Poll: Help us choose a title for our first game!
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We probably would have done that if it weren't for the fact taht there are three different NPCs that enhance the sword: a chemist, a mage and a smith, and all of them offer very different powers. So we don't want to make one of them the "main" NPC.Mordwyl said:
I think the already suggested "Fragmented Sword" sounds utterly awesome, you should go for that one 
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Edit: Ooh, "Fragmented Edge" sounds even more awesome
.Edit: Ooh, "Fragmented Edge" sounds even more awesome
How about, in true "A reckless disregard for gravity" style.LordSphinx said:
HACKYSLASHYSTABBYSTABSTAB!!!11!one!!11eleven! (Warning, this game contains swords.)
Note: I'm being perfectly serious.
Call it S.W.O.R.D. but don't define the acronym (or initialisation), let the players decide what it means, as it could mean different things to different people.
You could also hide Easter Eggs in the game that could hint at the acronym (or be complete red herrings), for example 5 NPC hermits hidden around the world called Stephen, William, Oliver, Richard and David, or 5 scared animal statues depicting a Snake, a Wolf, an Ocelot, a Raccoon and a Deer.
People love good Easter Egg hunt and theories (even if they don't actually exist). It's like when Peter Molyneux said there was still at least one secret in Fable: TLC that nobody had found yet, people were playing the game for ages trying to find this secret and the message boards were alight with discussion and speculation.
If you manage to get a lot of people discussing and speculating about the true meaning of S.W.O.R.D. on message boards, then you'll sell lots of copies through world of mouth, especially if it's a cheap indy game that people would happily buy just to try and work out the puzzle and be the first person on the internet to "beat" the acronym.
You could also hide Easter Eggs in the game that could hint at the acronym (or be complete red herrings), for example 5 NPC hermits hidden around the world called Stephen, William, Oliver, Richard and David, or 5 scared animal statues depicting a Snake, a Wolf, an Ocelot, a Raccoon and a Deer.
People love good Easter Egg hunt and theories (even if they don't actually exist). It's like when Peter Molyneux said there was still at least one secret in Fable: TLC that nobody had found yet, people were playing the game for ages trying to find this secret and the message boards were alight with discussion and speculation.
If you manage to get a lot of people discussing and speculating about the true meaning of S.W.O.R.D. on message boards, then you'll sell lots of copies through world of mouth, especially if it's a cheap indy game that people would happily buy just to try and work out the puzzle and be the first person on the internet to "beat" the acronym.
Here's my suggestion: Think of a title, then translate into Japanese and then back into English and use whatever you get. If it's a good game, people will get used to it. Like Metal Gear Solid...
When you do this with "Incomplete Sword" you get "The imperfect sword which is agreeable". I think that has a real nice ring to it.
When you do this with "Incomplete Sword" you get "The imperfect sword which is agreeable". I think that has a real nice ring to it.
Steel Ascension could be almost any game. A tank sim. A shitty JRPG. A fighting game with a brass knuckle Fetish, etc.
'A Sword Fit for a King' is the sort of name you want, only it's not a very good name. It's a mouthful. You need some clever wordsmithery to come up with something with similar meaning but less syllables. Like Kingly Sword, if that didn't sound like Heavenly Sword, but worse.
'A Sword Fit for a King' is the sort of name you want, only it's not a very good name. It's a mouthful. You need some clever wordsmithery to come up with something with similar meaning but less syllables. Like Kingly Sword, if that didn't sound like Heavenly Sword, but worse.