Several years ago, I had an idea for a game fanfic rattling around in my head. I did a little bit of writing for it, but ultimately lost interest and never went any further. Now it's popped back up for no apparent reason and I really want to do something with it, but seeing as I've yet to ever finish a project on this scale, I figure I could do with some external encouragement.
The specific game I'm talking about is Castlevania 64: Legacy of Darkness.
Basically, it will be a re-telling of the game... with the alteration that instead of either Carrie Fernandez or Reinhardt Schneider going through the castle on their own, the two of them will be doing it side-by-side--at least, for those levels they shared. They will of course get split up after the Villa, meet up again in the Castle Center, then get seperated a second time and finally re-unite at the Clock Tower before going on to the final fight(s).
And of course there will be plenty of banter along the way. I'm probably going to add in a fair amount of humor; it seems to be a tendency in my writing.
I'm probably not going to have any flashbacks to Cornell, though I am pondering having Henry--the kid he rescues and who comes back while Carrie and Reinhardt are doing their thing and rescues kids himself--make a brief appearance in the beginning and scattered further ones later on.
I also intend to not follow too closely to the various backstory details not really mentioned directly in the game itself, since it's been officially disowned by the series and removed from canon. For example, I'm moving the setting up from 1855 to the 1930s, since there's skeletons on motorbikes and a chainsaw-wielding gardener (two devices that weren't invented until the 20th Century). It also lets me set it against a more recognizable backdrop; lots more people knew what was going on in Europe in the 1930s than in the 1850s.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Opinions? I'm not sure how widespread knowledge of this particular game is, and I know there's some negative stigma about it...
The specific game I'm talking about is Castlevania 64: Legacy of Darkness.
Basically, it will be a re-telling of the game... with the alteration that instead of either Carrie Fernandez or Reinhardt Schneider going through the castle on their own, the two of them will be doing it side-by-side--at least, for those levels they shared. They will of course get split up after the Villa, meet up again in the Castle Center, then get seperated a second time and finally re-unite at the Clock Tower before going on to the final fight(s).
And of course there will be plenty of banter along the way. I'm probably going to add in a fair amount of humor; it seems to be a tendency in my writing.
I'm probably not going to have any flashbacks to Cornell, though I am pondering having Henry--the kid he rescues and who comes back while Carrie and Reinhardt are doing their thing and rescues kids himself--make a brief appearance in the beginning and scattered further ones later on.
I also intend to not follow too closely to the various backstory details not really mentioned directly in the game itself, since it's been officially disowned by the series and removed from canon. For example, I'm moving the setting up from 1855 to the 1930s, since there's skeletons on motorbikes and a chainsaw-wielding gardener (two devices that weren't invented until the 20th Century). It also lets me set it against a more recognizable backdrop; lots more people knew what was going on in Europe in the 1930s than in the 1850s.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Opinions? I'm not sure how widespread knowledge of this particular game is, and I know there's some negative stigma about it...
