Starsim and Friends.
This is where the Starsim and Friends phenomena comes in. Starsim and Friends was a computer game I created years later in 1995 when I was 15, with the help of my friends Javid Ali-Zubair and Anthony Marks. The original plot for the game was simply that
Starsim the little Starchild had discovered that all his people had been
captured by his arch-nemesis, Darkstar, placed in small capsules and
handed to each of his four guardians and Starsim and his three friends
set out to rescue them. Unfortunately, only one level was created.
As far as the game is concerned, he was just a little star shaped
guy with a smiley face who has adventures in space. Starsim had
nothing to do with Dimension W it was a separate creation in it’s
own little universe.
But that changed, when I recently inserted Starsim in between certain plot-lines defining the course of the Dimension W story. Starsim played an important role in the events on another world, during the Spikehair’s occupation of Ordon.
While Boonal struggled to take back his world, Starsim was getting into his own adventures. Here’s how his story changed to fit his place in the Dimension W Universe: Simon was born on the planet Boff, a discworld (naturally, a flat disc-shaped planet) swarming with fellow starmen, who spend most
realises. Flash is a mute fellow racer, and
Gars is the cool older member of the group who is permanently looking out for trouble.
Starsim’s fun was soon interrupted when one night an
omnipotent being appeared before him, awaking him. This
godly creature called herself the Jispy Goddess. She told
him that he was to be chosen to be the next legendary
‘Starchild’, a savour of his people, a prophet to protect all
from ‘The Timer’ an unknown enemy of the Starmen who was currently dormant in it’s own realm.
Starsim, wary at first, liked this sudden need for adventure and accepted the quest she gave him: To find the resting place of the original and previous deceased Starchild, in order to take his place. Unfortunately the whereabouts of the previous Starchild was in ‘The Timers’ resting place.
Goddess’ instructions, managed to absorb the deceased Starchild’s abilities and then became the new Starchild. Unfortunately, this move awakened ‘The Timer’ who then got the former Starchild and transformed him into ‘Darkstar’.
The realm began to collapse, Starsim fled and Darkstar followed. Unsure as to whether ‘The Timer’ is still alive, Starsim now continues to fend off the various attacks and diabolical schemes of Darkstar and his henchmen/guardians, Solar Star, Sand Star, Ice Star and Lightning Star.
As the new Starchild, Starsim has also met many more friends and enemies from different worlds, (what being a curious little starman, always wanting to explore) some of these friends being Gaspode, a talking French mongrel puppy, Boonal and his rebels (I only introduced the idea that Starsim had known Boonal
recently, when my idea of introducing Starsim to Dimension W had
come about,) Ernice, a talking hen, and finally, Thubert, a talking
chicken.
Some enemies he met, unfortunately, were sometimes in league with
Darkstar. Some of these vary from Warlord Daub to the Slurgonian
known as Ufo! Now Starsim continues to fight his nemesis, wishing for a peaceful life once again so he can enjoy his eternal child life. |
