Ideas with the Best Reception

These are the ideas that were received best by my team and people seemed to like the most.

Stronger Quantum Mechanics Focus 🔭

• Players Characters are a type of Quantum Planet Hunters!! — So cool, very cool 😽 🧑🏻‍🚀
• Instead of being inside a blackhole the player characters are on a big (or small) Quantum Planet that only remains in a physical state while being observed. 🪐
• The building mechanics revolve more around observing the landscape and bringing that landmass into focus through our dimension
• Quantum Objects are constantly trying to return to a state of un-observableness so there could be a game mechanic revolved around timing where the tiles will slowly disappear over time, creating more tension and desperation to move in the level — This also changes the direction of the building a bit as it is no longer about building your very own dungeon and then optimising it but rather making the best of the current situation and doing the best with the building options you currently have, and as they slowly start to fall apart the player is rapidly trying to repair/fix the level or just keep moving forward to keep up the pace. — This provides more opportunities for building as the once built landmasses start to disappear and the player now has an opportunity to replace it with another landmass, or at least a part of it. The main thing this could affect adversely is the players strategy as they will be constantly needing to switch up their strategy and adapt to the tiles currently available and long term strategies are not much as viable as before.
• The landmass that is observed will have different tiles depending on the observing characters ocean stats — Love this idea 😄 🧑🏻‍🚀
• Tiles/Landmasses and Enemies are pulled from the 4th dimension upon observation and are desperately trying to return (Little do the player characters know)
• These Quantum Planets harbour incredibly rare resources, vital to the immigration fleets mission of retaking their long lost home world. 🧪
• The tone and seriousness of the themes and characters would be similar to Darkest Dungeon (hard edged, ostracised, outcasts forced into this specialized field due to past mistakes or traumas or criminal actions for personal reasons) — Gives plenty to explore in the storylets!! 🤤
• The tone of the writing can also take inspiration directly from Wildermyth in its brief moments of levity and humour and character, but the characters are not on a grand adventure trying to increase their renown and grow their legend, instead they are simply trying to survive their situation so that their legend may live on and prosper, so there must be stakes!! 🥩
• For some scenic flair the setting could take place around the immediate orbit of a black hole, this is to appease my obsession with black holes but also gives the background something beautiful to animate and have ambiently moving beneath the dead and empty space the player is filling in with the building mechanics. 🌚

Potential Characters - Apostles

Assault

• African Female Assault Trooper - Tribilistic Accents - Muscular - Loud and Boisterous - Hard Edged - Temperamental - Potentially Homosexual
  • Highly tactical military unit. Very versatile but primarily focuses on the typical power fantasy and commanding the team around the battlefield.
  • High Damage & mid mobility and health - Low Utility (Sucks in a team but amazing for offensive manoeuvres)
  • Will be highly useful for offensive storylets and missions but very poor in mobile and team based missions.
• Zahn - Native American Male Scout - Sniper with hand crossbow sidearm - Strong silent type, taciturn - space hunter
  • Glass Cannon, incredibly powerful and highest damage unit, but needs to be positioned carefully and moves slowly.
  • Highest damage, mid-mobility but low utility and health
  • Useful for offensive and scouting storylets, decent building.

Mobility

• Min-Ji - Korean Female Robotics Expert -Young shy and very introverted - Teenager - Unprepared for duty of the apostles - Struggles to socialize - Find friendship & stability in robotics and comic book collection
  • Highly technical Scout, highly mobile and can move through the ebb and flow of the battlefield with ease. Usually used to get to locations quickly and perform tasks.
  • Low Health, very high mobility but low damage
  • A very effective Scout and builder but poor in combat

Utility