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    STD @tsar
    last edited by STD 17 Jan 2023, 21:02

    @tsar said in New Concept:

    This reminds me of a game I stumbled onto on Xbox, that uh, might just be called Cthulu?! Call of Cthulu?! That was a kind of spooky mystery horror game that I enjoyed until I got too scared to finish it, lmao.

    If it was an older game, it might’ve been Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Very loosely based on the story of the same name. First person? There’s a bit at the beginning with the main character investigating a creepy old house with a bunch of cultists in it and in the basement he finds some horrific device that opens a portal and lets in one of the Great Race of Yith.

    Did you get to the part where J. Edgar Hoover comes to Innsmouth with a bunch of Feds and is a general assholish dick?

    ETA: The full name of this operational battle station game.

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      BloodAngel @tsar
      last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:03

      @tsar That is part of the inspiration for the game! I love that game!

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        blu
        last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:08

        Random idea, and no real details beyond vague bullet points.

        Game set in current era
        Lovecraftian influences has limited technology or caused it to adapt differently
        Everything is 1920s in aesthetic but you can then add meaningful tech advances that allow for that alt-tech feel such as steampunk

        Bake the aesthetic into the theme, but provide modern adaptations.

        I am sleep deprived so could have probably presented this more eloquently.

        1920s aesthetic.
        Lovecraftian themes.

        And now posted to the right thread.

        continue without disabling
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          BloodAngel @GF
          last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:14

          @GF chuckle

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            blu @GF
            last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:15

            @GF said in New Concept:

            I feel like we’re overcomplicating things.

            Lol. What. No. We NEVER DO THAT.

            but you summed it up nicely.

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              BloodAngel @GF
              last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:16

              @GF I’m very guilty of this all the time. But in a nutshell, yes that is it!

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                BloodAngel
                last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:17

                Now to start to learn to code and build. INTO THE CREATION MINES!

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                  tsar @STD
                  last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:18

                  @STD said in New Concept:

                  @tsar said in New Concept:

                  This reminds me of a game I stumbled onto on Xbox, that uh, might just be called Cthulu?! Call of Cthulu?! That was a kind of spooky mystery horror game that I enjoyed until I got too scared to finish it, lmao.

                  If it was an older game, it might’ve been Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Very loosely based on the story of the same name. First person? There’s a bit at the beginning with the main character investigating a creepy old house with a bunch of cultists in it and in the basement he finds some horrific device that opens a portal and lets in one of the Great Race of Yith.

                  Did you get to the part where J. Edgar Hoover comes to Innsmouth with a bunch of Feds and is a general assholish dick?

                  ETA: The full name of this operational battle station game.

                  This sounds familiar! I remember it taking place in really dilapidated seaside town, and you’re a private eye? At some point I think I was in an old hospital.

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                    BloodAngel @tsar
                    last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:18

                    @tsar THAT IS IT!

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                      tsar @BloodAngel
                      last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:22

                      @BloodAngel I have a renewed interest in finishing this game now, thanks, lol.

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                        Testament
                        last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:22

                        Now I kinda wanna play the Sinking City again.

                        I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                          BloodAngel @Testament
                          last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 21:23

                          @Testament Great game!

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                            Jennkryst @tsar
                            last edited by Jennkryst 17 Jan 2023, 21:25

                            @tsar Yeah, it’s basically just The Dunwich Horror, I think? Gotta fight Dagon Fish People?

                            Edit: no, I am dumb, Dagon is in Innsmouth, so more likely Shadow over Innsmouth? It’s spooky, I only know the end because of a let’s play.

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                              BloodAngel @Faraday
                              last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 23:22

                              @Faraday Actually been writing the history, have the changes to the timeline already done up! So we do have a divergence point, that leads to why it is not the same. -

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                                Jennkryst
                                last edited by 17 Jan 2023, 23:31

                                Also, how can I be part of the Dagon cult if I am not racist against land-dwellers whomst are all made of food?

                                Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
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                                  tsar
                                  last edited by 18 Jan 2023, 03:53

                                  So about that cthulu game

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                                    tsar @IoleRae
                                    last edited by 18 Jan 2023, 04:00

                                    @IoleRae said in New Concept:

                                    Sorry I thought it was related to figuring out the moving parts for the game.

                                    No, no, you’re fine! I think that @BloodAngel mentioned a few pages back that he was figuring out his potential direction on this.

                                    I just sometimes feel like we have a tendency (as a group, I’m also guilty!) to pile our opinions on possible new game runners to the point it probably feels overwhelming.

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                                      IoleRae @tsar
                                      last edited by 18 Jan 2023, 04:04

                                      @tsar

                                      dey gonna have to deal with us assholes on the game. otj training

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                                        KarmaBum
                                        last edited by 18 Jan 2023, 04:06

                                        Think of all the jobs we’re saving them later. \o/

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                                          Pyrephox Administrators @bear_necessities
                                          last edited by 18 Jan 2023, 09:17

                                          @bear_necessities said in New Concept:

                                          @mietze I haven’t really played on any recent historical games, most of the ones I’ve seen come around are “alt Earth” or “we solved the -isms!” and meh, those aren’t the stories for me. But I’m down to clown on a 1920s game where that stuff is over there <---- and I’m over here ----> where the monsters are.

                                          See, I think those elements are actually really valuable - particularly in a horror game. One of the big questions underlying a lot of horror media is “why do the protagonists have to deal with this?” The answers can differ - PCs can be isolated from the systems that would be theoretically better at dealing with it (oh no, we have no cell phone and our car has broken down outside the murder house), PCs can be especially empowered to interact with it (scholarly folk in CoC, glimmery folk in GH, etc), or…PCs can be vulnerable in a way that means that the ‘normal’ means of seeking help are barred to them.

                                          When you know that the cops are not your friends because you’re someone of color/gay/female/an immigrant, then you have a reason to grab some friends and kick evil’s teeth in, yourself. You have a reason to act to guard your community from the monsters, because you know that no one else will. And those mainstream systems have a reason to overlook monsters (human or otherwise) preying on the community, because those systems don’t value the people who are getting hurt.

                                          It doesn’t have to be a motivation - you can absolutely have horror without systemic discrimination! As always, the comfort level of the staff and players take precedence. But I find those themes interesting and exciting to play, and do not want a historical game that doesn’t at least acknowledge that they’re there - and ideally, uses them to enhance the experience and theme of the game.

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