Below you will find my ridiculously wordy intro for my new project, Curse of the Fangirl! I hope you enjoy it!
It all started on a day, not too unlike every other day. Work, class, being interviewed by the police after tackling a naked man in a top hat and bowtie climbing the children's stacks, getting a very weird book as a present from your boss. Only when urged on by your best online friend and fellow fangirl, you read some strange latin incantation did things really start to get weird. A bunch of fictional knights landing in the middle of your bedroom kind of weird.
Now your life has become a series of struggles and worry. It's not unlike having five very needy, very helpless, very demanding pets. Pets who happen to be a bunch of hot guys who walk around in armor and are always pointing their swords and people and who like to vanquish first, ask questions later. And you are stuck in some sort of mystical contract that means you have to take care of them.
Yeah...you don't want to be you either.
Now your life has become a series of struggles and worry. It's not unlike having five very needy, very helpless, very demanding pets. Pets who happen to be a bunch of hot guys who walk around in armor and are always pointing their swords and people and who like to vanquish first, ask questions later. And you are stuck in some sort of mystical contract that means you have to take care of them.
Yeah...you don't want to be you either.
Curse of the Fangirl is an otome humor-romance game that charts your adventures as you play a slightly awkward fangirl who accidentally manages to summon the source of her fangirling from a book series, right into her own bedroom and all the troubles that causes.
It is also a gravely serious exploration of such important topics as 'what happens when fictional fantasy knights who are tragically transported into the modern world read explicit slash fan-fiction starring them and their friends?!'
"Umm...hi?"
Alias: M/Marian
Age: 20
Occupation: Library Page/College Student
Signature Traits:
Jaded, A bit awkward, sarcastic
HUGE CHRONOGAL (Three years ago to....present?)
You live alone in the house left to you by your eccentric grandmother who declared herself legally dead and is off in parts unknown. The rest of your family is on the other side of the country. You would never admit to being lonely though. After all you have your job (where dealing with the emotionally and rationally challenged is an every day adventure.) School, (which has no end in sight) and your online friends. And most of all you have the Knight Chronicles and all it's characters. (You never expected that last part to become literal.)
"Doooo eettt, dooo ettt! Peer pressure! Peer pressure!"
Alias: Callific
Age: 19
Occupation: College Student
Signature Traits:
Enthusiastic, creative, passionate
PROFESSIONAL SHIPPER?
Your online bestie and fellow Chronogal (the girls of the Knight Chronicles small, but devoted fandom.)
She's just a little bit crazy, super enthusiastic and most importantly, she never judges you for anything, she's just always been a good friend.
Which almost sort of makes up for the fact this whole mess is basically her fault.
"I brought you the notes you miss- Oh...my...sparkles."
Age: 20
Occupation: College Student/Waitress
Signature Traits:
Kind, patient, smart
GULLIBLE?
Your best real life, school friend (okay, your only,) Bri is basically a Disney princess, in that she's so nice birds should trail after her singing and braiding her hair. There's no way you can tell her the truth about your strange new roomies, but that doesn't mean you can't get her help, which you are going to desperately need.
"Handmaiden, I command you to procure more 'pee-zah'"
Age: 24
Occupation: Crown Prince of Terre
Signature Traits:
Charismatic, noble, natural leader
DEMANDING DICTATOR?
In the books, Prince Calden is pretty much the epitome of heroic awesome leader-ness. He's charismatic, commanding, and manages to foil the bad guys at every turn.
It's obvious that the author has never met him.
You have never met such an arrogant, condescending, spoiled, entitled ass in your entire life.
"Forgive me, Lady. It was not my intention to distress you."
Age: 24
Occupation: Knight of the Realm
Signature Traits:
Chivarlious, kind, understanding
BASICALLY A BABYSITTER?
In the books, Sir Alaric is the best, supportive friend to the prince and the other knights. He is endlessly kind, selfless and noble.
In real life... (you can't believe this is your new standard of real) Well...he's pretty much the same.
The only Knight who makes any effort to be kind and understanding towards you, you already owe him for saving you from his friends. If only the rest of them weren't defective models and were all like Sir Alaric, having them crash at your house (often literally,) wouldn't be so bad.
"Are you well enough to stand on your own, lady, or do you wish to faint and have me catch you again?"
Age: 23
Occupation: Knight of the Realm
Signature Traits:
Confident, capable, charming
IRREDEEMABLE FLIRT?
In the books, the darkly handsome Sir Serin masks a dark past and private pain by being a flirtatious bad boy.
So far, the only pained thing you've noticed about him is how much he flirts.
If you haven't experienced the bizarre pick up lines of a fantasy knight, you haven't really lived. (haha j/k you could really do without it. LIke your life doesn't have enough problems right now.)
"...I like this magic box- com-pu-ter."
Age: 22
Occupation: Knight of the Realm
Signature Traits:
Brilliant, loyal, independent
MOSTLY MONOSYLLABIC?
In the books Sir Niro is always saving the gang with his quick wits and incredible intelligence.
If they wrote him the way he acts in real life in the book, he would never a) say anything or b) actually show up for any of the major events because he's too busy obsessively using your spare computer in favor of sleeping, eating, or basically anything.
At least he's adapting to the modern world, which is more than you can say for the others. (It's a miracle you haven't all been arrested yet.)
"(Draws Sword) Who is this strangely dressed invader? Does he threaten your safety or virtue, lady? Shall Sir Guy the Great teach him manners by sending him to his grave?"
Age: 20
Occupation: Knight of the Realm
Signature Traits:
Brave, loyal, strong
'DELIGHTFULLY' DIM ?
No one is further in real life from how they are in the books than Sir Guy.
In the books, he is noble, strong, respected and basically a hero in the flesh.
In real life.... he's basically a dumb, over-enthusiastic puppy with a sword and an incurable desire to 'slay' everything and everyone that he doesn't know or understand (again, as he's dumber than a pillowcase of rocks, that's everything and everyone.)
Also he tends to talk about (and praise) himself in the third person.
You are amazed no one's murdered him yet.
Prince Calden's devious, power-mad uncle who the knights thwart at every turn.
The Duke's only son, and Calden's cousin. His villainy would be more frightening if only he was better at it. As it is he would be completely lost without his two loyal vassals...
Reth's childhood friend, she disguised herself as a boy in order to become a knight able to stay by his side and protect him. (Usually from himself.) Is it just loyalty that keeps her there? Or something more?
Since Vielle really speaks against Reth, it's usually up to Sir Mylo to prevent any major disasters. He's quite smart and has to use every bit of his brains to keep Reth from too much trouble.
Currently Curse of the Fangirl! is a one woman project with (pretty hilariously awful) stand in sprites and no cgs. I expect I'll be at a place to put up a demo of the beginning of the game soon.
Attached is a word document with just the text of the very beginning of the game and a few images/backgrounds.
The game contains 471 dialogue blocks, containing 9,536 words and 51,538
characters, for an average of 20.2 words and 109 characters per block.
The game contains 8 menus, 114 images, and 14 screens.
Thanks for reading!
