would be awesome, but the discussion should be public as much as possible. The community is the only possible entity that can decide which ideas are wanted most.

[Rocket]

The community is the only possible entity that can decide which ideas are wanted most.

Yes, hence the name "Community Project" 

[Clavin12]

We need something new and fresh to differentiate from the other story lines (from the previous games and mods). A couple big differences and lots of little differences (like the rank of the main character) would be the way to go. We should develop every little part of the story with histories and back-stories (separate from the main story line, and not discussed much in the game). For example we should give every character, planet, and object (such as a flagship, or innovative weapon) ,important and unimportant, at least a paragraph of history. Tolkien, and his followers, did this very well (especially with the Silmarillion) and made his books extremely popular and interesting.

[bb1]

By working it into the actual game, though, it creates a much more immersive experience. That paragraph of history transpiring into you flying through fields of artifacts in BZ1...so satisfying.

[Clavin12]

Well, it can be that way if the community wants it. I was just suggesting it because you might not want a bunch of materiel being thrown at you while your dog fighting.

[bb1]

I know I absolutely hated the beginning of FE with the novel you had to go through to learn anything that partained to the story. Headcount of who read ALL of it?  Anyone? It needs to be accessable without being a burden.

[ScrapPool]

I know I absolutely hated the beginning of FE with the novel you had to go through to learn anything that partained to the story. Headcount of who read ALL of it?  Anyone? It needs to be accessable without being a burden.

It may not be surprising, but I eventually read it! And that was a notoriously large amount introduction IMO... I prefer my storyline spread out a little more... for instance I'm not dissuaded by a 1 page full brief every once in a while... There is that balance between playing time and story which enriches playing time.

[AHadley]

I read it second run. I was really unsatisfied by the end because it didn't make as much sense as it could have done.

[Mr X]

I know I absolutely hated the beginning of FE with the novel you had to go through to learn anything that partained to the story. Headcount of who read ALL of it?  Anyone? It needs to be accessable without being a burden.

I did!

The community is the only possible entity that can decide which ideas are wanted most.

Assuming that mine does go through, I'm sure that from our discussions anything that all, or maybe just most, of us agree on would be put to the community for opinions.

[Rocket]

I read it second run

I read it all the second time too.

took me over 2 hours! 

[Angstromicus]

Voting and story discussion has moved to the Creating a plot for the 1.3 Community Project: Part 2 topic.