>>50808601Yeah, if I could make a Pokémon game I wouldn't make it gym-based either, let me try and expand your story, I see some potential
> You and other followers of a Pokémon philosophy get ostracized from your Polis with an unjust trial. (You're lucky you're not executed)In ancient Greece democracy was savage, even the lowest and poorest could decide your fate basically with no previous knowledge, that's how Socrates died.
> You need to survive in a wilderness full of wild Pokémon and various nasty trainers that also got banished from their hometowns, some for being genuinely awful, others are just outcastsReal Greece is a very mountainous area, so I imagine a really interesting map design with a strong verticality, instead of there being your regular alphas, I imagine some mini-boss alphas capable of manipulating the map, ask you riddles (like the sphinx) or in general to mess you up in different ways instead of just attacking
> There's also army trying to catch ppl like you and turn you into soldiers and/or slaves.I think this is the weakest point, I'd argue that a good point of conflict or a good villain should be capable of being reasonable. In that kind of democracy, the richest, who often were also the most educated, were a vocal minority which was trying to overthrow democracy. It would be interesting if your group were to be progressively split between two factions. Some convinced to defend democracy, others wanting to overthrow it
> You try to climb back to society by conquering every Polis via official challenge to their current rulers.Based on your choice, you then could face different people and have different results. In trying to restore aristocracy, you could end up being an aristocrat yourself, and then you could see how they first were the responsible for your trial and you end up fighting them. Defending democracy would mean remaining an outcast but gaining the trust back of people
