Posts tagged Cyberpunk
World Building: Cybernetics
Cyberpunk and Cybernetics have been a mated pair from the beginning. I had a number of goals when it came to cybernetics and Glass Shadows. In addition to the traditional chrome and steel, I wanted to offer an alternative to implanting hardware. We call it Genegineering, more on that next week.
We originally covered cybernetics here.
There [...]
World Building: The ECILAL
We introduced the ECILAL back in this post, and it has since become the expected default play area. The Easel, as residents tend to refer to it, grew out of my research into Megacities, megaregions, and feral cities.
For those of you unfamiliar with these terms:
Megacity: An urban area that exceeds 10 million residents.
Megaregion: A chain o [...]
Under the Hood: The Network in a Nuts...
In Glass Shadows, the players take on several personas. The first player role is the Handler, someone within one of four factions competing to control the future of humanity. These characters work behind the scenes to advance their faction’s goals.
At the start of a campaign, the player selects their Handler’s faction, motivation, interests. [...]
UPDATE: Where the heck have we been?
[SIGNAL ACQUIRED]
[DECRYPTING]
[TRANSMISSION BEGINS]
Hello again, faithful readers! After a year of hiatus to deal with my son, work, and attending University, Glass Shadows is back on track and barreling toward publication at a breakneck pace. In the last two weeks, we’ve completed the background setting material, completely re-writte [...]
Character Narrative 8: A Virtual Meet...
The virtual conference room was built within a private server deep in the Datasea. Vinzent’s virtual body rezzed into being, standing near a plush leather executive chair at the end of the long table. The room was posh, sleek, with contoured mirrored walls. The soft corners appeared seamless and lacked any door. The black marble of the confer [...]
Setting: The Datasea
The Datasea is an outgrowth of the Internet of the 20th and 21st century. As computer technology progressed, wireless access and storage became ubiquitous and inexpensive. With the advent of Angel technology, the majority of the population had a computer in their brains and Augmented Reality overlays on everything they saw. These technolog [...]
Under The Hood 4: Action and the Non-...
When all hell breaks loose you want to be the guy with training, guns, and all the right answers. Lets face it through, those special operatives with years of training make up less than a 1% of the population. The world of Glass Shadows needs those special operators, but it also needs the investigators, data analysts, correspondents, and the [...]
Character Narrative 7: A New Body for...
Opening her new eyes, Akiko stared at the stock white ceiling of the Body Farm’s upload room. The techs had left her to adjust in peace. Before dumping her retirement Kit, she had signed off on the waivers. Standard protections in case they couldn’t get back into the room in case of emergency. Stark white tile, as bland as the t [...]
Setting: The East Coast Sprawl
Since the late 20th Century, the East Coast of the United States has been becoming more and more urbanized, as cities push their boundaries ever outward. Eventually, a tipping point was reached and the East Coast became one massive urban sprawl, an unbroken cityscape stretching from Illinois to Massachusetts, and all the way down to Alabama [...]
Character Narrative 6: Vinzent
Music rocked through the crowded club, washing over the tightly packed bodies surging like thumping waves. Vinzent flowed through the crowd, his figure twisting between the dancers as he made his way across the dance floor. He was on fire tonight, working his particular brand on digital magic on everyone within range, controlling what they sa [...]