Well... This first post would be a long one I guess..



After a successful guilty verdict of Dahlia Hawthorne and proving Phoenix Wright's innocence, Mia Fey is as confident as ever, almost forgetting the events of her debut trial. Gaining a whole new perspective on what it realy means to be a Defense Attorney, she took on multiple cases with burning desire of protecting the innocent.

But a string of seemingly "impossible" and "unrelated" murders leads her to a torrent of truths, lies and plots that will eventually puts her in a risky choice, and eventually giving her a very concrete philosophy of "trusting the client, no matter what".

A Prosecutor that will do anything to achieve "Absolute Perfection" that his enstranged father will never achieve, and will do absolutely anything to get it.

An aspiring detective with a knack for the strange and occult. A complete opposite of his grandad's hard-boiled ways.

A conspiracy that put countries on a brink of war.

An evil mind that will silence anything that crosses his ideals.

Hear the voice of the departed. Hear the "truths" behind their whispers! Destroy the shackles of secrets and open the door to salvation!

Will she bow down to the cirumstances, or will she stand for what she believes in for a big gamble? But no matter what, she will turn the case around!

Once again, the Goddess has arrived!



I currently working on possibly a fangame (of sorts, I still need to study a lot of things) that features Mia Fey. Well,this is more of like a pitch for a game (and also a new in-game system) so I'm still open for suggestion (which is the reason why I actually posted this early)

Why Mia Fey? Well, I just noticed that her storyline isn't really given really any emphasis, most probably on the fact that she died on the first PW game, despite her flashback trial in PW:TAT. But then, there's still a broad untapped timeline has been left between the time she solved Nick's case and her establishing Fey and Co. Law Offices with Phoenix. So I thought of writing a few pieces about it.

I'm actually still on planning stages, but I already written rough ideas about Cases 1 and 2 (Case 1 being a tutorial). I am also proposing a new (or well, depends on your judgement) in-game system which I'm not really sure if I can pull off with current game engines but still hoping.

Channeling:
[As a member and supposed to be successor of the Kurain Channeling Technique before Maya, Mia can also channel victims and hear "Truth Points". But with lack of training since she decided to be a lawyer, she could only do it in a limited time. Doing it excessively would give the spirit channeled a chance to take over completely her body, or the spirit losing interest to her.

She apparently only uses this whenever she feels that she is stuck in a slump with an investigation or a cross examination.

By touching her Magatama and focusing, Mia would hear pieces of words whispered by the victim's spirit, called "Truth Points". She needs to choose the word that would best suit to her theory or contradicts to what's been testified. Sometimes, it will give her a hint on where to look on an investigation, what statement to press and what evidence should be presented. It is essentially a "Hint System" as her partner detective would say, similar to some video games.

She would feel a slight "jolt" whenever Channeling needs to be used. She would then enter "Trance Mode".

A gauge with 5 Magatamas would determine how many times she can use Channeling. If a wrong Truth Point is chosen, the channeled spirit will grow suspicious of her, thus one Magatama is taken out. If she chose the right Truth Point, the spirit would trust her more, giving her one Magatama. If all Magatamas are out, the spirit will either leave for good out of disinterest, never to be called again, or take over her body, exacting revenge on the suspects.]

Pretty much what I can only reveal for now is:
-Events took place after Phoenix and Dahlia's trial
-Slight mentions/relations to places and people of Ace Attorney Investigations
-Nick is playable as a partner
-Psyche-Locks (most probably the first usage in the entire series chronologically) and other thingamajigs are usable
-Young Maya might appear, Grossberg is also in.
-Huge scale conspiracies (and I mean huge)

So, I'm really open to suggestions and comments before I actually start writing the script and the rest of the cases. I can openly say that I will release a demo for Case 1 (since it is really a tutorial case, but will provide pretty much the whole gist of the game). So, just post away!

(PS: Is "Goddess Of Justice/Innocence" better for a title? )

PROGRESS REPORT:

I'm working on Case 1 (which will be clearly a tutorial case, well in a very literal sense story-wise) as of this moment. I'm still on planning stages but I pretty much done on the storyboarding and details. Scripting and coding will follow later as I finalize some details.



Now just for the record:

This game may take a lot, and I mean A LOT of time to complete. There maybe some instances that this thread will not be updated for a long time, but rest assured that I will not abandon this project.

I actually plan this fangame to be short, but I realized I have so many ideas buzzing on my head that I may need to have the whole plot expanded exponentially. It will take time, but I will complete this project.

As soon as I finished the planning and scripting stages, I may need some help from:

-Spriters: From the first case alone, I may require a lot of customized sprites as I intend to introduce some new characters and "younger" versions of old ones (like Phoenix minus the cold).
-Beta testers: I will be doing the programming as well, so a lot of feedback would be appreciated.

IM MONOTORING THIS THREAD

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Seeing as how you STOLE MY IDEA FOR A GAME came up with a similar idea, I was wondering If I can help with the coding of this project, along with creating a few cases here and there? Incidentally, the program I use is PyWright.

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I didn't mean to steal your idea I swear!

Well, any help that I can get is very much appreciated. But then I could say it's too early to go with the coding job. I'm still in the process of coming up some ideas about the whole central plot (while not clashing with the canon's storyline and somehow correlate to it at the same time). As of the moment I'm writing this, I'm already writing the scripts for Case 1's first and second days.

What I'm mostly focusing now are the mechanics for the Channeling System. I'm still thinking if current casemaker systems could pull off such a game mechanic. One of the main goals is not only to introduce new characters and stories, but also new ways of playing the same game. And oh, a bit of trivia:



As for cases, I mentioned that I'm still working with some ideas about the central plot of the game. I have already listed some of the ideas, but I still can't decide for the meantime. So far, the only case that has a very concrete plan is Case 1.

But still, wait for updates.

Okie-Dokie then. Just know that when you need help, the offer is always valid.

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PROGRESS REPORT (and some clarifications ):

Case 1: Turnabout Mentoring is still on writing stage. I'm pretty much done now with the case details so all I need to do is to outline the details and write the first and second parts of the dialogue. I originally plan Case 1 to be quite short, but then, realizing it after I written down the major details, it will be quite long. I presume a minimum of 3 to 4 hours gameplay on the first case alone. I'll post some screenshots after I test out the engine using the pre-existing sprites and sounds I already have.

But then, a few clarifications:



So, I therefore, decided to still push through the game.

So anyway, that's it for now.