The Lantern's Legacy
Jason Pitre:
This first post is mostly just by brainstorming; I would love to invite all of you to chime in. The more feedback and discussion, the better the game.
I recieved the following four threads.
Universal RPG
Defining the game and goals
The Shadow of Yesterday (immense)
Some Help with a Concept: Gods and Gutterfolk
Chosen Ingredients:
Lantern, Coyote, The Shadow of Yesterday Thread, Gods and Gutterfolk thread
Initial Concept: This world is ending, as it has countless times before. The gods are fading as their worshipers pass on one by one. Their only hope is to use the ancient divine rites, using the fading light of mortal hope to illuminate a new world. These chosen mortals are called Lanterns and their final moments will create a legacy that will persist into the reborn cosmos. The question is, which god will pass along this legacy?
The four pre-set gods are Coyote, the Earth Mother, the Sky Father and Death. In each scene, one person plays the Lantern while the others portray Gods who seek to convince the mortals to die in certain ways. It costs the gods resources to interact with the scene, so the economy is fading away. All that is left is an artifact, a list of legacies which make up the next world.
princess_r:
That's awesome. My game has a similar starting premise (gods and the world ending), but I definitely went a radically different direction with it. I'm excited to see what comes out of your ideas... :D
BlazmoIntoWowee:
Quote from: Jason Pitre on April 07, 2012, 11:19:07 AM
The four pre-set gods are Coyote, the Earth Mother, the Sky Father and Death. In each scene, one person plays the Lantern while the others portray Gods who seek to convince the mortals to die in certain ways. It costs the gods resources to interact with the scene, so the economy is fading away. All that is left is an artifact, a list of legacies which make up the next world.
SO awesome. "Convince the mortals to die in certain ways" is enough of a elevator pitch to make me open up that book. I also like the idea of an economy system. I'm considering something like that with my game, but I'm not sure how it would influence the narrative.
Also, I think that Coyote ingredient is going to be putting gods in a lot of games (e.g. mine)
UserClone:
This is beautiful. I really hope it gets made.
Jason Pitre:
I hope it works out; It would effectively be a series of death scenes, out of which an entirely new world would be built. The idea is to give respect to the power of the last moment and how men rival the gods in that way.
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