THE PLAN:

Become the ULTIMATE Cyberpunk nerd and help bring the Dark Future to movie theaters across the globe!

Long-Term Goals:

(Goals I plan to accomplish throughout the journey)

{Strike through = Completed}

  • Cyberpunk (2013 Core Book)

    • Friday Night Firefight

    • Near Orbit

    • Rockerboy

    • Solo of Fortune

    • View from the Edge

    • Welcome to Night City

READ ALL LORE:

  • Cyberpunk 2020 (Core Book)

    • Blackhand’s Street Weapons

    • Chromebook V. 1-4

    • Corporation Report 2020 V. 1-4

    • Deep Space

    • Edgerunners Inc

    • Eurosource & Eurosource Plus

    • Home of the Brave

    • Live & Direct

    • Maximum Metal

    • NeoTribes

    • Night City Sourcebook

    • Pacific Rim Sourcebook

    • Protect & Serve

    • Rache Bartmoss’ Brainware Blowout

    • Rache Bartmoss’ Guide to the Net

    • Rough Guide to the UK

    • Solo of Fortune 2

    • Wildside

  • Cyberpunk RED (Core Book)

    • Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit

    • Black Chrome

    • Danger Gal Dossier

    • Interface RED V. 1-4

    • TotR: Hope Reborn

    • TotR: Street Stories

    • [TBA] Edgerunner’s Guide to Night City

  • [TBA] Cyberpunk 2077 (Core Book)

    • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Mission Kit

Phase One:

Research

  • Read Cyberpunk RED (Core Book)

  • Read Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit

  • Read Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Mission Kit

  • Watch Pondsmith’s campaign on Youtube

Goal 1: Reading

  • Learn Hardware Limitations for video game

    • Test graphics limit w/ NO mods

    • Create modlist

    • Test graphics limit w/ mods

    • Refine modlist and graphics settings

Goal 2: Limits

  • Create test scenes

    • Pictures

    • Video

      • Test out animation methods

      • Test character & environment lightings

      • Test dialogue methods

Goal 3: Testing

Results:

Final concept GIF of V1 NEUS in front of the Night City Militech HQ

GIF of V1 NEUS facing off with Adam Smasher

Image of NEUS getting the jump on Arasaka Ninja

First concept image of NEUS with his katana at the ready

Second concept image of NEUS spying from above

Image of NEUS at the Atlantis club with Cheri

{VIDEO SOON}

Phase Two:

The Campaign

  • Decide year of setting

  • Decide main plot/conflict

  • Decide main sub-plot/conflict

  • Pick main characters

  • Pick main locations

  • Decide max players for each game (4)

  • Research good virtual tabletops

  • Create rough plan for hosting campaign

    • VTT:

    • Character Sheet Creator: Nexus?

    • Companion App?

Goal 1: Planning

  • Flesh out main plot

  • Create MC character sheets

  • Flesh out sub-plot

  • Write main “order of operations” for players (key events)

  • Write LOTS of sidequests w/ locations, potential threats & times for quest to trigger

  • Create/Find NPC character sheets

Goal 2: Writing

  • Create intros for main locations

  • Create intros for each role

  • Create cut-scenes for key events

  • Get exterior pic of each quest location

  • Create/Find maps (if applicable)

Goal 3: Visuals

Results:

{COMING SOON}

Phase Three:

The Film

  • Write story w/ NEUS as main character

    • Determine main plot

    • Determine sub-plot

    • Pick antagonists

    • Pick side characters

  • Make sure story feels like a campaign

  • Convert story into screenplay

Goal 1: Writing

  • Research proper pitches

  • Create storyboard using visual techniques from campaign

  • Create cast lists for each character

  • Create list for potential film locations

  • Create potential crew lists

  • Finalize pitch

Goal 2: Planning

  • Figure out how one might pitch to CDPR

  • Pitch to CDPR

Goal 3: Pitching

Results:

{COMING SOON}

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THE MAN