truth of the triangles 2 ideas

Truth of the triangles 2: Lugosi's revenge
After Ajax got possessed by lucifer and shot himself, Lucifer went to possess somebody else to continue his rampage. When like this, he calls himself "Vladamir Lugosi". But because of what Ajax did to all the mega demons, you have to go on a quest to create more.
Lugosi can summon krullen to suck away at his targets until they die. By collecting enough souls, he can combine them to summon more powerful demons.
Death didn't stop being a thing. He's still kinda ticked off at your actions, with all the killing and balance-upsetting. Also, at times you will find suitable vessels (read as: brain-dead dudes in trenchcoats) just in case your current one gets worn out. You can store these extra guys elsewhere until needed.
Ajax's ghost will show up on occasion to torment you. This guy just doesn't know when to quit! But he can't really do much. Eventually when you get to Miami Florida, you can meet his girlfriend if you really want to. Cities like this will be hubs to different sub-areas. You can fly to far away places with the winged krullen.
There are occult sanctuaries in different places where you can preform special rituals to create the mega-demons (provided that you have enough materials). Each one requires its own dark artifact to be complete.

If you do some secret stuff, you can steal death's scythe and use it as a large over-powered boomerang as well as a medium-range chopping device.

krullen krony= 4 (shoots pellets and runs around)
darkmen= 5 (jump resistant)
Mr. squishy= 5 (bullet resistant)
Winged krullen = 10 (ride around level)
hi-alt winged krullen = 10 (ride to different areas)
Bouncy Bertha = 30
Purple cookie = 20
Wingor = 15
Grannie Nightmare = 35

btw, these things can only be made in dark areas like alleys, slums, abandoned shacks etc. They can not be summoned in "holy protected areas" or in broad daylight.

planned places:

Atlantic ocean

	Bermuda triangle
		Bermuda island
		ship graveyard
Miami
	office building
	dry suburbs (stephanie's house)
	beach party
	Everglades
NYC
	street level
	building climb
		rooftops
	statue of liberty
	sub system
Kansas
	quiet town
	dusty outskirts
	Middle of nowhere
		land of dreams and nightmares
Wyoming
	grassy perils
	yellowstone (gysers!)
	back-woods (fireworks!)
Rocky mountains
	South park, CO (generic small mountain town)
	deep forest area
	freezing cave area
Portland, OR
	Freemont bridge
		Downtown
	hawthorne (hippy land)
	tree-laden suburbs
Los Angeles
	Wide highway
	the 'hood
	hollywood
	city streets
	crowded beaches
Texas
	The open range
	the unseasonably hot big city (Austin?)
	Space shuttle launch area
The moon
	abandoned station
	golf course
	big cliffs and craters area
	the dark side (important area!)


new ideas:

When Ajax/lucifer died together, they were bonded completely into a completely different individual with little to no memories of their past lives. This person was reborn and grew up fairly normally. He was given the name "Darren Mapleton". He would often have strange dreams of helicopters, a realm of fire, and a girl. He always wondered about this woman. What was her name? Even though he would get visions of these things, he could never really piece everything together all the way. This girl made her way into his creative works often. He gave her the nickname "stephanie". Darren also gained a liking for setting things on fire and collecting strange guns. When he turned 26, he set out on a journey to find himself. Unfortunately, there are others trying to find him as well. Both of him.

attacks:

Punch!: a bap to the face. Does damage most of the time. Attack bonus if holding a metal object (like a gun or something).

Lighter burn: slightly burns things, doesn't work in high winds, may make highly flammable items burn up.

Modded lighter: higher flame that has a greater range and slight attack boost. Uses more fuel than usual.

lighter bomb: makes an explosion. Uses up the entire lighter though.

Steampunk pistol: shoots regular bullets but looks pretty darn cool.
(note: bullets can only be obtained from gun stores and special gun cabinets.)

"Holy gun": Something about it makes you cringe yet it also comforts you at the same time. It fits perfectly in your hand. Can shoot out demon souls if it runs out of ammo. Currently belongs to the girl of your dreams.

Death's scythe: The trusty weapon of death. Very powerful and deadly. Even death itself doesn't know where it is though...
Twister blade: Midair for 1 second.
Slash: Med-hi damage but halts movement.
Continous blade spin: Low damage but can still move around. Easy combos.

Why are you running?:
A society of devil worshippers believes that you are the spawn of Lucifer and want you to be purged of your other half, which is stopping most of the evil tendancies that you were once known for. Of corse, the only way for them to do that is to kill you and do some crazy satanic ritual. Life sucks to be you right now.

What about the girl?:
She is obviously much older than she was in your memories. She was informed of Ajax's death that happened in the final battle with Lucifer and was given his gun for safe keeping. She doesn't know anything about this "Darren" fellow that her boyfriend and his adversary have become. But if she were to meet this Darren fellow, she would surely believe that he was Ajax, along with some restrained demonic tendancies. But  of course, she will have moved on from her earlier days and have already married and had children (one of which she called Ajax in his memory.). The little girl is too young for you (only 14, you perverty!)

