I'd love to help out; this sounds like a pretty interesting and ambitious endeavor!

Right this sounds AWESOME. I would love to help make characters since I spend 6 hours a day doing that already! What's the plot, because it sounds to me like some sort of hellish based game and I may have an idea or three!
Maybe the plot could be like:
Hell and the real world a split by an unbreakable barrier, or so we thought. Somehow, ripped, causing mayhem to pour into the real world. So, in a rush to stop the danger, the humans gathered a duo of a strong human (main character) and a powerful good demon. The two have to work together to stop the queen demon (the queen bee of the nest) and prevent the end of the human world. The only thing is, the main character, is slowly getting polluted by the queen, so as the story goes on the main character resists your decisions more and more.

I can already say I didn't expect this many people already. Two is a lot to me ^^;

I've got a few ideas that I've thrown together over time.

The character knows (at least at some point) that they are being controlled by you. Think Oneshot, but more malicious and unhappy about it. Unlike Oneshot, however, you can sometimes override what the character wants and make them do what you want. There's a limit to this, however (think software instability from DBH).

The main character is a robot, created by putting a dead creatures spirit/soul into a mechanical body. Robots don't have memories from their previous soul. However, the main character is the exception. Their original body was destroyed in the miasma and recovered by their father, one of the scientists who created the robots. This also twists him in the future, as you'll see.

The game worlds main problem is the miasma. The miasma corrupts creatures that enter it, destroying or twisting them. The robots are still affected, but less so, as they don't have a body to corrupt, only a spirit/soul.

The scientists don't know why the robots work. They know that the robots don't retain memories from their previous lives and usually follow directions. This is actually because the robots are empty vessels, and are susceptible to being controlled by outside forces (ex. the person playing the game, or the miasma itself)

I actually thought this idea was interesting because in a lot of RPG games you blindly follow the directions that NPCs give you.


As far as the hell idea, I'd like the game to remain pretty lighthearted. Deep and sad sometimes, but lighthearted nonetheless. The idea sounds great though, maybe I would dip into that at future date ^^

Oh, so the miasma is somewhat like a "link" to our world? Via which the player is able to gain control? If I got that wrong just correct me XD But it would be interesting since our human world is the definition of corruption.

Additionally, are these robots more humanoid in nature, or just monstrous? And would they be polished and in top condition or just makeshift?

You got it ^^

I've put a lot of my life into this game. It started as a lighthearted thing and changed as I started to use it like a coping mechanism. The miasma seemed to be fitting representation.

The person playing the game is a third party, almost. You've got the player, myself, and the character being controlled all affecting the game somehow.

Ah! Ok! I love that idea.

As for criticism, do you have any thoughts?

As of now, no- however, I am curious about the manifestation of the miasma in the game's world- does it hold some sort of form, is it stationary, etc.

Ah, ok, have to say that is a cool idea. And honestly, I would defiantly play it. But what would the robots look like and what would inside the miasma be like?