sapphi_snake said:
I've personaly never been a fan of sci fi (my favorites are Nineteen Eighty Four and The Road, but they're not really that much "schi fi" novels). Granted, I didn't read much at all when I was a kid (which is not that long ago if I think about it You should check out The Little Mermaid, the original version by Andersen. It's a lovely story about longing for soething that's beyond your reach, betting all you have on it, and losing everything. It's very depressing for a fairytale, but it's still a wonderful story (that also illustrates the author's inner turmoil). |
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It made great RPG settings though.
Really my only regret was not being introduced to dungeons and dragons as a kid, because my love of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior caused me to create dozens of my own RPG games, complete with spells, and leveling progressions.
I had dozens of notebooks just filled with different RPG ideas and leveling progressions. Though I made level designs for platformers and other games as well. Took dedication to make up leveling progressions and defining every skill, strengths and weaknesses, plot points, gaming balance.
Would even make basketball games by filling out the roster with stats made by various days i'd be out practicing basketball with various handicaps to represent what big men and small men would play like. (Big man threes shot with one hand, small guys inside game being eyes closed.)
Was all kinds of fun. I never could figure out how to turn my Baseball cards into a fully functunal game though, could never figure out what the baseline was for baseball stats, so it was always too pitcher dependent.
