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Questionable Questing

Silver W. King
Silver W. King
That villager over there? Yes.
That mysterious person that gives you hidden quests in the tavern? Yes.
Not the Duke's daughter, nor the Duke's wife, but the Duke himself? Yes.
That rock on the ground? Yes.

Romance anything.
d.fish
d.fish
imagine that

you know, I used to think that writing for that kind of thing would be difficult, but then I actually did professional writing, and I found that this type of macro-level, massive numbers of characters thing is easy, there's actually a trick to it
Silver W. King
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What's the trick?
d.fish
d.fish
You assign a zodiac sign (or whatever other brain dead dating/love character test thing) to the character, and make one of the emblematic characteristics of that zodiac sign the defining trait of that character, and then you add a "but..." and a "therefore...", then flesh out a basic history

now you have a living world with no flat characters; formulaic, but it works
d.fish
d.fish
and for massive open worlds, you have to have a formula, rather than painstakingly think of each character from scratch anyway

so now you can go fuck that rock on the ground that's a virgo but has come to terms with its own imperfections, and watched its dad and mom boulder killed in a dark alley as a kid
Silver W. King
Silver W. King
Pffft, hahahaha. Okay, that's pretty cool in a way. Although I kinda worry that it's too RNG for the characters, or is it a bit limited so some stuff would make sense?
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It works for supporting or secondary characters best because you main characters usually require too much plot to be woven to be summarized so easily

and while it is limited in the scope of possibilities, it covers most common and imaginable chaeacter traits, you know, horoscope shit
d.fish
d.fish
but there's something to be said about the elegance in simplicity
Silver W. King
Silver W. King
KISS principle comes in a clutch.

So you got into game development? :D
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d.fish
no, it was writing for a movie
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Silver W. King
Really? Then why need a formula and all that? Movie is pretty straight forward in terms of planning characterizations, I think.
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d.fish
d.fish
they nottt
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Silver W. King
How so?
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d.fish
not all movies are like the lighthouse you know
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