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I have to admit, I’ve never been big on apocalypse settings. They tend to focus more on the idea of who a person is in the dark… which is a moot point, because there are literally no lights in that metaphor.
EDIT: If I had to explain it, I would say that I find survival for survival's sake is boring. People need something to protect... something to fight over. Something that's more than themselves. Otherwise, they may as well sharpen some stone axes and go chase deer for the next 30,000 years until they go extinct. Oh, in Wild, Wild West, the story mentions that civilization has recovered into a steampunk/dieselpunk world, amidst the ruins of the previous world.
In the Wastelands, the areas beyond steampunk cities, that's where there's the brutality, but I used Imgur images to exhibit steampunk areas, with one image clearly showing a mix of steampunk themes with skyscrapers in the background, which was coincidentally very useful.
Basically, imagine the steampunk cities like modern day New York, but without electricity, mixed with steampunk, dieselpunk, Old West, and ruins of the pre-nuclear war atompunk features. I thought it was a cool idea to imagine things like small zeppelins docking on the sides of skyscrapers, or steam trains driving through a radioactive wasteland beyond the cities and then attacked by Mad Max-like road warriors. Of course, if no one's interested, that's OK, it's good to know what works, and what doesn't. And, your points here are very good.
Oh, here's what I'm talking about:
I didn't like Rust. Survivalism, in my opinion, makes more sense when you don't just uproot a plant and then it transforms into jeans. I think survival games should be more realistic. A single person building a fortress and guns within a day just isn't my thing.
I have to admit, I’ve never been big on apocalypse settings. They tend to focus more on the idea of who a person is in the dark… which is a moot point, because there are literally no lights in that metaphor.
EDIT: If I had to explain it, I would say that I find survival for survival's sake is boring. People need something to protect... something to fight over. Something that's more than themselves. Otherwise, they may as well sharpen some stone axes and go chase deer for the next 30,000 years until they go extinct. Oh, in Wild, Wild West, the story mentions that civilization has recovered into a steampunk/dieselpunk world, amidst the ruins of the previous world.
In the Wastelands, the areas beyond steampunk cities, that's where there's the brutality, but I used Imgur images to exhibit steampunk areas, with one image clearly showing a mix of steampunk themes with skyscrapers in the background, which was coincidentally very useful.
Basically, imagine the steampunk cities like modern day New York, but without electricity, mixed with steampunk, dieselpunk, Old West, and ruins of the pre-nuclear war atompunk features. I thought it was a cool idea to imagine things like small zeppelins docking on the sides of skyscrapers, or steam trains driving through a radioactive wasteland beyond the cities and then attacked by Mad Max-like road warriors. Of course, if no one's interested, that's OK, it's good to know what works, and what doesn't. And, your points here are very good.
Oh, here's what I'm talking about:
I didn't like Rust. Survivalism, in my opinion, makes more sense when you don't just uproot a plant and then it transforms into jeans. I think survival games should be more realistic. A single person building a fortress and guns within a day just isn't my thing.
20-Aug-2017 21:39:36 - Last edited on 20-Aug-2017 21:49:34 by Azi Demonica
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