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Story<\/h2>\n

In the distant mists of time, the role playing game was born. From Dungeons and Dragons, the ultimate progenitor of the genre, games such as Wizardry and Ultima branched off from there. In turn, these games in turn were the inspiration for Dragon Quest\/Warrior. And it in turn spawned titles such as Final Fantasy, which had many descendants of its own. All of these influences ultimately form a family tree of role-playing games, all ultimately deriving from the first D&D ports on the computers of the 1970s.<\/p>\n

But something is wrong with these venerable titles. Heroes from across the universe woke up to find themselves at the beginning of their adventures. Some force has drawn the many villains of all existance to begin to collaborate. The natural process of evolution was under threat. The Light Warriors could no longer easily defeat Garland: he knocked them all down to another world.<\/p>\n

By chance, the Fighter of the Light Warriors was sent to Alefgard as one of Erdrick\u2019s descendants set sail for new shores, and they ran into each other\u2026<\/p>\n

Information<\/h2>\n

Chaotic Evolution was my entry for the Super Hit Post Contest. As its name implies (initialise “Super”), it is a troll hack contest, drawing inspiration from Ragefest. Its scoring rubric is bizarre and nonsensical, entirely by design. I set myself several design goals, and I ended up hitting most of them. Fun, however, was not one of them.<\/p>\n

The chapter itself draws heavy inspiration from FE4. The original plan was there for to be two chapters, each chapter representing a generation of RPG heroes. However, my priorities were generally elsewhere and I ended up rushing until the eleventh hour to get one barely functioning chapter released.
\nIn fact, people thought I had missed the deadline and sacrificed score from their own entries in order to give me an extension. I happily accepted their sacrifices and made the chapter a bit less broken. Chaotic Evolution features…<\/p>\n