hardware, software, store [CONCEPTS]

Instructions

[I need to worldbuild more, because even TR has an end, and there’s a lot of ideas I have for HSS and AN.] hardware, software, store is a game about 3 stores that shut down a long time ago. After finally figuring out what to do to investigate, the player is hired to "dive" into the stores and investigate. The objective of the game is to find footage chips inside cameras in all of the stores. Be careful, though - if a camera catches you, you will gain insanity and the cameras will multiply into fakes. The fake cameras do not have footage chips, and only exist to make your insanity bar go higher. Don’t worry, fake cameras have a purple glow. If your insanity bar gets high enough, you will faint and you will lose all your footage chips gained in your "dive." However, every 30 seconds you stay in any of the stores, you gain a sliver of insanity. The only way to reduce your insanity is by doing tasks in the stores: either building things, eating food, or playing on electronics. When you find enough footage chips, after a Dive you can insert them into a machine and watch small videos of the stores being opened. It also reveals hints about the owner that owned all of the stores, and LOREEEEEE The stores are named Software, Hardware, and Asian respectively. Software is a hardware store, Hardware is a software/electronic store, and Asian is an asian store. Level 1 is Software. It is a very basic level, being very big but having many hiding places and things to do. The cameras are big but quite slow, and it is easy to dismantle a camera for its footage chip. Level 2 is Hardware. It is like a small BestBuy, being smaller. Some electronics in Hardware do not work, and the cameras are smaller but faster. However, insanity increases slightly more, and few cameras don’t have footage chips at all. Level 3 is Asian. The store is very small and some of the food in it is rotten, decreasing your insanity bar but making it go up faster. Unfortunately, you can’t tell which food is rotten and which is not. There are pictures that say "Smile! You're on Camera" that actually have cameras in them that have a low chance of instakill. The cameras multiply very fast, and sometimes you cannot tell which cameras are fake and which are real. Even so, more cameras don’t have footage chips either! [ Caffeinee Detective HQ ] When not in a Dive, you have the opportunity to go to the Caffeinee Detective HQ, which contains 4 important characters: - Coffee, a 29 y/o who really likes coffee and is the main leader of the CDHQ, helping you with Footage Chips and putting them together to watch. She is a mysterious detective who always looks tired, despite her name. - Mocha, a 24 y/o who is twins with Matcha, and cousins with Bubbles and Boba, two police women. She gives you quests to complete and every now and then lends you some tips she learned when going in Dives. Her full name is Mocha Kyosuu Caffe. - Matcha, a 24 y/o who is twins with Mocha. She will sometimes exchange money you can gain in Dives for potions you can use when in a Dive. Her full name is Matcha Eiyuu Caffe. - Chocoloe, a 18 y/o that doesn't really help you with anything until the very end of the story. They give very vague ideas about the stores. Potions can be used for the following: - Becoming invincible [cameras can’t catch you] - Gaining S P E E D - Finding more money - Finding more footage chips - Insanity goes up slower - Less insanity from cameras - And more! [ Misc ] There is a doll, named the Rugged Patsy Doll, that shows up in every single store and in Chocoloe's hands every time you go straight to her after you finish a dive. Chocoloe really likes this doll, but for some reason it's in all the stores you visit. May or may not instakill you, if you’re unfortunate enough to come across it… I got this idea from visiting a Home Depot and a run-down Asian store. Even though it’s simple, one simple idea can become a masterpiece one day. I’ll post actual refs for Coffee, Mocha, Matcha, Chocoloe, and the Rugged Patsy Doll later. Most of this text is kinda old but in date :thumbs_up: