Hello Humans! This is PlayerXT the scriptwriter and this is...

◇ Day 13 of demo 4 production ◇

Yes, that's right, I'm PlayerXT... the scriptwriter...

Unfortunately, the developer PlayerXT has caught a rare disease called "Hyloguilhopipoclosa"...

Here is a picture of how he is currently...

(Yeah, I know, it's a tragedy...)

But, while he recovers, I can take you today on an extraordinary journey through my work on the game's script!

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(yeaaaay...)

When it comes to story in the world of games, there are many different views on the subject, some think they're not important, others think they are, and others  simply want to find a reason to fight on the internet (apparently this is the most suitable environment for these things) and well, all options are correct!

(ok, except for the third group)

Every game has a different need, and that includes the story, that's why games like Final Fantasy and Mario sell so well.

(at least I think so, I've never been a Final Fantasy fan, sorry for the disappointment)

And... where does my game fit into this?

Well...

I confess that the style of my game's story came from a slight "revolt" of mine with platform games in this aspect of the plot. Since I was young, I've always loved platform games, I liked the movements, the challenges, all aspects of this genre, but I always felt like they needed to go deeper into the story side. Sonic Mania has wonderful gameplay, but they never try to create anything with the story beyond the basics. Mario Oddshey... I don't know, because unfortunately Nintendo doesn't like poor people. I heard that Celeste has a great story, but I'll need a lot of patience to finish this game. Hollow Knight... Hollow Knight is wonderful, there's nothing more to say.

In short, I'm passionate about stories in games, and in Be Cube, I wanted to test the limits of a relationship between platform gameplay and a complex story with themes and everything, and that's where the story of...

"A blue cube whose life was turned upside down when a strange space race called the Spherics came abducting his friends and him, to a strange space colony. Now Willy, with the help of a triangular being with unknown intentions, will have to travel through the colony, escape the Spherics and find his friends, to finally return home." started.

It's an easy story to summarize the premise, it has a unique idea of a universe full of geometric creatures, and a protagonist full of potential to grow, it's the perfect stage for a remarkable plot...

but, it's a game...

Remember that I wanted to see the limits of a story in a platform genre, well, I've seen it, pacing, player freedom, variety of environments, amount of dialogue, the truth is... it's difficult to make a game that balances these two pillars (story and gameplay)...

and for me this is... perfect!

I have the time I need to finish this, I'm not expecting a lot of money and there's not a multi-billion dollar company pointing a gun at me so why not take a chance and try to go deeper?

I want to see the limits of this, I want to experiment with ideas and solutions, I want to do something unique, of course this story uses several passages from other stories, but it's not about doing something new, it's about doing something unique, it's about combining pieces that have never been combined before, and creating a crazy story with heart...

That's the story of Be Cube Colony Stars, from afar it seems like a mess, and sincerely,  it really is, but if you have the courage to go deeper, you'll find humanity in it...

Of course there's still a lot to adjust, and no, this demo 4 won't be the perfection of this style, lots of incomplete lines, cutscenes needing adjustments, and that's okay, good things take time, and this game is proof of that, if it managed to grow this far, I know it can go even further.

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And that's it for today... You can go back to doing what you were doing before...