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Why not pick a few Fairy Tales and mash 'em together? That's always fun and retelling an old story in a new way is always something people like to see.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing at all - wrong with RTP. Not a thing. It's convenient, easy to edit and looks good.

Sorry, I'm going off-topic here but I get mighty peeved with that mindset because, quite frankly, graphics are NOTHING in a game as long as they are used well. Not a damn fucking thing.
If a game is interesting you could use stick figures and it'd still be a fun game.
I have played well over a thousand games and some of the best ones used default RTP. Some of the most boring and uninteresting games were pretty custom graphics. Why? Because for some godforsaken reason there are people who praise pretty over fun and they can go jump up a waterfall.

Want a good example of RTP games being worth more than pretty custom graphics? Check the winners of the recent IGMC - the Grand Prize winner used edited RTP (with default RTP tiles as well). The game is a lot of fun and interesting. One of the placed winners of the RPG section used only RTP and it is a fun game. So no, do not feel that you have to use custom or other graphics.

If this is a small game to have fun, use the graphics that suit it. All that really matters is that you use those graphics well and that your game is interesting and fun. Anything else is bonus but not necessary.

The idea that pretty = best is a poisonous attitude that destroys so many great game ideas. You see a lot of very pretty games out there that just aren't living up to their potential because people focus on the pretty instead of the fun. Fine, I can't stop that attitude out there in the gaming community but I can and will stomp on it here, in the game dev community when I see it because fuck that.

Focus on making your game fun and functional first. Customising the art can come after that (if at all).

Thank you and sorry for the rant.

In the begging there was darkness. Then came the "Octagon." No one knew where the Octagon came from, but its entrance into the darkness brought with it the light. And with light cam life and the creation of the planets. On one such planet known as Terra Major, in a village known as Respo, lived a man named Dajor.

Dajor was the city's "Finder."

...This was without even a minute of real thought.

Here's one I had but don't mind throwing out there.
Starts halfway through a Hero's Journey - the valiant band of heroes have finally made it to the Keep of Twilight and are about to face down the evil Lord Malthor. It's time to put an end to his rule once and for all, for the Bright Light Child has come - a young boy who has grown to become a fierce warrior. It is his destiny to slay the evil Lord and bring peace back to the world. With his stead-fast companions at his side - a snarky archer lass, the infamous Pirate King and the mystery man simply known as Death - he initiates the final battle.

Except something goes wrong. They lose. And the hero is slain.

The company escape, taking the body of their beloved friend with them and swear to bring justice back to the world. Dealing with the loss of the Bright Light Child, they must find a way to defeat the evil Lord Malthor - and this time they ain't gonna play fair.

Well, actually, while there is technology, such as the greenhouses, which have to be augmented with technology to keep the population alive, it's kind of like Phantasy Star IV, where you've got a medieval setting with futuristic elements.

Oh, you can find it on Abandonware sites. It was for the old Sega Genesis. You basically play a regular knight in a regular medieval town in a regular medieval kingdom with wizards and everything you'd expect in a medieval fantasy, except archaeologists were finding old technology and androids and the like and trying to figure out the what and the why.

Still here. Let me think about a straight fantasy setting that isn't D & D or LotR derived.