Other Ideas for the sake of other ideas

Casting a wide net and see what's a good catch. Spit-fire ideas to roast a fine meal, my colleagues. Just want to throw out flat ideas, not gonna work on specifics until we set out a theme we all agree with, so these are all just conceptual. Not talking gameplay either. I left out specifics to be worked once we dedicate ourselves to a single theme. I don't want to go all out developing characters, spaces, story boards, etc. until we all agree and can do it together. With as big a group of writers, were gonna need to collaborate.

"Real" Ideas (by which I mean marketable to the mainstream masses to at least some degree):

1. Blight -

Concept: Attempts to forgo global warming by diffusing chemical substance in atmosphere, which is meant to deflect dangerous solar energy from the sun, backfires. Light energy is enhanced and multiplied causing a massive increase of solar energy making surface living impossible. This causes discord and massive exodus to below surface civilizations. Factions break up civilization causing underworld civil war. Meanwhile, remaining scientists attempt to end the inhabitation of surface world through sending expedition teams to surface world in special heat resistance suits. But the alteration of solar energy, and its dangerous radiation that is attributed with it, alters surface life to hardskinned beings. Some humans are effected, and result in madness.

Story: Protagonist team of expeditioners venture to the top world, facing new creatures, altered humans, and other factions trying to regain control of surface world.

2. Untitled -

Concept: Lovecraftian in all retrospects. 1950's era Americana. The slow, but sure, entrance of Cthulu invasion into earth world. Protagonists are normal 1950's family, which must then face and survive the coming of Lovecraftian gods, face off with the demon infested world of Cthulu mythos (i.e. tentacled drooling horrible eldritch abominations, puss filled faces of boils, dead eyes, scaled skin, morphing into nightmare fuel creatures). Both in present human world with infestation, then into demon world itself. Throw in black magic, occultists, etc. Spiritual and real

Story: Family attempts to survive the demon spawn, and stop it.


Indie Ideas (for fun):

1. Suburbs -

Concept: Modernized American-esque. Unknown military forces infiltrate a quite suburban town. Start in a middle school. Lockdown. Main protagonist (I'm thinking 5th grade girl) must find her way out of the school without being captured or dying. Once free, sees world for what it is, has to find family on her own. But damn, she is a little girl. Eventually gets home. End openly for sake of not making a Hit Girl out of her.

Story: Girl finds way home in horridly war torn suburbs (blow up a Starbucks why don't you?)

2. The Monster Mash:

Concept: All those cliche movie monsters? Let's make them real. Lets stab them with pitchforks. Control a ragtag group, nay, a town of pitchfork wielding townsfolk and send them out to exterminate the monsters with extreme prejudice. These monsters aren't bad per say, just misunderstood. But when the villagers come to destroy them with unbelievable numbers, they gotta defend themselves.

3. Cultastic

Concept: A start your own cult game! Complete with swaying believers to come pray with you, give you money, etc. But watch out for those feds! They are quite the party poopers. Set up fliers, soap box speeches, protests, blow up some competing religions. Get the biggest and best cult EVUH. Praise be to [insert a thing here]


Bleh. I have more concepts somewhere in my brain. This is just set one. They mostly suck. But hey, maybe something to work on. Like I said, just wanted to throw ideas against the wall.

I mostly came up with some of these just so there would be interesting things to illustrate for the artists in the group. I would be perfectly fine with a real world story without hints of supernatural, futuristic, or scientific anything for that matter. But so far these are just themes.

Lets get this party started!!

Alright team here it is,

First idea to work off of.  Voodoo RPG.  Kind of like a cross between skyrim and bioshock.  Just wanted to bounce it here so that we can get some stories going.  I am working on a story line right now so stay tuned.  It would be awesome to hear some opinions on this one.  Some way some how we can turn this towards a dystopian world most def.


Thoughts.....?

.......ANNNNNND.......GO!!

Hello! I'm Baxter Burchill, a sophomore majoring in English. I'm so awful at describing my own writing, but if it says anything, I basically pray to David Foster Wallace and Samuel Beckett and all those crazy Latin American authors (Borges, Marquez, Bolano, etc).
So here is an example of my writing that I did last year

John (writer)

Hi. I write words. On papers. Here are some words linked below.

This ones got cowboys in it:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IfB8I-vZqCiciSX5NhBJdyO2Lg5hQ_RBnA6wgk1yu3Q/edit

This ones got dystopia in it:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s7zkhZbb20LGEp9pi5az7evUlTfBZDbOeJNAlBqHnsU/edit

Favorite game: Portal

Read: Bukoaski, Faulkner, Hemingway, Lawrence, Kerouac, Vonnegut, and others.

Zane (Writer)

Hey, my name is Zane, I'm 22 and I am fascinated by many things. I write short fiction and poetry. A few of my favorite writers are Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Ray Bradbury, Elmore Leonard, Tolkien, William Golding, Anthony Burgess, Joseph Stroud, Robert Hass... I'll stop there.  I was a graphic design major during the first two years of school and I still sketch and paint. I envy the German Expressionists and the German painters of the 60's 70's and 80's. I haven't been an avid gamer since high school, but my passion for gaming was the reason I studied graphic design. The last games I enjoyed playing were L.A. Noire, Skyrim, Saint's Row 2, Gears of War 3, and yes (World of Warcraft). I am excited for this project and getting to know each of you better.

Short story
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k9g2AGYQpd34u0yIztFJ2_tIAcvwim-R0u8VTdcQhng/edit

Here is some visual art.

Hi I'm Thomas Benz this is my first semester at WSU so right now its mostly just gen ed classes and my major is in Graphic Design.  All these pictures are from either Cinema 4D or 3D Studio Max.

Member introduction: Stevo!!

Hello all!! My name is Steve Arias but you guys can call me Stevo.  I'm a third semester freshman and currently in LAS.  I want to move to the creative stirring department.  When I write I like to write about my environment or whatever comes to mind.  I'm 28 years old an I am originally from Texas.  I joined the military after I failed out of college.  I spent 7 years active.  3 years as airborne infantry and 4 years as a black hawk mechanic.  I spent a total of 27 months in iraq  I'm an open book so ask me anything...,within reason.

The persistent beeping of a construction truck loomed in the background as the roar of a single jet engine passenger plane flew above in the sky.  The sky was a baby blue color with random whisps of thin clouds strewn about. The wind wasn't soft enough to be a gentle breeze but not strong enough to be a consistent wind yet it still managed to rustle the trees and blow the leaves around as if they were chasing after papers that the wind blew out of their hands. The sun was still high enough in the sky to nor cast long shadows but it was definitely starting to dip in the sky.  The cicadas were fewer in numbers and were dying off like the leaves on the trees.  Mixtures of yellow, fading green leaves and brown cicada carcasses were all swirling around. 

As the afternoon word off and the day started to settle into the evening things were calm. The roar of all the 20 somethings had stopped hours ago and the older crowd taking night classes were slowly starting to trickle in like that of a light drizzle turning into an afternoon thundershower.  This is the time of day I enjoy the most on campus.  The part of the day that the campus takes a moment to breathe before starting its evening class hussle and bussel.