#solarpunk game

[alpaca-clouds]

This weird game idea I have

I am currently learning how to program with unity, because as a friend of mine said: "Don't wait for the game you want to be made." And because I am currently really obsessed with Metroidvanias, I want to go into that direction. Probably try out a very short, simple action platformer first, before trying something larger.

But now here is the thing: I really want to make it a Solarpunk game. Because I love my Solarpunk and we need more Solarpunk games, that are neither crafters, nor city builders of some sort.

This currently puts me into the weird question: What kinda antagonists am I gonna have. Or rather: How to go about this?

I kinda would love to make it a Solarpunk vs Cyberpunk storyline. So, I don't know? Mechas as antagonists? Mechas and Cyborgs? Do the Solarpunk main characters fight to establish their Solarpunk world against a Cyberpunk world? Or is the Solarpunk world already established and a Cyberpunk group tries to destroy it?

I don't know. I really would love to hear from other people. What would you like to see?

[carbomcoco]

partner is playing the Solarpunk game demo :)

[greenearthsociety]

hear me out: the pokemon world was the original solar punk world in a video game; the vibes, the music, the society and infrastructure???

i dont know if anyone else has noticed this but i feel like its a slap in the face

[mostrovskaa]

🚢 ⚓ Some of my illustrative contributions to an amazing, ongoing video game project - The Shipyard by Niwl Games! If you are curious about the project and want to learn more or support the amazing team working on it - check out Niwl Games on itch.io !

[ethereal-ecologies]

Hirō Isono

[laural-artblog]

Been workin' my booty off. This is for a game so there will be more to come.

[thecosmicpunk]

What exactly do these AI dudebros mean when they say “art isn’t accessible” ?

Do they mean creating art isn’t accessible? Because you can buy a pack of pencils and a notebook at the store my guy. You can learn writing, pottery, sculpting, scrapbooking, photography, candle making, painting, woodworking, digital art, programming.

Or do they mean finding art isn’t accessible? My brother in christ you’re on the internet there’s art literally EVERYWHERE! Follow artists, go to a museum, an art gallery, a concert, read books, watch movies and shows, watch documentaries about your interests, listen to music, play video games, watch youtube videos, it’s literally all art. If you can sit on your phone or computer and tweet about AI then you can access art very easily by simply doing any of the above.

They just want something easy, they don’t want to actually learn how to create, but the price of easy is stealing other peoples creations by making soulless images and destroying the planet.

[annahollinrake]

SO CRESCENT COUNTY GOT FUNDED IN UNDER A DAY, HUH

Has it been a week since this has happened? Yes. Have I been completely flattened by the response? Also yes. Have I been racing to keep up as I demoed the game at MCM Comic Con, yelled about stretch goals, hit our first one almost immediately, and never expected it to do this well and am completely frazzled in the best way? yes yes yes yes

LEGIT this graphic was made in a panic on Discord as we RACED TOWARD THE 24 HOUR MARK (and then we crossed it with over an hour to spare?!?!?) Legit just look at all of us losing our minds :''')

PLUS we're sitting at £62k!! With 20 days to go!!!! And we crossed our first stretch goal of an expanded driving radio already!!! Look at Aster listening to her indie girl tunes!!!!

Our next goal is £67k: longer dates, expanded romances, and better date locations. I really hope we can reach it!! We have SO MUCH PLANNED!!!

Anyhow I couldn't have done this without you Tumblr, sorry for going radio silence, I've just been WRECKED by all of this. I love you I love you I love you, all your tags make me so fucking happy and grateful. If you fancy seeing how we're doing, or backing our game you can check out our Kickstarter right here!!

BROOM FUCKING BROOM BAYBEEEEEEEE 🧹🧹🧹

[italofobia]

are you still here?

good.

please, take a minute of your time to read about @enashammad2000 's story:

as you can see, Enas has 8 children to take care of in the midst of an invasion and the fee they need to pay to leave Gaza amounts to 5000 dollars per person...they are very far from reaching this goal. we have to do our best to help this family 🙏

donate if you are able, no donations is too insignificant, and share this campaign, which has already been verified by @gazavetters (#611 on their list) and @ana-bananya

DON'T SCROLL PAST WITHOUT HELPING! YOU CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD FOR THE BETTER, START BY OFFERING SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS FAMILY.

[mewcrossing]

snack break to fight the summer heat 🍦☀️

[eatthesunshootthemoon]

Prop art for Project Fish. Some things you'd typically see at a Li-Luan port.

These props are inspired by things you'd normally see at urban areas within south-asian communities.

