Near Future

Frame · Epochs temporal

Tomorrow, the day after – recognizable but shifted. Today’s world, thought a step or two further technologically and socially.

Design question – Your game takes place in the near future. What has changed – and what has stayed frighteningly the same?

Reference example – Watch Dogs: a networked city of tomorrow, in which every device can be hacked. Detroit: Become Human: androids in everyday life, and the question of what they are.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Hacking, Engineering, Protesting, Surviving, Innovating

Coherence

Mechanisms: Technology Tree (advanced), Network, Hacking, Biotech, Resource Management (new resources). Activities: Hacking, Engineering, Protesting, Surviving, Innovating. Ludic Narrational Structure: branching narration (the future is open), Kishōtenketsu (a technological turning point).