Tuesday 11 October 2011

Character Design...maybe some level design

So first of all, you know those sketches I done last week, I have more, basic concept art not rendered at all but you will be able to get a understanding of the physical representation of the characters...only The Templar and The Witch I'm afraid.

The Witch
There she is holding a fireball in one hand and her staff in the other, and The Templar...

The Templar
If you wanna see these in better detail head on over to my Deviant art page for this game design, it will have future sketches and such like so check it out http://t-beattie.deviantart.com/gallery/33019182


So onto the main agenda...today after much debate....AND I MEAN MUCH DEBATE, it was unanimously
decided that I would take The Witch and write up a back story for her.

The Witch is able to have two architypes, The first being the hero, if you choose her as your character in the singleplayer she will take on the hero architype, also you play multiplayer she will also be regarded in the usual fashion of a hero.If the player decides on a different character in singleplayer The Witch then becomes an ally.

Being like any witch, she has a nasty streak in her, chaotic, but the myths about witches are exaggerated, well for the general population of witches, witches don't go about hexing people and throwing fireballs for no reason, except that small percentage of the population, Our witch is Chaotic good, she will have the groups best interests at heart but she will go out of her way to hide it even to the point of utter rudeness. As I said before she will have a nasty streak in her, hey what fun is playing a witch if you cant occasionally break the rules? she will be able to have access to dialogue that will allow her to act evil or good depending on the situation.

So now I've talked about the personality of this character(baring in mind that the personality shines through the most if she is an ally in single player and that the dialogue will only be accessible if she is a player controlled character),  I would like to show you a key part in her history.

This is subject to change.

"It is the dead of night, the local tavern has just shut, the drunks are making their way home, among them a young barmaid, who heads to her house down the winding road, she is oblivious to her fate and what lays ahead, she walks on, silently remarking on the nights events, the bar brawls, the comedy...what a laugh..

...Suddenly she is grabbed from behind by a man, the only discernible feature she is able to pick out on the man is a cross, a thought rushes into her head, "Shit, A priest, I've been found out", followed by a throbbing sensation then darkness.

Back at the barmaids house, an even younger woman sits by the fire, engrossed in a book, no , it appears to be an ancient text, the excitement is visible on her face, she finally finishes reading and notes that her sister should have been back by now.

She heads on over to the tavern and is greeted by the owner who tells her that her sister headed home quite a while ago, with that knowledge the young woman sets out around the village to find her sister, thinking she is probably face down in a bush,drunk. A thought flashes across her mind "oh not again".

After a while of searching she is about to give up when she notes muffled noise coming from a near by barn, she enters stealthily. Her attention is immediately drawn to a lifeless body being set ablaze by what appears to be a priest wearing unusual garments with the insignia of a rogue priesthood, the body seems strikingly familiar to her, if only she could get closer...."Oh no!" and with that she launches into an attack, putting her faith in all that she had learned from reading the Grimoire, she lauches fireballs one after the other, scorching the unawares priest, she then finishes him off with a hex, he chokes then suffocates.

She walks up to the body of her sister, kneels down, chants a few verses of an unknown script, it is visible in her eyes, the reinforced eyes of a person with vengeance on the mind...

...and so she would walk a path that would lead her to face all kinds of perils, she would hunt down this rogue priesthood and all those that would seek to destroy the ways of The Witch."

I plan to write more on The Witches homeland throughout the week  and some rough sketches of the environment.


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