Hyperion, the making...

[F.I.A]

"After gaining consciousness, Takaya(Current hero name) found himself alone. As he wondered what happened before he lost consciousness, he was put into a mortal danger by a secret organization..."

Title: Hyperion
Genre: Bleak Tokusatsu
Rating: Should be Pg16(Animated gore and nudity)

(Tokusatsu - A term to which refer to masked superheroes who sought for justice. It is based on the first company, Tokusatsu, which started the trend.)



Speculated stuff
a) Endings - Many dead ends will be included, since this is a survival story.
b) Heroines - A total 3 heroines. Up to three possible routes.
c) Bleakness - Not as serious as in Winter Shard, partly because Takaya is rather humane.
d) Plot - Only drafts for the time being.
e) How it is played - I might include other keys aside from the mouse. So it might be frustrating for some...

What challenge from making a game as this:
a) Of my current knowledge, there are nil superheroes vn games, safe for The Elect. And no, vampires and the likes don't count as superheroes.
b) The coding difficulty for a high interactive game.


Some might think that this might look way too alike with Nafai's The Elect. While I have to admit that both are about superhumans, but it is like trying to relate Spider-man with Kamen Rider(Masked Riders in english, but I prefer not to call it that instead of the butcherity that is Saban.)

[Ignosco]

Sounds very interesting . There are quite a few VN's with larger than life characters, eg Yo-Jin-Bo, but I can't think of any out and out superheroes in VN's.

Is the title a reference to the Titan Hyperion from Greek mythology?

Edit: It's almost certainly referring the comic books.

[Watercolorheart]

I thought this was based on one of my favorite books as recommended by Yuki Nagato and given to Kyon ...

http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Dan-Simm ... 0553283685

My disappointment is palpable, since it was an inspiration to me personally to get me back into sci-fi.

[Nafai]

I think you got the comparison right - the Elect is more western superheroes and this seems more... Guyver-ish? Zetaman-ish? But hey, even if it were similar, I'd still really be looking forward to it - I love me some world-saving action with my ren'ai

I'm glad to hear it'll be a tad lighter than WS. That way I won't be afraid of getting too attached to the characters

Good luck with this!

[monele]

Sounds quite different, yes ^.^... Well, after Winter Shard, I'll be waiting for this with some expectations

[F.I.A]

@ Ignosco and BCS: Well, if anything, I base the name on the greek titan. But only by the name.

@ Nafai: Heh, since Takaya is not working under an overlord, I doubt he needs to think all work and no fun.

Hopefully you don't mind since this might sound alot like The Elect.

@ monele: Thanks, I shall not disappoint you.

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Regarding the game, I am thinking about making some battle system for it. Not rocket science, that is sure.

[F.I.A]

Progress has been under hiatus due to last few months of university life, and I insist on a making nice design for the armors and so.

Attached is a first attempt. Yea, I know, poor color choices.

[monele]

It looks nice. And the colors are not forcefully bad... it depends what kind of mood you want to give to this. The white here gives a pure or neutral look. Very knight-in-armor actually.

[Nafai]

Good to see work is progressing ^_^

I think you need to make the torso portion more... chiseled I suppose I should say. (It looks a tad flat). Otherwise, not bad at all

[F.I.A]

After a rather long time, here is something for preview...(Work of a feverish guy who has yet to even know how to use Studio 3d max fully.)

v@Monele: I am thinking about using 3d to visualize the model beforehand and pose the animation, but stick to basic for the cg. I will have to see how it works.

v@Nafai: Glad to hear that, since I have doubts that the headgear might not be possible implemented.

[monele]

Mmm, going with 3D this time? Intriguing

[Nafai]

Impressive! That head gear alone is lethal