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Monthly Information Post July 2017
All the details behind this cut!
- Activity Requirements changed
- Calendar information
- The Awakening Information
- Plot Submission & Causing Mischief
- ??? (slight plot spoiler)
- Hr Requests, Shopping Channel and Night Dungeons
- Game Feedback
- Activity Requirements changed
- Calendar information
- The Awakening Information
- Plot Submission & Causing Mischief
- ??? (slight plot spoiler)
- Hr Requests, Shopping Channel and Night Dungeons
- Game Feedback
Hello everyone! We have a bit of news, some event information for the log that will get posted on this Saturday, and general state of the game. Your input is very important to us, so let us know your thoughts below!
ACTIVITY CHECK
We are still a tiny game, so to make things easier for everyone due to the amount of players, we've decided to lower the AC requirements indefinately to 10 comments if you name a top post, and 15 if you do not. You will still need post in two different posts to make Activity Check as usual.
Calendar
The Event Calendar is here as always but here are the dates to keep in mind:
July 8: EVENT: Awakening/Bite Down the Apple: Note: Delayed a day and a half due to RL situations.
The Awakening Event, with details found below.As a note, the event will take place on July 7th (you will see why below).
July 21: EVENT: Apple Orchard: The team can finally meet Luci who tells them more about their mission onward (and maybe gets punched in the face by Guts, tbd)
July 23: Test Drive Opens
July 29: Reserves Open
August 1: Activity Check Begins
The weather will be warn for most of this month, even during the rainy days.
The Awakening Event, with details found below.As a note, the event will take place on July 7th (you will see why below).
July 21: EVENT: Apple Orchard: The team can finally meet Luci who tells them more about their mission onward (and maybe gets punched in the face by Guts, tbd)
July 23: Test Drive Opens
July 29: Reserves Open
August 1: Activity Check Begins
The weather will be warn for most of this month, even during the rainy days.
The Awakening
As you might have guessed, the Awakening this time will be a little more brutal than the first one.
The group of Rebels has caught the attention of...something, and they were able hack into Luci's own virus to display a warning. In terms of OOC game play, this will be the game's first Boss Fight, and the first time characters will be able to combine their spells together. The Velvet Room will appearing in a vision during the battle (which will be in one of the log's prompt). Afterwards, characters will be able to combine their spells for the rest of the game's duration and be permanently unlocked.
While the log itself will be posted on the 8th, the events will take place on the 7th, a day earlier than what was the supposedly planned Awakening. However, the Shadows this time will not be going against a random family, but against the near-Awakened characters. This will mean two things; one, that the already Awakened characters must protect the others before they are killed, and two, that the new characters will be able to Awakened during this time and help out with the mass of shadows once they combine to form the larger monster.
There will be no signups for the Boss fight, as it will be split into a few parts that players are encouraged to fight against the monster in teams. During the entire log, Navigators will be very important, so let us know below if you play one.
The group of Rebels has caught the attention of...something, and they were able hack into Luci's own virus to display a warning. In terms of OOC game play, this will be the game's first Boss Fight, and the first time characters will be able to combine their spells together. The Velvet Room will appearing in a vision during the battle (which will be in one of the log's prompt). Afterwards, characters will be able to combine their spells for the rest of the game's duration and be permanently unlocked.
While the log itself will be posted on the 8th, the events will take place on the 7th, a day earlier than what was the supposedly planned Awakening. However, the Shadows this time will not be going against a random family, but against the near-Awakened characters. This will mean two things; one, that the already Awakened characters must protect the others before they are killed, and two, that the new characters will be able to Awakened during this time and help out with the mass of shadows once they combine to form the larger monster.
There will be no signups for the Boss fight, as it will be split into a few parts that players are encouraged to fight against the monster in teams. During the entire log, Navigators will be very important, so let us know below if you play one.
Plot Submission & Causing Mischief
Due to the rough Awakening, the countdown system Luci had been using will be discarded.
After this one, players will be able to aid Luci more directly in giving other players memories and aiding them to Awaken (for better and for worse). Their actions will shape the city and force it to warp and change more as well, which is why we now have a Plot Submission and Mischief page.
This will allow players to shape and change Eddan's political, visual and world due to their actions. While Plot submissions are the typical fair (and we'd love for you to suggest some to us, especially once more of the game's plot comes out with this Awakening), the causing mischief is especially useful to let us know what your characters has been doing. Certain types of mischief might even make it into the news, or cause a reaction from the populace, so it's important to let us know!
After this one, players will be able to aid Luci more directly in giving other players memories and aiding them to Awaken (for better and for worse). Their actions will shape the city and force it to warp and change more as well, which is why we now have a Plot Submission and Mischief page.
