Poly's Ponderings

[Polyedit2000]

The rambling was less on the horror and more on the environment and gameplay loop, to ponder on taking one "room" and using that again and again for the whole RP.  Other games that experimented with the one room include This Is The Only Level (with different rules), FNAF (increasing difficulty as the game progresses) and Ultimate Chicken Horse (other players add obstacles).

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So next topic, Duos.  I don't mean the number of OCs a person can come up with but identifying the two characters that appear together or within the same context.  While twins would be the easiest way to make this context, some people can pair up different characters on the same team or even from different creators.  So how does this pairing work?

First, how do personalities mesh together?  The quickest way is the "hivemind" where multiple character share the same opinion, though this is more common for supporting characters to a leader.  The next type is "leader and servant" where the second character supports the first regardless of their actions; duos like Burns and Smithers to Robotnik and Stone illustrate bad men and the ones that love them.

But let's take a look at more equal or balanced personalities.  The leader and servant idea can morph into master and slave where one is a dom (Robomaid and Nabby) and the other is a target of their antics (Mallory and Abby) rarely with the duo enacting the opposite.  This also translates to how two people can react to the same situation like Creamgag's Grace and Clary, one that hates most antics and the other that clearly enjoys them.  Of course, contrasting personalities like Asuka and Rei or Starfire and Raven are more common in the safer circle.

There are also duos that are based more on similarities rather than differences.  The easiest way to do this is with twins or people sharing the same interests, though it's more common to select two people that appear in the same show or game like Tifa and Aerith.  However, similarity pairings can easily work by selecting the same feature even if everything else is different, ranging from Peach being a princess like Daisy or being a female lead like Amy Rose.  Sometimes, these similarities can branch out in unexpected directions like Raven and Gwen (two mages in a teenage team despite the different tones of the show).

So how does one play as two?  Well, one may think that having two reactions to one situation can be easily played with similar or opposing actions but it also boils down to how each character can react when separated.  Sometimes, two characters can simply act without each other, but there may be cases where one or both characters will be focused on searching for or protecting the other.