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Question of the Month: February 2019 edition

2019’s Question of the Month series will see bloggers come together in a virtual development studio. Every month we’ll be asking brave volunteers to come forward and share their ideas for a single element of a title, so all the winning answers from the community can be blended together at the end of the year to create a title to overshadow all others: The Ultimate Video Game! Read on to find out more along with how you can take part.


The development team so far:

  • Ian from Adventure Rules
  • Chris from OverThinker Y
  • Luke from Hundstrasse (winner of settings and themes)
  • Kim from Later Levels


    • The game so far:

  • January 2019:   settings and themes
  • February 2019:   announced below
  • March 2019:   to be revealed
  • April 2019:   to be revealed
  • May 2019:   to be revealed
  • June 2019:   to be revealed
  • July 2019:   to be revealed
  • August 2019:   to be revealed
  • September 2019:   to be revealed
  • October 2019:   to be revealed
  • November 2019:   to be revealed
  • December 2019:   press release for The Ultimate Video Game


    • This month’s game element:

    February’s game element is: the protagonist.

    Tell us about the star of The Ultimate Video Game and how they fit into January’s setting. If you’re thinking we should take our release in an RPG or action direction, you’ll probably need a main player-character: possibly a leader-of-the-party type or perhaps an unassuming everyman or woman. But if a puzzler or something abstract is more your thing, maybe there won’t be a character as such but you might have some sort of avatar. Or is the protagonist the player themselves?

    We want to know who this character is, what they look like, their preferences, strengths, weaknesses – anything to help us get to know them. Make sure your answer refers back to the setting chosen in January and explains how the protagonist fits into the environment. Be careful though: we’ll be covering story elements in a later month so stay focused on the subject for February and don’t stray too much into the plot.

    The rules:

  • You can join in with the competition by coming up with an idea for a protagonist who fits into the world defined in last month’s winning entry, to help create a collaborative version of The Ultimate Video Game. February’s winner will be picked from these entries and Chris wonderfully explains how this will work in his recent post.
  • Alternatively, if you’d like to join in just for fun then tell us about the protagonist for your own ultimate video game. Use the setting you came up with for January or start afresh if this is your first month! You won’t be eligible to win but you may receive a special mention if we like your idea.


  • Whether you’re joining in for competition or fun, try to focus on the single element for the current month in your answer and not cover other areas. Concentrate on the protagonist only for now!
  • There are no guidelines on word-limit or format so you can be as creative as you like: write a post, record a video, create a drawing, or impress us with another unique style.
  • Publish your idea for this month’s element on your blog or social media channels by 25 February 2019 and leave us a link in the comments below.
  • Submittals will then be discussed by the development team above, and the winner announced in a commentary post over on OverThinker Y on 28 Feburary 2019.
  • The winning blogger will be invited to join our development team on Discord so they can help select future winners – and they’ll receive an exclusive badge to display on their site.


    • Good luck to everybody who’d like to take part this month. We’re looking forward to hearing your ideas for The Ultimate Video Game!

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    Video game lover, Pragmatic Pixel blogger and SpecialEffect volunteer. Lifelong fan of wannabe pirates and fine leather jackets.

    19 thoughts on “Question of the Month: February 2019 edition” Leave a comment ›

    1. It’s a shame I completely missed January’s post and I really hope I can come up with something good for this month! This idea it’s really wonderful and I trust in December the Ultimate Video Game will be a great product! 🙂

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    3. Gonna have to get the creative juices flowing again. I have got some ideas for characters. It will be interesting to see what people come up with now that we have settong and themes to go off.

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      • Ooh looking forward to seeing what you came up with! 😀

        As Chris said, there’s so much scope with your own January setting for all sorts of stories. He seems pretty keen to do some Requiem short-fiction if that’s something you’d be interested in!

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