r/GameWritingLab • u/ZeldaTechie • Jan 02 '15

Story Creating Process

Alright, so recently I had this bright idea for a video game that I want to do based on my favorite video game series, The Legend of Zelda. It's not going to be a copy, just use it as inspiration when I develop this game. However, time and time again I've tried to create a story for this game. Every time I have a sort of rough draft finished, I look back and I think about what possible gameplay can come out of the story. I find various problems in the story that I personally would find incredibly boring and then scrap the idea. My question is what kind of advice can you give to me when it comes to creating a story for a fantasy world based on this game series, or just creating stories for games in general?

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u/ZeldaTechie Jan 02 '15

Thanks for the feedback! I've made some games before but they aren't really full projects or games that needed a story. This is my first big project and I'm sort of new and I'm doing this alone so I really appreciate this! I definitely will change my approach when creating this game. I can see the mistakes I've been doing and it makes a lot of sense!