『Mafia Game: Zero Luminance Information Book』
Mar 26, 2016 3:18:43 GMT -8
Post by John Dark Souls on Mar 26, 2016 3:18:43 GMT -8
『A lot of things changed from when it was in planning stage and you also can no longer trust any of whats written in the Season Application thread which is like a year old so I am making a new final rule book explaining just what is ZL. Btw, I call it Mafia Game and not a season just cause of habit~ Zero Luminancy is a season mainly inspired by Silent Hill game series but there is also some stuff taken from other games, visual novels and animes.』
『The game is set within a dark dark prison of a certain new country that just separated after a certain rebellion from USA. But nothing of the outside world is of matter to you people. For all of you are criminals imprisoned on life-long term and none of you will ever see the light of the sun ever again. Diarkan State Penitentiary. That is the name of your cage, your home and your grave. The prison is famous for keeping all kinds of world-class criminals and when a criminal enters through its giant metal gates, they never leave. And you too were sentenced to life imprisonment here.』
『And so as you spent another of the ever-unchanging days in your cell thinking just what you did wrong in your life, something happened. You heard the sound of the gates to prison and those giant things create such noise it would awake even a dead man. A new soul arrives to never leave, you thought and shrugged it off or maybe looked forward to meeting them, not much you could do about it. So you just decided to do what you could do here. But, you never heard them gates close. And then suddenly all lights went out and you could no longer see a thing. What followed were screams of workers following by screams of fellow prisoners just beside your cell, they continued for a while resounding here and there along with all kinds of hellish sounds. But then silence came. And after some time in silence that felt like eternity to you, you finally heard the sound of gates closing. You fainted immediately afterwards.』
『You wake up to a strange dull sound resounding through halls in your cell. For some reason the cell door is unlocked and open and you can see no signs of anybody except for few fellow prisoners kept in same block. You go out to investigate and that is when ZL starts.』
『Movement:』
『Same as your ordinary MMG season, 1 minute wait per room unless something special stated in room description.』
『Inventory:』
『This game will use a new inventory system you can read on here.』
『Criminal Perks:』
『Special SHSL-like perks you will receive for your character. These are based on crimes you have been imprisoned for.』
『Trials and investigations:』
『The trials will use The Colored Truth System~』
『Two Worlds』
The game map is split between 2 worlds. The normal abandoned prison world that you start in. And another, altered, twisted and mad Otherworld. Players will be freely able to pass between the worlds through mirrors and take things they have with them. Both of the worlds have their own unique laws and rules. Here is what you need to know about this mechanic:
- Players can be killed in any or both of the worlds. In Normal World, only other players will be able to kill you and players need a motive to murder, and unless I say "motive obtained" you will be unable to murder anyone in it, of course, you can actively search for them and ask me something can work as a motive, but most of the not plot related motives will be rejected. In Otherworld, anyone can freely murder anyone regardless of a motive, but beware, players won't be the only things trying to kill you.
- If a Player dies in one of the two worlds, they still survive in the other world and return to the last mirror the passed through. There are ways in which your another world counter-part can revive, but those you will have to deduce from plot docs scattered around. If player dies in both worlds before reviving in either, they will die permanently and became unable to participate in game any longer. The exception is: If player is killed in Otherworld in any way other than intentional murder by another player with a motive, they won't have to do any revival mechanics and will be able to revisit Otherworld once some time* passes. *Amount of time differs between death method.
- If a murder happens in Normal World and body is found, a normal Investigation and Trial will start to find the culprit. If a murder happens in Otherworld, no trial will happen, but a certain Executioner NPC might be go out to punish you. Any murder-related objects cannot be taken to another world. All players in both worlds are alerted of body announcement. During Investigation, players can still pass between worlds freely, but once Trial starts, all players except for victim (if they are still alive in Otherworld) will be transferred to Trial Room in Normal World for trial.
- When you go through the mirror from Normal World to Otherworld, a dark afterimage of you will be left in your place. So you will have to leave 1 post there saying "Dark". This isn't necessary in Otherworld.
- There is another mechanic for this but I will keep it a secret until it happens and IF it happens~』
『Special Weapons:』
『These are special weapons that are much better than normal ones. These are weapons or items you will be able to obtain through plot and puzzles. SW mechanics:
- SWs are much better than normal weapons and have some unique special attributes to them.
- In Normal World Special Weapons work just like normal weapons and there is nothing special about them. Only in Otherworld do they obtain their special qualities.
- If in Otherworld another player attacks you and they have an SW and you don't, you won't be able to win against them or even escape with only few exceptions one of which is when you have only one world self in which case you will be given chance to escape. In Normal World it works like normal items so nothing really special.
- Special weapons are unique and you can only carry one special weapon.』
『Boss Battles』
『There will be a unique battle system in place for each Otherworld boss fight, the fights will work like puzzles and if you do right stuff, you will be able to clear them regardless of what weapons you possess (though might require certain items), but if X* number of people who have Special Weapons team up, most of the boss fights can be skipped with just a cool short story of how you bet them up with these cool weapons to progress the game. Of course, if you clear boss battle in correct way, you get a special reward~』
『PUZZLES!』
『Yaaaay, everyone likes puzzles! What? You don't? LIES! In this world everybody loves puzzles. Don't worry though, I'll be giving out plenty of hints~ Or... I hope I will... If I don't, try hinting me at it. ;p Anyway, this time around I'll be throwing out plenty of easy mini-puzzles rather than few big convoluted ones.』
『And well, thats it.』
『Normal Game Mechanics:』
『Setting:』『The game is set within a dark dark prison of a certain new country that just separated after a certain rebellion from USA. But nothing of the outside world is of matter to you people. For all of you are criminals imprisoned on life-long term and none of you will ever see the light of the sun ever again. Diarkan State Penitentiary. That is the name of your cage, your home and your grave. The prison is famous for keeping all kinds of world-class criminals and when a criminal enters through its giant metal gates, they never leave. And you too were sentenced to life imprisonment here.』
『And so as you spent another of the ever-unchanging days in your cell thinking just what you did wrong in your life, something happened. You heard the sound of the gates to prison and those giant things create such noise it would awake even a dead man. A new soul arrives to never leave, you thought and shrugged it off or maybe looked forward to meeting them, not much you could do about it. So you just decided to do what you could do here. But, you never heard them gates close. And then suddenly all lights went out and you could no longer see a thing. What followed were screams of workers following by screams of fellow prisoners just beside your cell, they continued for a while resounding here and there along with all kinds of hellish sounds. But then silence came. And after some time in silence that felt like eternity to you, you finally heard the sound of gates closing. You fainted immediately afterwards.』
『You wake up to a strange dull sound resounding through halls in your cell. For some reason the cell door is unlocked and open and you can see no signs of anybody except for few fellow prisoners kept in same block. You go out to investigate and that is when ZL starts.』
『Movement:』
『Same as your ordinary MMG season, 1 minute wait per room unless something special stated in room description.』
『Inventory:』
『This game will use a new inventory system you can read on here.』
『Criminal Perks:』
『Special SHSL-like perks you will receive for your character. These are based on crimes you have been imprisoned for.』
『Trials and investigations:』
『The trials will use The Colored Truth System~』
『Unique Game Mechanics:』
『Two Worlds』
The game map is split between 2 worlds. The normal abandoned prison world that you start in. And another, altered, twisted and mad Otherworld. Players will be freely able to pass between the worlds through mirrors and take things they have with them. Both of the worlds have their own unique laws and rules. Here is what you need to know about this mechanic:
- Players can be killed in any or both of the worlds. In Normal World, only other players will be able to kill you and players need a motive to murder, and unless I say "motive obtained" you will be unable to murder anyone in it, of course, you can actively search for them and ask me something can work as a motive, but most of the not plot related motives will be rejected. In Otherworld, anyone can freely murder anyone regardless of a motive, but beware, players won't be the only things trying to kill you.
- If a Player dies in one of the two worlds, they still survive in the other world and return to the last mirror the passed through. There are ways in which your another world counter-part can revive, but those you will have to deduce from plot docs scattered around. If player dies in both worlds before reviving in either, they will die permanently and became unable to participate in game any longer. The exception is: If player is killed in Otherworld in any way other than intentional murder by another player with a motive, they won't have to do any revival mechanics and will be able to revisit Otherworld once some time* passes. *Amount of time differs between death method.
- If a murder happens in Normal World and body is found, a normal Investigation and Trial will start to find the culprit. If a murder happens in Otherworld, no trial will happen, but a certain Executioner NPC might be go out to punish you. Any murder-related objects cannot be taken to another world. All players in both worlds are alerted of body announcement. During Investigation, players can still pass between worlds freely, but once Trial starts, all players except for victim (if they are still alive in Otherworld) will be transferred to Trial Room in Normal World for trial.
- When you go through the mirror from Normal World to Otherworld, a dark afterimage of you will be left in your place. So you will have to leave 1 post there saying "Dark". This isn't necessary in Otherworld.
- There is another mechanic for this but I will keep it a secret until it happens and IF it happens~』
『Special Weapons:』
『These are special weapons that are much better than normal ones. These are weapons or items you will be able to obtain through plot and puzzles. SW mechanics:
- SWs are much better than normal weapons and have some unique special attributes to them.
- In Normal World Special Weapons work just like normal weapons and there is nothing special about them. Only in Otherworld do they obtain their special qualities.
- If in Otherworld another player attacks you and they have an SW and you don't, you won't be able to win against them or even escape with only few exceptions one of which is when you have only one world self in which case you will be given chance to escape. In Normal World it works like normal items so nothing really special.
- Special weapons are unique and you can only carry one special weapon.』
『Boss Battles』
『There will be a unique battle system in place for each Otherworld boss fight, the fights will work like puzzles and if you do right stuff, you will be able to clear them regardless of what weapons you possess (though might require certain items), but if X* number of people who have Special Weapons team up, most of the boss fights can be skipped with just a cool short story of how you bet them up with these cool weapons to progress the game. Of course, if you clear boss battle in correct way, you get a special reward~』
『PUZZLES!』
『Yaaaay, everyone likes puzzles! What? You don't? LIES! In this world everybody loves puzzles. Don't worry though, I'll be giving out plenty of hints~ Or... I hope I will... If I don't, try hinting me at it. ;p Anyway, this time around I'll be throwing out plenty of easy mini-puzzles rather than few big convoluted ones.』
『And well, thats it.』