So, what are you supposed to do?:
You have to take out the high ranking members of the dark ones so that none of them can do that crazy satanic ritual when you somehow die someday. Also, you'll have to constantly be on the run due to the cops and such. (but Mr. officer! I had to kill him! he was going to do a satanic ritual thingie and bring about the second or third apacolypse! I'm being cereal here...)
You'll meet a select few in your travels who are also trying to work against these fellows (but not that many. You gotta remember that this is a very unknown society so it would take a special breed of lurker to know about them and want to take them out as well.) You'll meet at least one in each city that has a high-ranking dark one.

What about Death?:
Death has been watching you for the past couple of years due to the worring prospect of the dark ones. If you happen to die at an untimely time, things will be reset to the last time that the game was saved.

Game over screen:
Darren's dead body is placed in the middle of the ritual area. Shining lights blow out candles and the two-colored soul becomes visible. It is forecefully split into two, revealing the ghosts of Ajax and Lucifer. Ajax is shown in a damaged state while Lucifer is only slightly perturbed and gets up slowly; igniting the candle flames into a pure black. These black flames circle around Ajax until he ceases to exist in a black firey blaze.
Meanwhile, a new vessel is lowered slowly to the ground, suspended by chains. It is quickly possesed. It gains a black aura and it opens its pure red shining eyes. The chains are broken dramaticly as Lucifer strikes a fearsome pose of power, aura in full tilt.
Books, pages, still-lit black candles, and other debris are lifted from the ground, either pushed away or ulled into a fast orbiting motion as a shield. The spectators brace themselves against the blast and some are sent flying. Lucifer then opens a rift in the middle of the circle, causing Darren's body to fall in. Krullen climb out, evil thingies fly out, and particles on the ground start levitating more and more. The screen fades to blackwhile furiously shaking. All that can be heard is screams now.

Tech notes: Text should show up drawn instead of as a message box.

Beginning intro: close-up of dashing legs/feet with a  glimpse of a wavering gray trenchcoat. Quiet except for the footsteps. After a quick, barely noticable bend-down, the legs jump, one higher than the other. A detailed bottom-up shot of Darren slowly pans a little; dimmed by the brightness of the background, until it quickly flys up off screen and then shake-bangs into a detailed picture of Darren landing from the back. This is panned to the side a tad until it is shwee'd out to a detailed face shot, blinking once with rays of light cutting down at an angle. The picture 's background turns black and text appears.
"This mysterious man is often decribed as having a split personality. Sometimes he can be just the cruelest jerk ever but other times he can be the best friend that you could ask for. He doesn't have that many friends but the ones that he does have are thick in their bond."
His name is...
*Insert name enter box here* Mapleton.
"oh, and by the way, he's a little busy running for his life here. Try not to get him caught."

Tutorial level: Forest trail
(name of place slow-pans along and then fast pans away)
obstacles: Logs, rocks, uproots
Interactable items: Splashy puddles, squirrels that run into the background as you approach them, bunches of stick-like trees that can be punched to bits
other: small falling golden leaves, beams of light peaking out from the gaps in the canopy

Small pictures of you doing the required actions appear above the obstacle, along with the associated button.

Note: Your HP bar is shown above you at all times, slightly transparent (if possible). Enemies will gain bars once they are damaged.



New idea!

Overlooking a great swirling ball of energy in deep space, Death's lookout sits precariously on a thin prespiece. Inside of the lookout, it is dark wand the shelves are impossibly tall. There are thousands of important and powerul souls in glass bottles lining these shelves from top to bottom. At the very end of the longest, deepest hallway, there is a very well protected vault that contains the black soul of Lucifer.
For a timeless amount of time, Death has guarded this place, making sure that the balance of the living and non-living has stayed in check throughout the continuum. Right next to the dark vault, there is an emergency switch which is used to free the souls of the great heroes of the past to enact the will of Death, which is to facilitate the balance. For his valient sacrifice against Lucifer, Ajax Primeterio was welcomed here to join the other heroes of the past, including his own father.
The holy gun, as it was known in the late 2000's, is the weapon of choice against evil. Depending upon the time period of usage, it changes shape to whichever weapon that the user wishes. In much older times, it was used by Death as a sythe, which earned it the nickname "the Grim Reaper". Because Death's domain is seperate from the normal continuum of time, any point in time can be visited from there. But any normal being would be stranded in that particular section of time, unless they had the ability to die. Only Death itself can travel though time at will. The only other exception is for those that are travelling with Death, which would usually kill a mortal anyways. Immortals can hold Death's hand without even a twitch, as the label on the tin implies.

If you die in a level, you will re-appear in Death's domain. The time portal will only allow passage to one particular point in space. If you travel to a time where you have already gone through the level, you will not be allowed since you were not there before to meet yourself. There might be some levels where you do get to see multipule versions of yourself, but the first turn will not have any interactions from the others and the later turns will be able to witness events being triggered by the earlier turns at the specific time that they were triggered, though they will most likely have to take a much different path so as to not disrupt the earlier turns except for by carefully crafted events that require both parties to follow careful instructions.
Some points in time will have the option for quick transportation. In that case, Death will be the one at the wheel for transport away from the origin. During any splits, the current turn will drive.

(okay, all this timeloop shenanigans is starting to sound really stupid. Maybe for another game.)