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Contemplating resurrecting L4P...
11 years ago
A very long time ago, I had a vision for a story I would write that would span for quite a while but due to reasons (mostly the disorganisation of those whom were going to be part of it) the project never got very far. It was a direct parody of Left 4 Dead...but it was called Left 4 Preds.
The premise of the idea was that in recent times predators have ended up more bold, and are far more assertive at getting what they want.
Here's an overview/summary/pilot/whatever-you-want-to-call-it...
[9:57:30 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: hey
[9:57:33 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: have you looked outside?
[9:58:05 AM] ❅May❆: Just did, and it's really strange.
[9:58:44 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: well whatev, we're still meeting for lunch today right?
[9:59:02 AM] ❅May❆: Of course! But if the weather, and those odd clouds, get any worse I may head home early.
~~
September 12th.
Dave didn't come to class today, and other classmates have been disappearing as well and not coming to school. I mean, sure, disappearances have happened but either they return later or at the very least these things happen so rarely. And the sky is continuing to be blanketed in some weird crimson red clouds.
I asked about them to a few teachers and they said it probably isn't anything to worry about.
...I don't believe them. Something is bad is coming. Dad agrees and says we're leaving the area and heading to grandma's to the south and not coming back for a long time. I hope all my friends will be okay, and it's going to suck having to be in a new school.
~~
"-this is a message from your favourite radio DJ reminding you to remain indoors until evacuated by local authorities. Military response is still unclear but I will keep my loyal listeners informed of any change in events. But enough of the dreary stuff, let's get some fresh tunes to help you all relax."
~~
This may be my last blog, the house across the street was torn open. There is a massive hole in the side of the structure. It happened during the night but nobody heard any screams. There is something creeping about and everyone is too terrified to go out to see if there are any survivors in the house.
Where the hell is the military?! They were supposed to help evacuate us!
~~
"This is May Fowler, and I am coming to you live outside of the affected zone. The military has deemed it unsafe to enter and that it is unreasonable to expend soldiers and resources to move an army in with no way to know that they will succeed in extracting all whom are trapped within.
According to eye-witness reports, various creatures that have previously co-existed alongside our society, and even become part of it, are turning hostile. Attacking and devouring the helpless as they scramble. A survivor by the name of Jason Miller caught this footage of one such attack on a highway leading out of the vicinity.
Regrettably, this has caused the military to simply mobilise outside of the area to keep the problem isolated. Speculation is that within a month or two, the area will be deemed cleared for destruction and the entire area will be neutralised as it is considered likely that any survivors still out there will either be dead by that time, or have made it out alive.
Our coverage will keep everyone posted on any new developments."
Eh...this was the best I could do. Spanning various forms of media and communication over the course of the development.
The situation is simple.
Those with strong, even if dormant, pred instincts will slowly succumb to the strange clouds that cover the area. They also become bold as they feel a dependency on the area and also would come to learn that they are unable to die. They can be killed but revive within a couple hours at most.
Survivors, and thus those more likely to be deemed preyish, become weakened greatly of natural abilities including magic, psychic powers and all such abnormal skills. Resorting to use of weapons scattered throughout the area as it is a utopia of knowledge and development allowing various kinds of devices and even magical objects to help the groups survive. And of course guns, and explosives. They're around also.
This is a big project and I was partially hoping to get others involved in it but I am unsure how to go about it and maintain accuracy.
But the first step would be to find out if anyone is even interested. I will likely be linking this journal to friends...as well as seeing how many watchers notice.
The premise of the idea was that in recent times predators have ended up more bold, and are far more assertive at getting what they want.
Here's an overview/summary/pilot/whatever-you-want-to-call-it...
[9:57:30 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: hey
[9:57:33 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: have you looked outside?
[9:58:05 AM] ❅May❆: Just did, and it's really strange.
[9:58:44 AM] ᴇᴍɪʟʏ: well whatev, we're still meeting for lunch today right?
[9:59:02 AM] ❅May❆: Of course! But if the weather, and those odd clouds, get any worse I may head home early.
~~
September 12th.
Dave didn't come to class today, and other classmates have been disappearing as well and not coming to school. I mean, sure, disappearances have happened but either they return later or at the very least these things happen so rarely. And the sky is continuing to be blanketed in some weird crimson red clouds.
I asked about them to a few teachers and they said it probably isn't anything to worry about.
...I don't believe them. Something is bad is coming. Dad agrees and says we're leaving the area and heading to grandma's to the south and not coming back for a long time. I hope all my friends will be okay, and it's going to suck having to be in a new school.
~~
"-this is a message from your favourite radio DJ reminding you to remain indoors until evacuated by local authorities. Military response is still unclear but I will keep my loyal listeners informed of any change in events. But enough of the dreary stuff, let's get some fresh tunes to help you all relax."
~~
This may be my last blog, the house across the street was torn open. There is a massive hole in the side of the structure. It happened during the night but nobody heard any screams. There is something creeping about and everyone is too terrified to go out to see if there are any survivors in the house.
Where the hell is the military?! They were supposed to help evacuate us!
~~
"This is May Fowler, and I am coming to you live outside of the affected zone. The military has deemed it unsafe to enter and that it is unreasonable to expend soldiers and resources to move an army in with no way to know that they will succeed in extracting all whom are trapped within.
According to eye-witness reports, various creatures that have previously co-existed alongside our society, and even become part of it, are turning hostile. Attacking and devouring the helpless as they scramble. A survivor by the name of Jason Miller caught this footage of one such attack on a highway leading out of the vicinity.
Regrettably, this has caused the military to simply mobilise outside of the area to keep the problem isolated. Speculation is that within a month or two, the area will be deemed cleared for destruction and the entire area will be neutralised as it is considered likely that any survivors still out there will either be dead by that time, or have made it out alive.
Our coverage will keep everyone posted on any new developments."
Eh...this was the best I could do. Spanning various forms of media and communication over the course of the development.
The situation is simple.
Those with strong, even if dormant, pred instincts will slowly succumb to the strange clouds that cover the area. They also become bold as they feel a dependency on the area and also would come to learn that they are unable to die. They can be killed but revive within a couple hours at most.
Survivors, and thus those more likely to be deemed preyish, become weakened greatly of natural abilities including magic, psychic powers and all such abnormal skills. Resorting to use of weapons scattered throughout the area as it is a utopia of knowledge and development allowing various kinds of devices and even magical objects to help the groups survive. And of course guns, and explosives. They're around also.
This is a big project and I was partially hoping to get others involved in it but I am unsure how to go about it and maintain accuracy.
But the first step would be to find out if anyone is even interested. I will likely be linking this journal to friends...as well as seeing how many watchers notice.
Problem is...getting others involved is how the project failed back on dA. So I don't know what to do.
Doesn't a situation like this of drakengard tier levels of hopelessness not seem like it'll just eventually result in there only being preds left, though?