Anything Under the Sky

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Anything Under the Sky is the working title for the game Bimini Road will be making for the Intersite Game Creation Contest. It centers around two former con artists turned peddlers, who seek to make a fortune by selling whatever a person could want to RPG-style heroes. The game aims to be unique as far as RPGs go while still being a clear example of an RPG.

Summary

Feet and Brains are partners in crime who are masters at grifting. But recently they've had to lay low what with the unwanted attention of law enforcement officers. What's an honest pair to do? Well, we'll never know, but Feet and Brains decide to take over a shop that one of them inherits, and try to make it worthwile. It looks like it's time to earn an honest living.

Well....mostly honest.

Story

The story will follow Feet as she tries to round up whatever Brains needs to make the shop a viable business. Feet will be expected to make acquire products, make business deals, and even be a wandering peddler to make sure they can continue to live the way they want, without the cops getting them.

Plot Outline

Main Article: Anything Under the Sky Plot Outline

The plot takes place over five acts, watching as the business expands and the characters square off against the corrupt Guild of Merchants.

Scenarios

Main Article: List of Anything Under the Sky Scenarios

Scenarios are short quests that grant rewards upon completion, and make up the majority of gameplay. Some will also

Characters

Main Article: Anything Under the Sky Characters

The main characters are a pair of con-artists--Feet, a skilled thief who can charm just about anyone, and Brains, whose insight into people makes their plans unbeatable.

Setting

Main Article: Anything Under the Sky Setting

AUtS takes place entirely within the walls of a large city, which currently lacks a name. The city was built on the ruins of an older city, and there are many dangerous areas in the "Old City" that will make for good dungeon locations, as well as a few wooded areas and caves accessible from within the city walls.

Gameplay

Battle System

Main Article: Anything Under the Sky Battle System

Making Money

Money is going to be a major resource in the game that will play a big part in advancing the story. As such, collecting it is one of the most important parts of gameplay.

Scenarios can be taken on which will have cash rewards, or else will have items as their rewards which can be sold for cash. Money can also be recieved by selling items to hero parties that one meets on the road.

Feet's monetary resources could be attained separately from Brains'. Supposedly Brains will be supplying half of the money necessary to advance to the next stage each time, but that need not be reflected in Feet's money counter. It could be, though--Brains' profits could automatically be added to the "cash pool" and that just reduces how much money Feet will have to get in each story segment. Either way, the HUD should reflect how much money Feet has attained, and maybe how much s/he needs to reach the next segment.

Another possible way to attain money could be through map making. As Feet explores an area, his/her map could be automatically filled out, and when it reaches 100%, either he/she could begin selling maps to hero parties, or else a prize could be doled out ala Star Ocean 3. In the same vein, while exploring on the world map, maybe special landmarks, dungeons, or places of power could be found that Feet could sell heroes maps to--and again, either sell 'em to Hero Parties or else get a one-time bonus, depending how much focus we want to put on selling to heroes.

Also, the amount of money that Brains can contribute could be increased by different choices Feet makes in-game. For instance, if he/she is set to find a Blacksmith for the repair/forging of weapons, the Blacksmith found could change how much money they make.

Resources

Graphics

Probably RTP or found resources online, given the rules of the contest.

Sound

Probably found resources online, given the rules of the contest.

Crew

• Team Bimini Road:
  • DFalcon
  • Sei
  • Shadowtext
  • Yanbetari
• Bimini Road Judge:
  • Tenkei

List of Subpages

• Battle System Page
• Characters Page
• Discussion Page
• Plot Outline
• List of Scenarios

See Also

• Anthology
• Anywhere