Dialouge Examples

Mother: Gance fetch some water from outside quickly, your father is looking pale!
Gance: How long has he been sick now? Almost a week? What’d he eat anyway?
Mother: He didn’t eat anything, just go grab some!
Gance: Of course.
Gance shuts door to Mother’s room and leaves
Gance:  Hey Inzo come get some water with me.
Inzo: Okay!
Gance and Inzo open front door and begin to get water outside from well
Inzo: Is this for Dad to drink?
Gance: Yeah, I’m not sure why he's been feeling so bad these past few days, he seems very off. 
Inzo:  I know he’s gonna be okay! Daddy’s the strongest!
Gance: Well yeah hell be fine, it shouldn’t last too much longer.
back at home
Mother: Ray it's getting worse I don't know what to do!
Ray: Ugh… we need more medicine… something to cool down the marks.
Mother:  We don't have any now, but are these marks even burns?  They don’t look right.
Ray: I don’t know what else It could be… Whatever was in that cave I shouldn’t have touched it.
Mother: Oh Honey you’re scaring me.  We need to get help!
Ray: Just send the boys to get medicine from the village, and bandages to cover my arm up.  Something for a cut or a bite maybe?
Mother: I let them know when they're back, but we shouldn’t tell them about these marks, I don’t want them to get scared.  
Ray: Sure, that's fine… Ugh God this is painful.
Gance and Inzo return
Gance: Here's his water, me and Inzo are gonna go play outside for a little bit.
Mother: Thanks, and actually I need you two to go to the village and get medicine ointment and bandages for your father.  You don’t want to see him right now but he's a little more than sick.
Inzo: What? Is he okay?
Mother:  Yes dear,  he's just hurt from work that's all.
Gance: Ugh that's so far away.
Mother: Oh would you quit it, your father is hurt here you need to help.
Inzo: Yeah Gance let's go.
Mother: See, even Inzo is ready.
Gance: Okay fine, I guess we're just doing chores today.
Mother: Watch it with that attitude, mister.
Gance and Inzo leave to walk towards village
Gance: I wonder what Dad could have done to get himself hurt like this.  I’ve never seen Mom this worried.
Inzo: I don’t know, but I wanna see him. 
Gance: We should ask to see him when we're back, he'll want to get his medicine and bandages.
Gance and Inzo approach Village
Inzo: Can we get some food while we're here?
Gance: Only if we have leftover money. (A)
Gance: Yeah honestly I’m super hungry. (B)
Inzo: Awesome, lets go to the chicken shop! (A)
Inzo: Fine. (B)
Gance: Okay here's the money, now go find the medical stand.
Gives Inzo the coins and pushes his back towards the market
Inzo runs into market full speed
Gance: Sorry bro there's only so many coins. (B)
Dance turns to chicken shop (B)
Gance: Hi, can I have one chicken and rice please! (B)
Owner: Only chicken and rice again Gance? You gotta try something different! (B)
Gance: Sorry man, I like it simple. (B)
Owner: Can’t argue with that.  (B)
Gance eats and waits for Inzo (B)
Inzo: Hey mister, how much ointment and bandages can I get for this? sets coins on table
Owner:  Well I can get you bandages but we only have high grade ointment in stock which costs more than what youve got here.  Seems you're just a few coins shy. (B)
Owner: Im sorry kid you don’t got enough to buy anything here. (A)
Inzo: What? Anything at all? Please my dad is very sick! (A)
Inzo: Hmm… Well, do you have anything else for sick people? (B)
Owner: Sick people? Well what kind of sickness?  (B)
Owner: Sick? Well How sick is he? (A)
Inzo: Hmm… Well I'm not too sure, but I think my Dad has cuts on his body from work.
Owner: Wait a second… Are you Ray’s kid?
Inzo: Yeah that’s my Dad, can you help him?
Owner:  I'm sorry Kid. I heard what happened to your father and helping him is above my pay grade.  You can buy these bandages if you'd like but that’s all I can help you with.
Inzo:  Um… Okay I guess I'll buy them, thank you!
Inzo returns to Gance
Inzo: Why are you standing by the chicken shop?
Gance: Oh I was just talking to my favorite shop owner, that's it.
Inzo: Hmm… Okay.  Well I got the bandages but they didn’t give me any medical ointment. 
Gance: Okay well hopefully Mom isn’t too mad, I honestly think Dad is over exaggerating, hell be fine.
Inzo: I guess so, I don’t know but the medicine guy was acting kinda weird when I mentioned Dad.  
Gance: I'm sure it's nothing.
Inzo:...
Gance and Inzo return Home

Characters
Name: Gance
Age: 20
Gender: Male

Appearance
Gance is very tall and slender for his age.  He currently has short brown hair and brown eyes.  He also has a small brown mole on the center of his right cheek.
Personality
Gance is very level-headed and smart.  He likes to take his time to figure out how to solve problems.  He has a childish sense of humor sometimes and can get distracted easily. Driven by the need to rescue his younger brother, Inzo, from the clutches of the Demon King.
History
Lived on a farm with his Mother and younger brother.  His younger brother, Inzo, was taken one night by a mysterious figure he had spotted leaving the farm.  Gance was 20 years old when this occurred. Decides to grab an ax and chase after the figure. His mother was not able to able to stop Gance as he left without telling her. 

