Before I post....

Before I post let me just say I've been writing stories and designs for games for years, and currently am awaiting still info on my packs I had sent way regarding FFXI: the Arcana Portal expansion, so believe me when I say I have experience when it comes to development processes. It takes a very long time to process, evaluate and develop these things. But it does all start somewhere.

I have four initial parts of development I am posting on here. Each I have at least designed, some I have written storylines and dialog for, some even battle stats. Even designs for an app.

If Square Enix wishes to see more, then contact me. As for you gamers, feedback is appreciated if you share my enthusiasm! So let's commence... Check out Part I - IV!

Crystan -DW

I'm curious, what's "FFXI: the Arcana Portal expansion" about?

Well, I wrote it with the intention of the return of the Shadow Lord, featuring Black Walt's, a Jester, Proto-Ultimega (ultima and Omega weapon merged), new jobs, new ballista battle styles Hades battle similar to a Demon Wall fight (he gets stuck in a portal, half in and half out and is so big he fills a room)

it is a very dark story where the dead return. Arcana I designed a zone halfway between life and death, and is where the Shadow Lord is, as well as Lion...

Iv pages and pages of data and story and script written. It's massive. Designed since 2007, submitted since 2009 around the world. Long processes.

Please don't take this as being disrespectful towards yourself, but the suggestions you have posted could not really be called your designs, as people have been requesting them for a long time now, one of which is already confirmed as coming
They are good suggestions so don't take it like their not, and I too would love to see omega some day, maybe in a garlean expansion themed pack

Check out the lore and other battle systems sub forums. This thread appears to me you are trying to interview for a job. Compared to what others have fleshed out in minutia, your suggestions are in best cases under-researched. 3 of the 4(5) ideas you provided have already been produced, granted one is an illegal third party app. The other items have been theory crafted beyond minutia.

Not saying you should not pursue this opportunity if you wish, however if you want a free crowdsource to assist, you need to bring more to the table then vague pitches.

Let me just clarify some things.

1. The app is a PSN official app. Some games developers are working with it, some aren't. I mealy suggest using it.

2. I don't scroll through every posts. I simply had an few ideas. Like many do.

3. The only story I would be willing to submit fully as a solicited development proposal would be the Omega storyline, & that's only If I feel it to be strong enough, & worth the funds to have it solicited.

4. The designs and stories I write are things I do as a hobby. I not paid, i enjoy it. Now as for the designs, do you bake a loaf of bread and say I didn't make that, it was the flour, salt, yeast, water & electic company who did? The core aspects yes are not mine, but I have done what I have done to make the result in the story.

5. Finally, This is supposed to be a gamer suggestion forum. I thought of some ideas, and posted them here, thinking other gamers may be interested in them. Are other gamers suggestions met with such verosity?

Not sure why the hostility,
I was very polite in my reply to you, but you yourself said about being paid to do it, I'm pretty certain that SE would not randomly pay someone for a concept they own.
Also your ideas were extremely vague, one being add leviathan summon, with maybe a Sahagin story, that's been big news for a long while that it's happening, so without going into much detail your not really doing yourself any favours
If you were that committed to pitching your idea to SE you would of gone to them direct and not use feedback forums

Clarifying again. When I say if it is worth the funds, I don't mean I get paid. I would have to pay to have the work seen by someone and its expensive. After that the work falls under the category of solicited work and can be seen. S-E (and many other companies)do not accept any unsolicited work.

And they are very vague. You only get 1000 characters to express any suggestions here. I could go into much more detail otherwise!


Apologies for the biting. It is hard to tell who is being negative simply via reading print. I simply posted these up expecting people to either be entrigued or nothing... I wasn't expecting this type of talk from a friendly gamer community....

Oh, and it was S-E who advised me to express my suggestions here in an email if I weren't submitting another submission... I thought it would be good to get some interest...

I didn't know about leviathan... Wish I did, seems a bit silly now. Lol >.> oh well...

protip : edit your message to get past the 1000 doom limit

I think the main issue is that your trying to sell something you have not researched, coming to the community asking for a leviathan summon when it's well known it will be here soon, shows a real lack of researching your product
I wish you all the best, as I do like your suggestions but maybe a tip to research what you are trying to sell in future.
Also edited to add, as has been pointed out you can bypass 1000 , again research!
Using your own analogies, it's fantastic you baked a new type of bread, I honestly do applaud you for that, the community needs more people like it, however you cannot take that loaf of bread to the bakery saying its new when they already have it on their "loaf of the day" list