I dug deep into what’s been inspiring me to create art for Ormauk recently, and a lot of it has been my relationship with nature as an adult, but especially more so when I was a kid. I grew up a short walk away from the beach. The town that I lived in was outside of the city, but you couldn’t really classify it as suburbia. There were empty plots of land filled with guinea grass growing taller than us kids. Unfinished foundations of houses that sat undisturbed for most of my life; overgrown and abandoned. There was a small pasture for cows behind my house where frogs croaked their hymns when rain fell and created ponds. Overhead cables and graffitied electrical transformers had a specific vibe that I just don't see where I live now.

I wanted to show my version of solarpunk, and it finally clicked with me how I can achieve this; by mixing those snapshots of my childhood with thematically designed technology that fit that south-asian culture I’m trying to emulate. A bit of what exists now and what could exist.

[alpaca-clouds]

Solarpunk Game - I have a plan!

I wrote a bit more than a month ago about really wanting to make a action platformer/metroidvania Solarpunk game. And based on the answers and some talks with some friends, I have by now some basic plan for it.

I decided I am going to go with the "Solarpunk in a Cyberpunk World" setting.

The basic idea is that you are part of a Solarpunk rebellion within a Cyberpunk world, fighting for a better life for you and your people. Your player character is gonna live at the outskirts of a classical Cyberpunk city within a Solarpunk commune, when some of your people get kidnapped. You go into the city to investigate.

That is so far what I have in terms of plot.

I am right now learning how to program games - though I will at somepoint need someone to help mit with the visual assets. But I guess I will only start with that once I am somewhat capable of programming things. I am right now learning Unity 2D for it.

As I said in that older blog, I will start out with a minigame that is gonna be just basically one area. Because that seems to be more attainable than starting out with a full Metroidvania.

But I also have a title for now: Sunflower Rebellion. With the microgame proof of concept just being called Sunflower Rebel.

[dinchenix]

A cozy café, a sprouting plant market – what could be the next building in this little neighborhood? 🤔

[heliosail]

Engineer

Always covered in grease from the last job, an Engineer never quite fits in at a fancy event, but they are second to none with machines and technology.

The Engineer's art is here! This piece was done by my good friend Phinneas Sargent (CrystalCorvid on Tumblr.)

Engineers are essential crew members on ships, as keeping everything in good condition can mean the difference between life and death in space. In the colonies, Engineers are integral to their communities in a variety of ways, often working as handymen, shipwrights, gunsmiths, or inventors.

Features

Critical Attributes

Mind. Your Mind modifier is your proficiency modifier.

Body. Your Body modifier is used for your perception checks, and to calculate your Attribute Save DC.

Skills

Engineers get special Tricks for the Crafting, Deft Fingers, Programming, and Repair skills. Choose at least 2 of these as your first skills. You may take all 4 if you like. After you have chosen, you can fill out the rest of your core skills with any skills you wish.

Combat Proficiencies

Signature Weapon

Choose 1 from: Axe, Hammer, Martial Arts, Sling, Blunderbuss, or Crossbow. Add your proficiency modifier when you attack with this weapon.

Actions.

You can take [1 + Body modifier] Actions per round in combat.

Reactions

Choose either the Parry or Dodge Reaction. When you take this Reaction in combat, add your proficiency modifier.

Archetypal Abilities

Drone

You can deploy a Drone that can see, hear, and manipulate objects for you. You can control it using your PDA from up to 50 metres away. In combat, the Drone acts as a Minion.

Drones can be upgraded over time. You can do this yourself using the Crafting skill, or you can pay a robotics shop to do it for you. You start the game with 1 Small sized Drone. You can modify your Drone to change its size, or you can purchase or build other Drones. There is no limit to how many Drones an Engineer can own at a time.

A Drone's size determines it's HP, armour, storage capacity (when a compartment is installed), and the total number of upgrades it can have. Without a storage compartment, the Drone can only hold 1 item (or set of tools) at a time, in its “hands.”

• Tiny: 1 HP, 2 DR. 2 upgrade slots. No storage compartment possible. Tiny Drones have the Subterfuge skill automatically.

• Small: 5 HP, 4 DR. 3 upgrade slots. 5-item storage capacity with compartment.

• Medium: 5 HP, 6 DR. 5 upgrade slots, 15-item storage capacity with compartment, plus straps on exterior.

• Large: 10 HP, 8 DR. 8 upgrade slots, 30-item storage capacity with compartment, plus straps on exterior, can lift oversized items. Large Drones have the Intimidation skill automatically.

Command Minion

Commanding a Drone does not require you to spend an Action. When commanded, the Drone acts immediately as part of your turn.

