Thinking about writing a dating simulation where there are both male and female love interests. It will follow an adventure book/visual novel kind of format. Will probably use Twine or RenPy.
The narrative structure will follow that of the “3-act”. The interactivity structures will be a mix of the “string of pearls” and the “branching structure”. There will be a main storyline for the plot, but the branches will give the player a chance to interact and learn more about the love interests.
Setting of the story: fantasy world, where the world is ruled by a demon king. Races are divided into factions – Magicians, Demons, Animal-Human, Orcs.
player backstory: player is female (half-demon). She was sought after by demons for her soul, especially the demon king, because of her half-demon-half-human soul (is very powerful for demons if they consume that kind of soul). Lucien, the demon prince, was also after her soul, until she saved him from a near-death experience (will figure this out later), and they fell in love together . Spent their days together in stress because player always had to live in hiding. Demon King finds out about their love affair and becomes enraged, sending all the guards to go collect the girl for his feast. Lucien encases her in ice and hides her away so that the demons can’t get to her.
Plot of the story: player wakes up from an encasing of ice, with no memories of who she was before. A group of adventurers find her and releases the spell placed on her. The player joins the party to try and find her memories while also helping the group with their quest. Lucien joins a bit later, surprised that the player is out of the ice, and tags along with the adventurers while disguising himself as a fellow underclass demon.
The adventurers, Faye, Altair, and Nico, are trying to kill the demon king and overthrow the monarchy.
certain characters can only be “unlocked” by specific choices – done by repeat slides (copy and pasted) but linked differently… if that makes sense? maybe 3 male and 1 female characters, and one male character is only unlocked through a special route – through the girl route, where the girl is best friend
Different endings for each character: good, neutral, and bad. The goal is to have a different interaction(?) for each character
Characters:
Faye (girl, underclass demon) – aggressive, hotheaded, short-tempered
Lucien (special: can only be unlocked if player chooses certain actions to become best friends with Faye) -secretive, protective, and a jokester. At times his eyes show a glimpse of the pain he has hidden away. Gets along well with Altair and Faye. He was the player’s lover from her past life 100 years ago. He remembers and waited for the reincarnation of the player, but the player had lost memories of him after her death. He holds back from telling her anything about past life and the promise they made to get back together after she reincarnates – wants to win her heart over in present time, because she is not the same person as she was 100 years ago. Lucien will act indifferent if she chooses someone else because he only wants for her happiness and will watch over her from afar.
Altair (Animal-human, Bear)- warm and bubbly, innocent, very sweet, physically strong.
Nico (Magician) – cold, calm and collected, serious personality
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