Original post: 11/09
"I don't think he's ready." A voice in the huddle murmurs.
The group of tribal elders and hunters looks over at Xen, a small boy with a flying bug in his hand.
"He's coming of age, it's time he went on a hunt." The tribe chief insists.
Xen's brother, Shu, is the lead hunter of the tribe. He throws in his opinion.
"No."
He says firmly. "The creatures have been getting more aggressive and
they are getting closer to the village. It's not about hunting for
survival, it's about eliminating the threats." He rubs his shoulder, his
fingers pressing on a large scar down his arm.
The sound of a
faint horn goes off in the distance, Shu's eyes widen as he grabs his
weapon. The chief waves his hands in a dismissive motion and they break
to continue their duties.
Xen hears the horn as well and in the
action of everyone taking their place he sneaks down a less beaten path.
He squeezes between a tree and rock and tumbles through a bush. He
rolls through a small crack in a stone ruin and lands in a large room
with a hole in the ceiling. The light illuminates the walls, displaying
worn pictures of previous tribes.
Shu grabs a spear and a shield
and runs past villagers towards to camps big fenced doorway. Light
poking through the trees a pathway is illuminated. A roar off in the
distance stops him in his tracks. He looks back at his crew of hunters.
Shu knows that roar, and as he looks at the rag tag group of hunters he
sees a younger boy shaking and scared.
Update: 11/29
I
was really fond of writing this parallel between Xen who wants to work
with the monsters and his brother Shu who wants to fight them. They run
down a similar path but what they choose to do it the polar opposites. I
am working on how they converge and how it will affect them both.
Ultimately at the end we see what happens when you need to do the right
thing.
xen = parts through a crowd / slipping through /
tumbles through some bushes, does a roll and climbs a wall, he stands
before some ancient ruins on the outskirts of town / runs into the ruins
picks up a torch and lights it. He walks past the images of tribes from
the past. Imagery show the tribe with large animal pets and lots of
celebration.
Xen gathers up some insects that were around in the
area, as if to tame them. He speaks to them and they lead him down this
dark path in the ruins. A faint and distant roar startles him and the
bugs. Xen does a call with his hand cupped over his mouth. From out of
the cracks in the wall a cute lizard crawls and looks at Xen
questionably.
Xen pets the lizard and gives him a little snack. A
small little animal cry echoes through the hall. Xen feels like it
might be in danger, he must find it.
Xen explores around this
center hall of the ruins. It looks like an old gathering spot. The roof
has been covered by tree branches, roots, leaves, dirt, but there's a
hole with light peering through. It illuminates the hall, leading xen to a
spot where he hears a small cry of a baby animal. It's a little soft
nesting spot from an old bird. In the nest he hears a little creature
crying out looking for something.
Shu= Forces himself
through the crowd / people part the way for him/ he jumps over a
barricade and does a roll/ running into a large hut near the gate of the
village / he runs into the staging area and picks up his shield and
spear / he runs down a lit path trophies of past kills line the walls,
dino horns and weird bones. Lots of mounted trophy kills.
Shu
rallies some brave villagers and they gather, ready to go out from the
gates. A loud roar startles Shu as his eyes go dead as if to flash back
to some trauma. A villager shakes him out of it, looking at him
questionably.
Shu shakes himself out of it and another roar let's
him collect his thoughts. He knows what he must do. The beast is a
threat and they must drive it back.
Shu and the villagers rally
around a cliff side. Overlooking a valley. They hide in the trees. A
tender roar of this magnificent beast coo's. The beast is not angry.
It's crying for something. A long roar bellows out and echoes across the
ridge.
A roar bellows out and at the end are some
whimpers. Shu looks at his spear. A feather, the same color as the
feathers on this beast. He rubs the feather. It lifts and flips in a
small breeze. There's a crash of a tree falling as the beast begins to
move through the ridge and towards the village. The crash reverberates
inside of Shu. More trauma as he remembers when he was a young boy. His
eyes wide and dark. He's there holding the same feather, but he is a
young boy. The village was under some kind of attack and the hut that he
lived in was being crushed under the foot of a large gray beast. The
feathered wyvern was there too. The roar. It gave him goosebumps. He
begins frantically searching for Xen. The wyvern flips past him at a
speed that was jarring. As it passed by a column crumbled and reveals
Xen, swaddled in leathers and soft cloth as villagers with weapons ran
by.Shu grabs Xen and holds him close. He begins to run away, looking
back he tries to scan the area for his parents. His house completely
destroyed. He looks back at the men fighting the wyvern. Shu watched as
this wyvern slashed it's tail, knocking them all out of the way with
such force that jolted him back to reality. His eyes narrow as he
remembers why he fights.
Update 12/27 ---
We need to get a production schedule done.
Looking to have this done from concept to completion by the end of April 30th 2019.
Basic story outline done -
- This entails having the beginning, middle and end completed with a coherent and interesting story that encompasses the core concept of the story arc.
Basic art visuals done -
- This entails basic Character concepts, monster concepts, props, landscapes
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Revision of Story done -
- This entails rounding out the story, taking it to the next level, a solid form and fluidity of an actual written story aided by the revised visuals created. Having the dialog done.
Revised art visuals done -
- This entails more focused character work with Xen, Teebo, Shu, and the Big Monster. Picking out the finalized look of them. More solid ideas on the landscape and props.
March 31th 2019
Final Story Version done -
- This entails all kinks worked out, having a full finished story, edited, script done, everything worked out to be sold as is.
Final art visuals done -
- This entails finalized character turn arounds for Xen, Teebo, Shu, and the Big Monster, landscapes and other things needed to finalize the pitch.
It would be great to have all of this done, so that way we can spend the final month of April to get the pitch done and good to go.
April 30th 2019
Having the pitch finalized, with visuals and story created. This pitch should be ready to be presented, no missing info or hiccups.
Looking to have a power point presentation or what ever finished and ready to go.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
Oliver & Monsterbutt in the land of Gizwald
Land of Gizwald.
Creation story. A meteor fell and on the impact crater, a settlement formed which grew into a trade hub. The materials there helped it grow strong, attracting originally the strongest in the land, as well as the most curious. Scientist and soldier alike. Then, blossomed into a flourishing kingdom. The soldiers protected the scientists and merchants while they provided them with the best equipment ever made from materials not of their world.
Psyonium.
The land consists of many video game worlds connected. The world is united under this kingdom.
The kingdoms are mixtures of known video game titles / worlds.
Not much is known about the upper echelon of kingdom rulers.
Obviously it's ruled by a person but they are super secretive.
The Ruler is a descendant of one who first discovered the meteor. That's how things are kept in check. So it's been a long line down until now.
The Ruler meets with the figure heads on their businesses and they make decisions with each other about how things roll out for the land.
Societal Advisors (people) - Military Generals (weapons)- Merchant Heads (product), Banker Heads (money), Farmer Heads (food!).
1 guy is the figure head, then they have a team of people who run their operations.
So the businesses and stuff that exists in the realm all revolve around these things.
The figure heads can be iconic video game characters, but like, parodies, so a character that is similar to Sonic could run the bank, and the coins / money could be rings of some kind. Or it could be a Mario brother, and they have coins from the Mario games.
The title screen could be something like this so we can introduce the land:
Darkness. A heavy click sound and a flash of the screen. Like turning on an old Nintendo game.
"Oliver & Monsterbutt."Climbs up into the middle of the screen and a "ping" sound.
Video game-esk, with pixelation and little glimmers. The letters are built from things gamey-
The letters are on top of a wide shot of a large kingdom. A giant Castle in the middle, a few large buildings that come down a hill into several houses / smaller buildings then there's the grassy trees and bushes..
A flash of lightening and we see Oliver walking through the bottom of the screen. Behind him a lumbering big monster (MB), behind that is another boy (Sohn) and behind him is a sneaky chubby girl, (Celeste). And then a long line of soldiers and monsters that finish off with 6 larger figures. They are all silhouetted.
The letters fade as we go pan into the sky. We focus at the top of the castle where the sky turns purple and red, storming. An outline of an evil figure in the clouds. It's in the shape of the most evil creature in the land, and next to him the 6 silhouetted figures are there with him.
It flashes "press start" and an upbeat sound effect plays. It all fades and then:
Title card of the episode.
A red and purple storm begins swirling on edges of the land. We zoom into a small town on the outskirts of the land.
A boy walks through the center square. He's very simply dressed, nothing dramatic. A simple tunic, messy brown hair. Big blue eyes behind a pair of square glasses. His belt has a few trinkets and a couple of potion vials. His boots super worn down like he's done a lot of traveling. A modest sword with a chip in it and a worn bag slung over his shoulder.
