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''See also [http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm The Big List of RPG Plots] .. [http://www.io.com/~jlockett/RPG/HEGGA/Stuff/frp-plots.html The 36 Basic Plots]'' | ''See also [http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm The Big List of RPG Plots] .. [http://www.io.com/~jlockett/RPG/HEGGA/Stuff/frp-plots.html The 36 Basic Plots] .. [http://tvwiki.sytes.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CategoryPlots TV Plots]'' | ||
* [Your ideas here !] | * [Your ideas here !] | ||
Revision as of 08:01, 25 October 2005
Some random ideas which may inspire creators of IF (being aware of IF Cliches ...)
Plot Ideas
See also The Big List of RPG Plots .. The 36 Basic Plots .. TV Plots
- [Your ideas here !]
Protagonist
- Unusual PC
- See also Games with Animal Protagonists .. Games with Robot Protagonists
- Limited or different kinds of senses (blindness, sonar, short term prediction of the future)
- PC is someone who would normally be the enemy
- Huge, tiny or amorphous character
- Inanimate object
- Multiple PCs
- Player controls a group of characters who must cooperate to achieve a goal (cf. Suspended)
- Player has limited control over change of character (Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde), or can't become the same character again
- No PC
- Player has no physical form, but may influence characters in the story
Settings and Genres
See also discussions about genres, themes and types of IF on the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup
- Existing categories (mostly from Baf's Guide)
- Adaptation, Allegory, Beginner's, Children's, Collegiate, Educational, Epic, Espionage, Fantasy (Arthurian, Cave Crawl, Eastern, Mythological, Tolkeinesque, Zorkian), Historical, Horror (Haunted House, Kaiju, Lovecraftian, Vampire), Humor, Legal / Forensic, Mystery / Detective, No Inventory, Observational, One Room Game, Pirates, Pornographic, RPG, Religious, Romance, Science Fiction (Alien Visitation, Space Exploration, Time Travel), Seasonal, Simulation, Slice of life, Superhero, Surreal, Travel, Western, Wordplay
- Interesting locations
- Under water, in the air, up in the trees, precariously balanced on something
- Jungle, volcano, desert, ice and snow, shattered mountains, swampland, lakes and rivers, rising waters
- Nuclear wasteland, ruins, perfectly preserved town, artificially recreated town
- Paradise / seemingly perfect place, easily damaged / disturbed place
- Space craft, odd gravitational fields
- Inside another creature (cf. movie The Incredible Journey)
Techniques
- An Unreliable narrator, possibly antagonistic or merely uninformed
- A PC with a mind of his own (may disagree with player's commands)
- Non standard perspective (past tense, first/third person, etc)