Writing is done for fun in my free time. This is only a small sample of my writings because most of them are in Greek and so I didn't post them.
2015
Intangible
Info: The story for Intangible is a challenging story to write as it is based on a difficult theory. But it is so amazing what you can do with such a subject so it's a fun project. After these past years of studying storytelling I feel like this is a great challenge to sharpen my skills. As the game is still in development the story will not be published yet. Here's a summary for it:
Sometime in the future, the Holographic Universe became less of a hypothesis, and more of a fact. The scale of this truth was to scientists a new unfathomable possibility, extended to the very edge of the universe itself. Its study became a priority to most cosmological scientists as well as space agencies. That’s when the program Project Entropy was created. In its core, the mission was to collaborate with OIVI, a new type of matter enclosed in an exo-suit, and send it to gather information, and explore the universe. Collaborate, Collect and Communicate (C3) became the Three Laws of OIVI’s existence as it set its course to the unknown.
Plan Be
Plan Be is a voice controlled game. It has a mystery driven story but also a character driven one.
Location: CDC Underground Facility. Sitting behind a computer desk, locked into the security room, you try to guide a scientist to safety as an accident caused most of the personnel to have unstable and violent conditions.
Info: The story for Intangible is a challenging story to write as it is based on a difficult theory. But it is so amazing what you can do with such a subject so it's a fun project. After these past years of studying storytelling I feel like this is a great challenge to sharpen my skills. As the game is still in development the story will not be published yet. Here's a summary for it:
Sometime in the future, the Holographic Universe became less of a hypothesis, and more of a fact. The scale of this truth was to scientists a new unfathomable possibility, extended to the very edge of the universe itself. Its study became a priority to most cosmological scientists as well as space agencies. That’s when the program Project Entropy was created. In its core, the mission was to collaborate with OIVI, a new type of matter enclosed in an exo-suit, and send it to gather information, and explore the universe. Collaborate, Collect and Communicate (C3) became the Three Laws of OIVI’s existence as it set its course to the unknown.
Plan Be
Plan Be is a voice controlled game. It has a mystery driven story but also a character driven one.
Location: CDC Underground Facility. Sitting behind a computer desk, locked into the security room, you try to guide a scientist to safety as an accident caused most of the personnel to have unstable and violent conditions.
Twelve Tables (Working Title)
Info: This story has only been written until the first Act but right now is on hold because I am working on another one and it needs my attention. Here's a summary of it to explain the main concept:
Amelia is getting ready to relax after a whole day's work, when she hears a knock on the door. When she opens it, she finds nothing but an old, empty box waiting for her. Inside only a note: "For your birthday". Confused, thinking it's a prank she throws it in her trash, ignores it and goes to bed. The next morning as she is ready to throw the trash out, she picks up the empty box but she stops dead in her tracks. It's heavy, and with a look inside, its now full of what looks like ancient artifacts.
2014
Willy
Info: Story Summary:
Tommy didn’t find the garage sale interesting. So he sat at the front yard where it took place and created Willy. Willy is a stick. Couple of sticks combined here and there, to create a humanoid looking toy. Now Tommy - after his dad convinced him - is searching for a gift for his mum, and Willy lies alone on the ground. Until he gets up, stretching his new body parts in amazement and determined to unite with this little boy who brought him to life.
Comments: This is a script of 40 pages. If you'd like to read it please contact me saying who you are. This script will not be publicly shown. For the better realization of the story I have created a simple level design, character profiles breakdown, and plot point development.
Tommy didn’t find the garage sale interesting. So he sat at the front yard where it took place and created Willy. Willy is a stick. Couple of sticks combined here and there, to create a humanoid looking toy. Now Tommy - after his dad convinced him - is searching for a gift for his mum, and Willy lies alone on the ground. Until he gets up, stretching his new body parts in amazement and determined to unite with this little boy who brought him to life.
Comments: This is a script of 40 pages. If you'd like to read it please contact me saying who you are. This script will not be publicly shown. For the better realization of the story I have created a simple level design, character profiles breakdown, and plot point development.
2013
The Last of Us II
Info: This is a fan fiction written by me. It's my ideas for a sequel for one of my favorite games - The Last of Us. You can read it online or download the PDF file (see links below).
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Comments: All of my inspiration came in one day so I made a plan of the plot, the chapters, the characters and the next day I started working on it. It was written in a week (a hard working one) so it may be a good idea but perhaps not a perfectly written book. It's here to demonstrate that I'm passionate about stories and even bad creations are good for my learning curve. Now I can judge myself and move forward.
I'm really proud of the story and the development of the characters and it was so fun visiting that universe again!
I'm really proud of the story and the development of the characters and it was so fun visiting that universe again!
2012
A Story of Choices
INFO A Story of Choices is a game made with PowerPoint. The game language is Greek though, so I made a video explaining some of it's aspects.
COMMENTS I love this game because it's made with Powerpoint and that is something I never thought was possible. The game is centered around choices, something like The Walking Dead from Telltale.
COMMENTS I love this game because it's made with Powerpoint and that is something I never thought was possible. The game is centered around choices, something like The Walking Dead from Telltale.
