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Title: Old Planet - AGE OF GODS
Post by: RoseHeart on March 08, 2018, 02:44:49 am

This game will feature extinction cycles where a new thread is created, and only the few most prominent things of each category survive.

There will only be a few phases in each thread, the early ones focusing on active influence and later more on passive methods.

There will be points system and if you win, you choose the method of extinction.


PHASES

Primal Act
What ever you choose to do will set the tone for your powers this cycle. Sentient beings (potential followers) will not forget this, for a long time.

Residual Act
The more it mirrors your last or a recent primal act in domain, the better, though still much weaker.

Champion Act
Command your titan. (Create one if you don't have one.)

Follower Act
Command your believers. (Sentient beings)

Final Act
If you win, choose the extinction method.


POINTS

Legacy Points
The number of people that remember your actions. (first hand or passed down doesn't matter) An extra point for each cycle back.

Soul Points
The number of people you caused to die or be born, added together.

God Points
All gods choose 1 other god to give their god point to secretly by PM to me. Your final score is multiplied by a (small) %.


Think of this cycle as a complete, albeit mini- god game.

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Saturation #s
0.01 to 0.49 trace amounts
0.50 to 0.99 common
1.00 total saturation
1.01+ saturation density

Title: Re: Planet One (an easy to follow gods game)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 08, 2018, 02:45:16 am

Choose a color. Post it in the thread.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green

PM Your Primal Act now. The world is barren, and warmed by the sun.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Leonardo8 on March 08, 2018, 07:24:55 am

Green

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Glass on March 08, 2018, 08:00:34 am

Yellow, I suppose.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: KittyTac on March 08, 2018, 08:21:37 am

Orange

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Dustan Hache on March 08, 2018, 08:55:46 am

Red!

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 08, 2018, 04:52:03 pm

PRIMAL ACT

I encourage the growth of plants, namely grass and trees.

I emit orange light.

I create grass, trees with fruit, grazing animals, and curious elves.

I manifest as an infinite snake, and disperse plants and animals.


Choose a hemisphere. Post it in the thread.

North
East
West
South

PM Your Residual Act now.

Spoiler: The world (click to show/hide)

[ light 1.00
[ plants 0.66 (+0.33 +0.33) [ grass 0.58 (+0.33 +0.25) ] [ trees 0.33 [ fruit trees 0.25 ] ] ]
[ animals 0.33 [ grazing animals 0.25 ] ]
[ curious elves 0.25 ] ]

Curious Elves (275 million)
The elves worship most strongly the Infinite Snake that appears in the heavens, though believe there are other forces at work.
-The story of orange light. ORA
-The story of the Infinate Snake who made plants and animals. GRE
-The story of fruits and elves. YEL

RED
LP 0
SP 0

ORG
LP 275M
SP 25M

YEL
LP 275M
SP 250M

GRE
LP 0
SP 275M

You may award your god point, or save it for later. The longer you wait, the larger the bonus to their final score.
Now: +3%
Next: +4%
Last: +5%

RED 000P ORA 300M YEL 525M GRE 275M

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Leonardo8 on March 08, 2018, 04:55:10 pm

South

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Glass on March 08, 2018, 04:57:41 pm

East, if I may.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Dustan Hache on March 08, 2018, 05:11:02 pm

So I got nothing? Guess I lose automatically, having had  my idea taken by yellow and green. I'm out, then.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 08, 2018, 05:19:37 pm

It is the first round of several. :/

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Glass on March 08, 2018, 05:22:11 pm

You're able to do more stuff. It doesn't even have to be particularly well-connected to your original Act. Make the ocean, or a mountain range, or something. The world's still pretty empty.

Also: of course we all started by making life. The world was empty. What else were we going to do?

EDIT: Roseheart, could you explain what the stuff in the World spoiler means, particularly the decimal points?

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Dustan Hache on March 08, 2018, 05:23:30 pm

Yeah, but nothing for the action that has the most impact on how the game will play out? That's just not right!

I would of been fine if I got less than everyone else, and heck I would even expect that me and green would have gotten less than everyone because we both picked a set that was overlapped by three of four players, but NOTHING AT ALL!? How is that even remotely fair?

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 08, 2018, 05:27:25 pm

Your situation is not as bad as it seems. I won't give any hints as to why. Just do what you can.

Quote

Roseheart, could you explain what the stuff in the World spoiler means, particularly the decimal points?

