Hi Thomas,
On some of these I'm joking. But the idea that you open the box and it's
empty or that the game is just over doesn't appeal to me.
Opening the box filled with hope and hearing,
Bob Hope singing Thanks for the Memory, would be really funny!
Phil
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From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Arc of hope ideas
Um...Phil, are you serious or joking? :D
Just for everyone's info the Ark of Hope is simply Pandora's Box under
a different name. The myth is that Zeus, king of the gods, gave
Pandora a beautiful box or jar as a wedding gift,but it was a trick.
He told her not to open it up, and after some time she opens it
letting all the evils into the world. Legend has it that Pandora
closed the box or jar trapping the hope of mankind inside, and whoever
opens Pandora's Box or Pandora's Jar will once again restore hope to
the world. That's the basic legend I'm basing the game on.
For the game I'm going with the more contemporary Pandora's Box story
rather than Pandora's Jar simply because more people are familiar with
the story of Pandora's Box rather than the original story about the
jar. Plus another word for a wooden box is an ark, (a r k,) which kind
of ties the game into Raiders of the Lost Ark which is one of the
inspirations for this particular game. :D
As to opening the ark I can think of two instances where two female
characters have done it just for kicks. In Tomb Raider II: Cradle of
Life Lara Croft does just that. She opens it up to discover Pandora's
Box is empty.. There is also a Xena episode where she too opens
Pandora's Box and finds it empty as well.
Cheers!
On 1/16/13, Phil Vlasak <phi...@bex.net> wrote:
Hi Thomas,
Since the arc of hope is the final goal of the game it would be
interesting
to have different ways to open it.
1. You open it in the dark with no torches lit and you hear the spirits
swirl around you ala Raiders of the Lost Arc, but you don't die.
2. You have torches lit and when you open the arc you see the spirits and
they burn you to death.
3. You find a special item that you use to open the arc with that
neutralizes the spirits.
4. You blow the arc up and don't die but are cursed to be trapped in the
place forever.
5. You use one of the scrolls to cast a protective shield around you when
you open the arc.
6. You drink a potion that changes you into one of the arc's guards and
when
you open the arc it does not kill you.
7. When you open the arc the game says continued in
Arc of Hope part two.
8. When you open the arc you finally hear the voice of Thomas Ward.
9. Inside the arc is a password to the USA Racing game.
10. Inside the arc you discover a staircase and you end up back on level
one
with 20,000 torches and potions and rounds of ammo.
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