Getting Started

All started off with an idea I had about a year ago now, when I was still in my 3rd year of school. I passed the idea by a couple teachers before getting started on it. So, here we go.

Heaven’s Gate is about getting to heaven, but first needs to pass a test – by killing the Gatekeeper that guards the gate to heaven. The player will wake up in an unknown place and has no idea how they got there. No memory at all. Greeted by the Gatekeeper, who explains who the player is and how they died. Player is now in the Void, the space between Heaven, Hell and the Living. In order to get to Heaven, the player needs to prove they’re worthy. You can do this by gaining gear and abilities by progressing through the main storyline, completing side quests, killing monsters, running dungeons, roaming the world and buying items from NPC shops. You can upgrade skills and abilities by spending points you earn through levelling up. The Gatekeeper is the final boss, meant to be extremely difficult, even with mediocre gear.

I’m imagining a super dark game, open world concept, made of pixelart. I want an open world concept so the player can go wherever they would like to, when they would like to. Of course certain areas will obviously be harder if the player doesn’t get new gear, so I’ll be able to lead the player through certain areas.

I want the Void to be like a “spirit realm”, like LoZ Twilight Princess. I want it to be similar, or identical to the real world, that way the player will be able to explore buildings in cities and towns along with the typical settings such as forests and caves. All the NPCs in the game will be spirits, who are the people in the Void who have attempted to defeat the Gatekeeper but gave up and have attempted to live in the Void, as they did in the regular world.

List of Things to Work On

Now that I’ve hashed out my idea for the game, it’s time to list things that I need to work out and write them out in more detail.

• Gatekeeper
• Customizable player
• Story
• Side stories
• Monster ideas
• Dungeon concepts
• World map
• Items
  • Armor
  • Weapons
  • Abilities
  • Skills
  • One time use items
  • Misc. Items
• NPCs
  • Shops
  • Misc. NPCs

That’s a lot. Wish me luck.

Time spent today:
WordPress Website: 6 hours
Blog: 2 hours
Discord Server: 3 hours

Total: 11 hours