Discussion at Sol 2012
Hank: We could create three different games about the operation of Closed Ecological Life Support Systems(CELSS), with difficulty levels targeted at different age groups, maybe with successive pieces of a story
- I. Learning to operate a CELSS as preparation for a global disaster (of your choice?)
- Eric: Different requirements (e.g. air-sealed or not), different timelines
- II. Social problems when people are locked in together on a generation starship
- III. Arriving and surviving on a new world
- Information sources
- Links to real websites to learn about stuff
- A hippie guru
- An erratic time machine that puts you in violent situations
- Suggested reading
- Ex. Chicago during Prohibition to learn how to manufacture alcohol
- Ex. Germany during WWII for rocketry technology
- Teams
- Action Amazons: bee-like lifestyle, men are "drones"
- Lion: :,(
- Hectic Heroes: have lots of women who are subordinate and have lots of babies
- Ben: Hopefully some others that don't involve rampant sexism
- Create your own team, considering health factors etc
- Lots of branching in the storyline
- Lion: Choose Your Own Adventure style may be better than a simulation
- Eric: Older players would prefer simulation
- Business models
- People can buy extra virtual items?
- Have real-world merchandise, ex. hydro/aquaponics kits, mini geodesic dome kits
- Brandon: Have a reward in the game for buying and using them, verified by other players
- Affiliate advertising for people selling related products
- Brandon: Tie into Parable of the Trickster
- Game tracks, get skill levels in each area
- Health and nutrition
- Environment: recycling air, water, waste
- Energy production
- Food production
- Communication
- Construction and repair
- Social dynamics
- Conflicts
- Earthseed vs. standard religions
- Permaculture vs. annual (agribusiness?) cropping
- Vegans, vegetarians, omnivores
- Private enterprise vs. government control
- 99% vs. 1%
- Allopathic vs. holistic doctors
- Where to find programmers?
- Lion: Get a teacher to assign it to his/her students and have them write it in Scratch
- Hire a media house?