I often write about mechanics, the team and even the emotional ride that we are in, but I hardly write about the game story. I don’t why I never wrote about it, it’s a story driven game for god’s sake. Anyways. Writing the story is one of my favorite parts, I always have an lovely time creating this fantasy world with Sarah. It’s far from finished but we already got the big scope down and I’m glad with what we got on our hands so far. Today I will share with you some of my main inspiration sources. This will be an ongoing series of posts and at each post has 3 out of the 12 sources I selected.Disclaimer: This post reflects the taste and experience of Ernani Rocha (Me! :D) only.
Ayahuasca: "Ayahaua what?“, Ayahuasca
It’s a weird name for a entheogenic brew that is somewhat common over here in Brazil. The first time I drank it was somewhere between 2006/2007 and it changed my life. It made me see my imperfections from an outside perspective and it helped me (still helps) in the self-development department. Trying to describe the sensation of the brew it’s an impossible mission, it’s just like describing orgasm. I know there is someone out there saying:
"Ok trippy mystical friend, but what does this Pink Floyd tea has to do with the game?”. Ayahuasca is about solving puzzles in order to make progress through a mysterious place.
Matrix: Philosophy, Martial Arts, Anime, Psychology, Politics, Technology, history, greek mythology and religion. It’s all there and it isn’t at the same time. The directors mixed those themes (talking about the first the movie) so perfectly that none of them feel out place. In our game we gathered references from different themes also and if we can glue just like the Wachowskis did…it will be awesome!
Quentin Tarantino: The passion this person puts into his writing is unparalleled. I love the flow of his nonlinear storytelling, but in my opinion his greatest skill lies on building his characters. There is so much attention on the way they move, talk and do things. Coronel Hans Landa is the “living” proof of that. I hope we can hit a close spot when developing our characters.
Quentin Tarantino: The passion this person puts into his writing is unparalleled. I love the flow of his nonlinear storytelling, but in my opinion his greatest skill lies on building his characters. There is so much attention on the way they move, talk and do things. Coronel Hans Landa is the "living" proof of that. I hope we can hit a close spot when developing our characters.
That's all for today. Stay tuned for the next 3 sources.
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