Name: Inzo
Age: 12
Gender: Male

Appearance
Inzo is shorter than Gance in stature, currently standing at five foot seven.  Inzo has long hair coming just above his shoulders, along with a visible scar under his left eye.  
Personality
Inzo is very childish in nature and can sometimes let his anger out uncontrollably.  He is very courageous when he needs to be, sometimes having zero fear.  He is easily tricked or persuaded, however.
History
Lived on a farm with his older brother Gance.  Did work throughout the farm and played with Gance every day. He was taken from their home at age twelve to become the Demon King’s Apprentice.  Inzo hates the Demon King but after years of not being saved by Gance, he slowly begins to become swayed onto the Demon King’s side.

Name: Riva
Age: 22
Gender: Female

Appearance
Riva is of average height, with short blonde hair.  She has a slightly visible tattoo on her left arm that she tries to keep covered.  She wears the clothes of the townspeople who took her in when she was abandoned.
Personality
Riva is a very strong person not only physically but mentally.  She is extremely assertive and acts on her words.  She is very driven to kill the Demon King due to everything he has done.  She has a very dark sense of humor and is also extremely secretive. 
History
Riva is the daughter of the Demon King, who was banished from her home due to her being a female.  She was viewed as weak and worthless by her father.  She has lived her life so far in a nearby village that took her in.  Despite her young age during her banishment, she still remembers who her father is.

Story Outline

Call to Adventure
Gance Witnesses Inzo's kidnapping into the dungeon nearby his town
Despite his father dying from exploring the dungeon, Gance runs inside chasing his brother.
Gance ventures too many levels deep into the dungeon, and eventually passes out from exhaustion and hunger.

Mentor
Woken up by someone adventuring the dungeon, Saiden.
Saiden feeds Gance a bowl of stew and explains to Gance how to exit from here.
Gance graciously takes the food but refuses to leave the dungeon despite its dangers.
After finishing his meal, Gance thanks Saiden and continues to explore the dungeon, Saiden follows due to him knowing Gance is not prepared.
Saiden warns Gance that there is no food ready to eat inside the dungeon, and one must hunt and provide for themselves when going deeper. 
While disgusted by the idea of eating monsters, Gance continues regardless.

Threshold
Gance, although coming out very injured, successfully kills his first monster, Saiden cooks it for them and they eat together.  
Gance realizes monster food isn’t so bad when cooked properly, he is also informed that he had eaten monster earlier when he was first found.
Gance finds a magical ring, which is rare for the dungeon level they are on.
Gance is fascinated by the concept of magic and tells Saiden this is his first time owning his own magical item.
After forming a stronger connection with Saiden after many battles, Gance tells Saiden of his mission inside the Dungeon, Saiden also reveals his purpose for exploring, which is to create the best dish known to man.

Trials + Help
Gance and Saiden continue to push through levels of the dungeon, however begin to struggle heavily against certain monsters wielding magic.  These roadblocks stunt their progress.
Gance and Saiden stumbleupon Riva, who is passed out on the ground of a dungeon room.  
Similar to Gance’s situation, Riva is woken and fed food by Saiden.  
Riva is grateful for Saiden’s help, and confesses she hasn’t eaten in days.
Riva is naturally extremely proficient in magic use, and teaches Gance and Saiden the basics in exchange for their help. She decides to travel with Gance and Saiden for the purpose of food, but refuses to tell them of her motives.

Growth
Over 6 months, the party makes large amounts of progress exploring the dungeon.
Each member learns for each other and all party members become more proficient in combat, cooking, and magic.
After defeating a room boss they had been training for, the party begins to make progress only to be greeted by another human.
This human is extremely sick looking and has odd marks covering his body.  
The party tries to communicate with the human but the stranger begins to attack and yells about his “Master”.
Gance is eventually pinned down by the raging human, and is told “You’re just like him. Master’s favorite!”  In this moment of shock, Gance is stabbed through the chest by the human, who turns his arm into a sharp sword-like object.  

Death + Rebirth
Riva sees Gance be stabbed from the floor, she gets up alongside Saiden and defeats the raging human.
In desperation, Riva cuts herself and begins to create a blood circle around Gance.
Using her Demon Magic, Riva is able to save Gance from his injury, however though this process, demon blood was mixed into Gance’s bloodstream, and Riva’s Demon mark is revealed
After his resurrection, Gance begins to sense magic more finely and feels he has more control of his own magic creation.
Riva informs the party of her identity as the Demon King’s Daughter.

