Think Avatar: The Last Airbender, but through psychic powers instead of martial arts, and with each “Element” associated with different philosophical and metaphysical roots that describe it’s relationship to reality. The Witch of Space - has a natural talent for Changing. So the Aspect of Space contains anything an individual can imagine as being linked to the idea of “Space”, and everything in that conceptual domain is something Jade. Thought creates reality in Hiveswap, and so every character in it’s cast inevitably gets their wishes granted in some way.Īnd twelve basic, fundamental ideas can be combined in infinite different ways to create literally everything in all of reality. The consequence is that in Paradox Space, reality is made of 12 fundamental particles of thought. Plato’s Theory of Forms, Jung’s Collective Unconcious? All here. Hiveswap draws heavily from sources that dealt heavily with the implications of a reality where thought creates reality. What are “Life” and “Space”, you ask? Well, I was being literal when I mentioned existential Ideas. Two Witches will differ greatly, for example, depending on whether they change “ Life”, or change “ Space”, as they draw from different sources of magic. The system is complicated further by the Hero’s Aspect, which describes what existential idea the Hero interacts with. | Click here to take the True Sign Test & discover your Aspect. So while Thieves and Rogues are both versions of an Outlaw, and both will have a predisposition towards Stealing, the Active Thief will tend to act for their own benefit, while the Passive Rogue will more often move toĬlick through here to learn more about Aspects. The Thief of Light (Left) | The Rogue of Void (Right) The classes come in 7 Pairs, each linked to a Verb - like “ Know”, “ Steal”, or “ Destroy” - that describes their core function, and one or more Archetypes that link the pairs together.Įach Class in a pair is distinguished as either Active ( Self-Oriented and Direct Yang) or Passive ( Support-Oriented and Indirect Yin) versions of an Archetype. This story-driven RPG Class System is made up of 14 Classes. Giving characters powerful tools can enhance a Player’s sense of connection to both the character *and* the game space, as the interplay between the world and the ways the Player Character can manipulate it’s systems makes both feel more dynamic and fully realized.īy using the Hero Title system introduced in Homestuck, Hiveswap aims to achieve something similar. In his episode on Mario’s Jump ( and other versatile verbs), Mark Brown from Game Maker’s Toolkit explores how designing highly-flexible and nuanced Verbs is often a great way to provide a Player with interesting choices. And it’s with this imposed Service that our look at the Hero Titles begins. As a gutter-blood, Xefros has been forcefully assigned the slave-labor role of Butlering for highblood trolls, providing grunt work for those leading the neverending warfare against all other life in their universe. This subjugation is structured through the Hemospectrum, a strictly-enforced Caste system that assigns its people different societal standings - and corresponding occupations, or Roles - according to Blood Color.Īs a Dark-Red Rustblood, Xefros sits at the bottom of this system, while the Fuschia-Pink Heiress that destroys his suburb during Hiveswap is at the top.īecause of this, Xefros - and all others born with his blood hue - can look forward to nothing but a lifetime of exploitation, abuse, and suffering. Alternia is a dystopian wasteland kept afloat by a mysterious, all-powerful Guardian, the ruthless conquering of other civilizations, and the just-as-ruthless subjugation of it’s own people: Xefros Tritoh is an all-around Very Good Boy living in the Very Bad interstellar empire of Alternia. Let’s get started by looking at the Hero Titles, one of the intricate methods Hiveswap uses to characterize one of it’s main characters: Xefros Tritoh. Here we’ll cover the history of Alternia and Earth, get to know the people and forces that shaped them, and as we’ll do in this installment, learn about our Player Characters. Welcome to Hiveswap Lore, a video series designed for Hiveswap fans who want to learn more about the game’s expansive background story.
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