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# OutFly Roadmap
This file is a place for planning and documenting the game design.
# Why I made this game
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- Fuel canister
- UltraCapacitor
# People
There are relatively few people in the game due to Jupiter's rings not being
extensively settled. The rings are more of a niche thing for adventurers and
visionaries at the time of the game.
Those few people should have maximally fleshed out conversations though, making
the player happy to see a friendly face when they do appear.
Each character should have an interesting, unique personality that sets them
apart from the other characters. Let's outline the personalities/backstories:
[THIS IS JUST BRAINSTORMING FOR NOW, ONLY PARTLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE GAME]
1. Icarus @ starting area:
- "Tutorial character"
- Very chill, nonchalant
- Goes out of its way to help you
- Touristy, sightseer
- Very absorbed by his VR headset
- Grew up on a space ship where VR was the best way to see interesting things
- Travels the solar system to find beauty
- Not interested in creating anything
- Rides a Cruiser
2. Nox @ pizzeria:
- Wholesome, easy-going
- Wanted to get away from civilization to have some peace and quiet
- Built a pizzeria into an asteroid
- Doesn't seem to care that so few people visit his restaurant, just keeps doing his thing
- Fascinated with the old times of the 1980s, he called his pizzeria "Old Earth Pizza"
- Wants to take care of people and impress people with his hospitality
- Reliable, people in the area look up to him as sort of a "governor"/"sheriff"
- Biotech/brewery nerd, grows his own algae for the pizza ingredients
3. ??? @ pizzeria:
- Thrill-seeker, racer
- Cheeky, teasing
- Frequent guest at the Pizzeria to refuel and rest
- Good for some small talk
- Nerd about engineering, propulsion, rocket science
- Rides a MeteorAceGT
4. ??? @ pizzeria or workshop:
- Engineer
- ADHD
- Deploys communications infrastructure across the rings
- Just passing through
- Grew up on Earth, is way too excited about being in space
- Totally a furry
- Has big plans for this area, but not enough time to implement everything
- Nerd about high energy communications technology
5. ??? @ workshop:
- Mechanic
- Operates a workshop to craft and mod space vehicles
- Nerd about space suits and vehicles
6. Ash @ hideout:
- Monk master of a cult of Buddhist origins
- Uptight, self-disciplined, driven, wise
- Not very agreeable
- Operates a construction site for a meditation retreat in a hollowed-out asteroid
- Deep distrust of AIs, wants to construct the hideout by hand
- Not interested in small talk, but up for deep philosophical debates
7. River @ hideout:
- Monk apprentice
- Open-minded
- Had everything in her life on one of the planets
- But ached for profoundness, desperate for a meaning of life
- Frustrated by the rigidity of Ash, she thinks she knows better how to run the place
8. Rain @ hideout:
- Engineer, tinkerer
- Very shy, unsocial
- Helps the monks to construct the hideout
- Totally insecure about her job, since she has no formal education as architect, she's just winging it, but the monks will need a 100% functioning home to survive
- IT Security nerd
- Operates a synthwave radio station, piggybacking on the communications infrastructure
Minor characters:
- Yuni @ secret location:
- Easter egg character
- Meta, breaking the 3rd wall
- 梓涵 @ near starting area:
- Is dead from the start. Or can you save her?
- Rudy @ serenity bus station:
- Is unconscious, frozen, waiting for the bus
- Clippy @ various locations:
- AIs which could get personalities as well
# Worldbuilding
## People
- Icarus
- 梓涵
- Nox
- Rudy
- Yuni
- Pizzeria Clippy
- Bus Station Clippys
- Icarus [it]
- 梓涵 [she]
- Nox [he]
- Rudy [he]
- Yuni [no pronoun]
- Ash [they]
- River [she]
- Rain [she]
- Pizzeria Clippy [it]
- Bus Station Clippys [it]
## Other life forms