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+Hot in handcuffs
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+Preface
+-------
+What started as an idea for something simple turns out to become a large conversion;
+still, if I want this project to ever get somewhere, I should keep it at least
+modular, with smaller independent parts having limited scope.
+
+This project is built around the singular invariant: the player character gets
+handcuffed very early in the game and is unable to ever get free. One optional
+additional notion would be that the game world climate is on the warmer side. While
+not that complex of a premise, this has a lot of implications we will have
+to explore and address.
+
+Tired to death of merry looter-shooter power fantasies, I imagine a very different
+game play: a limiting but fair sandbox, proper role-play content, a setting that
+makes sense, and a real sense of achievement, should one manages to achieve something.
+
+Goals
+-----
+* A novel way to immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic retro-futuristic fantasy world.
+* A lewd mod I myself want to play for extended periods of time.
+* A project that's actually doable.
+
+Non-goals
+---------
+* A railroaded cinematographic "experience" for players.
+* Support for any platforms other than PC
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+* I don't use discord.
+* I refuse to touch C++ with a stick of any length.
+* I have no experience with 3D, animation or any art at all beyond writing.
+* I'm not a native speaker.
+
+Hard questions
+--------------
+We will have to take away many a game mechanic from the player in a game that was
+designed around these mechanics. We will have to give something new in return lest
+we make a boredom simulator -- I'm ready to develop a boredom simulator, but people
+aren't ready to play one.
+
+No amount of quests or dialogue helps with making a satisfactory sandbox. All quests
+end sooner or later, and the game shouldn't end with them. We need a new core
+game play loop and ways for people to play out their own stories. What is especially
+unhelpful is meaningless busywork that doesn't lead anywhere. "Radiant quests" is a bad
+solution to the "endless game" problem.
+
+If we go "second person" way, how do we avoid repetition in a single player game?
+If we go "magic" way, how are we not making it a power fantasy all over again?
+
+What do we lose?
+----------------
+### Mechanics
+* Power armor for the player
+* Pip-boy
+	* Stats
+	* Inventory
+	* Data
+	* Map
+	* Radio
+	* Vault doors
+* Interaction with large amount of world objects
+	* Terminals (requires separate discussion)
+	* Traps
+	* Workbenches
+* Picking up and moving objects
+* Workshop interface
+* Sitting down
+
+### Systems
+* Combat
+* Looting
+* Using aid items
+* Crafting
+* Building
+
+Core game play loop
+-------------------
+### Open world
+We lose all three parts of the vanilla loop, widely summarized as shoot->loot->improve.
+While I can imagine some substitutes for that, if replaced directly it would defeat
+most of the purpose, setting the player on a familiar hero power fantasy route. We need
+something new that lies beyond the "content", as all quests end sooner or later. Having
+said that, let's explore said content.
+
+#### Quests
+These go without saying. Repeatable activities tend to get old rather fast though.
+
+#### Exploration
+The intention is to have the world mostly empty of anything that moves, but there is
+still room for discovery. Maybe there's a magazine hidden under an odd bed somewhere,
+or a holo-tape with a new porn clip for the next time you spend a week behind bars.
+
+#### Building
+It seems reasonable to assign NPCs to slowly convert materials into objects the player
+may then place into the world. Scavenger stations may scrap things in an immersive way.
+
+#### End-game
+In a world where nothing re-spawns, there comes a point when it's hard to think of ways
+to keep yourself occupied. Not like vanilla can answer this question either, to be fair.
+A successful sandbox allows the player to set their own goals in a world where it's
+enjoyable to simply walk around.
+
+We have to come to peace with the notion that all games end at some point because
+the player stops playing.
+
+### Captivity
+* Listening to radio
+* Watching VotW
+* Reading smut
+* Smoking on a balcony
+* ?AI?
+* Chilling in a nice place, watching the world
+
+Idea dump
+=========
+
+Random
+------
+* Corruption over time
+	* Player
+	* NPCs
+	* Settlements
+	* Factions
+* Magic
+	* Arms behind back -> Picking up and moving objects
+	* Blindness -> Magic vision
+	* ?Gag? -> Combat magic
+	* Bound legs -> Magic jet-pack
+	* ?Deafness? -> ?Magic hearing?
+* https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Pommel_horse -> use for lewd purposes
+
+Vanilla quests
+--------------
+### Kid in a Fridge
+* Billy is a teenager looking ghoul girl.
+
+### Confidence Man
+* Scarlet turns into a dom and runs the bar, having V.B. sweep instead.
+	* ?Gunners boot camp?
+* Moves in with Travis, who gets to enjoy being her pet from now on.
+* Travis never gets the confidence boost.
+* Maybe some new radio bits.
+* Maybe adds to DC corruption levels.
+
+Prospect dominants
+------------------
+* Duff+1 -> playful and mischievous
+* Mysterious stranger -> silent and service
+* 81 overseer -> strict and chastity
+* ?Kellogg? -> 
+* ?Curie? -> ?medical?
+
+Modules
+-------
+* Clothes gone: replace vanilla clothing with skimpy multi-slot items
+* No loot: remove most of containers and loose items
+* No ammo: remove most of the ammo and fusion cores from the game, guns from NPCs
+* ?: remove items and handcuff PC on startup, set up global variables
+* ?: overhaul vanilla quests
+* ?: commonwealth ethics committee?
+* additional quests
+
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