Some young towns people notice him and celebrate his arrival, "Thank you! Thank you!" they yell. He is humble and smiles, waves them off. "It's nothing, really!"
He walks past the Inn, parchment paper nailed up next to wanted posters reads "Young Boy slays rampant beast, SAVES TOWN!!"
People offer him things as he walks through the town. He takes, graciously. But his smile is turned serious as his eyes focus on the storm brewing over the town. It all happens in a flash of lightening. Dark forces begin to overtake the town. Soldiers in dark armor, smoking Glowing eyes, no physical features at all, just shadow soldiers, storm the city.
Ollie helps people run the other way as he makes his way to the center of town. He dispatches these shadow warriors easily. They disappear into shadow dust when slain.
He goes to the center of town and helps a trapped villager. Ollie dispatches a few more soldiers and just like that it's silent. The storm is gone, no sound, eerie silence. Then, slowly the sounds of the towns people as they come back to see what happened. Ollie scans the sky and sees several storms off in the distance. This isn't just a single attack. Other parts of the land are under siege by these mysterious shadow warriors as well.
Royal Soldiers march through and help restore the town. An announcement from one of the soldiers cries: "All men who are brave at heart are to report to the castle grounds at once. This is for the fate of our known world! The Kingdom demands it!"
Ollie now knows his mission. He has a sense of purpose in his gut and in his heart. He needs to make it to the center of the land to make sure the kingdom is safe. He will offer his sword in the fight against this encroaching evil.
The video game land is under attack by a constant threat of evil. A dark force is invading each video game and Ollie has to go in and save it, but Ollie fails, a lot. Ollie can't save everyone. Some places fall and this corruption spreads. Several celebrated heroes fall to the darkness. Even O's idol.
Will elaborate more on his idol soon.
O's Idol is an old world soldier who defended the kingdom during a monster phase, and defeated a legendary monster snake dragon.
(parallel to Monster Hunter )
Desmond Destoldt the Great. Or just Double D for short.
He's highly respected and O had the privilege of hanging out with him on multiple occasions.
O has a picture of them together when they first met. The picture is of a hearty soldier kind of like Reinheart from OW. He's got a scar on his face and he's just a paladin type guy. He's wearing armor made from monster parts.
He taught O about honor and respect. Things his father never showed him. He was a big role model to him.
When this happens it could be a flashback episode to where O is younger, and new to the world and DD show's him what's up.
He becomes a bit jaded hearing about the passing of his idol, but one day he's in a town kind of just messing around. He's not interested in hunting down bounties or doing anything. He comes across a mystic and eventually he tells him of this weird future. (we'll figure it out soon it's a bad version of what truly happens, shit's mixed up in the order, or who's involved.)
In that future though, Ollie has a battle companion. And they tear it up.
Ollie works alone, so having a companion is bullshit in his mind.
Ollie is difficult to work with, his style is rogue and he doesn't want the extra "help"
O tries to make it to the castle but on the outer rim of the castle zone it's blocked by the corruption of this new evil force. He can't get into the castle at all. There isn't a way around the corruption at this moment and he's going to have to figure out something new.
A camp that is set up nearby is set and they have a set system where they are trying to get into the castle and stop the evil forces around as much as they can. O pledges alligence and starts learning about the evil forces.
O picks up a quest to stop a local wizard who joined forces with the Evil.
The wizard is controlling a group of 20 Shadow Soldiers and causing trouble to a farming family.
O learns from the wizard that the army is controlled by an evil ruler king, and 6 generals that keep his army in line. Each general using a special weapon.
The wizard was originally a good guy, but got corrupted by the dark magic. O saves the wizard and stops the shadow forces and completes the bounty.
O hears of a bounty at this far outpost where a general is rumored to be there..
Eventually Ollie comes across Monster Butt.
O ends up on the outskirts of the land where he stumbles upon a rouge camp of Evil dudes. The camp is built around a giant cage and in the cage there are flashes of light and electricity. A creature is moaning in pain. O can't sit idle while a beast is in trouble. He finds out that ...
The monster is trapped by these tough high ranking "evil" forces. They are beating him up pretty bad. He's restrained and cant fight back.
Ollie has to figure to rescue him.
After some kind of scheme.
The general has his weapon used against him which almost cripples him. O learns the power of these OP Items the Evil Forces are using to corrupt the land.
O defeats the bad guys and he's able to take care of MB.
The general escapes.
MB is saved, but wounded. Ollie is reluctant to help him out because of his lone wolf mentality.
Ollie uses his skills to help MB. MB is grateful and they part ways.
So now we build on who O is and who MB is.
Ollie needs to need MB.
MB needs to need O.
So a bit of a double story goes on between them when they part ways.
Ollie needs to fail and it needs to be saved in a way MB can only do it.
Ollie realizes he needs MB to save the land. He's part of the mystics prophecy.
They get captured by evil forces and help each other escape. They promise in the cell that they will work together.
They become battle mates. This could be a few episodes. 2-3 where they go to villages or towns and help try to put things back together. Like closing out the bounty board in the hub camp outside the castle walls.
They discover the source of the evil forces and see what the main bad guy kind of looks like.
Their relationship grows as they fight evil forces. But they aren't getting anywhere. Some wins, some losses.
They are battle hardened. They still have no new moves, or items or skills. They are just basically high level with bad gear.
A Combat Tournament is held where O and MB fight against officers and generals of the Evil Forces.
Discover the true evil master mind. He is overseeing the tournament.The main fighter looks familiar. It's a zombied version of Destoldt. Somehow he was resurrected and turned evil by the shadow forces.
O and MB meet Sohn (son) in the tournament. They don't fight but O see's Sohns devotion on defeating this evil. Sohn fails and is gone. (not dead)
Stuff happens and they get the chance to stand up to him.
O and MB fight Destoldt and get their ass whooped.
The evil uses D to fight O and MB while he escapes.
They definitely lose.
The drama of having to fight someone he loves, but knows is gone is hard. MB encourages him to fight on because it's not really him. He's possessed or dead and reanimated, because there's no way D would help this evil force do this at all.
Like ass handed to them lose. O needs stuff to help him fight against him. MB needs skills to help him fight with O.
They Discover the "Evil" forces motives.
O and MB lose because The Evil is using Over Powered items taken from each major kingdom. When used out of their game the items are unchecked and operate sporadically. Making them "OP"
The Evil Forces are going into games and stealing items that cause the corruption. O and MB have to return the items stolen to restore order.
They can go into games and get items that help them.
O is lost and aimless, both him and MB don't know what to do next. O just decides to work towards going into the castle.
During the war and battles to reach the kingdom Ollie meets a boy who quickly becomes his best friend. They meet fighting for the same thing and unite their quest. The boy's name is Sohn. (son)
They are close in age and they both have similar food interests so they clicked very quickly. They soon begin finishing each others sentences. They remember each other from the tournament.
Sohn tells O he's going to the mystic to find a clear path for the future. Sohn has a rough idea of what he wants to do but this idea helps O and MB get on the right path as well.
O goes to the mystic again and the mystic tells him of 6 items that will help him destroy the evil forces. And that he needs to restore the 6 Items the generals stole from each land.
- A mystical Sword. It's in O's favorite game. First item he finds and uses.
- Special Boots.
- A talisman / stone / trinket from MB. They have to go to where MB is from and it's a sad story.
- One of the items is held by a general of the evil forces. They use it like Mega Man because it makes the other generals weak.
- A charm or item from Destoldt. His Idol.
- A mystical blue bottle. Maybe the power on the inside is love? Or something cheesy?
These items really do nothing for him. It just gives O the confidence to be his true self. The whole journey is about him finding himself and becoming a better person.
Getting the items are temples and things done around helping others, doing things.
The OP Items are gained by fighting the generals. They aren't used in fighting, only the generals can use them as weapons.
The items O and MB need to return are weapons the generals are using against the game lands to destroy it.
What lands are in the kingdom??
Maybe the land is divided up into different styles.
- So there's a spacey type land that's like an alien type world, so Super Metroid and _____. This is where they do science and make up technology to help the land.
- There's a mountainous region that has stuff that looks like the Dino level in Super Mario World. and it could have a death mountain vibe to it with the huge mountain and the ring of cloud. This is where they get ores and metals to help build things.
- There's the jungle area where it's like Monster Hunter. Large beasts and monster roam the land and it's prehistoric so there's that.
- A plains type land where it's hills and flat land that stretches on for seemingly ever! Majority of the farmland is here.
- A dense forest level that has a Sonic the Hedgehog feel to it. This is where they get materials for building houses and what not.
- Lake area with swampland and rivers. The rivers all lead here, and rivers flow from each zone to this area.
The Mystic tells S to go home and there he'll find his true purpose. S begins thinking about all the things he loved from home. He's gushing like the Hobbits do in LOTR when they talk about the Shire. He's thinking about hitting the old pub and hanging out with his older brother. Playing darts and doing stuff with his family. He's the youngest so there was a lot of love bringing him up. He spent a lot of time with his brother, which is where he learned how to fight. He joined the tournament to win prize money to take home.
Ollie also meets up with a thief girl who is super secretive about her identity. She's a cute chubby girl named Celeste. She's a roguish / tomboy who's rambunctious with a mouth, which gets her in trouble a bit when she remembers she has to be incognito. She knows of O and his ventures across the land. She admires him and even thinks he's cute. She writes poetry in a little journal that she keeps very close to her. She secretly admires him that fact makes up for some pretty good / cute / wholesome fun.
Eventually MB gets sad about O having a friend, because they are best buds, but O goes through and reminds him that MB will always be a part of him, to the end. Because one relationship seems better or different doesn't mean he loves him less or isn't less of his friend.
The corruption spreads slowly but at this point one of O's favorite zones is near 100% corruption.
He goes back to try to find a way to save it, discovers a magic sword that when he uses it, it subdues the corruption. (a LOZ Tie in) The land is safe after he overcomes a challenge to obtain the sword.
They begin to follow a path that leads them to the Evil Forces generals. One by one. The sword somehow acts as a compass.
C tries to get close to O, but with her being so secretive O is reluctant. He's an awkward boy who doesn't know a lot about girls anyways. He's more worried about saving the land and being a hero!
She thinks it's cute but dumb.
Eventually they come to Sohns hometown but it has been sacked by the Evil Forces. Sohn discovers everything he had, and everyone he loved is gone. They are dead. He literally has nothing but O, MB, C.
S finds in the ruins of his home a large long sword. (like Guts') He wields it with such force and fury but when anyone else see's him using it, they always laughs at him because they don't believe he can use it properly. He's kind of an aggressive show boat.
It was his brothers sword. It's made from SHMETAL. A special material derived from the meteor itself.
O and C educate S about the metal Psyonium and whatnot but S doesn't care and remembers his brother and family fondly.
They defeat 1 General..
and on the second one he defects and helps O and MB with their journey but is then killed by the last general of the 3 they face.
The defective one tells them that if the land becomes fully corrupted it will all cease to be. It will be "turned off" and everything will go black. Everyone will stop existing. Nothing can restore it if it gets turned off. The Evil Ruler is sick of how things progressed and is disgusted with how everything operates. He's going to turn it all off and reset. The generals are promised a return to the new land and the ability to do what ever they please, rule the lands given to them as they see fit.
This general didn't fully believe and knows that if it's turned off there's no coming back. The evil ruler is just a sick murderer, wanting to kill everything.
Celeste origin story episode.
We learn about Celeste and her roguish ways. We find out she's the princess of the land and that's why she's so secretive. She's trying to find a way to help her father, who is sick in the castle. (we don't know the real story, he's corrupted by the darkness)
We discover that The Evil is the Ruler himself, corrupted by the dark arts.
Celeste is convinced there's a way to save the Ruler, which is why she ran away and is hidden.
She joined O because she knew he was adventurous enough to take her along and protect her while she looked for a "cure"
She realizes how important it is to save her dad so they can put things back to normal.
We defeat 3 more generals.
what's the end look like?
Celeste gets them into the castle, because she's the princess.
Sohn is able to hold off the bad guys as O and MB go to fight The Evil.
The Evil smokes from a pipe as he reveals the evil plan to take over the kingdom and delete it all. Pulling the plug so to speak.
He does a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde thing. He's a strong human form like Gannon.
Then O and MB win, but then Evil consumes the crystals he was smoking whole, where he then transforms into a crazy beast. O and MB get an ass whoopin'.
S and C join up the fight where they all work together to bring him down.
Sohn is able to inflict heavy damage on E, because of the broadsword he has.
Celeste has something that paralyzes Evil, it separates her father and the evil force corrupting him.
It's like Castlevania SOTN where you need the special glasses to see the true enemy.
and O comes down with the mystical sword killing The Evil.
It's over. They obtain the corrupted items and they work to return the land to normal.
Celeste's father is too weak to carry on as ruler, but on her journey she learned all the things she needed to become an amazing leader and ruler of the land.
Celeste is ready to become the Ruler and the land is at peace with the recovery and replacement of the items.
When O and MB place the last item in the zone the show ends like how the tv turns off when you pull the plug. Roll credits. Boom.
Creation story. A meteor fell and on the impact crater, a settlement formed which grew into a trade hub. The materials there helped it grow strong, attracting originally the strongest in the land, as well as the most curious. Scientist and soldier alike. Then, blossomed into a flourishing kingdom. The soldiers protected the scientists and merchants while they provided them with the best equipment ever made from materials not of their world.
Psyonium.
The land consists of many video game worlds connected. The world is united under this kingdom.
The kingdoms are mixtures of known video game titles / worlds.
Not much is known about the upper echelon of kingdom rulers.
Obviously it's ruled by a person but they are super secretive.
The Ruler is a descendant of one who first discovered the meteor. That's how things are kept in check. So it's been a long line down until now.
The Ruler meets with the figure heads on their businesses and they make decisions with each other about how things roll out for the land.
Societal Advisors (people) - Military Generals (weapons)- Merchant Heads (product), Banker Heads (money), Farmer Heads (food!).
1 guy is the figure head, then they have a team of people who run their operations.
So the businesses and stuff that exists in the realm all revolve around these things.
The figure heads can be iconic video game characters, but like, parodies, so a character that is similar to Sonic could run the bank, and the coins / money could be rings of some kind. Or it could be a Mario brother, and they have coins from the Mario games.
The title screen could be something like this so we can introduce the land:
Darkness. A heavy click sound and a flash of the screen. Like turning on an old Nintendo game.
"Oliver & Monsterbutt."Climbs up into the middle of the screen and a "ping" sound.
Video game-esk, with pixelation and little glimmers. The letters are built from things gamey-
The letters are on top of a wide shot of a large kingdom. A giant Castle in the middle, a few large buildings that come down a hill into several houses / smaller buildings then there's the grassy trees and bushes..
A flash of lightening and we see Oliver walking through the bottom of the screen. Behind him a lumbering big monster (MB), behind that is another boy (Sohn) and behind him is a sneaky chubby girl, (Celeste). And then a long line of soldiers and monsters that finish off with 6 larger figures. They are all silhouetted.
The letters fade as we go pan into the sky. We focus at the top of the castle where the sky turns purple and red, storming. An outline of an evil figure in the clouds. It's in the shape of the most evil creature in the land, and next to him the 6 silhouetted figures are there with him.
It flashes "press start" and an upbeat sound effect plays. It all fades and then:
Title card of the episode.
A red and purple storm begins swirling on edges of the land. We zoom into a small town on the outskirts of the land.
A boy walks through the center square. He's very simply dressed, nothing dramatic. A simple tunic, messy brown hair. Big blue eyes behind a pair of square glasses. His belt has a few trinkets and a couple of potion vials. His boots super worn down like he's done a lot of traveling. A modest sword with a chip in it and a worn bag slung over his shoulder.
Some young towns people notice him and celebrate his arrival, "Thank you! Thank you!" they yell. He is humble and smiles, waves them off. "It's nothing, really!"
He walks past the Inn, parchment paper nailed up next to wanted posters reads "Young Boy slays rampant beast, SAVES TOWN!!"
People offer him things as he walks through the town. He takes, graciously. But his smile is turned serious as his eyes focus on the storm brewing over the town. It all happens in a flash of lightening. Dark forces begin to overtake the town. Soldiers in dark armor, smoking Glowing eyes, no physical features at all, just shadow soldiers, storm the city.
Ollie helps people run the other way as he makes his way to the center of town. He dispatches these shadow warriors easily. They disappear into shadow dust when slain.
He goes to the center of town and helps a trapped villager. Ollie dispatches a few more soldiers and just like that it's silent. The storm is gone, no sound, eerie silence. Then, slowly the sounds of the towns people as they come back to see what happened. Ollie scans the sky and sees several storms off in the distance. This isn't just a single attack. Other parts of the land are under siege by these mysterious shadow warriors as well.
Royal Soldiers march through and help restore the town. An announcement from one of the soldiers cries: "All men who are brave at heart are to report to the castle grounds at once. This is for the fate of our known world! The Kingdom demands it!"
Ollie now knows his mission. He has a sense of purpose in his gut and in his heart. He needs to make it to the center of the land to make sure the kingdom is safe. He will offer his sword in the fight against this encroaching evil.
