D20ragon
2014-07-02, 08:24 AM
Ok, so I'm starting a new writing project, after finishing my last three.
It revolves around The world as the characters know it is a city, with a forest around the outside.
If you go too far in the forest, the tigers eat you. If you break the laws, the tigers eat you. Otherwise, no government, and no authority, apart from whoever makes the tigers.
No one knows who this is, but they listen to him because he can create life, appearently.
Haven't got a solid plot yet, but the twist is: they aren't on earth. Or if they are, it's After Earth style, and it's become immensely overgrown.
So the tigers are there to keep the people safe from whatever threats are out there, in addition to preventing them from venturing out until the creator dubs them ready.
So maybe the protagonist longs to know what's outside the sanctuary.
They find a way out, and spend a few days living in the "Real World"
They almost die, repeatedly, and come back convinced that no one is ready to leave the sanctuary.
They spend a bit in the city, trying to learn more about the situation, discover some secrets, ie: how the tigers and all wildlife in the sanctuary is mechanical.
However, the general populace learns that there is an outside, and doesn't believe the claims of how deadly it is.
The protagonist tries to calm them, but they won't listen.
Someone discovers the secret factory were all the animals, including the tigers, are made.
The people rebel, and break into the creators fortress/tower/sanctum/ whatever.
The protagonist is racing against them, trying to warn the creator.
They don't arrive in time, the mob kills the creator.
Slowly, everything shuts down in the sanctuary. Food stops appearing at set locations, the tigers stop working or just go haywire, the lights, water, and most importantly, the protection and weather control in and around the sanctuary shut down. Chaos reigns, with several factions vying for power. In the middle of all this, whatever horrible beasts lurk outside the sanctuary break in.
The protagonist has to maintain order, fend off the beasts attacks, survive assassination attempts by people who are convinced it's all the protagonists fault, and in the end, perhaps take a band of survivors and set out into the strange new (or old) world.
That long and hastily written plot description, but what I need help with now, is designing the dangers and terrible beasties that lurk beyond the Forest, in the Real World.
Any ideas?
It revolves around The world as the characters know it is a city, with a forest around the outside.
If you go too far in the forest, the tigers eat you. If you break the laws, the tigers eat you. Otherwise, no government, and no authority, apart from whoever makes the tigers.
No one knows who this is, but they listen to him because he can create life, appearently.
Haven't got a solid plot yet, but the twist is: they aren't on earth. Or if they are, it's After Earth style, and it's become immensely overgrown.
So the tigers are there to keep the people safe from whatever threats are out there, in addition to preventing them from venturing out until the creator dubs them ready.
So maybe the protagonist longs to know what's outside the sanctuary.
They find a way out, and spend a few days living in the "Real World"
They almost die, repeatedly, and come back convinced that no one is ready to leave the sanctuary.
They spend a bit in the city, trying to learn more about the situation, discover some secrets, ie: how the tigers and all wildlife in the sanctuary is mechanical.
However, the general populace learns that there is an outside, and doesn't believe the claims of how deadly it is.
The protagonist tries to calm them, but they won't listen.
Someone discovers the secret factory were all the animals, including the tigers, are made.
The people rebel, and break into the creators fortress/tower/sanctum/ whatever.
The protagonist is racing against them, trying to warn the creator.
They don't arrive in time, the mob kills the creator.
Slowly, everything shuts down in the sanctuary. Food stops appearing at set locations, the tigers stop working or just go haywire, the lights, water, and most importantly, the protection and weather control in and around the sanctuary shut down. Chaos reigns, with several factions vying for power. In the middle of all this, whatever horrible beasts lurk outside the sanctuary break in.
The protagonist has to maintain order, fend off the beasts attacks, survive assassination attempts by people who are convinced it's all the protagonists fault, and in the end, perhaps take a band of survivors and set out into the strange new (or old) world.
That long and hastily written plot description, but what I need help with now, is designing the dangers and terrible beasties that lurk beyond the Forest, in the Real World.
Any ideas?