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Weekly Lore Post #5
🕑 Added 2016-03-07 22:54:13 +0000 UTC Alright, sorry for the delay on getting this all to you!---------------------------------
Now, as for the lore, we're actually gonna go BACK in time and clarify a bit of what happens at the start of the game; most of this stuff will be in the game's opening cutscene and tutorial.
In the year 1000 AD, multiple monarchies were vying for a large swath of land, and Talia and Faye's king, the most peaceful, charitable and wise king in the land (think like Bill Gates + Elon Musk or something), realizes that if any of the other kingdoms have their way, it'd be a pretty dark day in the neighborhood, as it were.
The main reason he rose to power, to note, is his insane level of magic skill; the guy's basically like Merlin combined with Houdini, sporting a level of natural magic talent unheard of by anyone else, and to top that, he's able to quickly teach people how to use magic, regardless of their actual talent levels.
So, a combination of his own immense power, as well as being able to quickly amass an army of skilled magicians (with Faye and Talia being at the top, and thus getting special, personalized training from him), has allowed him to quickly bring his kingdom up to snuff with the other neighboring kingdoms in just a few years.... or so it seems that way, on the surface.
Unfortunately, with his genius, he realizes that despite his own skill and experience, simply training and bestowing other people with magical power does not a skilled defense force make; they need time and experience to hone their skills, and with a war on the horizon, he knows many innocent lives will be quickly sacrificed, and slowly, but surely, his kingdom will lose and be crushed.
However, all isn't lost; with his mastery of magic, he starts peering into other timelines to see if there's any way to avoid the fate of the kingdom that he's foreseen. Luckily, he finds one; a suit of armor from the year 3000 that adapts to the wearer, granting them immeasurable strength, making them into a one-man army, as it were.
If someone were to get this suit and bring it back, they would be regarded a hero to the kingdom; by wearing it, Talia or Faye would be able to prevent any harm coming to the kingdom, rendering the other kingdoms powerless, drawing them into a stalemate at which point the other kingdoms would have to give up and surrender control to the almighty power of Talia and Faye's kingdom and their benevolent king.
So, it is with a gigantic burst of power (this is why the King doesn't go to the future himself; using all this power to rip a hole to the future open completely drains him to a near death state), he rips open a hole to the future, allowing Talia and Faye to go on their quest to recover the fragments of the suit and assemble it, aka the Future Fragments.
Whomever makes it out with the fragments first, is of course granted the right to become the hero of the kingdom, but given that the suit only has enough power to rip open a temporary hole to the past, whomever DOESN'T have the suit... well, Talia and Faye don't really have that on their minds.
In fact, they both actually have separate motives; Talia believes that using such immense power is cowardly, and she's a patriot of her kingdom enough that she believes with enough grit and will power, they can survive any attack and continue to thrive, showing others that being charitable and good-natured would result in a far, far better world than constantly fighting.
Conversely, Faye actually agrees with the King; might makes right, as it were. However, she isn't satisfied with just being the kingdom's protector, she wants to be its RULER, and throw the King out of power as she believes his charitable nature, although admirable, is only going to lead the kingdom into ruin due to backstabbers and people who would take advantage of his kindness (the irony isn't lost on her, but it's not going to dissuade her.)
So, we've got three wills here; the King's will of strengthening his kingdom, Talia's will of wanting to fight fair, and Faye's will of wanting to usurp the King.
Depending on how the player plays, any one of these three results could happen. Or, maybe even something else entirely...
Comments
The Future Fragments Team
It says you pay attention to detail, which is a good thing! :D
Paladin Jujopo
I dunno what it says about me that I knew the distinction haha
The Future Fragments Team
Well thanks! Yeah, as soon as the money clears at the end of the month I'll send ya a demo!
The Future Fragments Team
Yeah, my bad, I'm an idiot. Nice catch :P
Paladin Jujopo
Not to nitpick but isn't that when Talia is "down", not stunned? :3
Vlla
just supported. Amazing work guys first time ever i actually created patreon for this too. Waiting on a demo
The Future Fragments Team
10 cutscenes per level x 5 levels = 50 cutscenes, if only 2 out of every 10 changed something, that would be still 20 variables, and that's assuming they only change one thing apiece, so you can compress a surprising amount of branching storyline in just a few choices :P
Jonathan Marlow
I mean those midway challenge things u spoke of a while back. Also u mentioned branching paths, the levels feel like they would have to be pretty big to make those paths feel properly branching
The Future Fragments Team
if you mean the cutscenes, Cheshire's still coding the game into C++, and then after that he'll do the cutscene editor, so it'll still be a few weeks, but we're getting closer :)
Jonathan Marlow
So how's those events going?
The Future Fragments Team
Hey, as soon as your money goes through then I'll send you the most recent Patreon-only demo! :)
Nick
I'm late to the party, but decided to help support this project starting this month. Is there a way to access the current demo now, or will I need to wait until the next one comes out? Keep up the fantastic work!
Lukarreon
Sounds promising. I'd love to help out with the wikia when possible. I often get obsessed with deep stories (like from TV shows or RPGs).
The Future Fragments Team
They do, haha, and I'd be up for a wikia for it, I figure people'll need it particularly to document the powerups (and i'll help with that when the time comes, I'll just outright post the powerup stuff on the wikia etc.)
Lukarreon
Noooo! Why did you suddenly give so much mysterious content! It makes me all the more curious to know more about the story. We should make a wikia for this game when the time comes (although I dunno if some porn games actually have wikias).
The Future Fragments Team
Thanks a lot :D The endings actually aren't going to be that HUGE, like, they'll all be cutscenes, some with sex, some without, but right now the endings are basically divided as such; "Neutral or Bad Ending Sequences" - 3 possible endings, all somewhat different "Secret Endings" - 3 possible endings, these are mostly easter eggs, things that someone will eventually stumble on by accident and they'll spread by word of mouth. Think the secret Coliseum ending in Contra Hard Corps as an example of what these endings might be like, etc. "Egomaniac Endings" - 2 possible endings, depending on your choices during the game regarding a certain series of powerups "True Ending" - 1 possible ending. I'm not going to reveal how to get this one, because it would be a massive spoiler :P suffice it to say though, I think when people experience it they'll be pretttty pleasantly surprised, haha.
Lukarreon
A walkthrough for all endings would definitely end up being published as a novel. The lore of Future Fragments sure is great. Keep up the awesome work! We're here to support you!
Holly Anderson
Very Interesting I like it
