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Good idea! I'm having so much fun with this, I can't wait to get it finished! You all have been so helpful! I'll keep you updated! =)

Ooh okay, that sounds good!

Oh, I forgot I was going to ask you all... When I was working on the maps for the dungeons for each goddess, I had put the fire goddess deep down inside a volcano, surrounded by fire and a big fire bad guy you have to defeat to get to her dungeon... and then I realized, why would the fire goddess be imprisoned in fire? I was going to have her "lair" be in the volcano, so it doesn't make sense having her imprisoned in fire if her element is fire. Do you think I should lock them in towers instead? or in deep underground caverns?

Yeah, that's a good idea =) I could come up with some descriptions and see about posting a request there. Thanks!

You all are amazing! I never imagined I'd get this much help!! Mushinronja, thank you so much for the name suggestions! I loved Amadeia the second I read it! Good idea =) And you're right, I did play with the idea of the main character being a descendant somehow, as a reason for him having the strength and powers when nobody else does. I haven't posted any of my main character ideas yet, but I have the female character as having royal blood in her veins, along the lines of being a bastard of the king and not knowing it. Not sure if I'll keep that yet, but perhaps she could end up taking her place in the kingdom after the king dies and there are no other heirs or something. Not sure =) but I have big plans for her and the main character. Perhaps Amadeus created a son for himself when he sensed things were about to go haywire... And HumanNinja, I never thought about using demi-gods or goddesses, to be honest I don't really know a whole lot about them. Looks like I have more research to do!! =) Like I said before, the only thing holding me back is that I'm no artist, I can't create a male fire demi-god face portrait and sprite, so unless there's somebody out there who could create a bunch of demi-god characters for me, I'm limited to what the game gives me already =/ Thanks again everyone for everything, you all have given so much light to my story, this is the first game I've started that I've actually been so excited to finish!

Thanks Kotori-chan! And Rush, Originally I had a God of Time instead of a Goddess, but didn't have a villian yet and wanted it to end up being one of their own. I would totally made the elementals gods, but the game of course has them all as female and I don't have the talent to create a fire god or water god sprite, face, and portrait =/ I'm pretty limited to what the game has given me, aside from editing them in photoshop (which you can see I changed the one spiritual lady's hair to blue and took off her halo). I could always add another God and have him be the son, but then I'd be at 8 gods/goddesses instead of 7. I dunno, what do you think? HumanNinja that's a good idea! I'll have to do some research and see about finding a culture close to what I have pictured in my head. Thanks again everyone for helping me out =)

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give you all an update on what I've come up with. I've strayed a little from the whole "7 pieces make an item" thing, but I still have the 7 cities and 7 god/goddesses, although I've come up with some cool ideas. Let me know what you think! The world of (suggestions on a good world name would be a lot of help! haha) was created by the God of Creation and 6 Goddesses, and in order from highest/strongest to weakest it goes: The God of Creation, The Goddess of Love, The Goddess of Time, The Goddess of Fire, The Goddess of Water, The Goddess of Wind, and The Goddess of Earth. The Goddess of Love is obviously the God's lover, but with love comes jealousy, and she begins to suspect he has feelings for the Goddess of Time. Over time this jealousy turns to hate, and she begins to plot against them. Obviously she can't just defeat the Goddess of Time, not with all of the other Goddesses around. So she starts from the bottom and behind the God's back starts taking them down. She defeats them one by one and locks them each away in deep dark dungeons. During the game this is happening, and as she defeats each goddess (starting from the bottom) the world starts falling into chaos. So for example, when she locks away the Earth Goddess, tremors and earthquakes start happening, some of which are destroying cities. When she locks away the Wind Goddess, the weather starts getting crazy and tornados start destroying villages, and with the Water Goddess comes rain and storms and floods, etc, etc. When she finally gets to the Goddess of Time and defeats her, all time stands still, all of the people and villages freeze. Anyway, as the main character your world is falling apart around you, so obviously (haven't figured out the reasons why yet) you set out to rescue each Goddess from their dungeons... Which by the way, in their weakened states they appear in their human form to the player (thanks for that idea Oasiris!) As you rescue each one you either get: 1) them to join your party and fight along side you, or 2) some fancy weapon/relic of their element that helps you defeat the Goddess of Love in the end. So once you free the water goddess you get water magic or a weapon or something to use, so you need the combination of all of the elements to defeat her. I've been playing around with the ideas for a while now, obviously I still need the main character's story... but I liked the idea of the world falling part piece by piece as you're trying to hurry and save them all. I still have the 7 cities (each will probably have a temple dedicated to the goddesses and god) and I have names for all of the characters. Anyway, let me know what you guys think! =) Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!! Plus I haven't come up with a name for the World yet or the Game itself, so if anything jumps out at you, let me know! Thanks again for everything! And Jinumon I DID see your post!! It was a lot to read but I liked it a lot!! A good story doesn't have to be short and simple!! Thank you so much for the ideas, I love them!! I'll probably still be changing/working on my story so I might use some of your suggestions also... I'll let you know! =D

Oh okay, so if I look up some sounds on youtube I can just download them? How do I make them loop?

Hello! One of the cities in my game is deep in a dark forest, and I was wondering if anyone had a BGS for a deep dark forest? Maybe some crickets chirping and leaves rustling or anything along those lines? An owl hooting would be perfect! Thanks everyone!

Thank you so much!! I'll let you know how it goes for sure! =)

Ooooh, that's quite an interesting plot too! See, I knew this would be the perfect place to come for help!! I like the idea of having the 7 gods in their weakened form, that's something I didn't think of. It would be cool to have different gods be different elements, it's too bad Ace only gives you those 4 female elemental spirits. I definitely have some planning out to do. I was thinking of opening the game on a small cozy town (as usual) and the main character going about his daily life, and then going to a cave/forest to play and accidentally coming across a piece of the relic. He takes it to the village elder and learns all about the history. In my maps I have a large world map with 6 islands, each with 6 big cities on them. The 7th city is in the sky that will be the last one MC visits... That's about all I've got so far aside from the suggestions from you both... Can't wait to get started on the scenes/story!

Wow!! That's impressive! All of that sounds good to me! I wish I could come up with stories like that on the spot! Yeah I'll definitely play around with that, I love the idea of having to get 7 pieces to make it whole, that's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much I REALLY appreciate it!

Hey there! I've been working on a game that may or may not be titled "The Seven Cities." I created 7 different cities (duh) that the hero needs to venture to and collect something from (a stone or magic item). I have the maps, houses, shops, and everything mapped out. I even have characters and dungeons and everything. But I'm having a hard time coming up with the actual story line. Anyone feeling creative and willing to share some ideas? I'd like the main character to have to travel to each city to collect all 7 items. I was thinking about having Temples in each city that are maybe overrun by demons/monsters that the hero has to defeat? Again, just looking for some better ideas, I don't want this game to be too cliche =) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!!