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So I have this idea, and I don't even know if it will work, and I have no clue where to start, but like...

Do you know Geodesaurus on TikTok? She does Spooky Lake month. And those are just some of the coolest videos, so my idea is to have the players be people who are exploring a lake that may or may not be spooky (it is). The players will use dice(?) to try and study and discover as much about the lake as they can.

The lake will be determined by a deck of cards (I'm currently debating between tarot or 52 player cards or what). Which is part of what I'm figuring out: how to instigate things... I think it'll be similar to journaling? Related to nights? I don't know... we'll see!

So yeah, will the scientists discover what's spooky about the lake? Will they survive? Or will they simply be another thing that makes the lake spoooooky?

emgiosia1 year ago(+1)

Ooooh, okay, I love this! I feel like you could do something similar to Wretched & Alone (perhaps leave out the tumbling tower), and a deck of cards to provide different prompts about the lake. They have to collect specific things, perhaps, to allow them to leave?

gonah_hawking1 year ago

What a great suggestion!

So, between W&A and I've had Ten Candles on the mind lately, I was thinking, like, I do love that 'timing' or 'you only have so many moves' element. The candles I didn't feel really worked for this game, and same with the block tower (though the block tower could have worked...) What if... ok, so there was this drinking game I remember my cousins playing called ring of fire. I don't remember all the rules, something about the cards being around a beverage, and you didn't want to make a gap in the cards, but also if you discarded (or maybe it was if you completed the task of the card) you put the card under the pop-up tab.

What if something like that was the 'timer'? Like, the team is trying to work together to figure out this lake stuff, with things possibly killing them (or just making it frustrating) and if that pop-up tab pops, the lake over takes them....?

Does that sound silly? I feel like it'd be fun... but also I think I have to test it out with like, what is the average number of cards? Ooooh, or depending on exactly how I use the cards, it's like... if you open the beverage, your character is taken by the lake? Ahhhh this is so fun! Thank you.

emgiosia1 year ago(+1)

Okay, I LOVE the idea of timers on a game like this. It really creates the sense of urgency and frantic energy that I think someone would have in a "final girl" sort of scenario!

I think the idea of using something a can of sparkly water (or beverage of choice, maybe you want something stronger after finishing a harrowing game!) would be a really interesting mechanic for a timer. lol Could even go so far as to specify the Liquid Death canned water brand, just to be real on the nose.

Eliot Crow1 year ago(+1)

That sounds really cool! I would love to play a game like that.

Sock Monster Games1 year ago(+1)

This sounds so fun, can't wait to see how it turns out!

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