One thing I haven't talked much about is the background to my game, so that's what I'll talk about this month's devlog. I also have a small annoucement at the end, so read on! (or you know, just scroll to the bottom...)
Souls and Reapers
The game happens in a time not to distant to ours. You play as a Reaper. Reapers are human-like beings, beings in charge of taking the souls of the dead to the other side. To do so, reapers take the souls to the Fountain of Life, a quaint little fountain that's actually a portal to the other side. There are many Fountains of Life around the world, and a reaper is assigned to each one. While they do exist in the same world as ours, people cannot see reapers and other parts of the reaper's world.
Taking souls to the other side isn't very easy, though. Many people do not wish to die; this is reflected in the appeareance of Soul Guardians. Sould Guardians do as the name say. They guard the souls of those who not wish to die, and do not let a reaper collect a soul until they're done with. This is not the only enemy reapers can face.
The others are called the Corrupted. At some point, the Soul Guardian will disappear, and the soul will be alone. Without the desire to live guarding it, the soul will slowly corrupt itself, and eventually become a corrupted soul. These are shells that contain not much more than power. Lone corrupted souls will wander aimlessly through the world until a reaper destroys them. But, if a reaper does not destory them, they might find another corrupted soul; and once they find another soul, they will combine. Combined souls take a humanlike form. These forms are much more dangerous because they will seek out life, and consume it.
Death of Life
The story of Fountain of Life begins with the birth of a reaper, you. Once the process is finished though, all you see around you is a slow death. People who come close to the Fountain of Life are being killed, and no one around seem to notice. There seems to be no reapers either, as most souls are going uncollected and more and more Corrupted are forming.
Who is doing this? Why? Will you try to stop whoever is doing this? (spoiler: yes you will)
Small announcement
You know that I write devlogs monthly, right? No? Oh well, now you know. I'll changing my style a bit now. Instead of doing deeper monthly devlogs, I'll switch to doing biweekly devlogs but instead make the shorter. The logic behind this is that 1- Frequency is important, and 2.- Nobody wants to read something long about a game they barely know, so I better do shorter (2 paragraph) devlogs. So, stay tuned and come back in two more weeks!
