Post by NeoEllis on May 31, 2006 19:41:30 GMT -5
Okay, to recap,
Maybe what the MSPB needs to pick up steam is an RPG. Something grand and epic, like a space opera. And not just dicking around for twenty sum pages until it dies, something with structure and theme and motif, wheels within wheels, that sort of thing.
I was thinking of something along the lines of building the RPG as five or so "short stories". That is, each faction is given a particular plot point to reach, and that ends said chapter of overall RPG. That and I think it would be interesting to incorporate some philosophical undertones. The setting could be either planetary or galactic, and while most people seem to favor planetary at this point, I'll leave it open to discussion.
So then, as the thread states, this is mostly for brainstorming. Should we include aliens, mecha, 'other'? What about the main story, the potential fall of an Empire, the coming of a messiah? What about tech level (although this is largely tied to setting)?
And then there's the philosophical angle, what do you favor? Ethics, ontology, mythology, psychology, ecology, etc.
If anything else, I'd like to make this one "literary". That is, while there can be combat and exploration of technology, I think it would be best to focus on the above elements, character and story, rather than action and gadgetry.
Maybe what the MSPB needs to pick up steam is an RPG. Something grand and epic, like a space opera. And not just dicking around for twenty sum pages until it dies, something with structure and theme and motif, wheels within wheels, that sort of thing.
I was thinking of something along the lines of building the RPG as five or so "short stories". That is, each faction is given a particular plot point to reach, and that ends said chapter of overall RPG. That and I think it would be interesting to incorporate some philosophical undertones. The setting could be either planetary or galactic, and while most people seem to favor planetary at this point, I'll leave it open to discussion.
So then, as the thread states, this is mostly for brainstorming. Should we include aliens, mecha, 'other'? What about the main story, the potential fall of an Empire, the coming of a messiah? What about tech level (although this is largely tied to setting)?
And then there's the philosophical angle, what do you favor? Ethics, ontology, mythology, psychology, ecology, etc.
If anything else, I'd like to make this one "literary". That is, while there can be combat and exploration of technology, I think it would be best to focus on the above elements, character and story, rather than action and gadgetry.
