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Well, I have a title. That's nice. Not sure what it means yet, but we learn.
I basically have an idea, sort of ish? I'm working on it, but here's what I have thus far.
I want to set this about fifty to a hundred years in the future. The technology won't be much different than our own though, because of an event that has caused it to stagnate. Other worlds are connected to our own, so most "meaningful" tech isn't our own. Cars and street lamps and traffic signals and smartphones and laptops and everything your layman has access to is much the same, but things like batteries and sensors are imported from the multi-stellar hub, because they have progressed long past the point of humanity's understanding. There are aliens with godlike power, but they look human to us, and they don't generally stray to Earth because there's nothing interesting. Even when they do, it's generally to sightsee and then leave.
The plot itself will revolve around a "free-for-all death game"-like scenario in which characters are made to fight, willingly or not, with unspecific conceptual abilities that are defined semantically. Duels revolving around who is better at wordplay would not be out of the question. The characters wouldn't be fighting constantly, of course. Most of the time would be set aside for interaction, and breaking that "free-for-all" rule is not only possible, but very likely. Hell, I'd be disappointed if at least someone didn't decide to screw the system altogether, but you know.
If this sounds stupid or unworkable, by all means nip it in the bud, but if anyone has interest and/or suggestions, I'm all ears.
I basically have an idea, sort of ish? I'm working on it, but here's what I have thus far.
I want to set this about fifty to a hundred years in the future. The technology won't be much different than our own though, because of an event that has caused it to stagnate. Other worlds are connected to our own, so most "meaningful" tech isn't our own. Cars and street lamps and traffic signals and smartphones and laptops and everything your layman has access to is much the same, but things like batteries and sensors are imported from the multi-stellar hub, because they have progressed long past the point of humanity's understanding. There are aliens with godlike power, but they look human to us, and they don't generally stray to Earth because there's nothing interesting. Even when they do, it's generally to sightsee and then leave.
The plot itself will revolve around a "free-for-all death game"-like scenario in which characters are made to fight, willingly or not, with unspecific conceptual abilities that are defined semantically. Duels revolving around who is better at wordplay would not be out of the question. The characters wouldn't be fighting constantly, of course. Most of the time would be set aside for interaction, and breaking that "free-for-all" rule is not only possible, but very likely. Hell, I'd be disappointed if at least someone didn't decide to screw the system altogether, but you know.
If this sounds stupid or unworkable, by all means nip it in the bud, but if anyone has interest and/or suggestions, I'm all ears.