[RECRUITMENT] Ouroformīka

System / Gameplay
My own, its a strategy game; chapters are served by majority votes. You have choices, I present and there is always the option to add your own.

Its like a RTS of sorts, you have units, resources and territory etc... Its unconventional, and you won't have a personal character per say, but you embody something, all the player base as a whole is like a super intelligence that directs each choice.

My creatures are Ouroformīcāns, you are one of them, free, exploring, invading. Of course its aliens! Damnit Sci-Fi ppl!

Violence
Maybe, but I would say its closer to conflict, like if you are chased by a beast and you lose a limb kind of deal lol. The world is a bit harsh yis.

Tone
You are the bad guy, but actually what's a bad guy...?
That's just how nature works, there is no evil here.

Post lenghts
A 3-8 paragraphs depending on the chapter.

Post intensity
Twice a week, maybe more some times.

Who can play?
Anyone, at any frequency.

How to apply?
Join the game here apply with the one available character present.


Hook

In this game, you’ll step into the mind of an ancient utterly other intelligence: the Ouroformīkan Arkītect. Its mind fragmented into parcels of processes, united it forms the Arkītect Prime (That's you guys!)



The game is PBP(Play By Post) and turns equate a "cycle", or chapter. The decision of each chapter will be determined by majority votes here on the forums.

You will manage resources, utilize strategy and orchestrate an expansionist force to build your future.

Through cycles of strategically charged choices, you will meet eerie transformation, seed your world and reshape biology into cold precise machines.

Expect tense conflict, psychic and physical warfare, coated with the creeping realization that everything you do has a cost, consequence.

Every choice taken is opportunity settling in the seas of possibilitie.

Find annihilation, or something stranger yet. The shape of your errors, the depth of your imagination.


All will be tested — All will be rewarded.

This looks interesting but can you give any more info on how the game works? I grew up playing strategy board games but have never done one in theater of mind.

Yes, there are predefined systems of growth, loops for resources, costs are attributed to things which we might come up with, based on a few set of examples that I have created to weight against.

That being said, production output, resource input, workforces, conbattents, armies, legions, ect.. All of these things are and arnt systematically stat oriented. Meaning I decide the outcomes based on strategy and the player's delivery.
How the things are utilized weights way more then what they actually are passively. That's the hidden power of voting"Other — Write In." and creating your own way forward.
For storytelling purposes of course...
What a unit can do, per example, and how it gives you options, is what makes them good, not their stats per say, though if we used stats at all, they could reflect that.

Its a managing game yes, but its also a creative sandbox. I hope this helps.

I am all for you guys finding your own way and creating your own goals within the world I present. I will be delivering plot treads, it does not mean anyone has to bite, I can adjust and deliver others later. There are no rails, but of course the few initial chapters will be more of a learning experience, discovering systems, exploring the initial landing zone. I find that phase an excellent vector to get everyone's expectations measured and present something that does justice to the participants.