I've written and published many
missions for the tabletop RPG, Solar Echoes, and the challenge I
always faced was writing the story in a way that prompted the players
to make choices while still keeping players within the somewhat
linear flow of the story. It was impossible to anticipate every idea
a player might have, but my adventures were designed to tell a story
and to help the GM (Game Master) keep the story moving forward
without getting too sidetracked by unusual player choices, while
still presenting the players with the freedom of choice. As I wrote
my visual novel, however, I faced a difficult problem: there is no
way to improvise and adapt to player ideas because dialogue in a
video game is finite and not fluid, fixed and not active. Choice
options had to be set beforehand during writing and programming. I
didn't want the players to feel like their decisions didn't matter,
and I wanted the choices I presented to players to feel like options
they would have thought of themselves.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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