Each Drone has 1 Action per round. If you want your Drone to do more, you can donate as many of your own Actions as you want to 1 Drone each round. If a Drone takes an Action that affects another creature, the Spotlight is passed on and your turn ends as if you had taken the Action yourself. If it does not pass the Spotlight on, your turn resumes after the Drone has finished.

If you do not issue any commands to your Drone on your turn, it will not act unless the Spotlight is passed to it directly. You can choose how it spends its Action if the Spotlight is passed to it in this way. If the Spotlight is never passed to it during the round, its Action is forfeited so the next round can begin.

Rugged Nerd

Three times a day, you can swap your Body modifier and your Mind modifier for a single roll. You may decide to do this after you make the initial roll.

Concentration

You can focus on your current task very intensely, giving you Good Luck to all associated roles while you're working on it. However, you have Bad Luck to all rolls related to anything outside of the task you're focused on. You cannot make perception checks when using Concentration. Instead, you must use your minimum perception, if checks are required.

Travel Action: Tune Up

During travel, an Engineer can choose to spend a Travel Action helping crew members tune up their gear that week. Any crew member who chooses to spend a Travel Action working on their gear receives +1 to their Deft Fingers, Programming, and Repair skills. The Engineer receives this bonus without needing to spend another Travel Action. This bonus lasts 1 day for each time the crew member participated during travel, starting the day they disembark.

Starting Equipment

Functional Backpack or Navy Pack (holds 15 items)

Shiphand’s Uniform or Daytime Clothes

Mycelium or Porcelain Armour

Signature Weapon (See “Features”)

PDA + 1TB holodisc

Drone

50 guilders

Engineer Tricks

These Tricks are ONLY those unique to your archetype.

Crafting Tricks

Your Crafting skill is your ability to create and build.

Learn from Your Mistakes

You are used to the set backs that come with building things. The first failed roll you make during a Crafting project still counts toward the total number of Crafting sessions you need to complete it. Gain +1 Crafting Requires: Engineer archetype

Recycling

When you roll a Critical Failure while Crafting, you can salvage some of the materials. Instead of restarting the project from scratch, you can begin with 1 Crafting session already complete. If the item was going to take only a single session to craft, you lose progress as normal. Gain +1 Crafting Requires: Engineer archetype, +2 Crafting

Automation

If you have more than 1 Drone, you can have a Drone upgrade another with minimal oversight, as long as you have a ready-made Upgrade Kit. This takes twice as long as installing it yourself. Gain +1 Crafting Requires: Engineer archetype, +5 Crafting

Deft Fingers

This is your fine motor skill, like screwing in a tiny screw, or picking a lock. This can also impact your ability to multitask.

Split-Screen

You can now receive simultaneous feeds to your PDA from 2 Drones. If you are donating your Actions to your Drones, you can split your Actions between them. The Drones perform their commands at the same time. Gain +1 Deft Fingers Requires: Engineer archetype

Healing Touch

Your dexterity allows you to make the repairs others just can’t reach. When healing Drones and anthroparians, you can now add your proficiency modifier to the total HP regained. Gain +1 Deft Fingers Requires: Engineer archetype, +2 Deft Fingers

High Precision Machinery

You are able to construct machines with a higher level of accuracy than other Engineers. After taking this Trick, you can spend 2 hours to modify a Drone, giving it the ability to attack twice using a single Action. This attack must be with the same weapon. Gain +1 Deft Fingers Requires: Engineer archetype, +5 Deft Fingers

Tightly Packed

You can fit a number of extra upgrades into a Drone size Small or larger, equal to your proficiency modifier. In addition, you can double up on upgrades that affect the same part of the Drone, so you could fit 2 foot upgrades or 2 weapon upgrades into a single Drone. Gain +1 Deft Fingers Requires: Engineer archetype, +8 Deft Fingers

Programming

Programming is your ability to troubleshoot computers, write programs, and hack.

Augmentation

Using an Action, you can give 1 of your own skills to your Drone for your next 15 Actions (1 minute), as long as the skill is physically possible for the Drone to perform. The Drone’s Actions count towards the time limit as if they were your own Actions. The Drone must be within range of your PDA to activate this Trick, but it remains active even if the Drone leaves your range. For the duration, the Drone can use the skill as if it were its own, using your skill modifier. The Drone does not have access to any Tricks with the borrowed skill. Gain +1 Programming Requires: Engineer archetype

Overclock

As an Action, you can enhance any weapon that deals elemental damage for the wielder’s next 15 Actions (1 minute). If you use this Trick to enhance your Drone’s weapon, then count your own Actions, including Actions the Drone takes, for this duration. You must be able to touch the weapon to modify it. During the duration it deals an extra 3 elemental damage. You can do this a number of times a day equal to ½ your Programming skill modifier, rounded down. Gain +1 Programming Requires: Engineer archetype, + 2 Programming

