hello everyone i am a roblox developer and today we are adding 200+ project moon assets and references in our game to boost the playerbase. yes people will only come for the project moon stuff
As of returning from the silence of the void, I've been trying not to let myself get burned out on my projects, along with drawing multiple sources of inspiration for many Current games/passion projects (That SCP and project moon inspired ttrpg), and I was looking at the root homeland expansion, and the intrusive thought of "Hillbilly frog Mafia" popped into mind, and now I'm making a gang bassed aroud those words that the players can interact with. Here's what we have so far. (Along with some context for the default world of this ttrpg I'm working on).
District Zero is no stranger to gangs and unlicensed anomalies. It is, after all, effectively just a massive shantytown officially recognized so the city can tax it and have a filter between their wall and the waistbands. Yet the care for this area has run thin; plenty of organizations know the area's lax law enforcement and the Anomalous Research Congregation (A.R.C.) not having the manpower to govern all of it and do their research at once. So, like in other places where unorganized crime rained, organized crime became something to protect people from it. Thus the rise of the Lake gang.
The lake gang was originally a family of unknown individuals who started operating near the waterboarded areas of District Zero shortly after the seven-hour war. Managing to gather a noticeable following amongst various disenfranchised who lost their homes. The individual known as "The Father" Cather Lake (The seeming founder of the criminal organization). Holding open parties and setting up homes for new members of the family. The gang's first criminal activities were noted around 189X AD (After Distortion), when it was discovered multiple members of the family anomalously transformed into amphibious creatures with enhanced strength and were robbing a board member of Envoy 19 (A prominent tech company), who was overseeing the construction of the "District 0 Gateway" governmental project. Because of this, a mass investigation was launched, with A.R.C. launching a raid on a large stronghold of the Lake gang. With the death of Cather Lake being killed in the crossfire. With the current gang considered neutralized.
Out of game notes: The Lake gangs work similarly to the mafias. The Godfather movies are accurate depictions of how they'd work. Other parts of their elements include the influence of American southern culture and the fashion sense of farmers (Practical and functional), along with the anomalous element of the frog (Picture Shadow of and smith, but they can transform into it like lycanthropy). The anomaly originating from a jasper ring with a stylized frog on it replicates itself once it is fed enough blood. The further away the ring is from the original, the redder it is, and the more blood is needed for it to duplicate itself. The rings let the users turn those in the family who are related to the Lakes able to transform in and out of their anfibian form.
Even lets people who aren't blood relatives of the lakes also transform for a short while before the coppied ring breaks. Their leader, known as "The lake father", is a title often passed down to the oldest children and is voted in by the trusted gang leaders and each other (They can't vote for themselves, and the votes for them aren't counted unless that member votes first). The original ring was given to the new Lake father. This ring can let any individual wearing it turn into an amphibian form, regardless of blood relation, and it can never break from this process. it will also have any children born after wearing the ring also be capable of turning.
Lastly, the Lake family specializes in racketeering, smash and grabs, and cases of smuggling anomalous items. Often also guarding areas of district 0 for matters of territory. Lastly is the great care they take in keeping their leader and the original jasper ring. with other organizations trying to find it for justice or to just take it for themselves.
If this sounds like a good minor faction to encounter, let me know, and I'll continue implementing them (The amphibian transformation is the trickiest part).
