Illness of Ilussion
by Travis Mallett
Illness of Illusion is a single player RPG where the main character is
suffering a severe case of illusion that launches him into a fantasy
world of his own imagining where the character must find a way to
return to reality by facing his greatest enemy, himself.
In the beginning of the game players will be able to create a character
that suits their taste by either choosing an already made character
model or by creating their own character. The character creation
process the distribution of points for the characters stats. There are
no distinct classes that the player chooses, but rather an informal
design that allows the player to play their character as they choose.
After the distribution of stat points the player chooses some special
skills for their character and a starting set of equipment that is
either pre-made or constructed by the player. If the player wants to
choose all of their starting equipment manually they will be allotted
some money and given a list of available items that they can buy. Once
the creation process is complete the player will begin their first
quest into the world.
The progression of the game occurs through the main character’s
eventual realization that the world he travels is nothing but an
illusion. This doesn’t make the character’s situation less real
however. Somehow the main character is trapped in this world and it is
the player’s job to lead the main character back to reality. There will
be of course various obstacles including the average monsters anyone
might think to find in an RPG, but there will also be some more devious
characters who pose the greatest threat to the player. The main
antagonists will be characters who represent key parts to the main
character’s personality and fighting such representations has a clear
affect on the protagonist as the story progresses.
Interaction between characters will also be an important part of the
game, one that allows the player to discover key events, quests, and
other useful information as well as the ability to buy and sell
weapons, armor, and items. During the game, the player will also have
the ability to save their progress, in case one sitting just won’t do.
Illness of Illusion will also offer a wide variety of weapons that the
player may acquire and equip. Each weapon will also allow the player
different abilities based on which weapon is equipped. Another feature
of this RPG will be its leveling system, which not only raises the
character’s status points, but also levels the ability to use certain
weapons and abilities based on the use of those weapons and abilities.
This is game is intended for fantasy RPG gamers who enjoy an
interesting story along with there play. Anyone who has played an RPG
will immediately latch on to many of the concepts of play which will
help ease the learning process. The platform of this game will be for
Windows XP and will consist of a text based front end for the user.
Illness of Illusion takes the player on a journey through the self
never seen before and only after the hard fought battles will player
begin to see consequences that some actions lead to.
