Library Idea

It would be a good idea to have a nice library where the people can go and learn some more info, or you could insert some sort of system in the library where people can give you new ideas, like an ideas box. There could be an interactive little librarian, I always think a shy person would suit a librarian role better. You could make it so the library and other places are opened only certain days or times of day, and the librarian could switch between two characters, and when one is not working you can find them somewhere wandering and you can talk to them and build a relationship with them. I thought it would be a good idea, does anyone else think it is or have any more suggestions just let me know, I hope the developers see this one, thank you!

I think it's a nice idea, though I think game suggestions are pointless at the moment.

It's like telling someone with an almost done cake how much eggs he has to put in the dough. As far as I see the Apothecary and Ledger thread, they already have a written down concept of the basic contents and probably most of the stuff people would suggest right now is something they already planned to implement.

Don't get me wrong, suggestions are cool and it would be just awesome if some of the community's ideas really get in the game but (to stay in the cake metaphor) we need the base cake before we can tell them what toppings we want. Alpha and/or Beta phase of the game is in my opinion a great time for a Suggestion section here, or they ask us directly for ideas like with the apothecary and ledger.

I think now is a great time for ideas myself, before we start locking stuff down.
Am not sure on a public library, but perhaps some ancient library could be uncovered....
One to think on...thanks for the suggestion!

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Originally Posted by Charlie

I think now is a great time for ideas myself, before we start locking stuff down.
Am not sure on a public library, but perhaps some ancient library could be uncovered....
One to think on...thanks for the suggestion!

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How about a public library, with a secret ancient library inside the public library that needs a special item or key to enter

A public library won't really fit the setting...an ancient one you find or someone who hoards books would suit better.

Maybe a traveling scribe could work? And since they are mobile it could be fun to try and find them each time. To 'gate' what you can get out of him, perhaps he only sells scrolls about things he has actually been to, so at first he doesn't have much yet.

A travelling scribe who will age and die and need to pass on his knowledge...

Precisely :)

Scribe? Why not a wandering bard that tells his knowledge through songs?
Plus they're known to change the truth a bit, that'd make for great proverb and story tellers, to fit the theme of the game.

Reminds me of Pete Postleweight's chronicler in Dragonheart

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Originally Posted by Charlie

A public library won't really fit the setting...an ancient one you find or someone who hoards books would suit better.

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What if there was like a tomb of knowledge? Hidden away and forgotten for centuries. Originaly conceived as an attempt for the different regions to work together despite their differences. Solving riddles and accomplishing certain things will give you the ability to unlock the doors.

Since the game will have multiple cultures this one location will have rooms that reflect where their from region, beliefs, or morality. Trapped in the rooms can be lore, remedies, maps to secret locations, etc.

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Originally Posted by CaptainOsyrus

What if there was like a tomb of knowledge? Hidden away and forgotten for centuries. Originaly conceived as an attempt for the different regions to work together despite their differences. Solving riddles and accomplishing certain things will give you the ability to unlock the doors.

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Interesting. Almost has a Demon Door vibe to it.

I do know Charlie has tossed around some pretty wild ideas on the ancient history of Kynseed's world.

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Originally Posted by Matt

Interesting. Almost has a Demon Door vibe to it.

I do know Charlie has tossed around some pretty wild ideas on the ancient history of Kynseed's world.

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YES please.
Loved the demon doors in fable. It could be that you need a certain item in your inventory to get a dialogue option to solve the riddle or something. Anyway, I love this concept.

As someone who made a lot of the Demon Doors in Fable 2 and 3, I love the idea of doorways to other 'places' and have a nice idea forming about how to present some of the Lore. ;-)

I could say that Demon Doors were not the inspiration. But that would make me a liar:explosion:

Please yes, deep in a forest somewhere with some tiny fea guardians, some enchanting music and tomes after tomes to read *swoon*

The library beneath the lake.
Just a random idea! No ceiling, just water above you held aloft by some mystic power (or something). The constant sound of water rippling, musically dripping, but never harming what it hides.

A bit difficult to visualise in a topdown 2d environment.

Very true. You would have to have a few travel screens to show the progression down. Maybe decorative basins or fountains being dripped into (shown by ripples) and in tune with the music. If you could adjust the lighting to a barely blue hue and have random coloration shifts of blue and white. All too much effort for what it is, haha! I simply thought it was a cool thought.

I understand the limitations, I use RPG maker a lot. I'm sure it's nothing like what you all are accomplishing from scratch!

It definitely sounds a very cool place in a 3d game though!