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"Rift Running"

A game where you are Dan Cleros, a man who can basically create a rift in the air and travel through it several feet away.  The power comes with many other advantages, but I'm either hiding them, or haven't thought of them.

Anyway, the story takes place in the not too distant future, where a few "rift runners" have risen up against the world, basically on their path for world domination.  You happen to know these individuals, due to complicated pasts.  This is when you are going to have to stop them.

Each rift runner has a unique ability, which adds to their worth, and while adding diversity in the fights.

Now I would just like to have a few ideas about this, and how to expand onto this project.

Thanks for your help!

Should this take place from about 2020-2030 or 2030-2040?

I'd say more 2030-2040, if it is too close to to the present you can't have as many diverse ideas about what has changed.

Yeah, that's true.

Maybe five or so rift runners?

Yeah, 5-10 would make it interesting, maybe you could have certain 'groups' of rift runners that each want world domination for their own group? That could add betrayals, rift runners vs rift runners combat, etc. just an idea though.

That's a good idea, and I was actually thinking of groups.  Thanks for helping out!

Does the main character want world domination him/herself? Or is he/she trying to stop the other rift runners?

The main character is trying to prevent it, due to some complicated pasts.