Project status: Chapter 4 in development
31 Chapters planned
In 2021, the most prominent members of the community worked together to create a new type of project. The first ever Telephone project. An entire Fire Emblem Campaign based on the children’s game of the same name.
They failed. Within weeks they would abandon the project’s namesake to speak of their chapters and plans with each other.
Sure, they may have made a great game.
Sure, they may have created the most effective and resilient community project format.
Sure, they may have been using the “Telephone” name as a shorthand and never intended to literally follow the rules of the real life game.
But none of that matters! Their failure has haunted the telephone format for years, with every subsequent Telephone project increasing in their communication and consistency.
However, I am in no place to pass judgment. It started small, when I made two chapters for the unhallowed Embers Entwined. But this small taste of depravity consumed me, and I soon found myself completely rewriting half of the chapters in Daughters of Braghedunn. No one has besmirched the sacred name of Telephone more than I.
It is time to atone for my sins.
-One Chapter per dev.
-No communication between devs.
-Devs are only allowed to look at the chapter before.
The first real Telephone: Project Chaos
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(Sign ups are open until five chapters remain)
Rules
-Make one gameplay chapter and/or one free roam chapter*
-Don’t share gameplay or story details with other Chaos project devs.
-Make a good faith attempt at expanding upon the previous story and gameplay.**
-Don’t mess with the “meta” systems unless otherwise stated.(Ranking/Hub World)
-Don’t change anything that would retroactivity impact a prior chapter***
-The Chapter and its Dev must be allowed on the FEU forums****
-Credit any assets used in the Credits text file
-Chapters are expected to be complete within a month. I will be asking for a progress update around 2 weeks in, just to make sure something has been made.
-Don’t be afraid to ask for help! If you’re stuck, feel free to ask me or anyone who is not a Chaos Project Dev anything. And, worse case, there’s no shame in just passing a chapter along if you’ve bitten off more than you chew. At the end of the day, this is just a hobby.
*Spirit of the rule is more important than the letter of the rule. If you need a chapter nid for a cutscene, for example, feel free to do so.
**In spirit, this is just an anti trolling rule. It is impossible to accidentally break this rule.
***Classes that don’t have generic enemy stats are listed below the “Class Line” class in the class editor.
****In regards to the FEU Content Policy, I have the final say on any story elements that are under the “Topics I should be more careful with” section.
