Well a world without future. Despair. friend of main figure suicides. -> Inspirational story why the main char wants to keep living. Maybe even a story where the friend is about to suicide and the main figure inspires him so much that he finds his will to live again and to work for a beter world? You could do it dramatic with the friend being shot in the end. Such a story can be based on any genre. You could do it in a sci fi world, a mythic theme, real world. What ever. Then you can fit what ever you want to write about in the part what inspires that desperate guy. Like how he explorered the world. And since you like to write about the past that main figure also could be a figure of the past.
You should read this http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/109552-100-days-to-mine-story-done-read-the-ending/ Seen on many apps for MC.Im pretty good friends with the guy.(Theres also a sequel) I think you should find the inspiration after reading that.I have and im currently thinking of more ideas for my story.(Just a suggestion!)
yayya my story A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the Monsignor how he had done. The Monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass ... If I start to get nervous, I take a sip." So the next Sunday he took the Monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon return to his office after mass, he found the following note on his door: 1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp. 2. There are 10 commandments, not 12. 3. There are 12 disciples, not 10. 4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated. 5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass. 6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C. 7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior, and the Spook. 8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him. 9. When David was hit by a rock and knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass. 10. We do not refer to the cross as the Big T! 11. When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "Take this and eat it, for it is my body", he did not say, "Eat me." 12. The Virgin Mary is not referred to as the, "Mary with the Cherry". 13. The recommended grace before a meal is not: "Rub-A-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yeah God". and finally... 14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's.
So maybe a story about a peasant trying to usurp a corrupt king who gets entangled in a rebellion that is not all that it seems to be, as the rebellion is actually being run by a warring kindom that wants to create a turmoil so that it can invade while they are confused. The peasant then has to outwit both sides, take control and lead the army to victory(lolwutamIeventalkingaboutXD)