Assuming Control

Using an Action, you can automatically take control of 1 Drone or turret within 6 metres of you. If the Engineer in control of the enemy Drone or turret is present, they can make a contested roll against your Programming skill to resist. If you succeed, you control this Drone’s actions, including its attack, and can receive audio and visual data from it for your next 15 Actions (1 minute.) You can only control 1 Drone or turret at a time. You cannot use the Augmentation Trick, or any other Trick that would allow you to enhance the machine’s basic capabilities. Gain +1 Programming Requires: Engineer archetype, + 5 Programming

System Administrator

Using an Action, you can take control of all Drones or turrets in a 8 metre range, following the same rules as Assuming Control. You can send mass commands to all the machines in your control, which they will execute with their own Actions. To command a Drone individually requires donating your own Actions, per the rules for Command Minion. Gain +1 Programming Requires: Engineer archetype, +8 Programming, Assuming Control

Repair

The ability to repair electronics and mechanics, if you have Engineer’s Tools.

Jury-Rig

As an Action, you can make a quick repair to something without using any supplies or tools. This repair lasts for a single use. This can be used to quick-patch a Drone or anthroparian in combat for 3 HP. Gain +1 Repair Requires: Engineer archetype

Signal Jam

You have a little radio jammer at your disposal, which you can deploy as an Action. This will block enemy Engineers from commanding their Drones 20 metre radius. The Drone will take default Actions, unless it is equipped with a Combat AI. The Drone’s controller can make a contested roll against your Repair skill to bypass this. The jammer has no effect on your own Drones’ communications. This lasts your next 15 Actions (1 minute). Gain +1 Repair Requires: Engineer archetype, +2 Repair

Tinkering

An Engineer can tinker with a piece of gear to increase its' performance, with no supplies needed. This takes 10 minutes, and lasts for 1 hour. This can be done a maximum of 3 times a day. • Armour: Increase DR by 2. • Weapon: Increase the main type of damage by 3. • PDA: Double the range of spy gear, network access, Drones, or communications. • Headgear: Create night vision or infra-red vision. Gain +1 Repair Requires: Engineer archetype, +5 Repair, Jury-Rig

Robotics Expert

You can install some Drone Upgrades into your anthroparian friends. Doing this requires twice as long as a Drone installation. Gain +1 Repair Requires: Engineer archetype, +8 Repair

[hyperfixationfanart]

Solarpunk pearl gave me slime rancher vibes :)

Inspired by @applestruda’s Solarpunk Pearl design and the game slime rancher

Some closeup’s

[its-a-crazy-world-aintit]

Something that has been on my mind lately: revolution.

What does that really look like?

How does that work right now?

I blame my current media consumption. Rewatching Andor. Rereading the hunger games and reading its subsequent prequels. Rewatching Anon. Binging Leverage and Person of Interest. Hunting down old copies of Uglies and Maximum Ride. Rewatching Equilibrium. Going through old research for cyberpunk and solarpunk worlds I built for me.

I feel a huge dissatisfaction with the world. While not as extreme as the dystopian worlds above, so many tiny injustices piling up. A 50 hour work week just to make ends meet. Pausing a movie to catch a detail but only seeing an ad. Watching multiple sources pull different details out of context to highlight their narrative. A new system at work to “maximize oversight”. Another company mining my data.

And unlike most of the dystopias, there is no one tyrannical entity behind it all. A single place to focus my fury. It’s not just an Evil Corporation out to make maximum profits. It’s not a Totalitarian Government determined to control a populous.

It is multiple corporations trying to make a profit. It is different factions of government all trying to get their agenda pushed. It is all these different companies and parties and individuals scrambling for power and control and safety.

I just want to run away from it all.

When I was younger, I wanted the power to change the world. I wanted to be the Chosen One; to defeat a Great Evil and stop all the wrongs. I sought out ways to increase my power and influence, sure I would use them for the good and safety of everyone.

Which is exactly how you become the Great Evil that must be defeated.

Now I just want enough money and enough power to be left alone. Enough influence to get the things I need.

I see no way to achieve this in the world I currently live in. I want the powers that be to leave me alone. Yet in their version of the world, that is a threat. Anyone or anything outside of their sphere of influence, outside of their grasp, is a danger to the systems that currently hold our world in place.

There’s no one place to concentrate the fight, to rebel against. So many people say pick one thing and fight that. But there are too many things I care deeply for. Too many injustices to push back against. But that just plays into their hands. They want me hopeless. They want me overwhelmed. They want me to be apathetic and inactive.

I just need to find a way forward.

I’ll let you know when I find it.