Posted October 30, 2020 by CotterAJC
Hi all,
For this update I just wanted to go over some of the fundamentals about the world of Leonard's Mark and the game in general.
Future updates will probably be shorter and more directly focused on the game's development and updates, while this is more me laying out some general concepting and details.
World details:
This is just some of the in game details about the world, most of which I want to be able to touch on in the game.
First is the setting, Baile Sora is a city in relative isolation that doesn't know anything about the wider world (or if there is one).
There is no specific timeframe in the world but it has a fantasy sword and sorcery aesthetic.
As I have mentioned previously, the city is ruled by a king and advisors and split into districts which are each looked after by one of the advisors.
The city also has a religion called 'The church of the rising Phoenix' (foreboding? maybe, on the nose? definitely).
The way magic works in this city is through 'marks', marks are magic symbols that a small percentage of people develop, when they turn eighteen, on their makes. These symbols denote the type of magic that the person is able to use, e.g the mark of flame will appear on people that can do fire magic.
Concepting + details:
The way I think about this game there are two main aspects of gameplay free-roaming, in which the player can walk around, talk to people and explore, and combat, where the player engages in turn-based fights. These are some of the concept doodles I did while trying to figure out what I wanted.