Some Thoughts and Ideas on the Genesis of Rainbow Saga
2026-08-05
Written by Sen
Inspiration
I have always loved Final Fantasy Tactics, it’s one of my favorite games. After playing The Ivalice Chronicles, a remake of the original game without The War of the Lions content, I got the itch to make a game of my own that scratched the same itch: magic, political intrigue, emotional story-telling, and beautiful psychadelic worlds.
On top of that, I thought about what it would mean to bring in some other influences; magical floating crowns, phantasmal swords and weird-looking guns a-la Elden Ring, Disco Elysium and KRZ.
I want the game to invoke the magic-realism that I love so much in games. I want the game to feel like it could have actually happened in a distant past on a foreign world, lost to time. I want that world to be full of grit and magic.
I have decided to create a single battle as a verticle slice of what the game could be as a litmus test and to show people. I think the battle will be called “The Blood Orange Grove”.