Test Drive - October/November

[d3mods]

You wake up... in your bed or wherever you went to sleep because your character is exactly where you left them. A revival of the classic LJ/DW game DramaDramaDuck (DDD), D3 is an attempt to capture the spirit of the classic with some adjustments. The name, and the names of many parts of the game, pays homage to the original while allowing it to be something different as I'm not a founder of the original. I just had fun there and thought it sounded fun now.

An Open Lid game, as opposed to a JamJar; your characters remain in their canon worlds and timelines but can access a magical network to connect to other canon's universes. You, with the help of your castmates should you have them, decide how they experience shape your remaining canon, even if it means nothing changes at all.

Welcome to the D3 test drive. Prompts are sparse because this is the game where you make the story. Some optional suggestions are:

A. Hit by an infection

Like it says on the label. Your character has been hit by one of the monthly infections that take place on the network. This particular infection shouldn't alter the personality too much if you're planning to use it as a sample. For more information on infections, read the faq found here.

B. Canon update

Something happen at home you want to share? Or don't want to share, but the network is showing anyway?

C. A call to arms

Trouble is brewing, and you need help? You have worlds full of superheroes to ask for help. That doesn't always mean they can reach you...


That's the down and dirty. Not quite as fancy as you're used to seeing, huh? D3 is a simple game. Or it's not. It's up to you, the player, to make your experience. There will also be a log community so you can do face-to-face meet ups, and anyone can go off-world this time.

To perhaps capture the group game feeling that differentiates D3 from memes, consider noting whether you're open to threadjacks with a subject line like so:

Character | Canon | Open/Not Open to threadjack

We recommend you read the following to help you along:

FAQ → Rules → Reserves → Taken
Reserves will open for the first time on October 1st and apps will follow October 7th. After they open, they'll remain open instead of having cycles.

Comments

[worldcleansing]

[ So rude, Oscar. So rude. ]

Outside of intimate moments that I'm sure most wouldn't wish to broadcast, it's common to see strangers on a regular basis. Unless your world is more secluded?

[riveres]

[He don't give two shits.]

It's not really a thing in my world, it's more of a... personal thing, really.

[worldcleansing]

It's not difficult to switch to text or audio. Some people would have a harder time typing so there'd still be the audio aspect, but if you're not comfortable with people, not many would push video.

[riveres]

You do have a point.

[And he does nod at the camera, while badly turning it to audio.]

-There we go.

switch to audio;

[worldcleansing]

[ Light follows suit and soon, neither is visible to the other. ]

I agree it's invasive, but there are tricks to make it a little less so.

[ There's a brief pause. Oscar is obviously a private person so he isn't going to push for much information. ]

It might also be reassuring to note that even when I've tried to show someone what's happening here, it won't show up. The app crashes on my phone.

[riveres]

[Good, because Oscar is a pretty paranoid person.]

Maybe the phone is trying to say something. I do have a question, where did you first find the device? It was right at my desk this morning.

[worldcleansing]

I didn't get a new device. It was an icon on the cell phone I already owned. It was hard to believe at first, but I investigated and learned it was real. I haven't seen anything that explains who's behind it, how, or why. I've only been connected a short while myself.

[riveres]

Are these 'cellphones' common in your world?

[worldcleansing]

They're very common. Most people have many in their lifetime, sometimes even from childhood. There seem to be a lot of worlds connected that are too far back in time for them to even exist normally, but they'll likely become popular in your world in the future.

[riveres]

But the distraction... you spend all day just staring at a little device?

[worldcleansing]

No more than you'd spend staring at a corded phone.

[ Light is from Japan where the phones really aren't much more than phones. ]

Usually, I'm able to check about every other day unless I'm in an active conversation.