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Ah well maybe I can con Ninjabait into doing some (hi Ninjabait btw). Yes I am trying desperately to avoid cliches, but it's terribly hard. And making NPCs not boring is quite difficult too. >_>;
I'm not entirely sure yet, but I know I'll need the help of someone who can sprite lol. I had an old game which was crap but had an ok story to it, which was along the lines of getting falsely accused of killing royalty and tracking down the person who did.