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Game Dev - Krystal Game Update, Due South, and Mary Sues
6 years ago
It's June, and it kind of snuck up on me. May seemed to go on forever, then around the 23rd it seemed to skip ahead to June. That's also the time I was being lazy and my sleep schedual was a mess. Maybe they are related.
Anyway, while I've been slacking on the Krystal game recently, I have made progress. It's still not a game yet, but the key components are in place, now it's just a case of how much I want to refine it, how much content it should have, etc. I've had issues, most noticeable was a physics issue that caused the player and enemies to change height when bumping into each other, ultimately breaking the game as players could end up above the stage. I think that's mostly fixed now. While it's still not what you'd call a game, and I still have a lot to learn, I'm feeling confident enough to start work on my Leanna game. I also have other ideas I want to talk about, but I'll wait until tomorrow for that.
Remember how I was talking about Due South a little while back? Well, someone who runs a TV channel must be reading my journals because Due South is back on the box! Yay!. It's on True Entertainment if you get that channel.
Speaking of Due South, WolfN85 said he liked the show because it was a morally good character without rubbing your face in it. That stuck with me for some reason. Recently a YouTube commenter made the argument that a Mary Sue isn't just a competent character, but the world revolving around them. Villains have no real motivation other than to screw over the Mary Sue. Side characters have no purpose other than to stand in awe of the Mary Sue.
I like this explanation not just because it gives me an out with my own arguably Mary Sue-ish OCs. But because it explains why we can like Mary Sue esc characters like James Bond, while also explaining a lot about why so much writing these days is bad, especially when it comes to "woke" media. As the commenter put it, political beliefs or ideologies can be Mary Sues. When a story exists just to prove a political belief correct, it becomes a Mary Sue. As I watched the pilot for Due South, characters are morally good but people have things they are doing that don't involve the main character. Not only that, but his nice-ness bites him in the arse when he arrives in the city as he's tricked by a con man and cheated out of a taxi.
I don't know if I'll adopt this as any kind of "official" writing standard, but for now it's a better guide than worrying if a character is a Mary Sue or not.
Anyway, while I've been slacking on the Krystal game recently, I have made progress. It's still not a game yet, but the key components are in place, now it's just a case of how much I want to refine it, how much content it should have, etc. I've had issues, most noticeable was a physics issue that caused the player and enemies to change height when bumping into each other, ultimately breaking the game as players could end up above the stage. I think that's mostly fixed now. While it's still not what you'd call a game, and I still have a lot to learn, I'm feeling confident enough to start work on my Leanna game. I also have other ideas I want to talk about, but I'll wait until tomorrow for that.
Remember how I was talking about Due South a little while back? Well, someone who runs a TV channel must be reading my journals because Due South is back on the box! Yay!. It's on True Entertainment if you get that channel.
Speaking of Due South, WolfN85 said he liked the show because it was a morally good character without rubbing your face in it. That stuck with me for some reason. Recently a YouTube commenter made the argument that a Mary Sue isn't just a competent character, but the world revolving around them. Villains have no real motivation other than to screw over the Mary Sue. Side characters have no purpose other than to stand in awe of the Mary Sue.
I like this explanation not just because it gives me an out with my own arguably Mary Sue-ish OCs. But because it explains why we can like Mary Sue esc characters like James Bond, while also explaining a lot about why so much writing these days is bad, especially when it comes to "woke" media. As the commenter put it, political beliefs or ideologies can be Mary Sues. When a story exists just to prove a political belief correct, it becomes a Mary Sue. As I watched the pilot for Due South, characters are morally good but people have things they are doing that don't involve the main character. Not only that, but his nice-ness bites him in the arse when he arrives in the city as he's tricked by a con man and cheated out of a taxi.
I don't know if I'll adopt this as any kind of "official" writing standard, but for now it's a better guide than worrying if a character is a Mary Sue or not.
Bond certainly has his flaws: Stir his martini instead of shaking it, for example.
Also, you can't argue about The Bond Girl Curse being a major flaw!
It depends on the definition of Mary Sue you use. Indiana Jones, James Bond, and basically any action hero can be considered a Mary Sue by the letter of the law. They are extremely talented and capable even in areas they have little or no training.
"Snakes... Why did it have to be snakes?!?!?"
'nuff said.