Today, I was assigned a task in Writing for Video Games.

Actually, two tasks. One was to take that classic game of Werewolf and come up with an original spin on it, with a new variation.

The second was to come up with a pitch for my video game, which I invented on the spot while everyone else was telling us theirs. I hadn’t come up with one yet,even though I knew I would need one for the course. I guess it took the stress of worrying that I would be the only one without a concept to make me stop dithering and face the infinite possibilities come up with something.

After class, I did something that impressed the heck out of me : I got my Subway lunch, then sat down at one of the school’s computers and worked all through lunch on the assignment that I had just been given.

I had to get my lunch first, because I knew if I didn’t, I would forget.

Anyhow, that produced this little document :
Re-skin for Werewolf :

Idea : It’s medieval France and the battle for the souls of the peasants has reached a fever pitch. In a small village on the south coast of France, the battle is very real. Both an angel and a devil have possessed simple villagers, and the two circle each other to decide : who will win? Good, or evil?

Villagers : Peasants – simple folk who farm and fish in the sunny South of France.
Werewolf : Demon – A slavering beast with an innocent face. Thrives on violence, pain, and woe. He knows he must kill the Angel
Tanner : Martyr – burns with a passion to sacrifice herself in the name of God
Seer : Inquisitor – He will find and kill the Demon no matter what it takes.
Angel : new class. Wakes at night, can Bless a player making them unkillable until the following evening. Also can resurrect one person per game.
Note : if the Angel blesses the Demon, the demon dies and good wins.
But if the Demon kills the Angel, the Angel is corrupted and evil wins.

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