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======Style and Tone====== | ======Style and Tone====== | ||
- | Origin Story is a game about community and identity. Citropolis is a difficult world to be a Spark in, and the struggles of being Sparked will feature in the game, but the emphasis will be on finding understanding and working through issues and finding personal fulfilment. Through the forum and its inhabitants every character will have the power to meaningfully improve their circumstances by the end of the game. Most plot will be intimate and personal - some problems will be too large to solve during the game's timespan, but the importance of small victories and progress will be emphasised. | + | //Origin Story// is a game about community and identity. Citropolis is a difficult world to be a Spark in, and the struggles of being Sparked will feature in the game, but the emphasis will be on finding understanding and working through issues and finding personal fulfilment. Through the forum and its inhabitants, every character will have the power to meaningfully improve their circumstances by the end of the game. Most plot will be intimate and personal |
=====Citropolis, | =====Citropolis, | ||
- | The game will be entirely contained by the city of Citropolis. The city is intended to feel like a world of its own. There is no concept of a wider world outside of Citropolis, no nation or ruler higher than the Mayor, and such things don't make sense to discuss during the game. The " | + | {{:: |
- | Citropolis is a city out of time, mashing up several aesthetics and tropes. The city particularly inherits from comic book cities styled after the 50s and 60s and visions of the near future, such as Epcot. The schools, mall and lives and kids borrow from nostalgic depictions of the 80s. While references to recent history, particularly Sparked relations and the economic situation of some areas, will be part of the game, Origin Story won't spend time looking at the past - there won't be a sense of a time when the city had a substantially different " | + | Citropolis is a city out of time, mashing up several aesthetics and tropes. The city particularly inherits from comic book cities styled after the 50s and 60s and visions of the near future, such as Epcot (([[https:// |
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- | The internet, however, is a somewhat recent invention - coming into the mainstream in the last 10 years or so. Most people, especially in the player characters' | + | |
+ | The internet, however, is a somewhat recent invention, having come into the mainstream in the last 10 years or so. Most people, especially in the player characters' | ||
=====Sparks===== | =====Sparks===== | ||
- | [[The Spark]] is a diverse phenomenon - most heroes from pop culture are valid interpretations of what a spark can be. The only exception is world scale universe-rewriting powers, which are beyond the scope of known sparks. Local reality bending is possible though - ask a GM if in doubt. | + | [[The Spark]] is a diverse phenomenon |
- | Despite the world' | + | Despite the world' |
=====Allegory===== | =====Allegory===== | ||
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=====PvP===== | =====PvP===== | ||
- | A sense of community is core to the sense of the game, but player vs player interactions may occur, if all players involved are interested. The superpowered showdown emblematic of a personal or philosophical conflict is a trope that has place in Origin Story. There may also be soft PvP, for instance competing for social clout in a school setting. | + | A sense of community is core to the sense of the game, but player vs player interactions may occur, if all players involved are interested. The superpowered showdown emblematic of a personal or philosophical conflict is a trope that has its place in //Origin Story//. There may also be soft PvP, for instance competing for social clout in a school setting. |
If you are entering a more direct PvP interaction with people, make sure you check in OC to make sure everyone involved is comfortable. | If you are entering a more direct PvP interaction with people, make sure you check in OC to make sure everyone involved is comfortable. | ||
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=====Romance===== | =====Romance===== | ||
- | In character romance is something we would like to be able to explore in the game, as exploring romance is an important part of the teenage years for a lot of young people. As always, explicit OC consent should be sought before initiating romantic interactions. Particular care needs to be taken given the age of characters in Origin Story. There should be no sexual content, explicit or implied, at any point in the game - written by GMs or players. Furthermore, | + | In character romance is something we would like to be able to explore in the game, as exploring romance is an important part of the teenage years for a lot of young people. As always, explicit OC consent should be sought before initiating romantic interactions. Particular care needs to be taken given the age of characters in //Origin Story//. There should be no sexual content, explicit or implied, at any point in the game -- whether |
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+ | Given how young the characters in //Origin Story// are, we will still be keeping a close eye on romantic relationships which do fall in the acceptable range. We are not interested in exploring unhealthy power dynamics or abusive romantic relationships in //Origin Story// ballgowns. The GM team may contact players involved in ballgowns to raise any concerns we have, and discuss modifying or removing them if they depict relationships that have no place in the game. **If you have concerns about a ballgown, you may raise your concerns with the GM team via [[gm team|email]] and we will raise them anonymously with the player(s) involved**. | ||
=====Influences===== | =====Influences===== | ||
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Films and TV: | Films and TV: | ||
* //The Incredibles// | * //The Incredibles// | ||
- | * //Into the Spiderverse// (film) | + | * //Spider-Man: |
* // | * // | ||
* // | * // | ||
- | * //I am Not Okay with This// (TV show) | + | * //I Am Not Okay With This// (TV show) |
* //The Boys// (TV show) | * //The Boys// (TV show) | ||
* // | * // | ||
* //Doom Patrol// (TV show) | * //Doom Patrol// (TV show) | ||
* //The Umbrella Academy// (TV show) | * //The Umbrella Academy// (TV show) | ||
+ | * //Stranger Things// (TV show) | ||
* //My Hero Academia// (anime) | * //My Hero Academia// (anime) | ||
* //Promare// (anime) | * //Promare// (anime) | ||
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* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | Misc: | ||
+ | * //Epcot// | ||
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