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It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superterrestrial superterrestrial]] characterized by salt flats, rolling deserts, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- bandits, merchants, lawmen simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
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It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superterrestrial superterrestrial]] characterized by salt flats, rolling deserts, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- people- bandits, merchants, lawmen lawmen, simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
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[[WellIntentionedExtremist The road to hell is paved with good intentions.]] [[AutoAssault What road will you take?]]
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with anybody else. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate}} pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with anybody else. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate}} pirates}} pirates]] who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with anybody else. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with anybody else. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate [[{{Pirate}} pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* {{Cult}}: The Roadborn are a secretive brotherhood who took to worshiping the velocites and the technology they left behind. Their ultimate goal is to follow their gods there.
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* {{Cult}}: The Roadborn are a secretive brotherhood who took to worshiping the velocites and the technology they left behind. Their ultimate goal is to follow their gods there. [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to wherever they went.]]
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It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a world of salt flats, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- bandits, merchants, lawmen simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the Earth Government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
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It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a world of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superterrestrial superterrestrial]] characterized by salt flats, rolling deserts, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- bandits, merchants, lawmen simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the Earth Government government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Those who know of the velocites believe that this is what happened to them.
* {{Cult}}: The Roadborn are a secretive brotherhood who took to worshiping the velocites and the technology they left behind. Their ultimate goal is to follow their gods there.
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* MentorArchetype: [[NameOfCain Kane,]] an aging, [[RetiredBadass retired marshal]] who trained our heroine and serves as her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and probably the occasional ExpositionFairy. [[A mission gone wrong cost him a partner and disfigured his face, which he hides behind a simple mask. May or may not be subject to the MentorOccupationalHazard...
* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with any of the locals. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits with any of the locals. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* MentorArchetype: [[NameOfCain Kane,]] an aging, [[RetiredBadass retired marshal]] who trained our heroine and serves as her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and probably the occasional ExpositionFairy. [[A [[DeadPartner A mission gone wrong cost him a partner partner]] and [[GoodScarsEvilScars disfigured his face, face]], which he hides behind a simple mask.is patched up with metal plating. May or may not be subject to the MentorOccupationalHazard...
* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: [[WretchedHive Phaedra is a noted destination for outcasts, criminals and other galactic dregs.]] They prey on each other as much as anyone else. Some gangs are simply overprotective mining groups who don't want to share their profits withany of the locals.anybody else. But there are some rougher sorts: Road [[{{Pirate pirates}} who prey on shipping, regular bandits who raid the outlying farmlands, slavers, smugglers and the occasional alien-worshiping {{Cult}}.
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* {{Precursors}}: Phaedra was once home to the velocites, a technocratic race who held an almost religious reverence for raw speed, and always sought to make bigger, faster, better automobiles. Humanity may or may not know of them at the beginning of the game, but they would play a greater role towards the end of the game, and in possible sequels.
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* CoolCar: Halcyon. Already a rugged and dependable wasteland station wagon, it has been extensively modified to be a law enforcement vehicle, and gains even better weapons and equipment as the player progresses.
*GrapplingHookPistol : Early in the game, the player would acquire a grappling winch that could be used for towing salvage, pulling objects or [[YouWillNotEvadeMe tossing enemy cars around.]]
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* {{Metroidvania}} HubLevel: Several cities would serve as these, such as Phaedra Alpha, the original settlement, and New Carlsbad, a bustling center of commerce built atop an iron mine.
* ICallItVera: Halcyon, a thing of better times. Notably, the heroine's father gave it that name, not her.
* {{Metroidvania}}: A big part of the gameplay would be exploring open wasteland areas and dungeon "highway exits", populated by enemies, bosses and equipment tofind.find.
* MentorArchetype: [[NameOfCain Kane,]] an aging, [[RetiredBadass retired marshal]] who trained our heroine and serves as her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and probably the occasional ExpositionFairy. [[A mission gone wrong cost him a partner and disfigured his face, which he hides behind a simple mask. May or may not be subject to the MentorOccupationalHazard...
* NitroBoost: An item called the "Overbooster" would enable Halcyon to traverse large distances more quickly, make long jumps and accelerated ramming attacks.
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*YoungGun: Mason, a newly-minted marshal who serves as an AI buddy or possibly controlled by a second player, were there a [[CoopMultiplayer cooperative mode.]]
* ICallItVera: Halcyon, a thing of better times. Notably, the heroine's father gave it that name, not her.
* {{Metroidvania}}: A big part of the gameplay would be exploring open wasteland areas and dungeon "highway exits", populated by enemies, bosses and equipment to
* MentorArchetype: [[NameOfCain Kane,]] an aging, [[RetiredBadass retired marshal]] who trained our heroine and serves as her VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and probably the occasional ExpositionFairy. [[A mission gone wrong cost him a partner and disfigured his face, which he hides behind a simple mask. May or may not be subject to the MentorOccupationalHazard...
* NitroBoost: An item called the "Overbooster" would enable Halcyon to traverse large distances more quickly, make long jumps and accelerated ramming attacks.
*VehicularCombat
*YoungGun: Mason, a newly-minted marshal who serves as an AI buddy or possibly controlled by a second player, were there a [[CoopMultiplayer cooperative mode.]]
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{{Metroid}} [[XMeetsY meets]] TwistedMetal, with a dash of {{Borderlands}}. Or, {{Darksiders}} [[RecycledInSpace with cars.]]
