New Story Project: Pet Holograms

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Recently I finally gave in and got a 3DS, largely because I couldn't help but think the 3D Pokémon models were SO COOL. And I still can't stop thinking that. I was also super-relieved when I found out my regular DS games could keep their crisp original resolution if I pressed SELECT + START, because it would have seriously sucked if that hadn't been the case. But no! This awesome system lets you eat your cake and have it too.

Anyway, after a fun day of playing with the AR squares and putting armies of Kibago all over my sofa, I randomly began to imagine something greater. What if you could have a virtual pet that was projected out into the real world as a hologram, with a fully-customisable model and a teachable AI? As of 2010, hologram technology has entered an amazing new stage where you can even touch the objects and watch them respond. Although conversation programs often leave something to be desired (just ask Cleverbot), you could even make it talk if you wanted to. People could step out of the house to walk their pet unicorns. Or you could have a front desk employee who didn't actually exist. o_0

Right now I just want to write a story about that (though maybe one day I'll actually be building them for all I know o_0). I don't know precisely how I'll be telling the story, comic, narrative, or otherwise, but I do think it will have to be set in Japan (ah, Japan... the perfect setting for all these silly monster and pet stories that don't want to go to the trouble of being more adventurous) and star some slightly distinctive boy with an awesome feline-shaped dragon thingy. Dragon-shaped feline? Ah, whatever. I'll figure it out when I draw it.

YES I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE DIGIMON. But it isn't. The monsters were created by people, there's no Digital World (at least not one humans can go into; maybe there might be some kind of basic MMO featuring the monsters, but really not anywhere near the same thing, and it wouldn't be one of the main parts of the plot or the main thing people do with them), and there's more of a dystopic element to it... one of the main points of the story is that the monsters want to be real and the kids want them to be real but they aren't, and they can't be no matter how much they try. (It's really kind of sad.)

This will not replace the Tyrian project! It will only be a short story, at least at first. Then maybe I'll venture a longer one, or two. I don't know how far this is going to go, but I'm really excited about it. (I was so excited I had to type all this out at midnight instead of waiting for morning... I literally wrote "right" instead of "write" at first, for one. XD)
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