Existing players used to logging in with their character name and moo password must signup for a website account.
- Acupa 8m
- exovolt 7m
- cata 39s
- Diamond 18m After Winter, must come Spring.
- Dale 25m
- SmokePotion 4m Right or wrong, I'm getting high.
- meero619 4s
- QueenZombean 9m Singing the song that doesn't end, yes it goes...
- BubbleKangaroo 9s
- zxq 26m Blackcastle was no ordinary prison.
- NightHollow 1h
- LadyLogic 8m
- Vanashis 50m
- Cword 4m
- Sivartas 28m
a Mench 14m Doing a bit of everything.
And 23 more hiding and/or disguised
Sindomedome logo
a cyberpunk roleplaying game
banner art by Grand Failure
Connect to Sindome @ moo.sindome.org:5555 or just Play Now

SIC Chatter

Login to post. Membership required.
Jump To
Newest Post
After reading the "treating Withmore like a summer camp" thread I got a bit of an idea.

Drugs have withdrawal and side-effect scripts that trigger periodically as a response to certain state changes.

What if we had scripts tied to SIC implants that periodically remind a player of the dizzying level of SIC chatter that floods through all the time.

Maybe a subconscious holding of the head or something to that effect that forces an IC acknowledgement of the condition of having a constant twitter style feed in your head.

Thoughts?

By Grok at May 17, 2014, 2:37 PM | 0
I'm hesitant to add more spam…but I'm intrigued on the possibility of more ambience. Maybe we just need more ambient scripting that make use of NPC's and the like.
By ReeferMadness at May 17, 2014, 3:46 PM | 0
Being that I haven't really noticed any spam (or I have a high tolerance?), I sort of like that idea.

I also think more ambient scripting for the virtual population would be nice; it can sometimes be easy for someone to forget, even with the NPCs and blurbs that say what's going on when you enter a street room…

By Salvation at May 17, 2014, 5:10 PM | 0
It doesn't really have to be spam either, it can be like the dream sequence scripts that already exist. It could be an active reminder of the possible stresses and strain of having to deal with the SIC.
By Grok at May 17, 2014, 5:46 PM | 0
I would love to see NPCs talking randomly, but I guess it might be relatively complex, wouldn't it?
By deskoft at May 17, 2014, 5:48 PM | 0
The guy outside the Canary mouths off at random or at least when people walk by if I recall correctly.

I wouldn't see why there couldn't be some more scripted NPC chatter like a guy in a chicken suit outside Rikken McChikken or whatever it's called now shouting about their "great"… "chicken"...

A guy dressed as a dildo outside the Phallus Palace... A guy in a pizza suit outside of the pizza place... The list goes on.

I'm sure it would take a good amount of care in positioning and volume of NPCs like this, but a few couldn't hurt.

By Grok at May 17, 2014, 8:12 PM | 0
I second this. Some ambient chatter by NPCs would be interesting. No new NPCs would need to be added to this. Just let some store clerk spoof serving a customer now and then, let rychek scrub a glass or polish some bottle. Whatever. I think it could make hanging around in a place, waiting for some players to join, a little bit more interesting (and gives your character something to react to, like emoting to watch rychek while listening to a boring conversation)

Who knows. I think it could give the game a lot more depth and make the various locations feel alive.

I also would support making the little messages that get added to descriptions while walking the streets, for instance someone being dragged into an alley, fire at random intervals as emotes, or spoofing. That way all players would see the same message and it wouldn't feel like it's just the room description. Again, making the game feel more dynamic.

By Hedone at May 26, 2014, 12:08 PM | 0
I'd like to see more chatter about the weather. Something that comes every hour with someone bitching about the weather. Both to inform the players on what's going on and add flare.
By Jinx at May 26, 2014, 12:16 PM | 0
One thing I personally would think would be funny is a cacophony of snarky replies every time a player asks some variant of "How's Withmore tonight?" / "How's it going Withmore?" / etc
By BattleJenkins at May 30, 2014, 10:17 AM | 0
Jump To Oldest Post