Plot, Continuing from Ideas. Options

[Sparrowsmith]

The closest thing we have to a plot synopsis can be found here: http://www.rpgrevolution.com/forums/index....st&p=557072
but there is still a lot of work to do.

Mainly, we need to work out some characters. Who are they and, more importantly, how do they behave/develop?

We have a few character outlines:
-The 'main' protagonist. The first one to log off the game/one who returns to his original body in layer 3
-The fighter. One of the two members of the group who does not own the game. He is an adept martial artist of some kind and spends his introduction robbing a warehouse for a copy of the game and then saving the 'main' protagonist from a group of monsters.
-The fighter's accomplice. An unwitting ally. Also doesn't have the game.
-The programmer that shoots the Rogue Program
-The programmer that contacts Matryoska (spell fail) might be the same programmer as above
-The Rogue Program (quite developed, but still a little weak in characterization)

We need to develop these, and make some more, then develop them as characters. I'd rather not have us submitting characters, but trying to work out how these people should act according to their situation.
Let's get these characters worked out, nice and logical like. Also, any additional plot points. We gotta work them out too.

We're kind of slowing down here, let's not have that.

[Shaddow]

That is pretty multii-layered ;lol; Here is my reasoning behind what I had said before.

Layer 1 - Cannot actually destroy Rogue Program, but they can 'kill' him for a short period of time, forcing him to hybernate.

Layer 2 - This allows the guys in layer 2 to have a bit more freedom in the security system and make a bit of progress.

Layer 3 - Which deactivates or weakens certain aspects of the Security System, allowing these guys to move on.

Layer 1 - The Rogue Program revives itself and transforms, not really being stronger, just...different.

~Repeat.

That's purely from a plot point perspective. Also, what do you mean multiple systems? I thought it ended up being all done on VX/A just using different sprites/Graphics to represent the other layers?

I imagine it done a bit like Contact for the DS.