Fantasy Novel Project

Ever since 2007, I’ve tried my hand at independent game development. It was a dream come true for a young teen like me. I was finally able to accomplish one of my life goals much earlier than I expected to. One of the many now canceled titles I was working on was a fantasy Action Role-Playing Game (currently untitled). The overall vision of the game changed numerous times throughout its development, with the biggest change coming after my playthrough of Dragon Age 2, created by BioWare. A lot of elements I’ve experience from that game had a lot of influence on the extent of how I built this fantasy world, however the main crux of the story (its beginning, major plot-lines, and the ending) have remained the same since 2010. Around late 2020, I repurposed all of my video game projects into novels instead.

I focused my time on selecting scenes from each of my past projects and began writing for each of them. My goal was to determine the viability of each project as a novel by analyzing the chemistry between characters, the pacing, the interaction with the world, the themes, and the length of time it takes to write these scenes. Out of the five projects, only three proved to be the most viable. The first being an Urban Fantasy Horror novel, the second a Paranormal Thriller, and the third being an Epic Fantasy novel. The first two went pretty far along, with the former being around 10% complete. In the end, however, the Epic Fantasy novel proved to be the one the final choice for my debut novel.

My first Novel will be more of an unconventional fantasy story, though many tropes and themes you would normally expect in a fantasy novel. It will be set in a continent consisting of Six Kingdoms that are currently at peace, with the main protagonist having two objective: to kill the King and become the King. This Fantasy Project will mainly focus on the Theme of Family. As it was previously a game, the story is broken up into four arcs. It’s taken some work, but I was able to find a way to streamline the project into one coherent story rather than just four stories combined into one. However, the end result still showcases a novel far too long to be published as a single book. Therefore, I am still contemplating on whether it will be a standalone title or a Duology. So far, the story is about 5% complete overall and about 10% complete if I decide to split it into two books. The estimated release window for this story is Summer 2024.