Attention.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: KittyTac on March 08, 2018, 05:52:43 pm

North.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Glass on March 08, 2018, 07:02:03 pm

Quote from: KittyTac on March 08, 2018, 05:52:43 pm

North.

Seeking the name, I see.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 09, 2018, 09:50:13 pm

RESIDUAL ACT

On the west hemisphere I stop the growth of plants. The dry grasses and trees catch fire and burn everything.

On the north hemisphere I emit orange light.

On the east hemisphere I modify a special few elves to have druidic powers over flora and fauna, and a heightened sense of the truth of the world.

On the south hemisphere I shed huge, powerful, and long-lived serpentine dragons. Woodwyrms begin life as a non-sentient tree. Other beings that protect them receive council and friendship.

You now have a capital, name it.

North East (Clairvoyant Elves) (YEL)
North West (Curious Elves) (ORA)
South East (Druidic Alliance) (GRE)
South West (Curious Elves) (RED)

PM Your Champion Act now.

The world

Spoiler: North East Tropical Jungle (click to show/hide)

[ orange light 2.00 ]
[ plants 0.86(+0.2) [ grass 0.78(+0.2) ] [ trees 0.53(+0.2) [ fruit trees 0.27(+0.2) ] ] ]
[ animals 0.37(+0.2) [ grazing animals 0.45(+0.2) ] ]

Clairvoyant Elves (82 million) +14m
Some of the population are born with a Cosmic Truth sensing and rise to leadership. They discard old myths.
-The story of the Primal Acts. RED ORA YEL GRE
-The story of the Residual Acts. RED ORA YEL GRE

Spoiler: North West Desert (click to show/hide)

[ orange light 2.00 ]
[ fire 1.20(+0.2) ]
[ plants 0.34(-0.32) [ grass 0.26(-0.32) ] [ trees 0.01(-0.32) ] ]
[ animals 0.01(-0.32) ]

Curious Elves (45 million) -14m -9m
The elves worship most strongly the Infinite Snake that appears in the heavens, though believe there are other forces at work.
-The story of orange light. ORA
-The story of the Infinate Snake who made plants and animals. GRE
-The story of fruits and elves. YEL
-The story of the fire. RED

Spoiler: South East Forest (click to show/hide)

[ orange light 1.00 ]
[ plants 0.76(+0.1) [ grass 0.68(+0.1) ] [ trees 0.43(+0.1) [ fruit trees 0.35(+0.1) ] ] ]
[ animals 0.43(+0.1) [ grazing animals 0.25(+0.1) ] ]

Curious Elves (68 million) +6m
The elves worship most strongly the Infinite Snake that appears in the heavens, though believe there are other forces at work.
-The story of orange light. ORA
-The story of the Infinate Snake who made plants, animals, and dragons. GRE
-The story of fruits and elves. YEL

Druidic Alliance (2 million Woodwyrms) (7 million Druidic Elves) +2m +6m
As some elves gained powers over nature, they bonded with and lived in seclusion with the dragons.
-The story of orange light. ORA
-The story of the Infinate Snake who made plants, animals, and dragons. GRE
-The story of fruits and elves. YEL

Spoiler: South West Badlands (click to show/hide)

[ orange light 1.00 ]
[ fire 1.10(+0.1) ]
[ plants 0.45(-0.21) [ grass 0.37(-0.21) ] [ trees 0.12(-0.21) [ fruit trees 0.04(-0.21) ] ] ]
[ animals 0.12(-0.21) [ grazing animals 0.04(-0.21) ] ] ]

Curious Elves (53 million) -8m -7m
The elves worship most strongly the Infinite Snake that appears in the heavens, though believe there are other forces at work.
-The story of orange light. ORA
-The story of the Infinate Snake who made plants and animals. GRE
-The story of fruits and elves. YEL
-The story of the fire and burning of Infinite Snake's skin. RED GRE

Woodwyrms +1m -1m

Spoiler: Pantheon (click to show/hide)

RED
LP 180M
SP 18M (+18m)

ORA
LP 257M
SP 72M (+47m)

YEL
LP 257M
SP 250M

GRE
LP 257M
SP 3M (+3m)

You may award your god point, or save it for later. The longer you wait, the larger the bonus to their final score.
*Prev: +2%
Now: +3%
Next +4%
Last: +5%
Ravaged by the firestorms intensified by the orange light, the Elves here became fierce and warlike.

