Friday, November 27, 2009

Something New

So this is perhaps a step in the right direction.
I found a program that allows you to create visual novels, which is what I was aiming for in regards to presenting the story. If I can get the gist of how it works, then there will definitely be something to work with.

Also, this may not be clear, but I've figured out that a girl can possess the magician arcana. I'm not entirely sure if I mentioned this before, but the characters and their personalities are reflected by their personae and their respective arcana.

To make a long story short, I am now completely sure of my decision of giving the magician arcana to a female character. Although the tarot is symbolized by a male, there has been a female character wielding a persona under the magician arcana. She is Yuka Ayase from the first installment of the Persona series.

I will try to create some... concept art?

Friday, November 6, 2009

A Little Note About Personae

So this is probably a bit obvious, but in each game, the personae are related to one another, meaning that they are from the same sort of mythology.

In Persona 3, the personae came from Greek mythology.

You had Orpheus, Hermes... those folks. Even the boss was Nyx and Erebus, who are also from Greek mythology, if I'm not mistaken.

The same goes for the personae of Persona 4. All of which are from Japanese mythology. Ameno Sagiri and Izanami too...

So keeping this in mind... I think that it would be fitting to create personae and boss characters from one "source" of mythology. I'm leaning towards Norse mythology at the moment, but that might change.

That's all for now.