When I last posted, I talked about how I have only a rough idea of the plot and characters for Memories. Over the last week and a half, I have done a bit of work on some of the main characters, who I had determined were a set of twins. At that time I didn’t have a clue what they even looked like. But I played around with the Character Generator in RPG Maker VX Ace, and came up with some designs I was happy with.
So first, here is Briana:
Briana is the real main character twin; she’s the one that the player will get to control. As a character she is very hard working and focussed. Briana’s name means “strong” in Irish. She’s in many ways the opposite of her twin sister, Bella:
Bella is going to be a very important NPC character for the game. At this point I don’t think she’ll be player controlled at all, but that may change as I build the game more. Bella is much more vain and more of a dreamer than Briana. Bella is often associated with the French word bell, which means beautiful (think Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast). According to sheknows.com, in other languages, it has other meanings, but often has “beautiful” as part of the meaning (ie Spanish “beautiful; devoted to God;” Latin “beautiful, loving, lovable, graceful;”). As an American name it means “intelligent,” and the Hebrew name means “devoted to god.”
As twins, it was important to me that they look very similar, but they had to be a bit different as well. An easy way to differentiate them is with their hair – they both have different hair styles. Their mouths have the same shape, but Bella has a small beauty mark on her chin that Briana is missing. Bella also has thinner eyebrows than Briana.
These are the only two characters I’ve made so far. But they’ve been a great start because I’ve already been able to start putting together some events for the game!
An Acquaintance with Letters 