#the voltaic gun billie uses made something click in my techie brain

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since the leaks about a possible dh3 I've been thinking about the possible ways this could go both aesthetically and tech-wise because after all style and development in technology go hand in hand

while I have no idea how the story could continue after DotO, that game serving as a beautiful wrapup of the whole story for all the main characters, there were some Things in the series that I would be curious to see explored further and see where they might lead

the thing that sticks out in my mind the most is the voltaic gun that Billie uses. there is months separating DH2 and DotO, yet the weapon technology already feels so much more advanced in such a short time skip than it does between the first and second game. energies and electricity play such a central role in both games (the whaling industry, the laws limiting the amount of whale oil, the wind corridors of Karnaca-) I'm curious to see where that would go, along with further exploration of the weapons themselves. there is the obvious matter of What Do They Do With Energy Sources (something something Tyvia being very Slavic something something coal mining)

there's also silvergraphs and where That might go - honestly would love to see the early stages of cinema in the next game. silvegraph cameras becoming more compact, the impact it might have on journalism but also possibly on the characters who could carry them around, the technology even leaking into a non-lethal takedown of a target, or if you want something more Wholesome, the MC and their closest allies taking photos together.

as of the overall Style and Fashion, this is a wholly self indulgent matter. while the fashion was always late victorian/edwardian with slight influences from the corresponding time period (late romantic in the first game and 1850s in the second one), the games are slowly approaching the first world war in its fashion influence and I for one would be all for it. the tall collars and unusual cuts would fit right in with the world much more than late 1850s/1860s ever could and would make the world stand out much more. I could go on a full rant about how WWI fashion is the perfect direction for DH to go in