This will allow players to shape and change Eddan's political, visual and world due to their actions. While Plot submissions are the typical fair (and we'd love for you to suggest some to us, especially once more of the game's plot comes out with this Awakening), the causing mischief is especially useful to let us know what your characters has been doing. Certain types of mischief might even make it into the news, or cause a reaction from the populace, so it's important to let us know!
???
If you want to keep this part a surprise to yourself, skip to the next section below, as it will be revealed IC during the Awakening log, however for those who wish to plan ahead, we will explain the 'missing' section of the game's lore a little more.
When characters fight at night, they are thrown into a world between that is essentially the collective Dream of all of Eddan's populace. Luci calls it the Collective Dream because it's the easiest way to get people to understand it.
However, for some reason currently unknown, Shadows now dwell in this Dream Collective and are able to change it, effectively causing people to get killed. And as characters will soon realize, whatever happens in this Dream Collective will become reality if the Shadows are not killed that night. Moreover, the weird Firemen will come and 'fix' the scene so that the regular populace has no idea what happened.
By itself, this Collective Dream is actually not harmful at all, and is a natural state of mind for most humans. In fact, can be a useful tool for training as characters Awaken to their stronger powers and are able to influence it more, much like Lucid Dreaming.
As the game goes on, they will be able to recall places from their own homeworlds and others will be able to join them in their Dreams. Luci will also be able to teach them an important skill, where they will be able to 'turn off' their real self and let their mind go on autopilot during the day while they Daydream - essentially spending the day dreaming, while your body goes on by itself doing it's tasks as if it wasn't awakened. However, Day and Lucid Dreamers beware - Shadows may lurk around if they aren't careful, and take forms that are familiar to thems...
So what does this mean for the characters? Why is Luci involved? Why is Eddan like it is? Those are more mysteries they'll need to unravel.
When characters fight at night, they are thrown into a world between that is essentially the collective Dream of all of Eddan's populace. Luci calls it the Collective Dream because it's the easiest way to get people to understand it.
However, for some reason currently unknown, Shadows now dwell in this Dream Collective and are able to change it, effectively causing people to get killed. And as characters will soon realize, whatever happens in this Dream Collective will become reality if the Shadows are not killed that night. Moreover, the weird Firemen will come and 'fix' the scene so that the regular populace has no idea what happened.
By itself, this Collective Dream is actually not harmful at all, and is a natural state of mind for most humans. In fact, can be a useful tool for training as characters Awaken to their stronger powers and are able to influence it more, much like Lucid Dreaming.
As the game goes on, they will be able to recall places from their own homeworlds and others will be able to join them in their Dreams. Luci will also be able to teach them an important skill, where they will be able to 'turn off' their real self and let their mind go on autopilot during the day while they Daydream - essentially spending the day dreaming, while your body goes on by itself doing it's tasks as if it wasn't awakened. However, Day and Lucid Dreamers beware - Shadows may lurk around if they aren't careful, and take forms that are familiar to thems...
So what does this mean for the characters? Why is Luci involved? Why is Eddan like it is? Those are more mysteries they'll need to unravel.
HR Requests, Shopping Channel, Night Dungeon
Starting later this month month, the HR requests will be available! They will have both IC and OOC requests (for example, 'bring coffee to the Velvet Room' and 'Tag a new player'). Rewards will be given as Persona upgrades, weapon upgrades, money and additional knowledge of how to control the Dream Collective.
Players who filled out a full AC during the first month, will get a free upgrade from the Velvet Room as thanks, and new players who filled out a full AC in the 2nd month will also get a special bonus (that is slightly different). These will be noted during the Requests opening!
The shopping channel will also open at August 1st at Midnight! Each month, characters will be able to pick between two options. The items will be useful for healing characters or boosting them during a fighting log. One item per month!
Finally, once the ??? part of the game is opened up, characters will be able to go into Night Dungeons and try to stop the Shadows before more people are killed and the Firemen show up. There will be some generic ones, however players are encouraged to come up with their own (and submit them to us) from a twisted version of their world.
Players who filled out a full AC during the first month, will get a free upgrade from the Velvet Room as thanks, and new players who filled out a full AC in the 2nd month will also get a special bonus (that is slightly different). These will be noted during the Requests opening!
The shopping channel will also open at August 1st at Midnight! Each month, characters will be able to pick between two options. The items will be useful for healing characters or boosting them during a fighting log. One item per month!
Finally, once the ??? part of the game is opened up, characters will be able to go into Night Dungeons and try to stop the Shadows before more people are killed and the Firemen show up. There will be some generic ones, however players are encouraged to come up with their own (and submit them to us) from a twisted version of their world.
Game feedback
As we said above, we've a very tiny game. We'd love to have more players but we need your suggestions as to how the game could be improved. There's still a lot to go and it's with your help that we'll get there!
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