The video game land is under attack by a constant threat of evil. A dark force is invading each video game and Ollie has to go in and save it, but Ollie fails, a lot. Ollie can't save everyone. Some places fall and this corruption spreads. Several celebrated heroes fall to the darkness. Even O's idol.
Will elaborate more on his idol soon.
O's Idol is an old world soldier who defended the kingdom during a monster phase, and defeated a legendary monster snake dragon.
(parallel to Monster Hunter )
Desmond Destoldt the Great. Or just Double D for short.
He's highly respected and O had the privilege of hanging out with him on multiple occasions.
O has a picture of them together when they first met. The picture is of a hearty soldier kind of like Reinheart from OW. He's got a scar on his face and he's just a paladin type guy. He's wearing armor made from monster parts.
He taught O about honor and respect. Things his father never showed him. He was a big role model to him.
When this happens it could be a flashback episode to where O is younger, and new to the world and DD show's him what's up.
He becomes a bit jaded hearing about the passing of his idol, but one day he's in a town kind of just messing around. He's not interested in hunting down bounties or doing anything. He comes across a mystic and eventually he tells him of this weird future. (we'll figure it out soon it's a bad version of what truly happens, shit's mixed up in the order, or who's involved.)
In that future though, Ollie has a battle companion. And they tear it up.
Ollie works alone, so having a companion is bullshit in his mind.
Ollie is difficult to work with, his style is rogue and he doesn't want the extra "help"
O tries to make it to the castle but on the outer rim of the castle zone it's blocked by the corruption of this new evil force. He can't get into the castle at all. There isn't a way around the corruption at this moment and he's going to have to figure out something new.
A camp that is set up nearby is set and they have a set system where they are trying to get into the castle and stop the evil forces around as much as they can. O pledges alligence and starts learning about the evil forces.
O picks up a quest to stop a local wizard who joined forces with the Evil.
The wizard is controlling a group of 20 Shadow Soldiers and causing trouble to a farming family.
O learns from the wizard that the army is controlled by an evil ruler king, and 6 generals that keep his army in line. Each general using a special weapon.
The wizard was originally a good guy, but got corrupted by the dark magic. O saves the wizard and stops the shadow forces and completes the bounty.
O hears of a bounty at this far outpost where a general is rumored to be there..
Eventually Ollie comes across Monster Butt.
O ends up on the outskirts of the land where he stumbles upon a rouge camp of Evil dudes. The camp is built around a giant cage and in the cage there are flashes of light and electricity. A creature is moaning in pain. O can't sit idle while a beast is in trouble. He finds out that ...
The monster is trapped by these tough high ranking "evil" forces. They are beating him up pretty bad. He's restrained and cant fight back.
Ollie has to figure to rescue him.
After some kind of scheme.
The general has his weapon used against him which almost cripples him. O learns the power of these OP Items the Evil Forces are using to corrupt the land.
O defeats the bad guys and he's able to take care of MB.
The general escapes.
MB is saved, but wounded. Ollie is reluctant to help him out because of his lone wolf mentality.
Ollie uses his skills to help MB. MB is grateful and they part ways.
So now we build on who O is and who MB is.
Ollie needs to need MB.
MB needs to need O.
So a bit of a double story goes on between them when they part ways.
Ollie needs to fail and it needs to be saved in a way MB can only do it.
Ollie realizes he needs MB to save the land. He's part of the mystics prophecy.
They get captured by evil forces and help each other escape. They promise in the cell that they will work together.
They become battle mates. This could be a few episodes. 2-3 where they go to villages or towns and help try to put things back together. Like closing out the bounty board in the hub camp outside the castle walls.
They discover the source of the evil forces and see what the main bad guy kind of looks like.
Their relationship grows as they fight evil forces. But they aren't getting anywhere. Some wins, some losses.
They are battle hardened. They still have no new moves, or items or skills. They are just basically high level with bad gear.
A Combat Tournament is held where O and MB fight against officers and generals of the Evil Forces.
Discover the true evil master mind. He is overseeing the tournament.The main fighter looks familiar. It's a zombied version of Destoldt. Somehow he was resurrected and turned evil by the shadow forces.
O and MB meet Sohn (son) in the tournament. They don't fight but O see's Sohns devotion on defeating this evil. Sohn fails and is gone. (not dead)
Stuff happens and they get the chance to stand up to him.
O and MB fight Destoldt and get their ass whooped.
The evil uses D to fight O and MB while he escapes.
They definitely lose.
The drama of having to fight someone he loves, but knows is gone is hard. MB encourages him to fight on because it's not really him. He's possessed or dead and reanimated, because there's no way D would help this evil force do this at all.
Like ass handed to them lose. O needs stuff to help him fight against him. MB needs skills to help him fight with O.
They Discover the "Evil" forces motives.
O and MB lose because The Evil is using Over Powered items taken from each major kingdom. When used out of their game the items are unchecked and operate sporadically. Making them "OP"
The Evil Forces are going into games and stealing items that cause the corruption. O and MB have to return the items stolen to restore order.
They can go into games and get items that help them.
O is lost and aimless, both him and MB don't know what to do next. O just decides to work towards going into the castle.
During the war and battles to reach the kingdom Ollie meets a boy who quickly becomes his best friend. They meet fighting for the same thing and unite their quest. The boy's name is Sohn. (son)
They are close in age and they both have similar food interests so they clicked very quickly. They soon begin finishing each others sentences. They remember each other from the tournament.
Sohn tells O he's going to the mystic to find a clear path for the future. Sohn has a rough idea of what he wants to do but this idea helps O and MB get on the right path as well.
O goes to the mystic again and the mystic tells him of 6 items that will help him destroy the evil forces. And that he needs to restore the 6 Items the generals stole from each land.
- A mystical Sword. It's in O's favorite game. First item he finds and uses.
- Special Boots.
- A talisman / stone / trinket from MB. They have to go to where MB is from and it's a sad story.
- One of the items is held by a general of the evil forces. They use it like Mega Man because it makes the other generals weak.
- A charm or item from Destoldt. His Idol.
- A mystical blue bottle. Maybe the power on the inside is love? Or something cheesy?
These items really do nothing for him. It just gives O the confidence to be his true self. The whole journey is about him finding himself and becoming a better person.
Getting the items are temples and things done around helping others, doing things.
The OP Items are gained by fighting the generals. They aren't used in fighting, only the generals can use them as weapons.
The items O and MB need to return are weapons the generals are using against the game lands to destroy it.
What lands are in the kingdom??
Maybe the land is divided up into different styles.
- So there's a spacey type land that's like an alien type world, so Super Metroid and _____. This is where they do science and make up technology to help the land.
- There's a mountainous region that has stuff that looks like the Dino level in Super Mario World. and it could have a death mountain vibe to it with the huge mountain and the ring of cloud. This is where they get ores and metals to help build things.
- There's the jungle area where it's like Monster Hunter. Large beasts and monster roam the land and it's prehistoric so there's that.
- A plains type land where it's hills and flat land that stretches on for seemingly ever! Majority of the farmland is here.
- A dense forest level that has a Sonic the Hedgehog feel to it. This is where they get materials for building houses and what not.
- Lake area with swampland and rivers. The rivers all lead here, and rivers flow from each zone to this area.
The Mystic tells S to go home and there he'll find his true purpose. S begins thinking about all the things he loved from home. He's gushing like the Hobbits do in LOTR when they talk about the Shire. He's thinking about hitting the old pub and hanging out with his older brother. Playing darts and doing stuff with his family. He's the youngest so there was a lot of love bringing him up. He spent a lot of time with his brother, which is where he learned how to fight. He joined the tournament to win prize money to take home.
Ollie also meets up with a thief girl who is super secretive about her identity. She's a cute chubby girl named Celeste. She's a roguish / tomboy who's rambunctious with a mouth, which gets her in trouble a bit when she remembers she has to be incognito. She knows of O and his ventures across the land. She admires him and even thinks he's cute. She writes poetry in a little journal that she keeps very close to her. She secretly admires him that fact makes up for some pretty good / cute / wholesome fun.
Eventually MB gets sad about O having a friend, because they are best buds, but O goes through and reminds him that MB will always be a part of him, to the end. Because one relationship seems better or different doesn't mean he loves him less or isn't less of his friend.
The corruption spreads slowly but at this point one of O's favorite zones is near 100% corruption.
He goes back to try to find a way to save it, discovers a magic sword that when he uses it, it subdues the corruption. (a LOZ Tie in) The land is safe after he overcomes a challenge to obtain the sword.
They begin to follow a path that leads them to the Evil Forces generals. One by one. The sword somehow acts as a compass.
C tries to get close to O, but with her being so secretive O is reluctant. He's an awkward boy who doesn't know a lot about girls anyways. He's more worried about saving the land and being a hero!
