horror au ideas!
Mar. 15th, 2020 09:51 pmlisted here are some possible ideas I had for a horror au gpsl! I'm going to allow for anonymous comments in the event you don't have a throwaway journal, so think of some sort of pen name or pseudonym to go by if you're staying anonymous for now!
please comment below any thoughts or ideas you have, either for or against any if those listed, and don't be afraid of throwing in something that I didn't think of! I want this is going to a collaborative brainstorming post for us to nail down a plot before we put anything together.
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escape room au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- a group of hostages (muses and npcs) wake up alone in various rooms within a mansion with amnesia; the only things they have on their person is their clothes, a key, and a piece of paper with their name on it. after a few of them leave their rooms and find their way to an extravagant ballroom, they're informed by "the butler" that they're going to die off one by one until they find the front door key. is it every man for himself? or will working together serve to help our characters?
serial killer au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- (insert town/city name here) has always been painted as a serene, idyllic place to live. no one talks about it's supposed "curse", that every 30 years a series of murders occur and the killer disappears without a trace. a group of students don't pay much mind that the 30 year mark is upon them, and after a classmate turns up dead, realize the curse may actually be real. (serial killer*, gotta save the day, etc.)
hidden society (?) au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- inspired by the fictional SCP Foundation; muses are all employees for the SCP foundation, when an NPC gets possessed and releases several of the items and monsters. the power goes out and the group must survive. (monsters of surreal and unspeakable powers, dark/lights off, etc.)
- idea loosely inspired by the cults of games such as Silent Hill (The Order) and Fatal Frame. the group of muses live in a town with a dark secret. everything's fine and dandy until...it's not. the town's yearly "festival" is a cover up for a sacrifice*, but something goes horribly wrong and now horrific monsters and beings walk the streets. no one can escape.
dystopian horror au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- tbh, the only things that came mind for a horror-dystopian au was something like the purge so please share your ideas for this in the comments!
world of horror au idea
(general concept from video game of the same name)
- (because game journalists and youtube videos are better at explaining this than I am) "armed with clues, spells, and your dwindling sanity, you'll investigate mysteries all over the city and in the realms beyond. world of horror is set in a quiet seaside town filled with eldritch beings, wild-eyed cultists, and impossibly twisted human forms.": this is a video game with inspiration from horror manga artist junji ito and the horror stories from h.p. lovecraft. we can mess around with the physical setting, but this is a horror investigation sort of game.
please comment below any thoughts or ideas you have, either for or against any if those listed, and don't be afraid of throwing in something that I didn't think of! I want this is going to a collaborative brainstorming post for us to nail down a plot before we put anything together.
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escape room au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- a group of hostages (muses and npcs) wake up alone in various rooms within a mansion with amnesia; the only things they have on their person is their clothes, a key, and a piece of paper with their name on it. after a few of them leave their rooms and find their way to an extravagant ballroom, they're informed by "the butler" that they're going to die off one by one until they find the front door key. is it every man for himself? or will working together serve to help our characters?
serial killer au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- (insert town/city name here) has always been painted as a serene, idyllic place to live. no one talks about it's supposed "curse", that every 30 years a series of murders occur and the killer disappears without a trace. a group of students don't pay much mind that the 30 year mark is upon them, and after a classmate turns up dead, realize the curse may actually be real. (serial killer*, gotta save the day, etc.)
hidden society (?) au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- inspired by the fictional SCP Foundation; muses are all employees for the SCP foundation, when an NPC gets possessed and releases several of the items and monsters. the power goes out and the group must survive. (monsters of surreal and unspeakable powers, dark/lights off, etc.)
- idea loosely inspired by the cults of games such as Silent Hill (The Order) and Fatal Frame. the group of muses live in a town with a dark secret. everything's fine and dandy until...it's not. the town's yearly "festival" is a cover up for a sacrifice*, but something goes horribly wrong and now horrific monsters and beings walk the streets. no one can escape.
dystopian horror au idea
(general concept from psltown anon)
- tbh, the only things that came mind for a horror-dystopian au was something like the purge so please share your ideas for this in the comments!
world of horror au idea
(general concept from video game of the same name)
- (because game journalists and youtube videos are better at explaining this than I am) "armed with clues, spells, and your dwindling sanity, you'll investigate mysteries all over the city and in the realms beyond. world of horror is set in a quiet seaside town filled with eldritch beings, wild-eyed cultists, and impossibly twisted human forms.": this is a video game with inspiration from horror manga artist junji ito and the horror stories from h.p. lovecraft. we can mess around with the physical setting, but this is a horror investigation sort of game.