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Ksatnosk @zatnosk

I'm in a game design mood.

What would a look like?

@zatnosk Slightly brown in color due to using unbleached recycled paper.

@zatnosk Maybe not quite solarpunk, but I keep returning to this idea of something along the lines of "steampunk without fossil fuels" or "solarpunk without electricity". Or you could call it "sustainable steampunk". I tried to find a simulation game along those lines but the closest I came was various combinations of Factorio mods.

@zatnosk If I had the spare time and enough interest I'd figure out how to eliminate coal & oil from Factorio, add recycling, and significantly reduce the amount of other resources so that the only way to win would be to become completely self-sustaining.

@zatnosk What kind of RPG? System, genre, etc.

Earlier today I was thinking that solarpunk and zombie stuff probably fit neatly together, but that's a very specific type of game and maybe (probably) not what you were going for.

There's a game called Ten Candles that apparently involves losing parts of your character sheet and such as you play. I could see a solarpunk version working in reverse, building up the mechanics for character traits that will help the game go smoother.

Hmm.

@zatnosk What is you played as techno shamans and had to defend the earth from a nihilistic empire?