RED 198M ORA 329M YEL 507M GRE 260M

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: KittyTac on March 09, 2018, 11:28:13 pm

Capital: The City Of Light

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Glass on March 10, 2018, 12:12:00 am

Kittytac, your champion is supposed to be PM'd.

Anyway, since I forgot to put my capital in here...
Adjilia, Capital of the Dalish Republic.

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: Leonardo8 on March 11, 2018, 12:08:20 am

Tamblèn, the hearth city

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 15, 2018, 03:10:18 pm

Oops, preview and post are so close together -.-"

Title: Re: Old Planet
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 04:58:37 pm

CHAMPION ACT

I create my titan Fearful Knight, a flaming effigy grown from dead grass and charred trees. Burn everything, leave nothing. NOTHING AT ALL!

I create my titan Litaeus, a humanoid made of orange, bright stars. Create a mini-sun magically enchanted not to burn, and provide light and warmth.

I create my titan Aaron Solomon, a wise elf diplomat. Bring the Clairvoyant and Druidic people together, and research non-magical constructs so anyone can have druidic gifts.

I create my titan Rootwing, the eldest woodwyrm. Grow large enough to contain Tamblèn, and other cities. Grow fruits that revitalize their youth. Fly to the most troubled lands inhabited by elves to provide guidance.

I am going to officially close this game.

It was a lot of math on my end, for not enough option for you. You didn't have much control on how I interpreted your action, and since I was already burdened, it couldn't be incorporated in it's current form.

So I thank you for playing.

Since last round was the last processed, YEL is the winner. (If you'd like, you may choose the extinction method.)

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: Glass on March 26, 2018, 05:31:22 pm

The West burned; the East flourished. Just as the gods had made them.

As the years, decades, and centuries crept on, the elves of the East would establish vast civilizations, netting the continents with roadways and dotting them with cities. The West, meanwhile, emptied, with those few denizens left becoming fiery demons and vicious scavengers. From time to time, incursions would be made; East to West to seek out artifacts of ancient times, West to East to find food and resources that were depleted in the dead ground of their home.

The Easterners would develop militaries, first to protect themselves from these invaders, then to strike back at them before they could even try to invade. But they had only ever fought the scavengers; as they fought their way across the Western lands, they encountered stronger foes, animals bent to their environment to be as deadly as possible, and finally, the burning soldiers of the Fearful Knight.

And so, under blood-red skies, the world came to a heated night. The Knight struck at these unscorched masses, and the jungles burned. The druids found their magics useless when faced with the ashes that the red army left.

By the end, only two cities remained standing on the Eastern hemisphere: Adjilia and Tamblèn, the temple-cities of the Seers and Dragons. They held the dread armies back - Tamblèn with their powerful and new magics, Adjilia with their advanced sciences and strategies.

Then, when the last hopes of elfkind seemed to be fading away, aid arrived from an unexpected source. From a city of old, long held to be mere legend, came the Army of the City of the Orange Light. Hidden from the blazing legions by the residual power of their god and guardian, they protected themselves from the death of the West, then came to save the East. Facing an army undepleted, the warriors of the Fearful Knight were forced into retreat, before being broken with the killing of the Fearful Knight himself.

Three cities. A scorched world. Two peoples stripped of their innocence, and one that lost it long ago. But they remembered their gods from the days of old, and they were prepared to face their future anew.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 05:34:31 pm

Thank you Glass.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: Glass on March 26, 2018, 05:36:05 pm

Is there any possibility that we may see something similar to this in the future, or are you just kinda done with stuff of this variety?

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 05:37:04 pm

Oh, in some form.

Old Planet will be back.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: Glass on March 26, 2018, 05:39:15 pm

Alright, good. There haven't been enough godgames around recently, in my opinion.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 05:40:15 pm

It may be a card game. I seem to do better with those.

If players of this cycle would like to come to an agreement on a name for it. "Age Of..." go for it, it needs a name.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: Glass on March 26, 2018, 05:41:48 pm

Does "The Godly Ages" sound good?

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 05:43:13 pm

It would track as "Age of Gods"

I'll leave the thread open for discussion on this and to give feedback.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: Leonardo8 on March 26, 2018, 06:08:38 pm

Age of gods sounds nice. Anyway maybe you could try a bit more transparency and less complexity. I liked the idea of a scaling level power, you should definitely keep that.

Title: Re: Old Planet (Over)
Post by: RoseHeart on March 26, 2018, 06:17:19 pm

You mean getting less powerful each act? Definitely.

Makes extinction more fun to the winner.