Tales of Swords

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Game design

type of game, general aspect, typical gameplay -general description or walk-through of sample game session description-

An adventure games, either RPG or point and click

engine main features TBD

plot and setting, if appropriate

The spirit of King Arthur reincarnates in modern days, and have to clean the mess he left in relation with Lancelot and Guinevere.

typical gameplay description and/or walk-through of sample game session description

Isometric side view (tiles are rectangles, not losanges)

Marketing

how the game will be promoted, when, etc...

TBD

Development

assess the quantity of asset to create

A lot. TBD

_macro schedule of the project realization (main program, ad-hoc tools, ...)

TBD

a previsionnal Gantt schedule

TDB

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Act 1

Arthur is a stuntman and takes part in a shooting for a medieval-style (sword fight in knight's armor). And he ends up in a world called Abalone (Avalon).

With the help of the young fairy Arouna, he defies the cruel Cali (Excalibur), the absolute ruler of that place, but Arthur finally fails before the sheer power of the woman.

Before being finished, Arouna sends Arthur back to his world with a spell, and follows him. Cali take advantage of the portal and follows too.

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Arthur is back to the manor where he took shelter during the storm that happened before his adventure in Abalone. It turns out that Lance (Lancelot), the old host, and Cali know each others. Lance does not like the woman, while she sees him with contempt.

Old Lance feels unwell, and Viviane (the lady of the Lake) appears in a misty veil to protect her son. She disown Arouna for having brought Cali back, thus being unworthy of being the sword of Lance. The lady takes her son and disappear.

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Act 2

Cali wishes that Lance could accept that time passes so that he can die in piece. She goes to look for Merlin. The last thing she knows about him is that he took refuge at a place named Brocelian.

To go to Brocelian, one must use a portal hidden among Carnac stones.

Arthur and Arouna tag along Cali. Arouna has accepted the kindness of Arthur that propose her to be his sword as long as she want to.

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The Brocelian forrest is tough with unwanted guests. But they finally find someone, a black-metis lady named Maala. It turns out that Merlin did have a child, Maala, with an African shaman. Maala was made the inheritor of both magic, and Merlin died peacefully not too long before his wife.

Cali explains to Maala about the recent events. Maala sees through the soul of Arthur, and understands that it is the spirit of the old King Arthur, without being King Arthur himself. The wrath of the old king ist dead ages ago.

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Interlude

Viviane tries Lancelot so that he gets his combativity again : she send him through the domain of the Lake, in order to claim Duran (Durandal). This quest leads him to Roncevaux, where he find the sword.

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Act 3

Maala prophesies that the blessing of Arthur to the wedding of Lance and Guinevere is the only thing that will free the soul of the fallen knight.

The woman that once upon a time was a queen is now retired in the Black Forrest, near a Lake. She is waiting for Lancelot.

Lance arrives, but misunderstands : Arthur is already there, and the knight believes that the old king will separate him again from Guinevere. Enraged, Lance attacks Arthur, and after a desperate fight, fails.

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Now that Lance is calmed, Arthur explains that he blesses the wedding of his knight and Guinevere, as the spirit of Arthur Pendragon.

Viviane does not agree, takes Duran and attacks the group (Arthu pairs with Cali, Guinever with Arouna). Viviane is finally defeated, and accepts that his son is bound to die someday.

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Lance and Guinevere go back to Abalone with the help of Maala.

Cali and Arouna decide to stay with Arthur in his world. Maala had some fun, and decides to stay there too.

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Arthur

A 23 year-old stuntman. He recently was a doublure for a medieval picture, where he performed sword fighting in full body armor.

Concept arts

(generated Rendernet.ai)

closeup photo of a 23 years old man, with a fit body, wearing a red t-shirt, a slightly worn-out light blue jean, running shoes, has short, curly black hairs, hazel nuts eyes, a 3-day beard, standing casually in the street, cinematic, aperture f 1/4

full-body photo of a 23 years old man, with a fit body, wearing a knight armor with red accents, wielding a sword in the right hand, a round shield on the left arm, has short, curly black hairs, hazel nuts eyes, a 3-day beard, preparing to strike, on the top of a mediaval castle, cinematic, aperture f 1/4

(one hand is at the wrong place...)

closeup photo of a 23 years old man, with a fit body, wearing a red t-shirt, a slightly worn-out light blue jean, running shoes, has short, curly black hairs, hazel nuts eyes, a 3-day beard, running under a heavy rain, toward a medieval castle, cinematic, aperture f 1/4

(too much fingers on the left hand)

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Maala

Concept arts

(generated with render.net)

A close up of a 28 years-old Malian-Gaelic mixed race woman, with short semi-frizzy dark hairs, light-brown eyes, without make-up, wearing a beige druidic attire with a dark leather belt holding a pouch on the right side, and covered with an old cerulean cloak, holding in her hands a twisted long staff full of a mystic power, standing in a dark forest, gazing far away with a demure expression, cinematic, aperture f/1.4

(too much fingers)

A close up of a 28 years-old Malian-Gaelic mixed race woman, with short semi-frizzy dark hairs, light-brown eyes, without make-up, wearing a beige casual attire with a dark leather belt holding a pouch on the right side, and covered with a trendy cerulean jacket, casually walking in a mall, glancing around the shops with a light smile, cinematic, aperture f/1.4

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Cali

Concept arts

(generated with rendernet.ai)

closeup photo of a fierce blond european woman with very short brush hairs, light grey eyes, thin lips, no makeup, wearing a full body medieval black armor with golden accents, holding her helmet with her left arm, her sword sheathed on her right side, standing in a dark room lit by an alley of braseros on each side, in front of a throne and a wall of swords all pointing toward the ground, cinematic, aperture f/1.4

(seems that it cannot generate brush hairs on a woman, nevermind)

closeup photo of a fierce blond european woman with very short brush hairs, light grey eyes, thin lips, no makeup, wearing a moto racer black suit with golden stripes, holding her helmet with her left arm, standing in an underground parking lit with cold white neon lights, cinematic, aperture f/1.4

(next time, no more credit)