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Develop Storyline #5
Description
Activity
Antagonist Real name = Alekzander Ryann
Antagonist pseudonym = Boreas
Protagonist Real name = Cleopatra RyannSubtle hint of father daughter relationship between the antagonist who is hidden as "Boreas" and daughter Cleopatra
Time setting: Coldwar Casette Futurism
Alekzander "Boreas" Ryann was born into the life of the KGB. His ultimate goal is to prevent the spread of Linux because it would give the USSR a huge disadvantage. He had an unplanned daughter named Cleopatra Ryann that was not known to him or the general public, and the mother secretly sent her to the US when she was just a baby. She grew up to eventually work for the CIA. She got a tip from the director of a KGB operative named "Boreas" plotting to prevent the spread of linux as it was being developed as an improvement over the already existing Unix systems.
Cold war from 1947-1991
Cleopatra was born in 1965
Linux developed in 1991
Linus Torvalds: Finnish. Soviets had invaded Finland in 1939, and Linus's motive behind Linux was to help the US establish tech dominance over the USSRConclusion: As a result of Cleopatra successfully thwarting the plot of her father, the cold war came to an end as it became abundantly clear that the technological and economical might of the USSR could not hold up against the US's.
cd - Character Moving around physically or through files on PCs
ls (-lah) - Character physically looks around or is listing files on PCs
grep - can be used for character to filter to items of importance in specific "physical" rooms or for filtering through files on PCs
cat - equivalent to reading or looking at in detail objects, files, etc.
vim ~/notebook to keep track notes and player progress (we can explore automating some notes for certain objects but leave some manual input as well)
wc -l - come in handy when the answer of counting things is important for plot progression
chmod - for dealing with locked rooms or files
stdin & stderr - for solving puzzles with errors or unnecessary data
piping - stringing actions together to do multiple things at onceThings to keep in mind:
- purpose
- constraints
- conflict
- intrinsic or extrinsic rewards (achievements, points, money, etc)
- growth
- winner
Develop storyline based off hacking/DF and treasure hunt theme