Metal Glen : The Flock Who Could Not Work Together

Metal Glen

An extremely early alpha version of Metal Glen

Platform: BYOND Genre: Suspense/Simulation

Summary

Metal Glen is a proposed BYOND game based loosely on the setting of Weaver's Ruby Quest and gameplay mechanics of Space Station 13. Players will take the role of various inhabitants within the Metal Glen, many of which have fallen prey to the rampant infectious corruption plaguing the facility. Each player will be given a set of generated goals to achieve in order to "win the round". These objectives may include slaying or saving fellow players, retrieving specific items, or simply escaping the facility alive.

The system is being programmed by The Littlest Emo. Sprite art is being done by Weaver and Captain Slowpoke. A variety of people are helping with the concept designs. If you would like to add your voice to the discussion, hop in on #metalglen on irc.rizon.net.

Features

• Randomly generated Glen map every round
• Randomly generated characters and history every round
• Limb system that links actions to functioning bodyparts and allows for dismemberment
• Random objectives assigned to characters, providing unique and varied player motivations per round
• Mutation/Corruption system linked to player objectives and character abilities/stats
• "Paper doll" system that visually reflects characters' appearance and equipment

Objectives

A list of proposed objectives for individual players. These are divided into "Main Objectives," which you get on start, and "Conditional objectives," which give you extra 'points' for completing. In addition, there are also "Corruption Objectives," which over ride your basic objectives if you become too monstrous.

There is a chance that, in a game with more than 6 players, one of the players will start as a Corrupted, with appropriate Corruption Objectives. There is also a chance that, in a game with more than 6 players, one of the players will be the AI, similar to the role in SS13 but with much less power.

Main Objectives

• Flee - Escape from the Facility!
• Prison Keeper - Don't let anyone escape from the Facility!
• Vengeance - Destroy the Facility!
• For The Greater Good - Don't let any infected individuals (over 50% Corruption) leave the Facility!
• Hunter - Destroy all infected individuals!

Conditional objectives

• Bodyguard - Protect [randomplayer]!
• Collector - Acquire [randomitem]! Ex: Scissors, Cane, Eyepatch, Glasses, Rump Roast magazine, Note.
• Cultist - Become an Abomination!
• Don't Stop Me Now - Destroy all [randomobject]! Ex: Wooden doors, cabinets, tables, chairs.
• Experiment - Submit yourself to corruption willingly, be it injecting the serum or drinking Abomination blood!
• Greedy - Collect all 5 pieces of the Royal Diadem!
• Grudge - Kill [randomplayer]!
• Humanity - Don't become an Abomination!
• Martyr - Succeed in your Main Objective, but don't survive the round!
• Paranoid - Destroy all cameras!
• Scientist - Retrieve a sample of the mutation!
• Security - Prevent as many people as possible from dying! [Over 1/2 of the players see the end of the round]
• Shy - Never take off your clothes!
• Stop Messing With Me - Destroy the AI!
• Survivor - No matter what happens, make sure you live to see the end of the round!

Corruption Main objectives

• Contagion - Let an infected individual (over 50% Corruption) leave the Facility!
• Flee - Escape from the Facility!
• Hero - Destroy all other infected!
• Psychopath - Kill everyone else in the Facility!
• Tribute - Bring [randomplayer]'s head to the Mouth of Madness!
• Yandere - Kill everyone else EXCEPT [randomplayer]!

Corruption Conditional Objectives

• Cannibal - Consume at least [1d3+1] limbs!
• Cling To Humanity - Lose your Abomination status!
• Doppelganger - Replace all of your limbs with the limbs of [randomplayer]!
• Embrace Madness - Become 100% Corrupted!
• Grafter - Replace at least 3 of your own limbs with the limbs of other players!
• Vampire - Drink at least [1d4] liters of blood!