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Can you show me your elf content

A topic by buthisreleatar created 2 days ago Views: 267 Replies: 33
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I'm thinking about creating a RPG with elves as the main characters, most of the game will be about them but I need ideas and inspirations.

Since I'm not finding much out there I'd like to see what you guys are making, not just your games, your concept arts, stories, ideas, assets, small projects,... i'm not gonna steal anything but I want to see what is being made so I can make something fully unique.

Also what would you want to see in an elf game, and how do you manage being a solo dev?

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As a solo dev start with a tiny micro (elf) game. A RPG with is way too ambitious. You'd almost certainly get frustrated because it's too much and never finish.

You can see what others are making in the Devlogs

I'd like to see some dwarves in your elf game (as enemies).

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i'm never adding dwarves i hate them and we see them all of the time. Not to mention their fans are quite annoying, rude and invasive so I do not want to make anything for them

Well not much creativity here I see,  but I have had an idea in mind for some time and I think you'd be interested. 

The protagonist of the game would be an elf with a party made of humans and other races some with a lifespan around humans, less or even a few centuries, the elf would be immortal. Your goal would be to save the world, stop apocaliptic events and things like that but only big missions involving events that happen once every few decades or every century.

But after the battle is won all party members would return to their normal lives and time would fly by. For the next event that needs to be stop or the next time the world needs to be saved there would be a member of the party who died from old age and everyone would grieve him, the elf not more than the others particularly. However as times and adventures go by the rest of the party would start to die from old age too leaving the elf protagonist alone.

Despite winning all of his battles he would end up losing all of his friends (that he could also see as a family) because they would die of old age. And depending on the choices you made he could either learn to move on and keep enjoying life and cherish the time he has with his new loved ones or be consumed by grief and isolate himself forever.

I feel this would work so well with elves as in my opinion they are the best race to tackle themes about loss and the passing of time.

How about a game where an elf has broken their favorite sword, only to find that the human who made it died several decades ago. The elf goes on a journey to find someone who can repair the sword and ends up making friends and helping people along the way (including a dwarf, because dwarves are fun)

no dwarves in my games, ever. Or maybe there used to be dwarves but elves wiped them out, that would be cool

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I'm starting to realize you straight up embody the elf character from this comic series. But instead of especially hating humans, you hate dwarves


Also, I do feel this comic series could be your cup of tea because it features elves in a positive way (except for the fmc that's just very silly and goes overboard), so here's a link to the series on webtoons: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/elf-comic/list?title_no=983708 

I mean dwarves are just extremely bad, unless you have a beard/beer fetish there is just nothing. Also they plague the industry by being everywhere and on top of that they and their fans are insanely racist and annoying  toward elves and their fans. But this must surprise you as we only see people worshipping them and never hate them like they deserve.

l don't specifically hate dwarfs, but their not better than other races.

it mostly because of how dwarf fans behave and how they get overused

Lets not use labels like "racist" about people who have a preference against a fictional group of people.

Also, really. Do you really think everyone who likes dwarves has a beer or beard fetish? Are you insinuating that people who enjoy video games with dwarves all have such fetishes?

i mean they keep screaming about it everywhere, and thats all there seem to be about dwarves and not much else

It's honestly super weird to be so against a fictional group of people the way you are. I hope you realize that the people who are "screaming" about dwarves are probably trying to rage bait you because they've clocked you're being weird about fantasy creatures. I'd be willing to bet they don't actually feel that way. They're trying to get a reaction out of you

Also, one last thing before I start blocking your accounts because you're gonna give me a migraine. Look into confirmation bias. You may be seeing an overabundance of dwarf media because you're looking for it

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butthisreleatar, people have opinions, maybe start respecting them?

everybody feels the way i feel about dwarves regarding elves, all you see online are elf haters, the worst of them are dwarf fans who make it their whole personality, but indeed they hate when someone strike back they want it to just go one way. Also seeing something not that interesting in the first place over and over again can really make you hate it. And i don't engage with the dwarf fans usually, they just stay in their bubble trashing on elves and being rude while they tap themselves on the back, but when i do they start to panick and bring out the insults.

I do wonder if you say the same thing about all the people hating elves for no reasons, also am I actually allowed to hate dwarves or should that be forbidden for you?

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Oh well, i told you that you can hate whatever the hell u want but when someone shows an opposite opinion and you start attacking them is just wrong

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Make it about stone elves. Wood elves are seen in abundance. Also dark elves, high elves and such. 

Of course the stone elves might have adjusted to working stone and digging, so they probably are a bit on the smaller side and maybe stocky.

And maybe they fight trolls. Probably on a market place. While minding their own business, the trolls rolled in and tried to rally up the townsfolk against our stoner elves. 

The plot twist: it was the same troll again and again, wearing different disguises.

Anyway, if your rpg idea starts with a race or species as a plot device, you have nothing. The main hero or heroes being elves is not a story all by itself. You will need something to tell that is interesting. Elves being elves is boring. It is only the contrast with other beings or the utter alien concepts they would have, that make it interesting - or extra boring, as the trope of the elf is overused. Elves are the Mary Sue of the fantasy creatures.

Have them go on a quest to save their kind, because Elves are starting to suddenly grow old. You can add lore, why the elves are long lived to begin with and build on that.

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As a solo dev I'd advise you to start small. I think a lot of soloists make the mistake of starting out with a magnum opus - that sort of thing can end up in scope creep and burnout. So I'm sand-boxing with a small one first; just a character walking around an Elven citadel and taking to different Elves, playing a game with one and inspecting different items in the citadel, like the pillars, fountain and secretly reading an Elf's personal diary (and making fun of the Elf for his diary later). 

Even then it's taking me a lot of time to draw the individual assets. That's what I meant with the scope creep/burnout thing. I'm finding it very hard to finish because I just have so much to draw and do at times get bored of having to draw so much of one single character just to have portraits and walking and harp-playing animations. It does teach me to be patient and pace myself, though, which is a good thing!

In terms of assets, I do have free Elf assets for people to use!

I've not gotten any ratings or many downloads for it though, compared to my other sprites. I imagine it's because very few people within the anime community make VNs and games about Elves; we mostly tend to see Japanese school settings or modern-day settings in our games and VNs (my modern-day sprites get a lot more downloads). But perhaps that would change in the future. I have plans to release my entire sandbox sprite pack once the demo is complete, so people can make their own game with the same setting, with recolors that they can use to suit their game's atmosphere better.

Personally, I want to see different Races interact with each other - Men, Dwarves, Elves, Halflings - all living in harmony and sharing different experiences and stories with each other. I don't feel all games need to have conflict to be interesting.

A game about an Elven smith/craftman working alongside teams of Dwarves and other Elven craftsmen to make beautiful jewelry to sell would also be up my alley! In my mind Dwarves are good at mining precious stones/metals and forging, but Elves help to make gorgeous things that they also enjoy and barter with each other with. I would like to see a game where an Elf is best friends with a Dwarf and get along very well despite their differences.

perhaps make dragon riding elves, just cause dragons are fun

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yessssss moar elf games

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nobody makes more dragon games. ( sad music )

I've seen plenty recently, but nothing at all on elves, which is why i'm wanting to change that

I have seen some dragon games on poki but they are old

yeah I'm mostly joking

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Elves and Dwarves in one of my RPGs (just for inspiration)

Moonstone Deep - Ordeal

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neat i'll check it out!

Thank you! There is a free demo (the first hour of the game, more or less); have fun!

I think I have seen some on poki

But they are old

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uhhh I don't think this has elves

I know

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Stop spamming.

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