She thinks it's cute but dumb.
Eventually they come to Sohns hometown but it has been sacked by the Evil Forces. Sohn discovers everything he had, and everyone he loved is gone. They are dead. He literally has nothing but O, MB, C.
S finds in the ruins of his home a large long sword. (like Guts') He wields it with such force and fury but when anyone else see's him using it, they always laughs at him because they don't believe he can use it properly. He's kind of an aggressive show boat.
It was his brothers sword. It's made from SHMETAL. A special material derived from the meteor itself.
O and C educate S about the metal Psyonium and whatnot but S doesn't care and remembers his brother and family fondly.
They defeat 1 General..
and on the second one he defects and helps O and MB with their journey but is then killed by the last general of the 3 they face.
The defective one tells them that if the land becomes fully corrupted it will all cease to be. It will be "turned off" and everything will go black. Everyone will stop existing. Nothing can restore it if it gets turned off. The Evil Ruler is sick of how things progressed and is disgusted with how everything operates. He's going to turn it all off and reset. The generals are promised a return to the new land and the ability to do what ever they please, rule the lands given to them as they see fit.
This general didn't fully believe and knows that if it's turned off there's no coming back. The evil ruler is just a sick murderer, wanting to kill everything.
Celeste origin story episode.
We learn about Celeste and her roguish ways. We find out she's the princess of the land and that's why she's so secretive. She's trying to find a way to help her father, who is sick in the castle. (we don't know the real story, he's corrupted by the darkness)
We discover that The Evil is the Ruler himself, corrupted by the dark arts.
Celeste is convinced there's a way to save the Ruler, which is why she ran away and is hidden.
She joined O because she knew he was adventurous enough to take her along and protect her while she looked for a "cure"
She realizes how important it is to save her dad so they can put things back to normal.
We defeat 3 more generals.
what's the end look like?
Celeste gets them into the castle, because she's the princess.
Sohn is able to hold off the bad guys as O and MB go to fight The Evil.
The Evil smokes from a pipe as he reveals the evil plan to take over the kingdom and delete it all. Pulling the plug so to speak.
He does a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde thing. He's a strong human form like Gannon.
Then O and MB win, but then Evil consumes the crystals he was smoking whole, where he then transforms into a crazy beast. O and MB get an ass whoopin'.
S and C join up the fight where they all work together to bring him down.
Sohn is able to inflict heavy damage on E, because of the broadsword he has.
Celeste has something that paralyzes Evil, it separates her father and the evil force corrupting him.
It's like Castlevania SOTN where you need the special glasses to see the true enemy.
and O comes down with the mystical sword killing The Evil.
It's over. They obtain the corrupted items and they work to return the land to normal.
Celeste's father is too weak to carry on as ruler, but on her journey she learned all the things she needed to become an amazing leader and ruler of the land.
Celeste is ready to become the Ruler and the land is at peace with the recovery and replacement of the items.
When O and MB place the last item in the zone the show ends like how the tv turns off when you pull the plug. Roll credits. Boom.
Some early stuff about Oliver & Monsterbutt
Remember the basics.
25% intro / state of equilibrium / Definition of wanting something or getting something denied something
50% start of the journey to get the thing / lead to climax
25% Resolution / climax hits and things start to go back to normal /new state of equilibrium
Idea 0
Redux 2.0
act 1 Boy gets hurt, boy needs protection. Boy finds in game how he can help himself. Boy needs monster.
Early on boy gets hurt by Daddy. Boy is imagining him being attacked by a mysterious creature. He is unable to defend himself. He needs to figure out a way to fight back. He's tired of getting hurt.
Daddy is a monster. Boy plays a quest in the game, where a character is stuck and he has to save him. He uses teamwork to complete the mission and save the guy. The guy is a powerful wolf monk that uses powers of wind to fight. He's 10 levels higher than the rest of the team and he dispatches enemies with ease. Boy finds out he felt like the Wolf Monk in the mission. Trapped by the evil powers and he has to use the power of friends to save himself next time.
Monster has shown he's pretty strong. Maybe they can form an alliance.
Boy pulls out a map the map has a hut in an oasis that's near by. He remembers seeing a place that looks like it would help when he was out adventuring.
act 2 Boy sees monster is sick. Needs to help him. Boy finds wizard to help. Wizard challenges boy to solve puzzles to find ingredients to save Monster.
Boy seeks out Monster. Monster is hidden away, hiding. He's hurt, from the spider fight. Boy has to find a way to revive him back to normal. The cleric in the party had magical spells to heal poison and other wounds. Maybe somewhere around here he can find a cleric to heal Monster.
Boy and monster set out to find a cleric.
Boy finds oasis not too far from where they started. The wizard in the hut has a beautiful set up, it's glorious, this beautiful peace pond with a place to meditate and all this. It's a place of peace and zen.
The wizard see's boys wound and helps him with a salve that makes him feel better.
He shows him Monster, and Wizard has to concoct a mixture to heal his poison.
The ingredients are sparse and hard to find.
Boy works to find the items and finds them after doing 3 trials. They are puzzles the wizard set up for the boy to overcome using his mind. The wizard had the stuff all to begin with and he comes back with monster healed. The supplies are for the boy to keep, they will help him in the future. The wizard tells him some weird thing that makes it apparent.
act 3 Boy solves problems and gets monster healed but then wizard tells him about a bad prophecy. But everything is back to normal.
Boy and monster are all healed up and pepped up, boy asks monster if he would be willing to protect him from an evil presence. Monster agrees and they walk home.
Shows boy walking from one trailer house to his house. The wizard is a man who lives across the way. The house has a little pond with fishes, a hammock to lay in and
Idea 0 ----
The Hero of "S" is fighting against a goblin. He strikes him down. The frizzy haired elf witch kills a goblin with a fire blast. The battlefield is loaded with tons of tough enemies. The anthro wolf is surrounded, Boy has to find a way to rescue him before the generals kill him. Boy tries several strategies but keeps coming up a failure. The captains and guards are just really tough. Boy can't quite get it right.
With loud slam the reality of the game is crushed. The battlefield falls and Boy is standing in his room holding the controller in a pose as if he was holding a sword. Boy hears the sliding glass door close hard. It shook the house a little. Boy was startled because he was totally in the game. Reality was kind of bleak. His room was dark with the light of the TV putting a faint glow over everything.
There was this tension in the air. Boy looked around his room and tried to listen to the house, maybe something was going on? No one was in the room. It's silent.
He quickly dismisses it and gets back into the game. The Hero and the Elf start next to each other in the beginning of the round. He charges straight in with the Hero, attacking one of the Captains on the battlefield, and follows up with a fireball from the Elf mage. The mages fireball did extra damage. The Captain fades away in transparent red. Suddenly boy realizes it's about team work, again. It's a rough concept since he's alone a lot of the time. Boy is still too slow to help the Wolf. The Captains overwhelm the battlefield and troops surround him before he can do anything. He fails the mission again. He sets the controller down. The smell of cigarette smoke hits him. Boy gets really uncomfortable. It seems like everyone has a role to play in this fight but what am I doing wrong?
Boy hears an angry yell from outside his room. The smell of cigarette smoke is pretty strong. A sense of dread hits him. Something bad is happening. Boy picks up the controller and continues with the battle. The battle ensues, and reality turns into us in the game. Boy uses the Cleric boy to heal the Wolf during the fight. He didn't know he could heal non team members! That makes sense though, should have thought about that earlier. This realization turns the battle as Hero and the Elf slice down and burn the remaining captains. The battle was won, the Wolf is free. After a quick conversation the Wolf joins the Hero's cause. Boy examines the wolf's status, the wolf is 10 levels higher than his hero and other characters. They engage a group of mercenaries and Boy gets excited because he has seen the wolf man doing cool stuff on the intro video and we can finally see what he's all about.
The battle starts and Boy uses Wolf to fight all the mercenaries alone.
The wolf man busts out some crazy moves. Apparently he's a monk that has air powers. He uses a metal claw to fight, along with his actual claws. The level is dispatched easily and quickly and the boy is surprised!
Black smoke begins to envelop around the Hero and his party. Everything fades away and it's just boy standing in darkness. He circles around looking behind him
He finds a new team member after a difficult challenge to get him unlocked. It's the Anthro-wolf man with wind powers.
The wolfman is super over powered and kills enemies with ease in the next few missions.
Boy discovers he unlocked him early by completing the challenge early. Which is why it was so hard.
The way he unlocks the wolf man helps him fight the challenges upcoming fight with the "Evil"
There's a startling yell in the house and he gets a bad feeling.
Boy goes into imagination realm. He just feels like something's off and he doesn't want to be around.
