I’ll do it on monday!

Okay here it is. I finally decided on a story. Well it’s what I wrote before only this solves the problems of my previous stories being a little different. I’m going to reveal everything this game will have to offer including backstory and spoilers. I’ll indicate whether the post contains spoilers to the game so if anyone who reads this wants to play the game in the future and not know about the mysteries you can skip that particular post. I’m also going to do something else, i’m going to link to the previous post in order so you can follow the progress from the most recent post to the start. While you can do that by clicking on the catagory and finding the Enchanted Lands entitled posts I figure this will be just easier for this specific project. And then I don’t have to use multiple catagories with multiple projects.

Essentially this game is a graphic adventure game (as opposed to a text-adventure or interactive fiction as they like to call it) in the point-and-click style. Interface is going to be designed for utmost ease of use as much as I possibly can. Pixel-hunting will hopefully be kept down to a minimum.

In any case here’s the finalized overview story (or the dust jacket version as they say - which is essentially the story you read on the dust jacket of a book or the back of a game box) :

Enchanted Lands : Magical Resort — A magical world where all your dreams can come true, you can slay a dragon, romance a princess, or become a king. You can help the dwarves mine gold and precious jewels, you can fight witches or wizards, or try your hand at being a fairy godmother… All is in the realm of possiblity… Or if you like you may just stay at one of our many fine hotels, with enough magic in them to keep you entertained for a relaxing getaway weekend.

At least that’s what the brochure says. EL’s primary source of income was the tourist trade is in a huge slump. Tourism is dropping off, what with the news of evil witches and wizards, and fierce dragons - real ones! The dwarves are getting greedy. They used to mine for the fun of it, but now rarely see anyone. There’s also a rumor of an evil Mage that was banished is now back in the kingdom. To make matters worse the kingdom’s favorite son Prince Matthew has disappeared. What with King Daniel killed by an ambush on a quest to save the Queen from an illness and the Queen herself now dead from this illness it looks like Enchanted Lands “Fun in the magic sun” days seem to be numbered. The only thing running the kingdom are the King’s advisors each jockeying for position as the new King. Now the Fairy Godmother School has become a secret society, letting no one in, and more importantly letting no one leave who has joined before. Wizard University has been closed until further notice. And it’s been heard that Enchanted Lands Knight’s Acadamy has been increasing their training schedule and using real weapons (not magical ones used to fight magical dragons on the weekly vacation). There are even rumors of a villanous rogue sneaking back into the kingdom after being banished for something horrendous.

If there was only there was someone to solve these mysteries. If only the King’s son could be found maybe there’s a chance that the Resort could be restored. If only they could make some incredible deals on great vacations for the budget conscious world-hopper.

Previously: Enchanted Lands Resort - Design Magic?

Keith

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