So far, here’s what the list of interested persons looks like:
Writing:
@Karifean (yea)
@MrDent (yea)
@thesorceress
@Blackrune (yea)
@U4ea (yea)
@Pandora (yea)
@Vayalite (nay)
Art:
@Blackrune (maybe?) (yea)
Programming:
@midsummer
@Karifean (I think?) (yea)
@Blackrune (yea)
@Dreamheart (yea)
@StarTurner (yea)
Useless (er, ‘Moral Support’ and Official Coffee Lackeys):
@Doldod
@Wonderlander
@Funyarinpa
@EternalMagician
Murder Victims:
everyone except me
Regardless of our intent with this project, I’m thinking we’ll have to stick with reusing other art assets, unless we want to stick all the work on one poor soul. Which would be fine with me though I suppose some of us have a conscience. If we’re reusing artwork, might as well reuse music too.
Given that the glorious writing team looks like it’ll be massive, we probably need to figure out how to split up the work among those interested. There’s different ways to do that, but it will come down to this: we need to make the story first.
I’m just going to throw this out there for interested writers, as it’s amazing writing advice. Written from a different perspective, but applies to pretty much any character-driven work: http://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/461.html
Just click the arrow to go to the next entry. Read through them, be amazed, and then go read his Dresden Files series. It’s wonderful; very good urban fantasy. No locked room murders (actually, there are some, but the answer is magic ), but still pretty nice.
Current project proposal: locked room murder mystery utilizing other art and music assets (making this more fanfiction than anything, since those assets will probably be 07th Expansion). Plot will be formed through community discussion; tasks will be relegated among the teams.
Main issue: writing team task management. We can either go with a main writer, to keep everything written in one style, or split scenes, or routes/what have you, among multiple writers, which would risk an inconsistent writing style, or do both: many writers, one writer going through and making it all look the same-ish style. Otherwise, we’d get gems like:
“Jimmy went to the bathroom. Jimmy ate a potato. Jimmy choked and died.”
…
“And thus it happened there, that Jimmy hath died within the room of bathing, from whence came many potatoes. Glorious in their potato natures, they attracted potatoes and thus was born the witch of endless potatoes. and everyone hated it. the end”
I think that would actually be hilarious to read, but it would be a tad disconcerning for readers to keep switching up styles.
Anyway, if you think this sounds good and are willing to launch the project in the next week, give a ‘Yea’ below. With reasons and such and thoughts on the writing issue. Otherwise, I’ll delay it till May or June-ish.