He's trying to play but he feels this darkness creeping around him. He feels like he's being watch and it's making him nervous. The landscape gets more and more harsh and scary.
He's feeling like he's lost.
He's attacked by a thing called the Evil. The evil is a creature with black coloring. The Evil seems like a shape-shifter.
Rough idea for Idea 0
Boy is being boy, playing video games in his room. Daddy is doing something around the house.
Daddy is pissed about something. Hear Mom and Daddy fighting. Boy goes deeper into video game trying to not hear the fighting.
Mom sobbing, with a bruise on her face, everything is OK. Boy not convinced.
Daddy is still mad.
Boy gets held up by Daddy against the wall. Boy's mouth is covered. Boy is scared, breathing hard through his nose. Daddy is threatening him. Boy is held up by his throat with his mouth covered. Shirt ripped. Boy is freaked out. Tears rolling out of his eyes. Daddy says you can't tell anyone. Or it will be worse. It will get worse.
Idea 1 - The Oasis (Break in the Violence)
Boy sees that there is good in the world and not everyone is out there to hurt him.
Boy spends time at a neighbors house, he has an oasis. A little pond with fish and this cool hammock. Boy went over there one day to get away from the house. Boy and monster have a peaceful day relaxing from fighting monsters. Boy finds a bit of inner peace. The neighbor is a cool 70s/80s hair flowing button up t-shirt. Convertible Car with pop up lights. Puts on a record of some music.
They have a good time. Boy falls asleep on the hammock and the neighbor puts a blanket on him and Monster.
Idea 2 - You Fucked Up.
Mom drops boy off at the park near home. Boy has Monster with him. Mom says to be home at X time. Boy understands. Mom stresses how important it is that he's home at X time.
Boy plays most of the day but he gets lost at the park. Boy finally finds his bearings and heads home.
Boy was late getting home from the playground down the street. The day spent playing with Monster. Boy realizes what time it is and rushes home. Tears in his eyes because he knew he fucked up. Monster doesn't understand. Asks him what's up? What do we do? Boy is scared, he can't exactly explain what is going to happen but he knows it's going to be horrible.
He gets home and Daddy is there waiting for him at the door.
Boy gets grabbed by the wrist and pulled inside. Boy is sent to the bedroom where he sits there crying.
Boy is dreading what's about to happen. He knows there's nothing he can do. His cries and begging for forgiveness- is met on def ears.
Daddy grabs boy by the shirt and strikes him hard in the leg causing him to jerk
where he's then hit in the stomach and in the other leg.
Idea 3 - Don't Touch.
School let's out and the kids scatter. Boy has to walk home but decided to kick back and walk slow. He didn't want to rush home because Daddy was home. Fear keeps him from wanting to go home.
At school Boy has to use the pocket knife to defend himself against a group of bullies.
Boys wearing white sneakers, light blue and dark blue shirts, and beanies that cover their faces.
What's up CUZ, I'm not your cousin. who are you even? Fuck you! You can't wear red here.
One of the people wearing white gloves punches Boy in the face, right in the eye.
But Boy gets surrounded by the bullies and his world plunges into darkness. He gets super scared and the towering figures over him become distorted monsters.
Monster isn't there to help him or defend him. Boy tries to think of ways to escape, he uses the speed boost power from the shoes, but as he's running away one of the monsters trips him, causing him to hit the ground. Dirt in his mouth... He gets up as they kick and hurt him.
He draws the sword to protect himself and cuts one of the monsters.
At school, boy gets in trouble with the pocket knife and the teacher sees the bruises on his arm.
She knows he's not OK but she can't do anything about it, Boy tells a story about what happened, when this monsters attack him but he did the only thing he could which was protect himself.
Idea 4 - Shattered Reality
New kid at school. This kid quickly becomes best friends with Boy. Boy learns about how a family who isn't abusive acts. Mom and Dad actually talk to each other. They have a look in their eyes that's unknown to him. He sees caring and love. It's a weird concept to Boy.
Idea 5 Power ups and Confidence. Multiple episode ideas involving him learning how to use the items in real life.
Kid uses power ups to help him fight Daddy Monster.
He uses courage to stand up to him.
He gets that by having the speed shoes. New shoes mom got him.
The Sword. Pocket knife gotten from the shed.
??? What are other items that are simple that can help him ...
Boy tries to stand up to daddy but he gets badly hurt and Monster gets ripped up and hurt.
Idea 6 - Is it really over?
Boy witnesses domestic violence first hand. All the times he never really knew what was happening, but he kinda knew.
Boy wakes up to hear Mom yelling. Daddy is hitting her in the face in the hallway. Mom has a bloody face. The fight seems to have been happening from the bedroom into the hallway.
Mom is fully dressed even though it's late at night.
Daddy used a hammer to hurt Mom.
Boy is terrified because if he does anything he could get hurt too.
Daddy is frantic and angry. Daddy starts trashing the house.
He starts to leave. Boy is blocking the door.
Dad tells him to move. Boy resists. Boy stands up to Daddy.
Daddy threatens him and boy doesn't flinch. Daddy leaves and disappears.
Daddy is gone. Police come. Daddy broke a lot of stuff in the house. It's wrecked.
Mom is scared he will come back. pleading with the police to find him.
Idea 7 - Discovery. needs to happen early.
Boy learns about Monster and what he's capable of. Monster is a defensive force, there to protect boy.
Idea 8 - Not there.
Boy encounters the Evil. Boy is powerless to fight against it. Boy gets hurt, bruises and marks. Monster isn't there to help Boy can't find Monster.
25% intro / state of equilibrium / Definition of wanting something or getting something denied something
50% start of the journey to get the thing / lead to climax
25% Resolution / climax hits and things start to go back to normal /new state of equilibrium
Idea 0
Redux 2.0
act 1 Boy gets hurt, boy needs protection. Boy finds in game how he can help himself. Boy needs monster.
Early on boy gets hurt by Daddy. Boy is imagining him being attacked by a mysterious creature. He is unable to defend himself. He needs to figure out a way to fight back. He's tired of getting hurt.
Daddy is a monster. Boy plays a quest in the game, where a character is stuck and he has to save him. He uses teamwork to complete the mission and save the guy. The guy is a powerful wolf monk that uses powers of wind to fight. He's 10 levels higher than the rest of the team and he dispatches enemies with ease. Boy finds out he felt like the Wolf Monk in the mission. Trapped by the evil powers and he has to use the power of friends to save himself next time.
Monster has shown he's pretty strong. Maybe they can form an alliance.
Boy pulls out a map the map has a hut in an oasis that's near by. He remembers seeing a place that looks like it would help when he was out adventuring.
act 2 Boy sees monster is sick. Needs to help him. Boy finds wizard to help. Wizard challenges boy to solve puzzles to find ingredients to save Monster.
Boy seeks out Monster. Monster is hidden away, hiding. He's hurt, from the spider fight. Boy has to find a way to revive him back to normal. The cleric in the party had magical spells to heal poison and other wounds. Maybe somewhere around here he can find a cleric to heal Monster.
Boy and monster set out to find a cleric.
Boy finds oasis not too far from where they started. The wizard in the hut has a beautiful set up, it's glorious, this beautiful peace pond with a place to meditate and all this. It's a place of peace and zen.
The wizard see's boys wound and helps him with a salve that makes him feel better.
He shows him Monster, and Wizard has to concoct a mixture to heal his poison.
The ingredients are sparse and hard to find.
Boy works to find the items and finds them after doing 3 trials. They are puzzles the wizard set up for the boy to overcome using his mind. The wizard had the stuff all to begin with and he comes back with monster healed. The supplies are for the boy to keep, they will help him in the future. The wizard tells him some weird thing that makes it apparent.
act 3 Boy solves problems and gets monster healed but then wizard tells him about a bad prophecy. But everything is back to normal.
Boy and monster are all healed up and pepped up, boy asks monster if he would be willing to protect him from an evil presence. Monster agrees and they walk home.
Shows boy walking from one trailer house to his house. The wizard is a man who lives across the way. The house has a little pond with fishes, a hammock to lay in and
Idea 0 ----
The Hero of "S" is fighting against a goblin. He strikes him down. The frizzy haired elf witch kills a goblin with a fire blast. The battlefield is loaded with tons of tough enemies. The anthro wolf is surrounded, Boy has to find a way to rescue him before the generals kill him. Boy tries several strategies but keeps coming up a failure. The captains and guards are just really tough. Boy can't quite get it right.
With loud slam the reality of the game is crushed. The battlefield falls and Boy is standing in his room holding the controller in a pose as if he was holding a sword. Boy hears the sliding glass door close hard. It shook the house a little. Boy was startled because he was totally in the game. Reality was kind of bleak. His room was dark with the light of the TV putting a faint glow over everything.