Revelation
Riva informs Gance that her father most likely is experimenting on his brother, so he may still be alive.
Riva explains that her father has been obsessed with creating the perfect being, and Riva was one of the “failed” ones, and so was the human they found previously.
Gance asks Riva to teach him all she knows about magic and Demon magic, as he wishes to become stronger.
After about 6 more months of training and exploring, the party reached the room Riva believes to be the location of her father.

Atonement
The party enters the final room and is greeted by the Demon King and Inzo who were waiting for them.  Riva and her father speak briefly before being interrupted by Inzo and Gance. 
Inzo doesn’t recognize Gance after only a year of being apart, Inzo speaks to Dance with anger, as if many more years passed than only one.
Throughout the final altercation, Riva and Saiden are eventually pinned down by the Demon King.
After a long battle between Gance and Inzo, Gance is able to make Inzo remember certain memories of their childhood, which snaps Inzo back into reality.
Without much thought, Inzo quickly begins to attack the Demon King while he is unprepared.
The Demon King falls and dies laughing, which leaves Riva and others puzzled.

Gift
Gance and Inzo speak with each other after all that has happened, Inzo says he felt as if at least 10 years had passed with the Demon King.
The party realizes the dungeon has only opened up further, but they decide to leave and return to the surface.
The party returns to the village to tell of their year journey, but are told they were only missing for about 2 months.

Return
Party shares the story of their adventure, and Riva begins to teach more people magic.
Magical items found from the Dungeon are given to the scientists to examine.
The party collectively feels like there is still more to the dungeon than they have discovered, including the continuation of the dungeon levels and the odd time dilation found when going deeper and deeper.
The monsters from the dungeon continue to thrive on all levels and seemingly have no end.
The magic strength of the upcoming generations continue to grow as well as their curiosity concerning the mysteries of the dungeon.

Game Setting

The story of this game takes place almost entirely within an underground dungeon that mysteriously appeared around 200 years ago.  After the discovery, people began to figure out that many riches and monsters had never before been seen in the dungeon.  In the pursuit of these riches, many people perished in the deathly grip of the dungeon, and if their body wasn’t immediately recovered, they would disappear.  Despite these dangers, the nearby townsfolk would continue to explore and route this dungeon, and eventually reach far enough down to find an object with magical properties, something entirely new to these people.  More magical objects would be found, which would eventually be reversed-engineered, allowing the townsfolk to study and learn magic on their own.  Over time, only the people who became proficient at basic magic would be allowed to enter the dungeon, because of this, the dungeon was closed off the majority of the time only being opened on routine missions.  

The knowledge of the dungeon was to be kept secret from outsiders, this was to maintain control of any items or advancements found within.  The town Gance and Inzo live near is very small and many miles from the nearest other town.  Gance and Inzo have heard tales of monsters and people with odd powers from far far away, but they did not believe them.

There are three main groups of individuals throughout this game, 

1). Ventures, the people who have studied magic since birth and choose to explore and route the dungeon in hopes of new discoveries and glory.  Ventures study magic at a specific school from very early on.  Families who have been Ventures for much longer, simply have much more mana than others.  This mana stock seems to be passed down to children so the majority of Ventures have had many generations of stock buildup.  This does not stop others from starting to learn magic on their own, they are just at a disadvantage.  Gance and Inzo’s Father was a Venture, as was his father before him, yet somehow none of their families' mana stock was passed down to either Gance or Inzo, which is an extremely rare case.

2). Townsfolk, the people who choose to not enter the dungeon, and instead keep the town alive through other means.  These people research the items brought back from dungeon missions, cook the meat brought back, and help keep all of the Ventures healthy.  There is sometimes a divide between the Townsfolk and the Ventures, as some Ventures believe they are much superior to the Townsfolk, simply because of their magic use.  The majority of Townsfolk and Ventures live in harmony, however.

3).  Monsters,  the monsters are creatures of all kinds and caliber, some are simple-minded goblins, while others are magical and invisible to the naked eye.  Throughout the years different species of monsters have been documented and studied, the townsfolk try to get all they can from these monsters so some parts are used to eat while other parts like slime and fat are used in other ways.

Both Ventures and Townsfolk have an agreement to try and keep the existence of the dungeon away from the outer lands.  They believe that by keeping this dungeon to themselves they can learn and progress faster than outsiders, which has been the case for around 200 years.  Because of this, certain aspects of life in the town are enhanced by magic, and even some monsters have been domesticated.  Overall, these improvements have been great for the town but no massive technological improvements have been made, which is the current desire of specific townsfolk, the researchers.

