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During development of Stick RPG Complete after Stick RPG's initial release, the Xgen Studios team had also been working on [[Stick RPG 2]], though a hiatus on the game's production arose, and it was not completed until late 2010. |
During development of Stick RPG Complete after Stick RPG's initial release, the Xgen Studios team had also been working on [[Stick RPG 2]], though a hiatus on the game's production arose, and it was not completed until late 2010. |
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| + | <p style="text-align:center">"It seems like '''''eons '''''ago - that afternoon in which you lazily drifted off, '''''awakening''''' only to become aware of your new existence in an ''unfamiliar dimension''. 7 years have passed since that day. The last thing you can remember is falling asleep in your castle, '''ruler''' of the 2-Dimensional world. You wonder where you are now...'''''is this limbo?''''' You feel '''''weightless''''', ''bodiless,'' drifing gently through the ether. You reason that it must have all been a dream...'''''or''''' ''a dream '''within''' a dream...'''about '''a dream''? But...where are you now? Has it really been 7 years since you entered that ''strange dimension?'' Once again you feel perceptions '''warp''' and '''''twist''' ''as time and space bend before your very eyes. Suddenly, a familiar sensation '''rushes to your head'''...you are falling."</p> |
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Revision as of 18:40, 13 December 2010
The iconic image for the first Stick RPG game
Stick RPG Complete, also simply called "Stick RPG", is the first game in the Stick RPG series. The gameplay centers around the activity of the main character, whose goals are loosely based around attaining wealth, power, and high stats. The game can be completed in sequences of difficulty that revolve around periods of 15 days, 40 days, 100 days, and and unlimited amount of time.
Release
Stick RPG was released by Xgen Studios on January 3, 2003 1. Since then, it has been played over 37 million times by players around the world 2 1 3. Originally, the game was simply called "Stick RPG".
The title screen for the original release of Stick RPG in 2003
Upon its initial release through Xgen Studios and Newgrounds, the first installment in the Stick RPG series garnered a massive following, and has remained one of the most popular Flash games on the Internet over the years.
As a result of the overwhelming amont of play that the first game recieved, Xgen Studios has rereleased the game once again through their website on March 28, 2005, renaming the game "Stick RPG Complete". The renaming of the game arose due to the installment of several new features in the game, such as the ability to run for president and rule the 2D World. The game was later rereleased on Newgrounds as well on April 13, 2005.
During development of Stick RPG Complete after Stick RPG's initial release, the Xgen Studios team had also been working on Stick RPG 2, though a hiatus on the game's production arose, and it was not completed until late 2010.
Plot
The storyline of the game revolves around the main character, and his arrival in the 2D World. After falling in what seems like a dream, the main character wakes up to find himself on the streets of the 2D World, at which point the player assumes the role of the main character, and creates the rest of the storyline for themselves.
The remainder of the storyline of the first game is not revealed until later through the release of Stick RPG 2, where the intro of the game briefly details the events that have unfolded since the series began, stating:
"It seems like eons ago - that afternoon in which you lazily drifted off, awakening only to become aware of your new existence in an unfamiliar dimension. 7 years have passed since that day. The last thing you can remember is falling asleep in your castle, ruler of the 2-Dimensional world. You wonder where you are now...is this limbo? You feel weightless, bodiless, drifing gently through the ether. You reason that it must have all been a dream...or a dream within a dream...about a dream? But...where are you now? Has it really been 7 years since you entered that strange dimension? Once again you feel perceptions warp and twist as time and space bend before your very eyes. Suddenly, a familiar sensation rushes to your head...you are falling."
Gameplay
Similar to most RPG's, Stick RPG Complete utilizes the concept of character development and interaction with the surroundings.