RPGM Colossal Planet [Development Thread]

Iron Cunny

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May 24, 2020
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Hello there. I'm an inexperienced, 0-budget indie dev who wishes to make a freeware RPGMaker game as a means to test my abilities - in the field of art, and game-making. I am still experimenting with the programs intended for use.

The Story/Overview:
You, the hero of this fine story, are living the good life. You've got great friends, a good family, hobbies you can enjoy and you're prepared to confess to your crush tomorrow. What you don't realise is that a single snap of a finger is enough to take all this away from you. As you have practically used up all your luck, a UFO pops by and abducts you as you take a walk at night. You soon find out what the aliens want as you awaken in a strange place, get scooped up and carried elsewhere. Putting two and two together - you have become a tiny pet in a world inhabited by colossal aliens, and someone had just bought you.

Fortunately, you learn that you are not the only human - or being you can communicate with - on this planet. You have the option to accept your fate as a pet whose only life is within four transparent walls, or to deny it and explore a bigger world, where creatures resembling beings out of Fantasy tales exist as wildlife on this planet. The Colossals keep dragons the same way we keep cats and dogs around, Gryphons decorate the streets the same way pigeons plague ours. Now, what will you do from there?

Throughout the story, you will find many girls you can aid and add to your party in this treacherous world.

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Characters:

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You (name customizable) are the hero of this riveting tale! The fact that everything about you is ordinary makes it all the harder for you to adapt to this world! But that only makes it more exciting, eh? Better to die trying than to die in a tank, am I right? Chop chop! Go have an adventure!
Go grab that versatool while you're at it. It's a lighter and taser in one little tool, with a freeze function too! It's not much in the grand scheme of things, but it is a humble tool that will protect you. When all else fails, use it to whack an attacker or block a strike.

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Freckles (name also customizable) is a fellow human you meet when you get comfortable in your new terrarium. Clearly she's been here before you. Conversing with her makes it clear that she was born on this planet, with her only memories of your shared homeworld being words and knowledge passed over many generations.
Freckles is quite the barehanded berserker and is willing to improvise the environment in fights.

Other Characters are being planned and scrapped during the course of the planning phases.

Gameplay:
As an RPGMaker game, this game is meant to have simple turn-based combat with some light element-based system which mixes common archetypal elements (lightning, fire, ice, etc.) with physical attack types (bludgeoning, sharpness, etc.). While characters themselves will not be weak or resistant to anything in particular (unless a piece of equipment deems otherwise), various enemy types will have weaknesses and resistances that players will have to learn about.

Outside of combat, there's a good whole world to explore in the form of open fields and dungeons.

During this phase, many other elements are being taken into account.

Current Phase:
Storyboarding & Art