[RE-CLOSED] (Custom D6) - “Hero Girl Sprite”

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Apr 26, 2024 4:28 am
https://i.imgur.com/nCTbxip.png
a Lasers & Feelings hack by 力行 (a.k.a. Me)
YOU’RE A VIDEO GAME GIRL IN A VIDEO GAME WORLD.

Like in Tron, Wreck-It Ralph or third-millennium Jumanji, being a video game protagonist is reality to you. Perhaps you may not even be in a game, but rather, you’re the heroines the game is about. Best not to look for a fourth wall, though—especially if it’s more like a window, through which you might see giants jiggling joysticks and mashing buttons! No one wants to see that.

What does one want to see? Teamwork! Villainy thwarted! A daring rescue! That’s right, a rescue! Missy Girl, the Player One of Hero Girl Sprite, has gone missing. And so the game has recruited four heroines from other games at the arc…ade… no wait I mean lands!

Yes! Lands! You’re not in a game, so really lands—that are really distant—such as Metrovania and The Polygon Trail and Big Bug… ’s Lair. Many challenges obstruct you, and bad guys and monsters are ready to ambush you! But eventually you’ll find Missy Girl and get Heroine Medals!

So, what are you waiting for, ladies?
PRESS START
Daah! I mean… start… press -ing on…

…ward.


🕹️The Game
This is a Lasers & Feelings hack that takes place in a world inspired by video games (mostly from the 80s and 90s).

🧚🏻‍♀️ The PCs are sort of pre-gennish. Like in the original Gauntlet, each player controls a different kind of hero:
P2: A TINY, WINGED SPRITE
P3: A PEPPY MAGICAL GIRL
P4: AN AGILE STREET-FIGHTER
P5: A MIGHTY AMAZON



💥 Contra-versy?
Controversial topics may come up in the context of late 20th-century video games. For example, your characters all come from different games. Maybe, like Chun-Li and Thyra, P4 and P5 were the only female characters in their original games. They could bond through commiseration.

💌 That said, I’m aiming for dumb, clean fun. This game is meant to be a Love Letter to arcade and S/NES games of the 80s and 90s—especially Secret of Mana, the inspiration for the campaign’s title.


🪙 How to Join
Please reply here if you’re interested, and able to keep up with a posting rate of 3-5 times per week.
Last edited August 19, 2024 10:54 pm
Apr 26, 2024 1:43 pm
Okay, @Harrigan, @DmBrainiac, you’re both in! I need another player to make this happen, and I have room for two more!

If you’re familiar with Lasers & Feelings, then you kinda know how the system works already.

If you’re not, here’s a link to the L&F PDF.

And if you WANT to know a bit about the hack…
[ +- ] This Game’s Dice Rules
Apr 26, 2024 4:30 pm
This looks fun! I'd love to join if it's not a problem that I tend more towards 3 posts per week. 5 is a little too much for me. :'D
Apr 26, 2024 6:21 pm
3/week’s fine.

So it looks like I have 4 players already, and I’m fine with first-come, first-serve. I’ll send invites over the weekend, and if anyone has a change of heart, I’ll open a recruitment thread.
Last edited April 26, 2024 7:20 pm
Apr 26, 2024 11:56 pm
Whoops -- I wasn't throwing my hat in, should be more careful about that. Was just complimenting you on the interest check!
Apr 27, 2024 12:27 am
Original, but not my generation.
Apr 27, 2024 1:00 am
Harrigan says:
Whoops -- I wasn't throwing my hat in, should be more careful about that. Was just complimenting you on the interest check!
Not a problem—I appreciate the compliment.

So I can take one more player then!
Apr 27, 2024 9:57 am
Then, shall I insert a coin? Game looks fun and original. If I understand correctly you are using the feeling die and laser die?
Apr 27, 2024 11:16 am
I am, though you would roll Hero and Sprite instead. Anyway, we can discuss in-game because inserting your coin means we have 4 players!!!!

