Space Opera
Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities.
Space opera usually takes its scenes in space, using high technology equipments; with most of the political, social and economical system similar to what it currently take place on earth.
It is a type of genre take place in space which also mainly revolves on character development, relating it towards heroes’ journey, and tends to have the good against the bad.
Space travel is a major part of space opera with most of the travelling speed faster than light, as such time travel and slipstream are made possible where one of these includes wrap drives and hyper drive and such.
In general, space opera is just feels like a more futuristic type of literature that is happening in the current earth. This futuristic theme perhaps acts itself as a warming or predicting of what might be happening way beyond at the future.
How Space Opera relates to Games Design:
Space Opera takes place in a more futuristic style of game play. Perhaps the idea that one can look way back beyond to the past or future could bring a new sense of enjoyment of what that could not be see or find in the present. Genres can be made interesting just by dissecting the different type of formula and add an element of time to change the setting and one such example is space Opera.
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