#genericanomaly

[yyako]

What sort of ways does the cyberpunk part manifest in their technology and culture? Is it just a stylistic influence or do they actually have cybermatrices and datamongermancers? Are they all technominers or do they still have to call their friend from bridge club's niece for help building a bitblossom on their dot-egg?

It depends on where you stand in the society.  Your average civilian is probably only casually aware of whatever the kids are into these days.  Information Age tech is taken for granted, but all the cutting edge cybernanocomputers are solely for the wealthy and the black market.  Among the wealthy, body modification is common and most employ cyborgs for their security and technomancers to keep their data safe.

Youth culture is pretty much exactly like the 1995 movie hackers.  Kids wear neon, skate around in parks at night and talk about the latest ICE-cracks for jacking data.

I’m not good at coming up with ridiculous cyberpunk slang on the fly though.  :(

[yyako]

What's a typical Kirhos settlement look like? Do they have much in the way of centralised government or informal connections between individual worlds or are they mostly independent?

By and large there are two kinds of kirhosi settlements: Sprawling, city-sized buildings which I’ve been referring to as arcologies, and crude cutthroat camps set up by kirhos dissatisfied with arc life.  Another way of putting it: your options are Blade Runner and Mad Max.

A long time ago, there was a centralized government; but shortly after the total depletion of natural resources on the Kirhosi homeworld, large corporations stepped in with arcologies.  Though anyone could--and let’s be honest, had to-- live in the arcology for the nominal fee of working for the corporation for the rest of your life, the arcs were still technically privately owned by whichever corporation built it.  Therefore, government had limited control over the laws of the arcs.  As all kirhos life moved into these cities, government slowly dissolved and those who refused the corporate life were left to fend for themselves.

There are various internetlike networks linking arcologies, but these are also privately owned and sell their services to arc owners.  There are fierce rivalries between internet providers, which means that if you want to talk to someone in an arc with a different ISP, good luck!!

Outside arcs connection tends to be more free, but at that point you’re just leeching whatever signals come your way so it’s a problem of getting connected in the first place.

[yyako]

Suppose I'm at the cultural threshold of adulthood. What knowledge and skills will I have accumulated by this point, and what are my prospects? How does that vary if I'm exceptionally lucky or unlucky in the circumstances of my birth?

You'll definitely learn your own community's history; unless you're exceptionally unlucky you'll probably know it in great detail.  In addition, you'll probably dabble in several crafting-based professions and you'll have a focus in some particular area.  You'll probably be trained in the use of some kind of weapon; most likely a bow of some sort, but spears are popular amongst the brave and the desperate and the lucky ones can get their hands on guns.

Those who yearn for adventure or who simply have no other option become scavengers.  Those who can get their hands on technology and can prove themselves able to fix it become technicians.  These are pretty much the highest level of specialization in this culture, and both professions are highly prized--if not equally highly regarded.  (Scavengers have some social stigma as bloodthirsty overbearing scum; technicians, though, tend to be revered.)

[yyako]

Georgia's entire character arc boils down to "lives in the woods chasing off the encroachment of civilisation, and eventually goes full-Tobias and turns into a polar bear"

Hm.  This is a hard one for me.

Well I DO have a character whose arc boils down to "Evades civil authorities and eventually turns into moth-man*, thereby accepting and growing into a role of extreme responsibility"

(*not to be confused with the mothman)

[yyako]

Is Mothman involved in any way, and is his involvement hella radical?

I am not sure.  I really want Mothman to be involved because he's one of the best cryptids but I kinda want to present the oneshot as a pilot to a potential episodic series, and if that's the case then you can't START with Mothman.

Maybe, though.

Premise for the series, since this seems like a good segue: takes place in a backwater college town plagued by the supernatural, main characters are a reporter for campus radio who is always looking for the craziest new scoop and his "best friend," who is in it because he comes from a family of monster hunters

[troasta]

genericanomaly replied to your photo

Is that a baby in an octopus suit?

Yes, it is important social commentary

[toonelemental]

I have color-changey christmas lights in my room now, thanks to a great friend

its really cute ill get some pictures of them when it's dark out and they're more visible

im so happy

[buymykickstarter]

Steam early access procedurally generated world w/ crafting mechanics

yes