video game idea

[pepperdoken]

You start off in a peaceful village. There’s no sudden destruction, the only reason that you leave is to deliver a package to the husband of one of the villagers. He’s currently helping to set up a mine or something a few villages away.

So you set off… and then somehow, overhear a Plot. A Time Sensitive Plot. A Plot that Endangers Everyone.

And you want to be a hero, right? Or perhaps you want to take advantage of this Plot, and gain a little power and prestige for yourself… maybe more than a little, eventually. Maybe you just want to make sure that your peaceful little village doesn’t go the way of so many unfortunate villages.

Off you go, gaining whatever you were hoping for from the Plot - either the foiling of or the aiding of - the whole while that package from your fellow villager sitting in the first slot of your inventory. It can wait, right? It’s not like you could have delivered it and still had time to deal with the Plot.

Eventually, as the Hero of the Kingdom, or as a member of the New Order, or as a Concerned Citizen Dragged Into Matters, eventually you finally make it to where the villager’s husband is, finally able to turn over that long held package.

…..And he just kind of glares at you. “What am I supposed to do with this? This food is completely rotten now.”