Invites to follow, @dmbrainiac, @phoenixscientist, @flyingsucculent, and @alepous. (& belated congrats regarding the new baby @alepous!)
Apr 27, 2024 12:49 pm
Invites sent! Feel free to post in the only thread. It’s the session zero.
Apr 27, 2024 4:33 pm
You’re welcome! Please join when ready. I’m closing this thread… or typing "closed" in the title anyway.
Apr 27, 2024 4:43 pm
Don't you mean Out of Order? :P
Jun 6, 2024 4:27 am
Ladies and Gentlemen, Blue Valkyries and Scrubs…

"Hero Girl Sprite" now supports six players! So I’m re-opening recruitment to see if we can get a couple more players to join.

Here is the current roster:
https://i.imgur.com/MXIpddb.jpeg
FAIRY GIRL
She’s a tiny, winged fey who’s really good at magic and hard to hit. (Image from Windwaker fan art.)

https://i.imgur.com/h9ELViK.jpeg

TOONY GIRL
She’s the panicky protagonist of a cartoon laser-disc game. (Image from Time Gal fan art.)


https://i.imgur.com/1R5GcZm.jpeg
PEPPY GIRL
She’s a cheerful spell-dancer from one of those games where you dance. (Image from River City Gitls.)

https://i.imgur.com/hJVy1nB.jpeg

KICKY GIRL
She’s a tournament champ, now taking her fighting skills out on the street or up in the castle or wherever our heroines end up. (Image from Street Fighter fan art.)

https://i.imgur.com/ya1bCtw.jpeg
SPACY GIRL
She’s a bounty huntress whose hunting ground is outer space! (Image from Metroid fan art.)

https://i.imgur.com/wJuKle1.jpeg


BARBY GIRL
She’s pure, Amazonian muscle! (Image from Diablo fan art.)

Fairy Girl, Toony Girl and Spacy Girl are available and waiting for players!

If you’re interested in joining the game, please post here and let me know!
Jun 6, 2024 6:48 am
I don't know the game system at all.
But this looks weird and chaotic and tons of fun.
I'd be totally up for it, but I might need to learn/read the system a bit first.

Open to play any of the 3 still available, but might have the most ideas for Fairy atm
Last edited June 6, 2024 6:51 am
Jun 6, 2024 7:33 am
I saw this before and didn't really know if I had space, that said I'm happy to jump in with Spacy Girl if you've got space this time!
Jun 6, 2024 10:17 am
@ClaCle, @Tickettbror,
Fairy & Spacy are yours. Invites will go out later today.
Jun 6, 2024 9:11 pm
I would be interested in Toony Girl
Jun 6, 2024 11:17 pm
Invites sent! The game’s full!
Aug 16, 2024 3:22 am
✨FAIRY GIRL, WHERE ARE YOU?✨
[ +- ] 1980s Reference
Hero Girl Sprite is a six-player game, but we only have five players since our dear fairy flew off for IRL reasons. A great player—I was happy to reserve the spot for her, but… as we approach the third level, it’s time to fill the Player 1 spot with our littlest heroine, YOU!

…umm, whoever you happen to be.

First come, first serve, but only apply if you think being five inches tall and dragon-punching an orc in the nose is awesome! If you think it’s stupid, yeah, I get it, but that’s why I asked. I’m not looking for the player who says "no you can’t" to the fairy. I’m looking for the player who says,
https://i.imgur.com/qTUNn2n.png
力行
Image best viewed in Dark Mode. Artist not legally/monetarily responsible for vision impairment caused by reading yellow on white.

Fairies rule. Orcs drool. Post if interested!
Aug 17, 2024 4:50 pm
This sounds brilliant. I've never played a character such as Fairy Girl but she sounds like so much fun. I hesitate to hold up my arcade token, but if no one else is willing, I'll slap that coin in hard.
Aug 18, 2024 1:53 am
@Qralloq
You’re in, if you want in!

I’ve actually abandoned Lasers and Feelings for a tri-stat system. Your stats are 🕹️, ㊙️ and ☢️.

Here’s one of the player’s character sheets, just so you can get a rough idea as to how the stats are used in gameplay.
https://i.imgur.com/xSpSnoP.jpeg

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