Tropers/CaptainChaos [[AuthorAppeal would like to believe]] that more games [[VehicularCombat need cars with guns on them.]] Kings of the Road would be such a game, a SpaceWestern with a flair for both [[{{Metroidvania}} non-linear exploration]] and intense, [[WreakingHavok physics-driven]] automotive mayhem.
It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a world of salt flats, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- bandits, merchants, lawmen simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the Earth Government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
Into this world was born [[PlayerCharacter our heroine]] (Who as yet lacks a name), who grew up [[FarmBoy helping to raise some of said vegetables]] on her family's farm far out in the wastes. It was no {{Arcadia}}... [[HomeSweetHome but it was home.]] [[LampshadeHanging But such picturesque lifestyles rarely last forever]], and our farm girl [[DoomedHometown lost everything one day]] when a bandit gang came storming in a frenzy of theft and violence. Our girl barely escaped with her life, by the grace of [[AncestralWeapon her family's most prized possession]]: [[CoolCar A Vulcan Motors E11 "Dustmaster" estate wagon]], [[ICallItVera called]] [[MeaningfulName Halcyon.]]
The car was her savior, and it became her home and livelihood. She decides to become a marshal, and to use her car and driving skills to bring order to the wastes... [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and to get revenge on those who destroyed her home and family.]] This is where the player comes in, who guides our heroine, running missions, combating bandits, salvaging useful gear, exploring the wastes and eventually, pursuing some of the planet's deeper mysteries. Along the way, the player will decide [[KarmaMeter what is more ultimately more important in life]]: justice, or vengeance?
[[WellIntentionedExtremist The road to hell is paved with good intentions.]] [[AutoAssault What road will you take?]]
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!!''Kings of the Road'' would provide examples of:
*ActionGirl: Our heroine, and how.
*ChildSoldiers: Our heroine really only knows how to do two things- farm and drive. [[CrapsackWorld This being Phaedra,]] the second involves a fair bit of violence. The essential paradox of her character will be child versus combat driver. She knows it's not a game, but now it's all she knows, and the memory of what she had before [[ArcWords drives]] her forward.
*CuteBruiser: She's somewhere between this and an accidental TykeBomb- she is guileless, immature, and utterly, devastatingly ruthless in combat, slamming those flimsy bandit buggies around like so many plastic toys.
*HadToBeSharp: Most folks on Phaedra are pretty sharp. Unfortunately for the bandits, our heroine is sharper then most.
*{{Metroidvania}} A big part of the gameplay would be exploring open wasteland areas and dungeon "highway exits", populated by enemies, bosses and equipment to find.
Tropers/CaptainChaos [[AuthorAppeal would like to believe]] that more games [[VehicularCombat need cars with guns on them.]] Kings of the Road would be such a game, a SpaceWestern with a flair for both [[{{Metroidvania}} non-linear exploration]] and intense, [[WreakingHavok physics-driven]] automotive mayhem.
It's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and humanity has spread amongst the stars. The world in focus is Phaedra- a world of salt flats, rocky badlands, treacherous mountains and towering mesas located on the extreme frontier of TheFederation's territory. It is home to the [[WesternCharacters common frontier people]]- bandits, merchants, lawmen simple farmers and townsfolk, and so on. Help from the Earth Government is nearly nonexistent, so the locals make do with what they can find- that being plenty of gas, bullets and electricity to go around. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some vegetables, too.]]
Into this world was born [[PlayerCharacter our heroine]] (Who as yet lacks a name), who grew up [[FarmBoy helping to raise some of said vegetables]] on her family's farm far out in the wastes. It was no {{Arcadia}}... [[HomeSweetHome but it was home.]] [[LampshadeHanging But such picturesque lifestyles rarely last forever]], and our farm girl [[DoomedHometown lost everything one day]] when a bandit gang came storming in a frenzy of theft and violence. Our girl barely escaped with her life, by the grace of [[AncestralWeapon her family's most prized possession]]: [[CoolCar A Vulcan Motors E11 "Dustmaster" estate wagon]], [[ICallItVera called]] [[MeaningfulName Halcyon.]]
The car was her savior, and it became her home and livelihood. She decides to become a marshal, and to use her car and driving skills to bring order to the wastes... [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and to get revenge on those who destroyed her home and family.]] This is where the player comes in, who guides our heroine, running missions, combating bandits, salvaging useful gear, exploring the wastes and eventually, pursuing some of the planet's deeper mysteries. Along the way, the player will decide [[KarmaMeter what is more ultimately more important in life]]: justice, or vengeance?
[[WellIntentionedExtremist The road to hell is paved with good intentions.]] [[AutoAssault What road will you take?]]
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!!''Kings of the Road'' would provide examples of:
*ActionGirl: Our heroine, and how.
*ChildSoldiers: Our heroine really only knows how to do two things- farm and drive. [[CrapsackWorld This being Phaedra,]] the second involves a fair bit of violence. The essential paradox of her character will be child versus combat driver. She knows it's not a game, but now it's all she knows, and the memory of what she had before [[ArcWords drives]] her forward.
*CuteBruiser: She's somewhere between this and an accidental TykeBomb- she is guileless, immature, and utterly, devastatingly ruthless in combat, slamming those flimsy bandit buggies around like so many plastic toys.
*HadToBeSharp: Most folks on Phaedra are pretty sharp. Unfortunately for the bandits, our heroine is sharper then most.
*{{Metroidvania}} A big part of the gameplay would be exploring open wasteland areas and dungeon "highway exits", populated by enemies, bosses and equipment to find.