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Characters
The game includes four characters, each with a different personality. The characters are of course from games which I posed with XNALara for the purposes of this game. At the end of the game the player, based on their choices, is revealed to be one of them. The game also gives the player information about the personality of that character as well as their name. Choices
There are different choices based on whether the player cares more about the environment, themselves or their fellow human. As seen from the pictures on the left, at the top it's the situation's name, right under it there's a picture of the situation with a brief explanation of it and finally, below are the two choices along with thoughts about that particular choice. Example (3rd picture - with the bird): The Bird As you venture in the woods you find a hurt bird on the ground. You decide to kill it "I'll kill the bird and eat it, it looks half-dead anyway. If I leave it there some other animal will come along to finish it off even if I don't." You decide not to kill it "I won't kill it. I can't just eat a bird that looks half-dead with no visual cause of what might hurt it. Maybe it's sick or poisoned..." Based on the choice the player makes, they will continue towards a different path. Of course the game is not really that simple! As seen from the 4th picture, what at first glance looked pretty much the same with the 3rd, really isn't. You might find yourself in a similar situation but it's based on your previous choices and the character you're leaning towards too. Here are the differences: Example (4th picture - with the bird) The Bird You continue walking until it the sun starts to rise. As you walk, you find a hurt bird on the ground. You decide to kill it "I'll kill the bird and eat it, it looks half-dead anyway. If I leave it there some other animal will come along to finish it off even if I don't. I'm very hungry" You decide not to kill it "I won't kill it! I can't just kill a bird so I can eat! I can't do this..." Death There are many ways to die in the game but the player can always try again from where they died. Also there are different pictures for each death scene with a brief explanation of why the player died. |
For the purpose of this game I created a logic diagram showing all the choices the player can make. It doesn't show how they're written though, only what choices they have, to what character they lead to and how they correlate. Some choices can throw you off a character's path entirely and give you a chance to be a different character. The player doesn't know that of course.
Download the Powerpoint from here.
POEMS AND SONGS
I have been writing poems, songs, puns, stories since forever. This has no beginning date nor an ending one. These are only some of my collection.
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2013
INFO This poem is the story of The Last of Us turned into a poem. COMMENTS This is my favorite poem. I wrote it in one hour with a lot of passion! It conveys the feelings of the game with a few words and I've heard a lot of good comments about it. What if ‘The Last of Us’ was a poem?
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday… …. Through the blackness awaken To a terrible sight In a glimpse has been taken His loved one’s young life And the years passed Through much pain and toil But one day has arrived With a hopeful seed in the soil Armed with trust And her powerful lead They rose over the one Who dishonored their deal But a new deal arose And it felt like a spark As one woman has given them A light in the dark The girl’s heart still soft But her life was stone hard A balance it seemed Of light in the dark Far away in the danger Beyond the doors of haven A way has been laid Of either dove or raven But in vain were the travels And in vain they always end For the powerful leader Had through hell to descent Although hope has been lost And the world became dark In her footsteps he followed As she warmed up his heart And the days passed And the storms were only stronger But with friendly faces met Alone they had to tread no longer There was fear in the sunlight And horrors in the darkness But in the end, as it always ends There’s only vanity and endless sadness Cold are the nights The days, the unknown are bringing But the birds high in the trees Are still happily singing All metal turned towards them A day just like every other But a smile behind the metal Revealed dear old brother “I shall help you, opened armed Whatever you will need The heavy burden from your hands Although, I will not lift” A surge of anger from his words A shot from far away It seems like days in havens are Just like any other day Betrayal flowed beneath her skin Abandonment again Her greatest fear, a lone soul She will be now like then But abandonment was not An option to be chosen As with her he had finally felt His heart to be less frozen The mirrors were awaiting The lab of toil and sweat But their reflections on the glass Revealed a different threat A blurry vision through his eyes A pain from hell itself A distant voice calling his name He hoped it wasn’t Death A lone soul seems to be As strong as a lone wolf What happens though when more arrive With a terrible, hidden truth? And just like any animal does It either fights or hides Our wolf became the hunted when The hunters came to rise Behind cold steel she lay where For freedom there’s no path But just like any animal does This time she showed her wrath And even though he fought through hell And even though he arrived She needn’t him to help her when Alone she endured and survived Time, they say is a healer But some scars never fade No doctor can ever sew The deep cut of this blade Even if the dark was dense It always becomes bright As the scent of soil and beast Within them awoke the light Behind the veil it was revealed A terrible truth of death It wasn’t an option, not for him To take his child’s last breath Armed with love and armed with hate He swam against the flood The flood soon became more red As it was filled with blood Countless hopes, in love were lost In a life that offers pain This time it ended differently As none of it was in vain In lies she stood, with bare feet But she could hear their screams For she has once screamed like them too But only her voice lives “When the blood has been shed When the lake’s made of tears Just remember to live For the following years” “Even though you mean well Even though you are right I just can’t shake the feeling That the dark won the light” 2008
