I'm new to the forums, but I've been playing VN for some time now. I've been brainstorming up an idea for a game, but not sure how well that idea would sound to others. Asked a few friends and they said it sounded good. Would like some feed back on the idea and if your really interested and you want to help me make my idea tangible PM and well discuss more in detail and see how you can help. The history part is a little long, so if you just want the synopsis of it, Japan became super powerful and was able to gain control of most of the Pacific which lead to conflict with the European powers. A great war began with battles all across the world, the first true world war, except the year is mid 18th century.
History
The start point of the story is a war between East and West. The history part cuts all the way back to Japan's Sengoku period, this period was cut short by a Buddhist uprising lead by peasants that overthrew the daiymos and changed the social structure in Japan. Because of the new stability Japan was able to focus outwards. Japan began a rapid colonization of the Northern islands which spread west into Eastern Siberia and further inland. They expand Southward past the Philippines and into the Indonesia islands. They were able to subjugate korea, and divide china into four separate kingdoms and subjugated them too. Then came the early Russo Japanese war which ended in a stalemate, but gave Japan the necessary experience and knowledge to fight Western powers. The first conflict was a proxy war in India, because the Buddhist clergy wanted to keep the birth place of Buddha and his teaching free from Christian preaching. Great Britain colonization of India was bloody and slow. The British Empire recognized the threat Japan posed to its colonies. Soon Great Britain began a massive military mobilization on all of its colonies in North America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. So began the great war of colonial control. Each side became xenophobic and harden by the violence each side faced. Japan used this war to increase its control and centralization of power over its vassals and subjects. It began a crusade against the Western powers in South East Asia, liberating many of the small nations from their colonial rulers, but were forced to submit to the greater Pacific power. Thus the creation of the first real super state. Japan was able to create the worlds most culturally diverse and largest powers in the world. With this new order came fear from the West, and with Britain leading the way was able to gather the rest of the Western nations to support the idea of a European Confederacy. A decentralized government but was able to promote European economic and military cooperation. Soon it was two great super states warring against each other.
Story
The current story will take place in North America, starting in the Great Basin Desert. The Great British Empire began a rapid colonization effort once they heard the Japan started making a foot hold in North America on the Western coast. With the threat of Japanese soldiers conquering North America and the massive increase in British military forces, the colonies never rebelled against their European owners. In fact they became quite loyal to their kings and queens because the protection they granted them against the Japanese. The battle line in North America is drawn across the deserts in the Western parts.The harsh desert condition makes it hard to move massive armies across. A war of attrition began, with both sides digging and setting up defensive positions. The western front has turned into a standstill. This is were the story begins for our protagonist. The protagonist is a German mercenary is sent to the desert to hunt down a sniper. The sniper has been dwindling away a regiments chain of command, and they fear it will cause a break in the North American line. The mercenary goes out into the desert into nomanland to find and kill the sniper. He fails and is forced on a long journey through Native american territories, and even into New Kyoto (Sandiago).
How the story plays out
My coding skills are not amazing but I can put together a story with little to no problems. But, what I would like to do with the game is make it kind of like a survival game with multiple paths and outcomes. Were who you choose to trust and distrust can cause new options to open up or get you killed. Also thinking of kinda making it like a Quentin Tarantino movie with a spider web of stories that all intertwine and a non parallel story line.
Who the game would be for
The game is for people who want a story around politics, war, history, and crime solving(a game of cat and mouse trying to find clues and what not, maybe not the best way to phrase it
). It may have some romance but I wouldn't put it as a central theme.Plot holes I have already noticed
The biggest plot hole I see right now is trying to convince you that Japan has become a nation that likes to colonize and spread. Japan historically has been very keen on separating itself from the rest of the Pacific powers. So it would be hard to justify why Japan would want to spread its people and merge with other states for a more universal approach. What I have so far to cover this hole up is a incident with a European power (most likely Portugal) which caused a great deal of suffering and lose on the Japanese side. So the leader had a vision that all of the Pacific would be rap by the European men. So he took it as his personal goal to protect the Pacific against the Western power by bring all Pacific nations under his control.
Second plot hole is history. History is long and very detailed so I can see a few points where my story may stray from history, but that will probably be impossible. How do I fix it, I make my damn own history book. After a certain time period in the history of this story every thing has changed which gives me full power in doing something very different than in the History book. Like colonial slaves running west instead of North merging them with the Native American confederacy.
Last is weapons, there will be guns and swords in the story, lots of them. And historically certain weapons were not that advance like the rifle, which the sniper needs to kill his target. Also how can swords be any effective against lines of muskets and artillery. To fix these holes the Japanese began their own research and development that was on par with the Europeans. This lead to a fast arms race which means faster development of weapons. And for the swords, Japan was able to make better armor with all the mines in Eastern Siberia, so their samurai are harder to take down.
How you can help
I could use as much feed back as possible, good or bad, tell me if you think it is stupid or awesome. If your a history buff please tell me if you see any big plot holes or if you are japan guru tell me what would not make sense. And if you want to actually make this a reality I can use plenty of artist, creative thinkers, and programmers.
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