The Reality Project is a planned web animated reality TV series franchise inspired by Total Drama. It was created by RealityCove, who was previously known throughout the Total Drama community for his "My Way" and "Next Generation" series' on YouTube, as a way of branching out into a more official and unique television series that paid homage to not only Total Drama and Survivor, but various other types of reality TV franchises and series as well.
The series is centered around an in-universe reality TV series franchise known as The Reality Gauntlet. Each season of The Reality Gauntlet consists of one "cycle" through four separate reality TV competitions, with each being based on a real life reality TV competition equivalent, that take place in the span of one year and are aired in the following order:
- Reality Resort. Inspired by Big Brother and King of the Nerds, this competition takes place on a secluded resort island.
- Reality Race. Inspired by The Amazing Race, this competition takes place all around the world.
- Reality Ranch. Inspired by Survivor, this competition takes place in the depths of the wilderness.
- Reality Royalty. Inspired by The Challenge and many various All-Star seasons, this competition will change it's luxurious location every season.
The first three series' each have a monetary reward of $250,000 and feature a unique cast of contestants of various ages of at least 18 years. Throughout each series, in addition to the final monetary prize, contestants will have opportunities to earn or lose an in-game currency known as "Legacy Points" by accomplishing (or not accomplishing) various tasks. After one season of the first three series' are completed, the top 5 point-getters from each series (plus one extra contestant who will be decided by a viewer poll) will qualify for the fourth and final series, Reality Royalty, where they may redeem their points for advantages, rewards and other prizes in order to win the final grand prize of $500,000 and the title of "Reality Monarch".
The series is currently in pre-production with only Reality Resort being confirmed to have it’s first episode air. This episode will act as a "pilot" for the series and, if garnering a successful enough reception, will lead into the rest of the season being made, as well as the first seasons of Reality Race, Reality Ranch, and Reality Royalty.
Tropes:
- Audience Participation: Once the first fifteen contestants of Reality Royalty have been chosen, a viewer poll will be held to decide the fan favorite of all three competitions, who will then be selected as the final 16th contestant.
- Formula with a Twist: Though each of the Reality TV competitions take inspiration from a real life counterpart, they also have their own unique spin on some of the more well-known mechanics to give them their own personality. For example, Reality Resort follows the Big Brother gameplay style, but unlike the latter, has teams in place who decide on the nominees instead of a singular person, with the winning team picking a member of the losing team before the losing teams picks a second nominee on their team. Afterwards, rather the person being sent home being decided by a majority decision as in Big Brother, the two nominees then compete to see who will get to stay in a final challenge, with the loser being immediately evicted.