INFO A small tribute poem for the game 'Alone in the Dark' of 2008. Edward Carnby
I wake up in a room Not knowing who I am From whose eyes do I see? What’s this unknown land? I hear the vague voice A sound that now I own As if from a deep slumber I wake up in the unknown Who does this face belong to? Will I ever understand? Can this uncharted fate Turn into a map? I have nothing on this world Where’s the truth I’m seeking? I’m running from myself My feet sinking… |
2011
INFO This is a tribute song for one of my favorite games - Dead Space. Dead Space 2
They come close to you So close you can feel them inside you Stealing the air from around you Sucking it making you suffocate You try To take a breath in to snap out The nightmare you’re in but without Luck you’re now fading away… What are The noises that come through the walls The whispering that your mind now haunts The visions of your past that calls you to face it All Is happening like then again The memories you tried to forget Death is so close you can almost taste it Cut The message said cut off their limbs Those words disturbing you since But the only way to survive is killing Come Convergence’s a moment away The Marker is calling their names You know what to do Step 4 is waiting What are The noises that come through the walls The whispering that your mind now haunts The visions of your past that calls you to face it All Is happening like then again The memories you tried to forget Death is so close you can almost taste it 2009
INFO These lyrics are a rap song about the opening sequence of the game 'Silent Hill'. COMMENTS I wrote this thinking that not writing what happens next in the story would be a nice challenge for the imagination to either remember what happened, keep you wanting more or just to fill in the story however you like! Silent Hill
Have you seen a little girl? Just turned seven last month… Short, black hair… My daughter. Crashed my car, I don’t even know what’s going on I saw a girl, walking in the middle of the road Now waking up, I turn to look back, my daughter’s gone I set on foot for the town Don’t panic now, don’t panic now... I have to find her, I pass near a sign “Silent Hill” But something’s wrong, it’s not like on the leaflet I’ve seen The roads cut off, the mist is so dense, too hard to breath This is not a resort town More like the Devil’s Pit It’s all abandoned, there isn’t a tiny sign of life The air is dusty, and ashes are falling from the sky Was there a fire, what else can it be, don’t matter now I have to find my daughter There’s something wrong with this town! I get a glimpse of a girl in blue dress - she beacons me I try follow her, but she disappears in the mist That’s not Cheryl, that was the little girl on the road The one that made me crash my car What is she doing here alone? I reached the path, the one I thought that she led me to There was blood, what kind of nightmare did I land to? It makes no sense, but no time to linger not for me My only thought is of Cheryl The only thing that’s holding me… ...sane... 2007
INFO This is a rap song dedicated to the game God of War 2. It describes the plot of the game in a musical way, from beginning to end. The rhythm of the song is the same as 'Why we Thugs' song from Ice Cube. COMMENTS I have changed the above music a bit adding some vocals just to make it more "god-like"! No recording uploaded though. The Dark Gods of Olympus
This is a story about the darkest times, About the Gods of Olympus Once upon a time there was a myth A story full of tension, power and grief A story that relies on the truth of today A story that is fading day after day It all started when Kratos was thought as a traitor again He has become a ruthless God of War He treated everyone as his warrior pawn That’s when the King of the Throne Found a chance to rule them all By destroying the only man who sees No love, no mercy only victories So Zeus, released Colossus And gave Kratos the power of Olympus The blade that kills with one attack But he didn’t know it would stab him back When Kratos died Gaia helped him to survive Found his way through the bloody hell Rode Pegasus in the skies again Bidden by her to find the Sisters of Fate To change his fate, before he was late Found lots of vengeful obstacles First Atlas then Kraken and Icarus All of the Gods were against him Every Olympian wanted to test him He found a hope, deeply lost To avenge Zeus and take control The Great War ended? Not when he Decided the Titans would come to be The greatest ally in history He would bring them back and set them free Powers strong enough He acquired to show his wrath Reached the unreachable, Loom of Fate Fought Lakhesis, Clotho, Atropos’s taint Defeated them after a fight and at last He controls the Loom to change his past Stopped Zeus from stabbing him At the Great War made the Titans win In exchange their help to do What Zeus once tried and failed to Bring him pain, break his heart And use the Blade to stab him back So his journey started As he flew to the skies To Olympus where his power Would once again rise 2011
INFO This is a short poem with a cheesy theme although many people agreed with me - all the cheesiness is right. COMMENTS This poem expresses my inner feelings about something I have felt a long time ago. For those Who don’t know What is…
The warm feeling in your chest, like a hot summer day in July The dreamy, avid look in your eyes, that unbelievable reality The fast-beating heart, like quite drums echoing underneath The giving smile, carrying silently a thousand words The tender touch with a cowardly hand, indecisive of it’s movements Every wink, every move, every breath, every sentence, carefully planned To keep beautiful, great, perfect So many details, suddenly so important. It’s overwhelming, throwing aside all logic Filling the black holes of your life with purpose Killing the pain like an effective medicine It’s the resistance to temptation and lust The fight over selfish acts It’s the first thought when waking up And the last before falling asleep It’s the innocent sensuality The honesty and the trust The care and the patience The respect and understanding It’s Love. |