Esteris Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Haha, I have no time to engage in yet another project, so all I can offer right now is being a smartass and throw advices left and right xD There's one most pertinent question atm - will the romanceable NPC be a male or female? Is it decided yet? :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgon Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hmm honestly I am torn between the two. I would love to do both at once, but that won't be possible. Being a guy, maybe I could do a male character first, since it would be easier for me to infuse such NPC with a personality (let's face it, 90% of us men have no actual idea how women really think). Furthermore, I have been considering leaving the female romanceable NPC for a female storywriter, which I have one interested at the moment. In a way, maybe us writers could infuse those NPCs with our own personalities ^.^ perhaps a way to let the players get to know the people behind the mod themselves :D Would that be lame? ^.^I will ask the other two that are currently with me to see if they think we should go with a female or male character first. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esteris Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hmm I actually many a time thought it's quite the opposite - meaning a woman would write a romance for women - hence male character - and vice versa. But I never did it, so it's just my little guessing game here :) I've seen it happen both ways actually, guess it depends on what's closer to whom ;) As for infusing with own personality... Well, that's totally your call, but since you asked if it would be lame, I think it would xD I'm sorry, but that's so Twilight! Haha. Besides, isn't it fun to actually try and figure out ways of thinking of a character different than yourself? I'm an amateur writer and the further the character is from how I am IRL, the funner the writing becomes. Still, your mod, your rules, and my opinion is here because I should be working on a school project atm. Obviously, more often than not, one can find various traits of the author places in one character or another - be it their impression on smelling oranges, or outlook in sausage dogs. Though I've read in a book on writing once that it's more of a trait possessed by women than men to mirror themselves in their heroines. But while it's not a bad thing, they said (the author of the book, I'm not taking his words for mine), sometimes it's too obvious and becomes obtrusive. As for genders... While I'm obviously on the "make a male!" side being a girl myself, I guess you could gain more recognition with a female character because, simply put, I'd think more boys than girls play this game :P As long as it's a woman romance-able by females I'd still be content though :9 I know I'm writing a lot here, but this whole decision process is so fun. I envy you having the time to actually be able to take on a mod like this :D I'll have to satiate my needs by spamming your forum thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgon Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Hehe it would probably be quite lame :D Haha Decision making is pretty awesome. I have been thinking up some good story starters and such ^.^ I sent you a PM, by the way, I hope you don't mind :) Any other suggestions or comments are fully welcome. And remember! We need people that want to participate ^.^ Edited April 23, 2012 by Dalgon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkPrince Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hehe it would probably be quite lame :D Haha Decision making is pretty awesome. I have been thinking up some good story starters and such ^.^ I sent you a PM, by the way, I hope you don't mind :) Any other suggestions or comments are fully welcome. And remember! We need people that want to participate ^.^ Actually, creating characters that evolves around one real-world person personality is not such a bad idea and I'd love to know what modders and players would be like if they lived in a world such as the one of TES. Nice idea for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted4240918User Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I was thinking that there shouldn't be any "porn" in this mod. Porn isn't romantic; porn is porn. Emotionless fornication, that's what it is. I was thinking more on the lines of a passionate, red-colored scene. Somewhat like the ones found on Witcher 2, but a little more prolonged; maybe a minute or two in which the player and NPC will have the chance to caress each other and what not. Romantic music could be played on the background and the color of the game should turn to passionate red. This can be achieved of course; there is a mod called "And the Realms of Daedra" (or something like that) that managed to turn grayscale the color of the scenes inside a construction. I don't know if I'm making any sense here :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgon Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 TheDarkPrince & Eukalipto Well, in the end, some of the creators' personality will rub off on the character. Personally, regardless of how creative I could be, I find it nearly impossible to create a character that is the total opposite of who I am, maybe since it's well, the oppiste ^.^ 3ukalipto, I understand perfectly what you mean and it absolutely makes sense. I am hoping to not simply create a Mass Effect idea, in which you interact a little bit with a character and then you can sleep with them. I am hoping to have a mod in which the NPC is as important as the player themselves and winning their affection would take both dedication and patience. And even afterwards, maintaining that spark should take dedication and patience. I have already drafted two short versions of the NPC stories I have in mind, although I haven't posted them here, since they are quite not ready. The example in my very first post (thread starter) is one of them, although that idea has been expanded upon. Esteris has some great suggestions as well, and the list she made in the previous page is a very good example of what I would like to achieve. Now, if only we could find a scripter willing to commit to a project such as this ^.^ hehe :D We have time though, so I will continue writing, developing characters, and the team will eventually come together at some point :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted4240918User Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Dalgon; perhaps you'd like to PM the author of the following topic: Need a Script? Maybe I can Hep. He's offering scripting help to a lot of modders. Just tell him what you want and speak about your mod idea; I bet he'll be willing to help... I just don't know to what extent. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgon Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Wow, thank you very much for that thread, I sent the author a PM, hopefully he will write back. What started as 1-2 starting stories, have now become 3-4 stories. No idea which we will implement first, I am waiting on feedback from the other story-writers to see what they think :) At this rate, by the time we work on the first NPC I'll have a story down for all of the ones I am hoping to implement, lol. Have two female NPC starting stories, and a male one. I might just post my story ideas here in the future, but I'd really hate to post spoilers for potential mod players ^.^ hehe :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgon Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 First post in the thread has been updated with new information! Please take a look :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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