Dyztopia: Post-Human RPG
Happy Holidays!
No game update! Just Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and most importantly Happy Festivus. Hoping to complete Dyztopia by next year. Thank you to everyone who gave Dyztopia a try, and I hope next year more people will give it a shot! Thank you all! Now to talk briefly about the Hyztory of Dyztopia. (I'm sorry for typing that out.)
Dyztopia started on January 24th but before then it was a much different game. It has in first person and it starred "Mak" who was essentially the beta version of Akira. I did all the sprites in fire Alpaca, which was NOT ideal. The main characters were Runi, Chase, and Akira"Mak"
Yeah!
It was meant to be more like a point-and-click game than an RPG. That changed pretty quickly when
A) Mapmaking was a PAIN to make in this style.
2)Making the prologue took a really long time.
I think had I stayed with this style, I would have given up on it. Which is what I did essentially.
I switched to Aesprite and went from full busts to Face pictures and most importantly...
From that point, I started making and remaking characters like crazy. A lot of characters when through some crazy iterations. Some characters got cut, while others look totally different than their original concept. The exception to this I would say is Runi and Chase who has stayed very consistent throughout all of Dyztopia.
Another cut character I had was Gray. She was supposed to be a species that went extinct called the Aquans. She was going to be the main healer and recruited in Stage 5, but I felt that her story and character weren't what I wanted. She also had a language barrier so the only person able to speak with them was Runi. Detritus at one point also had a Sister named Twelve. She was Zazz's favorite child and the favoritism was interesting to write, but ultimately she was cut because Akari ended up doing her job better, and I couldn't decide on a design I liked for Twelve.
And now after a year in the Pandemic, Dyztopia looks a lot cleaner than it used to. I'm really happy with where it is, and I can't wait to see what next year brings it.
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