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Shrub Guy game

shrubguy

Shrub Guy game

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Setting: boarding high school, combat system

Takes place in a high school (boarding school, kinda fancy in some ways) that is centered around a sort of fantasy kendo/aikido/hapkido mix that is kinda like demon slayer breath styles

• school battles are training battles so no killing, 4 types:
  • showmanship, where you try to look cool and flashy to impress an audience
  • idk, where you train to kill the opponent (doesn't happen obvs, just techniques that could in a real fight)
  • skill, where you try to disarm the opponent as quickly and methodically as possible
  • test, where you showcase techniques you've learned to teachers
• also some clubs like swimming, track, etc. that are minigames
• sword fights are kind of a minigame, first do puzzle solving/planning to find the opening thread and then attack, prolly needs timing, aiming, and choosing which attack to use

PRNG

key data: seed.

pseudorandom number generator should be used for everything semipermanent, incl. procedurally generated dungeons.

procedurally generated dungeons

like Minecraft, I guess, but dungeon crawler style.

Fractal Dive co-op minigame

Minigame diving into a 3D rendering of the Mandelbrot set.

Enby protag (PC), they/them

no gender/nonbinary PC

multiple settings

While the main setting is the school and surrounding areas, there might be some other settings idk

nerodivergent characters (even PC) stim

idle animations, character portraits, and sprites in battle and stuff when they're not in the middle of an action (so idle I guess???) will include stimming :D

Fantasy Kendo theme

Main focus of game is on learning and doing Kendo.

Character design backstories

idk what the origins of the school/characters will be

gender kinda exists but nobody really cares about agab

no transphobia so that there can be trans characters introduced casually without the focus being on their transness/transition

zero pressure optional storyline(s)

probably a sequence of events (some optional) as the storyline goes on, but both storyline and events are not forced to happen at a certain pace

protag has generalized anxiety disorder and dpdr

• minimal social anxiety, they just have problems socializing in some ways because they're autistic
• it gets better by protag getting more comfortable with people and also other people learning about how to accommodate them
• in some ways they are decent or pretty good at social stuff and some ways they socialize differently than neurotypicals

Owl House influence

I should probably watch The Owl House cause similar vibes idk

game is partially visual novel like but also has gud gameplay

Rune Factory style text boxes and character sprites, game is partially visual novel like but also has gud gameplay.

EBDB

Online player character profiles: the Every Body Data Base, or EBDB.

Allow custom models, skins, or sprites ala Snow Crash.

setting: dorms

dorms in a building near the main building, v cozy uwu

Autistic protag

• semiverbal, less verbal when under stress (especially during pivotal plot points)
• people aren't rude about the autism most of the time (sometimes tho), but they'll ask questions and be confused sometimes, will learn about it along the way
• a lot of peoples' special interests have to do with the fantasy kendo, and/or it's good sensory time
• some romance in game to combat media representation of autistics
• yuri on ice references
• some other characters are neurodivergent, some mask and some don't

MVP

Sprite movement and control, with some environmental obstacles and working collider.

Derealization/depersonalization

PCs can get derealization or depersonalization effect under certain conditions.

Cursed mode

Gameplay and mechanics that make you go "Ughhh!"

Challenges that are unsolvable without exploiting one of the cursed game mechanics.

Cursed game mechanics include bugged collider, allowing clipping through enemies, obstacles, etc., but requiring some kind of glitch like activation.

combat skill development is optional

if you're good at the battle system it's fun, and if not the game has alternative strategies and doesn't really punish you

all sexual and romantic orientations are accepted

romantic, platonic, and queerplatonic relationships all exist and there's no "more than friends" because your relationship shouldn't be limited by whether it's platonic or romantic in terms of legitimacy, longevity, intimacy, etc.