02-12-2007 07:52
Hello, I will soon be running a game called RIPPER in Caledon. This is a variant of a much older game called MAFIA or WEREWOLF, which can utilize SL's communication abilities nicely.

Essentially, the game is played by trying to deduce the identity of a hidden "It" person (in this case, Jack the Ripper). During the course of the game, the players simulate going to sleep for the evening.. then waking up to find another player among them a victim of the Ripper's mad bloodlust. They then talk it out and try to figure out who the Ripper is, taking a vote to eliminate the obvious candidate in their mist.

(if you want a notecard with the rules, see me in world).

What I'd like to do is to have two 'attachments' made. I would keep them as the referee, and when a person "wakes up dead", I would send them the "VICTIM attachment which would Say in glowing green text over their head one of a range of things-- like "Tragic Victim" or "Freshly Dead" or "Really, Really Dead". I would also like the victim to appear bloodspattered as part of this attachment, like a maniac had just killed them.

The other attachment is for people who have been eliminated by vote in the game. The assumption is that the "Mob" did something nasty to them to... eliminate them. So their overhead device would say "Victim or Mob Violence" or "Hung from a Lampost".

It's important to keep track of who is dead and who is not, as the dead folks cannot contribute to the discussion or give any clues to what they know.

If you think you can build this for me, please contact me inworld. I'd pay a reaonable price for this, not a huge one as I don't think it would be that complicated.

Please let me know.

V/R

Hotspur