Omni Wrote:You know my distaste for reality TV stuff. But thinking over some of my qualms, I had an idea for a show that solved those IC problems somewhat.

Think of it as a 'hidden camera' TV show. They think they're on a transport to help with the establishment of a new verse, but really ... they're being taken to the set of Syntech's new show, BATTLEREAPERWHATEVERS!

Taking hints from your survival horror format, and also some from Square Enix's The World Ends With You, this game differentiates from others. Characters who want to volunteer are given an option to sign up in advance for what Syntech promises will be an exciting opportunity. Much like that crazy bitch in Battle Royale, they become 'reapers' whose objective is to hunt down and kill other players. They can work with other reapers or betray them - a head is a head.

The kidnapped players simply have to survive. Unlike the reapers, they're given no weapons and they may have power blockers. They have to salvage what they can from the scenery to survive. Perhaps an abandoned town, similar to the setup of Silent Hill or the overgrown suburbs of The Last of Us. They don't get points from killing other players, but they can should they want to steal weapons or get revenge on enemies from outside of the game.

I love asymmetic everything (like Aether Saga) and this gives more justification to serious characters. I think it seriously hurts the RPG long-term to run events where serious characters have to sign up for reality TV shows. It damages those characters and people end up restarting. That's why I'd like to help suggest something where that, and the metagaming of things like DA where alliances pop up in a hyper-short space of time, are mitigated somewhat. Obviously it's your saga, but I'd be happy to help and brainstorm with this or whatever else you choose.

Omni Wrote:As a bonus idea you could steal 'pins' from TWEWY. Each has a power like pyrokinesis or flight or whatever, but also they represent 'heads' for the purposes of reaper headhunting. The reapers wanna collect as many as possible - ultimately, they win by collecting every pin in the game. Each player starts with one (though reapers would still be more powerful in some way - the idea is that they are the hunters, and if anything survivors wanna RUN from them. They're like Nemesis, or the SA-X from Metroid Fusion, though they can and should be killed it's like a major thing, they're basically bosses compared to the normal player). It'd be a nice change to weaponry.

Quote:but also the ones with the most potential for monkey wrenchs.