Arbor's Eve
03-20-2012, 07:57 AM
alright i need some serious feedback here. i've been thinking about how to end my game, which until now i've intentionally put off. i wanted to come up with something that would let me have both multiple endings ala chrono trigger, and varying degrees of tragedy as a reward for doing certain things ala resident evil 1. i want my entire story to take place in a simulation.
all throughout my game, i want seemingly insignificant hints that the world that the character and player know is at least a little screwed up. like the tiny "glitches in the matrix" we experience in real life. i want these things to come out towards the end as being the first signs of the character's motivations for his quest.
everything will end up being on a space ship going to another galaxy with the last of humanity. on the ship, a virus in the human's life sustainment units caused them to be locked into a permanent cycle of simulations. once the person inside can overcome the virus causing the simulation loops, they can be woken up and are freed onto their new planet.
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there is a single simulation designed to test the human's character. the simulation ends when the subject is able to pass every test, in order to prove that they've become ideal citizens, and are freed to begin life on their new planet.
which one is a better, more satisfying ending?
i wanted the good citizenship tests to be hidden throughout the story, and based upon how many you pass, and a few other factors, do you get the most positive of the endings. for the virus, i want to do some sort of strategy thing like suikoden 1, where you inspire others to join your battle against the virus, and free yourselves that way.
all throughout my game, i want seemingly insignificant hints that the world that the character and player know is at least a little screwed up. like the tiny "glitches in the matrix" we experience in real life. i want these things to come out towards the end as being the first signs of the character's motivations for his quest.
everything will end up being on a space ship going to another galaxy with the last of humanity. on the ship, a virus in the human's life sustainment units caused them to be locked into a permanent cycle of simulations. once the person inside can overcome the virus causing the simulation loops, they can be woken up and are freed onto their new planet.
-------or--------
there is a single simulation designed to test the human's character. the simulation ends when the subject is able to pass every test, in order to prove that they've become ideal citizens, and are freed to begin life on their new planet.
which one is a better, more satisfying ending?
i wanted the good citizenship tests to be hidden throughout the story, and based upon how many you pass, and a few other factors, do you get the most positive of the endings. for the virus, i want to do some sort of strategy thing like suikoden 1, where you inspire others to join your battle against the virus, and free yourselves that way.