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It's not Unchained, but...

  • Decky
  • 06/16/2021 06:31 PM
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Events really get me workin'. The RMN Birthday event was a golden opportunity for me to tell a story that I was going to include in the Carlsev Remake. This is part of my plan to address some of the valid criticism levied against Carlsev Saga 1 - namely, that the characters just plain sucked.

Although rushed, I managed to finish about 75 percent of the intended game for this event. Needless to say, the upcoming full version will actually be more than twice as long...

So here we are again: a small REFMAP project with both an event version and an upcoming expanded version. This is a little different than Unchained, though: I'm adding a lot of story content instead of optional stuff, with a TON of added scenes and a proper climax. The lore and dialogue have been reworked extensively to both make more sense and be more in line with my plans for this fictional universe. The event version is very much a rough draft of a larger thing.

I will probably use this project as a foundation for the flashback sequence in the remake, especially if it is well received. Fingers crossed.

Unchained is still coming and is basically complete in a rough form. I just need to give it a good playtesting and revise some trouble spots. But sometimes you have to strike the iron while it's hot, so I'll be finishing this before putting the final touches on Unchained. This story means something to me, and its completion will be a little cathartic for me.

I chose my username based on the original character who is now called Xevic. He unintentionally came across as a bit too perfect in CS1 - a "Mary Sue" as several people said. I knew he was far from this, but I did a piss poor job communicating that to the player in Carlsev Saga. I had plans for his development in later episodes, but clearly I should have done a better job setting him up sooner rather than later. What good are plot twists and lore when the characters are bland? This is my first step toward making things right.