There was this tension in the air. Boy looked around his room and tried to listen to the house, maybe something was going on? No one was in the room. It's silent.
He quickly dismisses it and gets back into the game. The Hero and the Elf start next to each other in the beginning of the round. He charges straight in with the Hero, attacking one of the Captains on the battlefield, and follows up with a fireball from the Elf mage. The mages fireball did extra damage. The Captain fades away in transparent red. Suddenly boy realizes it's about team work, again. It's a rough concept since he's alone a lot of the time. Boy is still too slow to help the Wolf. The Captains overwhelm the battlefield and troops surround him before he can do anything. He fails the mission again. He sets the controller down. The smell of cigarette smoke hits him. Boy gets really uncomfortable. It seems like everyone has a role to play in this fight but what am I doing wrong?
Boy hears an angry yell from outside his room. The smell of cigarette smoke is pretty strong. A sense of dread hits him. Something bad is happening. Boy picks up the controller and continues with the battle. The battle ensues, and reality turns into us in the game. Boy uses the Cleric boy to heal the Wolf during the fight. He didn't know he could heal non team members! That makes sense though, should have thought about that earlier. This realization turns the battle as Hero and the Elf slice down and burn the remaining captains. The battle was won, the Wolf is free. After a quick conversation the Wolf joins the Hero's cause. Boy examines the wolf's status, the wolf is 10 levels higher than his hero and other characters. They engage a group of mercenaries and Boy gets excited because he has seen the wolf man doing cool stuff on the intro video and we can finally see what he's all about.
The battle starts and Boy uses Wolf to fight all the mercenaries alone.
The wolf man busts out some crazy moves. Apparently he's a monk that has air powers. He uses a metal claw to fight, along with his actual claws. The level is dispatched easily and quickly and the boy is surprised!
Black smoke begins to envelop around the Hero and his party. Everything fades away and it's just boy standing in darkness. He circles around looking behind him
He finds a new team member after a difficult challenge to get him unlocked. It's the Anthro-wolf man with wind powers.
The wolfman is super over powered and kills enemies with ease in the next few missions.
Boy discovers he unlocked him early by completing the challenge early. Which is why it was so hard.
The way he unlocks the wolf man helps him fight the challenges upcoming fight with the "Evil"
There's a startling yell in the house and he gets a bad feeling.
Boy goes into imagination realm. He just feels like something's off and he doesn't want to be around.
He's trying to play but he feels this darkness creeping around him. He feels like he's being watch and it's making him nervous. The landscape gets more and more harsh and scary.
He's feeling like he's lost.
He's attacked by a thing called the Evil. The evil is a creature with black coloring. The Evil seems like a shape-shifter.
Rough idea for Idea 0
Boy is being boy, playing video games in his room. Daddy is doing something around the house.
Daddy is pissed about something. Hear Mom and Daddy fighting. Boy goes deeper into video game trying to not hear the fighting.
Mom sobbing, with a bruise on her face, everything is OK. Boy not convinced.
Daddy is still mad.
Boy gets held up by Daddy against the wall. Boy's mouth is covered. Boy is scared, breathing hard through his nose. Daddy is threatening him. Boy is held up by his throat with his mouth covered. Shirt ripped. Boy is freaked out. Tears rolling out of his eyes. Daddy says you can't tell anyone. Or it will be worse. It will get worse.
Idea 1 - The Oasis (Break in the Violence)
Boy sees that there is good in the world and not everyone is out there to hurt him.
Boy spends time at a neighbors house, he has an oasis. A little pond with fish and this cool hammock. Boy went over there one day to get away from the house. Boy and monster have a peaceful day relaxing from fighting monsters. Boy finds a bit of inner peace. The neighbor is a cool 70s/80s hair flowing button up t-shirt. Convertible Car with pop up lights. Puts on a record of some music.
They have a good time. Boy falls asleep on the hammock and the neighbor puts a blanket on him and Monster.
Idea 2 - You Fucked Up.
Mom drops boy off at the park near home. Boy has Monster with him. Mom says to be home at X time. Boy understands. Mom stresses how important it is that he's home at X time.
Boy plays most of the day but he gets lost at the park. Boy finally finds his bearings and heads home.
Boy was late getting home from the playground down the street. The day spent playing with Monster. Boy realizes what time it is and rushes home. Tears in his eyes because he knew he fucked up. Monster doesn't understand. Asks him what's up? What do we do? Boy is scared, he can't exactly explain what is going to happen but he knows it's going to be horrible.
He gets home and Daddy is there waiting for him at the door.
Boy gets grabbed by the wrist and pulled inside. Boy is sent to the bedroom where he sits there crying.
Boy is dreading what's about to happen. He knows there's nothing he can do. His cries and begging for forgiveness- is met on def ears.
Daddy grabs boy by the shirt and strikes him hard in the leg causing him to jerk
where he's then hit in the stomach and in the other leg.
Idea 3 - Don't Touch.
School let's out and the kids scatter. Boy has to walk home but decided to kick back and walk slow. He didn't want to rush home because Daddy was home. Fear keeps him from wanting to go home.
At school Boy has to use the pocket knife to defend himself against a group of bullies.
Boys wearing white sneakers, light blue and dark blue shirts, and beanies that cover their faces.
What's up CUZ, I'm not your cousin. who are you even? Fuck you! You can't wear red here.
One of the people wearing white gloves punches Boy in the face, right in the eye.
But Boy gets surrounded by the bullies and his world plunges into darkness. He gets super scared and the towering figures over him become distorted monsters.
Monster isn't there to help him or defend him. Boy tries to think of ways to escape, he uses the speed boost power from the shoes, but as he's running away one of the monsters trips him, causing him to hit the ground. Dirt in his mouth... He gets up as they kick and hurt him.
He draws the sword to protect himself and cuts one of the monsters.
At school, boy gets in trouble with the pocket knife and the teacher sees the bruises on his arm.
She knows he's not OK but she can't do anything about it, Boy tells a story about what happened, when this monsters attack him but he did the only thing he could which was protect himself.
Idea 4 - Shattered Reality
New kid at school. This kid quickly becomes best friends with Boy. Boy learns about how a family who isn't abusive acts. Mom and Dad actually talk to each other. They have a look in their eyes that's unknown to him. He sees caring and love. It's a weird concept to Boy.
Idea 5 Power ups and Confidence. Multiple episode ideas involving him learning how to use the items in real life.
Kid uses power ups to help him fight Daddy Monster.
He uses courage to stand up to him.
He gets that by having the speed shoes. New shoes mom got him.
The Sword. Pocket knife gotten from the shed.
??? What are other items that are simple that can help him ...
Boy tries to stand up to daddy but he gets badly hurt and Monster gets ripped up and hurt.
Idea 6 - Is it really over?
Boy witnesses domestic violence first hand. All the times he never really knew what was happening, but he kinda knew.
Boy wakes up to hear Mom yelling. Daddy is hitting her in the face in the hallway. Mom has a bloody face. The fight seems to have been happening from the bedroom into the hallway.
Mom is fully dressed even though it's late at night.
Daddy used a hammer to hurt Mom.
Boy is terrified because if he does anything he could get hurt too.
Daddy is frantic and angry. Daddy starts trashing the house.
He starts to leave. Boy is blocking the door.
Dad tells him to move. Boy resists. Boy stands up to Daddy.
Daddy threatens him and boy doesn't flinch. Daddy leaves and disappears.
Daddy is gone. Police come. Daddy broke a lot of stuff in the house. It's wrecked.
Mom is scared he will come back. pleading with the police to find him.
Idea 7 - Discovery. needs to happen early.
Boy learns about Monster and what he's capable of. Monster is a defensive force, there to protect boy.
Idea 8 - Not there.
Boy encounters the Evil. Boy is powerless to fight against it. Boy gets hurt, bruises and marks. Monster isn't there to help Boy can't find Monster.
Xen and Teebo (this will be updated) First Pass.
Original post: 11/09
"I don't think he's ready." A voice in the huddle murmurs.
The group of tribal elders and hunters looks over at Xen, a small boy with a flying bug in his hand.
"He's coming of age, it's time he went on a hunt." The tribe chief insists.
Xen's brother, Shu, is the lead hunter of the tribe. He throws in his opinion.
"No." He says firmly. "The creatures have been getting more aggressive and they are getting closer to the village. It's not about hunting for survival, it's about eliminating the threats." He rubs his shoulder, his fingers pressing on a large scar down his arm.
The sound of a faint horn goes off in the distance, Shu's eyes widen as he grabs his weapon. The chief waves his hands in a dismissive motion and they break to continue their duties.
