They're honorary in this thread;)
Okay I guess I'll start it off. This is what I have been working on
A young boy lives in a house with his mother.
The boy wakes up one night to a loud thump and bright lights outside his room (think alien abduction). He looks outside his window but he can't distinguish anything, except for a lot of banding, so he returns to bed.
Waking up the next morning, the boy looks out of his window to see a bunch of really buff men, glistening shirtless or in overalls, digging a big hole in the backyard. This may go on for a few days or may not, not sure) He eventually goes out to confront them, and catches the tail end of them all jumping down the hole they have dug. The boy goes over to look into the hole, but trip and fall in, landing at the bottom of a really deep pit unconscious.(maybe some other/better reason you are in the hole?)
During your journey through this underground world, you run into an old man, digging to China. This man scribbles down a picture of you in his notebook, thinking you are some sort of cave creature. (Save point) The boy meets a band as well, who had fallen down a similar hole and seem confused. Throughout the game you will get cutscenes of the band making their way through the caves, occasionally jamming out a tune or two, becoming boss music!
IDEAS:
Villains must be able to dance
Villain could be rich money dude (has a limo) (is a real pain in the assets)
have a non selfish reason for what the character is trying to accomplish (endearing). Should be able to identify, and be sympathetic towards the character.
doggy jumps down hole, you jump after him, doggy meets up with band at some point?
Want to gradually make it a lot darker in contrast
You start out with a couple little fetch quests around the town by your mother, which introduce you to characters you will see later, including posters for the band.
And what I am trying to think of:
I would like to have the story gradually becomes very dark. (think most movies by miyazaki, or the mother series) How can I progress this story towards that.
The buffmen work for some villain or something?
Cannot think of a bigger conflict, and ending.