i’m realizing that my main game idea’s story is very similar in theme to a lot of westerns and it’s got me wondering if i should go rewatch a bunch of western movies or something

“oh, yeah, my story is a cyberpunk 5 minutes into the future western story which centers around the atomization of society and the unrelenting march of technology pushing capitalist “civilization” forward at the expense of those who can’t adapt, leaving them destitute and alone until their inevitable imprisonment or death”

‘… rowan i asked about your video game‘

@rowan wait really? that’s interesting - how so? I really like A Fistful of Dollars. it’s a classic obviously but I loved it. also it stole the plot wholesale from the samurai movie Yojimbo but I didn’t like that one much at all lol

@kasdeya i’m certainly no expert on western storytelling, and mostly likely it’s not all westerns obviously but i’m pretty sure a central theme of a lot of western stories is wilderness versus civilization. living in the harsh realities of the wild west with its lack of a centralized legal system, dearth of necessities, and very simple lifestyle vs the encroachment of modern civilization and promises of abundance at the cost of a more complicated life. plus the societal differences of the tightly knit frontier town community and the disconnected, efficient city person. it feels to me like these are kind of adjacent to a lot of the same plot points i want to hit.

@rowan ohh, interesting! I know that that’s a huge theme in Red Dead Redemption 2 but I have no idea if that’s a Western storytelling trope in general. it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it were, though. and I can definitely see that connection with your game - and I love that you’re thinking so deeply about its themes and making connections like this

@kasdeya i went to check wiki to see if it mentioned it and it does!! this is the first paragraph under stories and characters :3 i even got the “wilderness vs civilization” exactly right

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