RMMZ Hungry! or, The Legend of the Man Who Ate Everything

[TRIDIUM]

So, because I must find something to do other than actually work on my current project, I came up with an idea.

Title: Hungry! or, The Legend of the Man Who Ate Everything
Was the legend part there just to annoy Dalph? Yes no, of course not.

Story:
Basically, a young guy by the name of Scott gets a job at the local tavern, but unluckily gets an old witch's order wrong, and has a curse placed on him. The curse gives him a dangerous appetite and the ability to eat pretty much whatever. He embarks on a quest to remove the curse. Along the way, he is joined by a group of party members that help him along the way.

Gameplay:
The game will be a roguelike, with some transferable items and permanent upgrades between runs.
The main mechanic is the ability to eat pretty much everything. Items, weapons, certain enemy's, party members...
Doing so will grant buffs and debuffs. Your basic attack is very weak, but you get about 3 turns, so it's essential to buff up before hand. The penalty of eating party members is....well...ya know. They might not be very helpful afterwards.

Setting: Yeah okay I've put zero thought into this .

Characters:

Scott: A young, typical guy. A bit clueless, not the brightest, and of course, very hungry.

Betty: The world's worst healer girl. Actually hurts people with her magic. Scott notes that she might make a good snack if things go downhill.

Frenella: The lovely daughter of an eastern king, who is determined to stay alive and uneaten. Thus, she makes it a goal to be as useful and helpful as possible.

Eddy: A nervous chap who would give his life for his pet parrot, Luella.

That's all I got for now. Will probably start fiddling around with it whenever I hit a roadblock on Dime.

 

[Ms Littlefish]

I mean if you wanted to use my fat Eric sprite so bad, you could have just asked.

 

[Dalph]

I can't stop thinking about the protagonist being a goat, since they are known for being able to eat pretty much anything.

And since he can eat anything, make him eat the word "Legend" in the title.

 

[TESTOSTERONE]

Ok, I am pretty sure I would love to see Betty in action healing fat Eric Scott

 

[TRIDIUM]

Haha, no fat Eric, unfortunately.
I got the idea from someone who was talking about their teenage son, who could eat a lot and still stay incredibly fit.
Also, I was gonna use tall sprites, but maybe fat Eric can make an appearance.

 

[Dalph]

If you make it random and with permadeath/resurrection like The Binding of Isaac and Dead Cells, there won't be much story to write. It would be mostly gameplay, you can tell the story through the gameplay itself.

Only issue will be balancing, that's going to be a pain with randomized runs. But you can even act like Edmund McMillen (dev of The Binding of Isaac) and not balance the game at all, so you'll have some items that will completely break the runs just for fun.

 

[TRIDIUM]

Balancing, what are you talking about, @Dalph? I don't know what balancing is...
Yeah, not much story, cause I don't want the gameplay/fun to get bogged down from it.
Runs will be randomized, but not as much as other games. I know that'll affect replayablity, but I don't intend for it to be a very long game.

 

[Dalph]

So. Any idea about the graphics style you will use for this one? Maybe regular DS fantasy pack? There's also Time Fantasy which looks pretty good.
Or maybe this:

Omega Modern Graphics Pack by finalbossblues

Complete asset collection! High-quality pixel art sprites, tiles, icons, and more!

finalbossblues.itch.io

It has Earthbound/Mother vibes so you'll have to go Modern if you take that route.

 

[TRIDIUM]

I'm going with Low's sprites, and then a cartoony tileset to match. Just want to keep it simple