Xen hears the horn as well and in the action of everyone taking their place he sneaks down a less beaten path. He squeezes between a tree and rock and tumbles through a bush. He rolls through a small crack in a stone ruin and lands in a large room with a hole in the ceiling. The light illuminates the walls, displaying worn pictures of previous tribes.
Shu grabs a spear and a shield and runs past villagers towards to camps big fenced doorway. Light poking through the trees a pathway is illuminated. A roar off in the distance stops him in his tracks. He looks back at his crew of hunters. Shu knows that roar, and as he looks at the rag tag group of hunters he sees a younger boy shaking and scared.
"I don't think he's ready." A voice in the huddle murmurs.
The group of tribal elders and hunters looks over at Xen, a small boy with a flying bug in his hand.
"He's coming of age, it's time he went on a hunt." The tribe chief insists.
Xen's brother, Shu, is the lead hunter of the tribe. He throws in his opinion.
"No." He says firmly. "The creatures have been getting more aggressive and they are getting closer to the village. It's not about hunting for survival, it's about eliminating the threats." He rubs his shoulder, his fingers pressing on a large scar down his arm.
The sound of a faint horn goes off in the distance, Shu's eyes widen as he grabs his weapon. The chief waves his hands in a dismissive motion and they break to continue their duties.
Xen hears the horn as well and in the action of everyone taking their place he sneaks down a less beaten path. He squeezes between a tree and rock and tumbles through a bush. He rolls through a small crack in a stone ruin and lands in a large room with a hole in the ceiling. The light illuminates the walls, displaying worn pictures of previous tribes.
Shu grabs a spear and a shield and runs past villagers towards to camps big fenced doorway. Light poking through the trees a pathway is illuminated. A roar off in the distance stops him in his tracks. He looks back at his crew of hunters. Shu knows that roar, and as he looks at the rag tag group of hunters he sees a younger boy shaking and scared.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
How do you train yourself to be more thankful for what you have?
Dear reader. Greetings. I hope my message finds you well.
I hope you aren't too concerned about my well being.
I am fighting the good fight. Every day. Trying my heart out.
I survived October. Made it this far. Everyday is a new personal best.
I'm excited for new successes. I look back on things that happened this year and I've done a lot to help my personal growth. I've been spending a lot of time just trying to grow. I know it seems like I'm complaining a lot, or bitching, or what ever, and that I do not post a lot of my successes. But think about all the time that goes by between posts. There's a lot that gets left out. Things that happened that weren't as impactful. To be honest there's a lot of good things that do happen that just aren't mentioned.
Like for instance at the end of the day with my new job I feel super emotionally satisfied. Do you know how cool it is when your direct manager has proper training, and treats you with respect.
It's been several jobs since I've felt this way. It's good to be utilized properly and to be recognized for my strengths.
I'm on track for a promotion right now. I knew hopping onto a new project was going to provide opportunities but I didn't think it was going to be so rapid. Basically the door was open and all I had to do was walk through. I just so happened to be in the right place at the right time.
So art wise, I have been lagging a lot. I have been writing a couple of stories. Jon has been doing some visual development with me on one of the stories. It's about a boy who is part of a tribe. The tribe is full of great hunters. The boy doesn't want to hunt, he finds these old ruins and it shows that the tribe of old used to walk along side the monsters. The tribe is hunting this terrifying beast. The boy discovers a baby cub in the ruins and they become buds. The boy has to hide the cub. The boy is coming of age and has to go on a hunt. The boy finds out the cub belongs to the terrifying monster.
The long and short of it, the boy teaches the tribe that we don't have to kill to survive and that these monsters are allies.
I've been writing Oliver & Monsterbutt fairly consistently. I need to figure out dialog at some point. I don't know if I should work it so hard. Honestly I think it's pitch worthy right now. My next steps are to talk to a few people about it and see how it comes across. I want to talk to some of my previous instructors from school.
I have a feeling that if I pitch it, it can only get better. If it's good enough, we'll see it, and if it needs work I'll get the help to get it there. I'm excite.
My relationships have been interesting. I'm trying to build friendships and I recently decided to try to date again. It's a fucking nightmare. I became close friends with a few females and they've been helping me build confidence to get back on the horse.
I still have low self esteem so it's hard to break the ice with people but once they accept me initially it's fun to talk and explore like that.
I have been working on being more of a better friend as well. Just being there for my friends that have stuck through it all so far. I've been working hard on my emotional side and trying to find that hope to be happy. I desire to be happy. I want to fight the depression without the use of medication. I have a solid idea of how to get there. I just have to visualize and execute. Start, and the rest will fall into place. Take the first step. All the best things are on the other side of fear. I have to just try.
Well. I guess this is where I talk about what's on the plate for me and kind of set an expectation.
Jon and I are working on that Tribal Kid story. He's been working on it at his own pace, so when there isn't anything else super pressing to do. We have a large monster design and some stuff with the boy that we like. Once we knock that out we can move on to developing the tribe and the environment. So baby steps. It's exciting to watch this grow. I feel like I could be a good idea person with some of these pitches I've been working on.
I have still been thinking a lot about the Robots VS Zombies game. The tactic style game that has two scientist fighting saying that their creations are the better one. You get to pick, robot or zombie and then the story goes on raising your choice to victory vs the opposing one.
I'm going to talk to a few people about my Oliver & Monsterbutt story and see how that goes.
Good luck and until next time.
I hope you aren't too concerned about my well being.
I am fighting the good fight. Every day. Trying my heart out.
I survived October. Made it this far. Everyday is a new personal best.
I'm excited for new successes. I look back on things that happened this year and I've done a lot to help my personal growth. I've been spending a lot of time just trying to grow. I know it seems like I'm complaining a lot, or bitching, or what ever, and that I do not post a lot of my successes. But think about all the time that goes by between posts. There's a lot that gets left out. Things that happened that weren't as impactful. To be honest there's a lot of good things that do happen that just aren't mentioned.
Like for instance at the end of the day with my new job I feel super emotionally satisfied. Do you know how cool it is when your direct manager has proper training, and treats you with respect.
It's been several jobs since I've felt this way. It's good to be utilized properly and to be recognized for my strengths.
I'm on track for a promotion right now. I knew hopping onto a new project was going to provide opportunities but I didn't think it was going to be so rapid. Basically the door was open and all I had to do was walk through. I just so happened to be in the right place at the right time.
So art wise, I have been lagging a lot. I have been writing a couple of stories. Jon has been doing some visual development with me on one of the stories. It's about a boy who is part of a tribe. The tribe is full of great hunters. The boy doesn't want to hunt, he finds these old ruins and it shows that the tribe of old used to walk along side the monsters. The tribe is hunting this terrifying beast. The boy discovers a baby cub in the ruins and they become buds. The boy has to hide the cub. The boy is coming of age and has to go on a hunt. The boy finds out the cub belongs to the terrifying monster.
The long and short of it, the boy teaches the tribe that we don't have to kill to survive and that these monsters are allies.
I've been writing Oliver & Monsterbutt fairly consistently. I need to figure out dialog at some point. I don't know if I should work it so hard. Honestly I think it's pitch worthy right now. My next steps are to talk to a few people about it and see how it comes across. I want to talk to some of my previous instructors from school.
I have a feeling that if I pitch it, it can only get better. If it's good enough, we'll see it, and if it needs work I'll get the help to get it there. I'm excite.
My relationships have been interesting. I'm trying to build friendships and I recently decided to try to date again. It's a fucking nightmare. I became close friends with a few females and they've been helping me build confidence to get back on the horse.
I still have low self esteem so it's hard to break the ice with people but once they accept me initially it's fun to talk and explore like that.
I have been working on being more of a better friend as well. Just being there for my friends that have stuck through it all so far. I've been working hard on my emotional side and trying to find that hope to be happy. I desire to be happy. I want to fight the depression without the use of medication. I have a solid idea of how to get there. I just have to visualize and execute. Start, and the rest will fall into place. Take the first step. All the best things are on the other side of fear. I have to just try.
Well. I guess this is where I talk about what's on the plate for me and kind of set an expectation.
Jon and I are working on that Tribal Kid story. He's been working on it at his own pace, so when there isn't anything else super pressing to do. We have a large monster design and some stuff with the boy that we like. Once we knock that out we can move on to developing the tribe and the environment. So baby steps. It's exciting to watch this grow. I feel like I could be a good idea person with some of these pitches I've been working on.
I have still been thinking a lot about the Robots VS Zombies game. The tactic style game that has two scientist fighting saying that their creations are the better one. You get to pick, robot or zombie and then the story goes on raising your choice to victory vs the opposing one.
I'm going to talk to a few people about my Oliver & Monsterbutt story and see how that goes.
Good luck and until next time.
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