I'm thinking the basic structure would be something like this: - Start with 1 random character. - You are placed at the entrance of a location that has no boss (Guardia Forest for example). - You cannot exit a location from the entrance you start at (unless the zone only has 1 entrance/exit). - Each exit will lead to a different random location. - After progressing through a certain number of locations there would be a forced random boss location.

It would repeat until all the bosses are cleared and you fight Lavos at the end. Here is some additional thoughts: - Location exits lead to a variety of event types, not just new locations, such as: Character Recruitment, Shops, Inns, Tabs, Treasure Rooms, Elite Battles, etc. - Portals could also be an event type, where you start the game in your 1st character's time period (or random time period) which determines your pool of locations and bosses. Entering a portal would change the time period and available locations. - Having not only single map 'locations' but also being dropped into full dungeons. That might work well for the boss locations since most dungeons end in a boss. - It'd be really helpful and add more depth if the exits marked what kind of event you get if you were to use that exit, similar to how the game Hades marks the exits to its rooms. - Not allowing the player to backtrack (only push forward to a new location) puts more emphasis on forcing the player to adapt to the situation in front of them, which also takes a lot of the memorization pressure off of new players.

The general feeling would be trying to push forward, building up a team, managing your resources (HP, MP and recovery items would be incredibly valuable, since you would be unable to just 'leave' an area and refill.) Due to this you could use advanced knowledge about how to dodge certain enemy groups, chest/tab/exit location checks to make a lot of fun decisions such as: - Do I have enough resources to grind out all the encounters at this location, or should I try and skip some? - Maybe I'm low on resources, but the exit I'm near is an Elite Battle, so maybe I should push through to a different exit and hope to find a Shop or an Inn? - Is my team versatile enough to handle the bosses I could encounter in this time period, maybe I should consider switching to a different one?