There are three specific conflicts that have happened or will happen. 

1).  As previously stated, Gance and Inzo’s Father was once a Venture, his name was Ruick.  There was a tragedy that occurred during one mission into the dungeon.  Ruick and 9 others entered the dungeon on a courageous journey hoping to reach a new floor.  Ruick and his party were not heard from after multiple days until eventually one survivor, Dalek emerged.  Dalek spoke of a monster who looked very human but had powers that decimated their party.  Dalek said that each of his party members was left with a specific bloody mark all over their bodies after being killed by the monster.  Dalek believes this monster to be a Demon and this story of this demon along with their mark has been passed down ever since.  Since this event, the rate of dungeon missions has slowed down as many Ventures still fear the Dungeon.

2.)  In the present of the story is where the next major conflict begins.  Gance and Inzo grieve their father's death and are told by their mother to never enter the dungeon and she's glad they never obtained magical powers.  About five years later, Inzo is captured while out with Gance, and a chase ensues.  Inzo seems to be pulled into the Dungeon by what only looks like a shadow to Gance, and despite all previous knowledge of the dungeon and his mother's warning, Gance enters the dungeon in hopes of reaching Inzo. This is the event that forced Gance to begin exploring the dungeon and begin his journey.

3.) At the end of the story, Gance, Inzo, and Riva all return to the surface together and share their riches and discoveries.  The three of them who all possess demon magic, the most powerful known magic, show the Townsfolk all they can about their abilities.  They also reveal that the dungeon has opened up further and they want to continue to explore.  For this, the three agree to teach the new generation of Ventures along with anyone who wishes to become one.  They also agree to tell outsiders about the existence of the Dungeon, in hopes that more progress can be made with more total Ventures.  They realize they are not the only people who have discovered a dungeon, and begin to share their knowledge with nearby towns.

Example Quests


Quest #1

The first quest that will be available to the player will be to slay 10 Aurochs (similar to cow/bull).  This quest will be given to the player by Saiden, a stranger who woke Gance.  Saiden is a dungeon enthusiast and prefers to stay inside the dungeon and explore.  Due to this, Saiden is well experienced in killing and cooking edible monsters that live inside the dungeon.  During the conversation Gance and Saiden first have, Gance makes it known to Saiden that he intends to venture deeper into the Dungeon in order to find his brother.  Saiden tells him he must be able to feed himself while he is searching because the dungeon is very vast and finding his brother will be much harder and more tedious than he expected.  Saiden offers to Gance, “If you can go kill and bring me back some Aurochs, I can show you how to cut and cook them.”  Gance (The Player) will accept this quest and be tasked to explore the current and a few further floors in order to kill the Aurochs and return.  This quest will serve two purposes.  The first purpose is to help the player situate themselves with the controls of the character, fix any settings issues, and most importantly learn the combat.  The Aurochs are simple creatures that rarely attack.  Their main combat move is a simple forward dash that deals damage on contact, however, the Auroch will only use this move to run away from oncoming attacks.  The second purpose is to show the player the importance of finding food for themselves and cooking it.  Over the course of the game the player's hunger will naturally decrease, this is displayed as a 2D UI element on the screen.  The player will need to occasionally need to kill and cook monsters that are Edible in order to regenerate their hunger.  Certain foods or combinations of them will give the player stat boosts or effects.  Once the player returns with the meat of 10 Aurochs, Saiden will show Gance how to cook the meat.  Gance (The Player) will leave with 5 Cooked Auroch Steaks and a Cooking Set gifted by Saiden.

Quest #2

Gance has traveled with Riva and Saiden for a long time and eventually, they reach a deadly battle.  During this battle, Gance is struck down and eventually revived by Riva through the use of Demon Magic.  In the game, the player will be given the option to choose between two quests, the first being the option of attempting to suppress the demon magic now in his blood, and the second being the option to allow it to fuel his desire to return to his brother.  Each of these quests leads the player to encounter different monsters and do different tasks.  The player's choice in this quest will also determine a specific stat increase for each Quest Path. These quests are only completed when 1.)  The player has completed all required objectives in the main quest line, and 2) When the player has completed the first dungeon.  

Quest #3

When Gance, Inzo, Riva, and Saiden all return to the surface, the player will be given the quest to inform the village of their findings.  This gameplay process simply involves the player's adventures around the town greeting Townsfolk and Ventures.  Through this process, the player will hear many stories and lines from these people about their time gone.  Even though the quest is telling the player to talk to the Townsfolk, the quest will not be able to be completed until the player has gone back to their home and talked to their mother.  At this point, the quest will be able to be completed assuming the player has talked to some of the village, if not the quest will finish then.  When this quest is complete, the player will have the option to return to the previous dungeon or leave the village to search for new dungeons.