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Well I'm curious about what others would think so say a game is going to take place for one year. What do you think is the best time to start like what date and so on?

Also what country school time's would you base it on and why? Does seasons have anything to do with it? Anything to do with the special day's/ holidays? Christmas, valentines, Halloween and so on...

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A story should start at the beginning.

Seriously, start were you need to start, where the story begins. Is it when a new kid starts school, is it the beginning of the school year, is it an event that kicks everything off. Pick a time that makes sense for the story, a time where you have something to tell, when something happens that can engage the reader. Decisions should be based on the story you have, nothing else.

The answer is the same for the other question with the add on of write what you know. The American school system is very different from the Australian school system. We start late January/early Feburary and go to early December, devided into 4 terms that have 2 week breaks in between. There is a larger break at Chritmas. I only really know that Americans have their biggest holidays in summer, while those are winter for us and kids go to school.

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Well in the game I'm working on it's supposed to start at the beginning of the school year (so the day before first term starts) and I'm having a hard time deciding what country to base it on due to these reasons:


-Each dorm in the game is supposed to be in charge of holding a special event for a special day/holiday, but I want to have when they are in a season that suits, say a white Christmas. I also want when these events are hold to take place on the actual day in the game or close (for Christmas, since it's meant to be a holiday.)


I've got date's written down that suit for when the special days are at the moment (they weren't based off a school's system just made to suit) but I still need to decide what country to base it on. These date's are: (game is probably going to be based on year 2011-2012)

1st term starts: 11th April,
ends: 17th June

2nd term starts: 4th July
ends: 2 September

3rd term starts: 26 September
ends: 16th December

4th term starts: 2nd January
ends: 27th Febuary

Does anyone have a suggestion on what country to base the game on?

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US won't work for that, then. Summer break is generally July to August.
I guess you could always make the school a special private school that does things it's own way. That'd allow you to pick a country with the best culture for what you're planning on doing.

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Well, if you want a white christmas you are going to have to at least set it in the Northern Hemisphere because I can assure you it's over 35 degrees down here. But you can probably get away with creating your own calender if you wanted and have terms start when you want. No country might fit what you need and if you set it in a particular country because of the school calender you might be introducing other problems that come with a particular setting.

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if you want to be more realistic, choose what country school you want to base on, and ask student there in lemma forum.

if you want to be more free, just create a little bit of both

There's no law that says you can't just make it up on the spot. As long as you don't mention a country, then the player really couldn't care less about the school times.

Or just make up your own country, problem solved!

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Hmm... thanks for all the help I'll think about it for a bit but I'll probably just not mention a country in the game since that seems like the best option.

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