Hi! We have updated the Train Station in Sinder! So, the Grey Line as of late was getting crowded and the builders have decided to fix that by reintroducing the Red Line! If you have been here a while, you might remember the Red Line trolley that went through Cape Theia, to Patchwork Square and Umber Point. Well, Cape Theia is no longer accessible, and Patchwork Square was attached to Lamplight, so it had no use anymore and Umber was attached to the Grey Line.
After a new place, Pieradyne, was approved, we decided that the Grey Line would be a little too crowded with it. So, we reintroduced the Red Line. This time, itâs been changed! No longer is it a trolley, it is a full-blown train! It sits right on the second platform, in the same area as the Grey Line. As of writing this post, it currently has 2 areas attached to it:
Umber Point
(The New) Pieradyne Rise
The Red Line is intended to hold the areas that have darker and/or more extreme themes, and as such, will probably not get as large as the Grey Line. Either way, itâs here now! Get in touch if you have any questions. We hope you enjoy the changes!
I like the idea of putting content that some might find uncomfortable behind a specific train- perhaps a small in-character sign warning that people traveling along the red line might encounter less safe or risque content would be in order.
Although, @Vernon_Otter - I do kind of object to the idea that Lamplight is, in and of itself, a âdarkerâ themed location. Certainly extreme, but not dark by itself. Definitely probably worth the red line, though.
Not necessarily dark, no, much is pretty lighthearted. But I interpreted the original post was saying âdarkâ and âextremeâ as separate items, not âdark and extremeâ as both qualifiers.
I canât help but notice that said âdark/extreme placesâ also seem to be the most popular on the train system, and at times (though not right now) the most popular aside from Sinder.
In that sense I guess it would make sense to have Lamplight on the Red Line (if youâre going between the three of them, itâd avoid having to change at Sinder), but there is a risk that the locations on the Grey Line get less traffic from âpassing tradeâ than they do already.
Weâre probably past the point of this being viable, but some kind of physical relationship on the map that makes the eventual assignment make sense would also be nice to have.
I would love to see a separate train for lamplight⌠perhaps a magic carpet ride or some other kid-like theming?
Umber Point and Pieradyne are dark and gritty, explicitly. I understand @Vernon_Otterâs comment about lamplight fitting the âmore extremeâ wording of Pet Detective Venturaâs original post, but it doesnât fit the same âwell fuck me I didnât plan on getting stabbed in a dark alley tonightâ theme, it fits a moreâŚ
I guess one idea since Lamplight is so dispersed is to put an additional stop on the Red Line in the Slums rather than replace the Grey Line stop. This would clarify which area is truly âdark and extremeâ and help ârevitaliseâ the area, which had already started with the addition of a broken-down park.
A magic carpet would fit a fantasy realm like Candy Land, or a Tooniverse, but Lamplight and Patchwork are more realistically set, at least in terms of construction and area descriptions.