Given that I am finally actually around to RP and do admin work, I’m back to doing updates around Lamplight! So here, let’s have a general, all-purpose thread for this zone. Feel free to reply with requests for the zone, such as changes or additions, as well as any contributions you might want to offer.
Here are some of the things I am working on for Lamplight right now:
I’m currently in the process of updating the arcade! When my update is finished, there will be a few scripted objects in the arcade to play with, and the pipe maze will finally live up to its true potential and become a maze!
I will be figuring out what to do with the Patchwork play area that has been added to my zone. Are people happy where it is now, or should it be moved to a different part of the city? Do people still play in Patchwork? I will be speaking with the builders about taking control of the rooms and integrating them into Lamplight.
I need to figure out a good way to add player-built housing into the slums and suburbs in my zone, for the people who have requested that feature.
I just have a lot of updating to do in general since these rooms were built before a lot of new features were added to the mucklet, like adding instanced rooms to the hotel.
Here are a few things Lamplight could use:
A map and some room art. I have neither the artistic skill to make them, or the money to commission them. But if you want to know a great way to spruce up the city and make it more pleasant, a map would be a starting point. I have a vision of the city’s layout, so let’s talk about it.Got a volunteer map in the making <3
More areas that pertain to specific interests. A lot of the stuff I built in Lamplight was just a starting point, and a proof of concept. If you think there is a specific type of character or RP that is under-served, work with me on adding it in. A few examples of areas I could use:
A high school
An better dark spooky forest area that’s bigger than 1 room
The elementary school is run by @GreenReaper . I think a school is, in and of itself, a pretty big building project and so I will personally not be building a high school but I offer my cooperation to somebody who wants to attach one to Lamplight.
To explain the K-8 call: I’m not into the teen relationship RP that’s popular where high-school characters interact and I don’t consider myself the best person to build for it, so I targeted a lower age range. At the time I was also uncertain whether Sinder itself would one day get a high school or college, though that seems increasingly unlikely.
As far as I’m concerned there’s plenty of room on Cherry Lane for such an establishment. It might be a suitable place to host the gym that people asked me about, as well as any team-sports-related stuff. (Alternatively a gym could be a separate build there or in Patchwork; again, it’s not an area I have knowledge of or interest in myself.)
Is that the only part of Patchwork that sees any use, currently? If so, how would you feel about me moving the skate park and taco truck to the slums in Lamplight? I can probably get together with the builders and do a few room reconnections.
I’ve had in the back of my mind the idea of expanding the capabilities of Chippy, or at least the script behind him, to expand for other player housing areas. Would certainly be willing to lend a hand at helping expand there, the Prism’s getting pretty full!
That seems inappropriate for their current positive vibes; they’d be more suitable as an adjunct to the park on the east side (which currently has no hot meal option, IIRC).
The adult toy store and potentially the chicken place adjacent to it on the North side of Patchwork would be more suitable for the slums, or perhaps better the industrial zone, if the plan is to part it out.
Cinema west side if anywhere? Though it could work in the slums as well, with appropriate films. Don’t go that side of Lamplight much.
The Industrial sector is just meant to be a buffer between the happy vibes of Bakers Blvd before you hit the unhappy vibes of the slums. It’s just corporate offices and warehouses, nothing fun.
Would probably put the adult toy store on the north side of Bakers, the cinema in the middle or the north side as well (would be a good attachment to the shopping mall that is currently just a dead end). Card game shop near the cafe perhaps. Put the skate park and Taco Truck near the current playground. The slums need a dirty playground so I’ll create one of those.
That is, if my proposal to cannibalize Patchwork is acceptable. I feel like it’s the best option, as the ‘vibes’ of those spots can be preserved while fitting into LL.
You’ll definitely want to keep the toy shop then - a lot of vibes there, though sadly GreenKai failed to find a suitable collar when she visited with a few acquaintances…
To be honest I still think it’s the sort of place that belongs off the boulevard entirely, similar to an adult movie store, which is why I suggested industrial - fewer zoning protests there. But I guess the nearby bathrooms are suitable company.
I spoke to several people in chat yesterday and nobody seemed to object to my proposal to integrate Patchworks’ features into lamplight. I want to keep all of them as intact as possible, so I’ll speak to the builders about getting control of the rooms, and find appropriate places in Lamplight to connect everything.
