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Gonna follow this game closely, I tried the demo but it seemed pretty barebones but it was updated and I may just drop some money on it anyways since I love the premise and you guys seem to be making progress.

The whole "simulated world where you can do anything in" is largely only explored by like Kenshi, URW, and DF, and up until the upcoming DF adventure mode release even DF's mode lacks depth in the areas that make gameplay compelling, so I'm happy to see you guys doing stuff in regards to that.

Yes, to be clearer, I was saying having that in the game in the first place was quite strange.

Green and blue fighting over north and south in the early modern period? Hmm...

Well I'll go green for the North if joining is still permitted

Action Phase 2
Current Time: 6:03

You take a deep breath, and move towards your closet...

Note: Time keeps confusing me for some reason, but I'll just always do it in the action phase and the current time at the beginning of the phase will be based on the time required for the previous phase (i.e. one minute for sitting up, two for opening the curtains. I may have to eventually curve this somehow like maybe 5 minutes minimum for each action, but we'll see how time flow works once you start doing longer tasks).

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OBJECTIVES:

Keep your Job (Foundational): 0 / 5
The total of all success points from work related tasks has to be greater than failure points. And you also have to get to work. And not get outright fired.

Success Points: 0
Upgrading: Get a promotion!
Subverting: Be late.

Failure Points: 0
Upgrading: Do something really silly on top of getting fired.
Subverting: At least you're rehireable?

Dating With a Twist (Foundational): 0 / 5
The total of all success points from date related tasks has to be greater than failure points. And you also have to get to the date. And not outright scare your date away.

Success Points: 0
Upgrading: Really hit it off, like, second date is no problem.
Subverting: Be late.

Failure Points: 0
Upgrading: He's friends with another cute guy from the office. Why'd you had to screw that up, too?
Subverting: At least he didn't run away screaming?


Success Points: 1

PONDER PHASE 2

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SCENE 1
You open your curtains. Upon opening them the first thing you see outside is your neighbor's house, It isn't anything that special but you were always slightly jealous of how much better it is than your own. Nearby a cacophony of birds are singing and chirping as they normally do when you wake up in the morning. All in all, it is a peaceful if a bit mundane sight.

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SCENE 2
You shamble out of bed with a groan and trudge over to the curtains, their dark pattern an embroidery of fine white lines against navy blue, thoughts of the day ahead swimming in your troubled mind. You draw open the curtains to take in the sights of a beautiful morning in the... suburbs. Dawn is just breaking and you're greeted by the lovely view of the siding of the neighbor's house. The sounds of the birds can be heard, with the bluejays shrieking their morning song. With the light exposed to the room, you can probably see everything now a bit better.

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SCENE 3
You LEAP out your bed READY to take on the world! You rip the curtains of EXQUISITE detail open to see SONGBIRDS singing a beautiful SONG, and the BEAUTIFUL sunrise. You see you live in a BUSTLING suburb with PLENTY of furry and feathery CRITTERS in search of FOOD. That reminds you, you are very HUNGRY!  Suddenly, you hear a chirp near YOU! You see your CAT comes barrelling out of the closet, wanting TREATS and ATTENTION from you! The room around you is now BRIGHTER.

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Memory: You remember that your curtains are blue with white stripes. And that your view just that: the neighbor's house. There's also usually a cacophony of birds outside everytime you wake up.

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Ponder Phase 2 is now active. Phew! Gonna really try to get these out quicker. Visited my parents this weekend but otherwise everything went smoothly turn wise.

We currently have enough votes to end the turn in 24 hours, and discussion seems pretty consensual. (Turn would end anyways in  32 hours, but whatever).

PONDER PHASE 1

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SCENE 1
You look around the room. It's kinda dark, so you can't see much, but you can make out all the usual furniture. And nothing seems too out of place. The faint outline of a poster is on the wall to your right, some dark curtains on the left, and a desk with a computer at the foot of the bed near the wall next to your closet. You see a faint shadow moving near the closet, and it fills you with an amount of unease. Oh, and your name is Mia.

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SCENE 2
Your name is Makenna an OUTSTANDING name. You wake up from bed REFRESHED and ready to face the world. You should brush your teeth, take a shower, get dressed all that ROUTINE stuff you NORMALLY do. Once complete head back to your room to ADMIRE your cat poster and check your POPULAR social media pages on your computer before heading OUT to work at... where do you work again?

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SCENE 3
The morning light is still dim, but you can still see the layout of your room. Everything seems to be where you remember it. There's a wan line of light through the gap in the curtains on the wall opposite of you; to the left, your computer desk sits below a poster, though you can't make out the artwork. Something about it makes you remember, though: your name is Mary.
On your right, you see your closet, and catch a brief movement in the shadows.

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Memory: Your name starts with an M. Also, the walls of your room are a nice neutral color. The furniture isn't too crazy. The basics. You have a poster of a cat on the wall to the left of the head of the bed, and some space-themed curtains over the window to the right of the bed. There's also a desk at the foot of the bed with your PC, next to the closet.

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Alright, Ponder Phase 1 is now active, players can vote for a course of action and vote on the correct scene. Apologies for the delay on that one, the submissions got in on time and I was a bit busy. Gonna try to hold myself to the schedule now. Next phase begins in 72 hours, or otherwise as indicated by the conditions in the OP.

Yeeah... And there are definitely a lot of people who feel the same way. I don't remember if the old murder mod had functioning guns or not, but it did let you kill people... Which revealed one of the big reasons why guns aren't implemented in the base game: The player killing people ends up destabilizing the game even more than usual, which is saying something!

This is why I usually advocate for permadeath as well. If guns are added and damage is scaled appropriately, you can have tense gunfights where your life is at stake, and then you can tone guns down normally so you aren't likely to get shot, for say, taking a step into a restricted area for a fraction of a second.

Alternatively you can just make them wound like swords and knifes do. Always thought it was silly that the justification was "it would break the game" when you can hit people with a sword. Just make them not kill anyone like every other weapon works.