Has it really been ten weeks since the gamesblog massive started this crazy collaborative, user-generated project? According to my dodgy sense of mathematics, it has. And considering everyone involved has been balancing a full-time life with down-time designing, coding and storytelling, we've done really well.
As those who've been following the project know, there is a working demo for the first Chapter of the adventure and the design work for the story opening is almost complete. But - we have one very important bit that needs attending to before we can finalise the first fifth of the project: character names.
To date we've been referring to our fearless main character as Bob, a kind of catch-all, work-in-progress moniker. Now there's been a call by designer-in-residence DennisChow to decide once and for all what we should name the main guy. He needs a name of distinction (like, er, Isambard), but one which reflects his down-to-earth demeanour (like a Harry). He is of good stock (like a Rupert), but is a bit of a rabble rouser (like, for example, a Firebrand). Suggestions, please, at the bottom of the post.
We also need a couple of other names, which we would like use the gamesblog community's collective brain to decide. If you've always wanted to name something, but haven't had a child/pet/plant/car to apply it to, here's your chance. How's about exercising this transferable skill on the following characters: the Main Character's (deceased) Friend, the (grumpy) pub landlady, the intoxicated gentleman propping up the pub bar, the ape-like guard who's blocking our hero from public transport salvation, and the somnambulist behind the train ticket desk.
Suggestions, please, in the comments section. And we promise we won't do a Socks/Cookie on you.
