Our hand has been forced.We can top... That. In our own way, maybe not in the
flashy eroge presentation way.
I'll understand if you will want to take a baseball bat to my skull for suggesting such a thing, but I think after so many years of our brainstorming, our writing, and our independent designing, it is time to pool resources and create a videogame.
Based on The Mayor.
As a spoof of JRPG's.
In episodic content.
I'm not promising big fat McMoney bucks, although I imagine a sponsor or two could be pulled in. However, I sense loads of raw talent in design, penmanship, and other venues here that are going untapped.
It would not only give The Mayor another lease on life, but also a clearer purpose, and possibly encompass more of our membership. The thought of a brash character, The Mayor (of the InterWeb), swinging in and out of brash adventures is a teasing image. JRPG's are known around here like the backs of our heads, and could employ plenty of terse writing, nonsensical items, and skillful self-insertion*. Episodic in nature, so that a short runtime can be justified, and new ideas can be implemented later.
Going for an amateur presentation angle could be apart of the appeal, with economical traits and every
play in the book being used. Complete with "buggy" levels, meme monsters that need slaying, and catchphrases that will never catch on.
An episode zero, once constructed, could prove to our team if this is a feasible enough plan, if it needs reworking, or if best to never to hit episode one.
... That's my take. I'm 100% sympathetic to scheduling conflicts, disinterest, or just untrusting of me once again storming up another Project of Annoyance. It has just been screaming out to me as the more direct purpose of this community than even Snarky Website Hipsters. Could be wrong. This community may not
have a purpose at all, but that obviously isn't stopping me from poking it with a stick to find out.
So, tell us your strengths, your concerns, your ideas, and your angles. Best to know if this is a worthwhile usage of our time, or complete drivel right out the gate. Best case scenario, a better method of attack, mode of play, or all-around superior idea comes to light. Worse case scenario: Bees.
EDIT: Art Concept By Lee-Ham / LaserBeing