announcements.

[vivariummods]

Hello, test subjects! Welcome to our first week of Vivarium, and thank you for joining! We have a few announcements for today, so please give this post a quick read.

✖ You may begin posting to the vivarium community. We have created tags for every character in the game, so please make sure that you tag your posts, whenever you create one or comment.

✖ We will be holding one AB Game every week, with our first one starting this Friday at 6PM EST. It will contain both the puzzle room and voting sections, and will be spanned over three OOC days and one IC day.

✖ We have decided that all characters will be given a "starter pack". This pack will be a simple drawstring bag, containing one water bottle, one loaf of bread, one can of baked beans (with an easy open end, so no need for a can opener), and a small pair of sewing scissors. This starter pack will be given after Calhoun finishes explaining the rules in this thread.
✖ This is a one-time, non-replaceable gift, so the food is suppose to last the character until they reach 9 BP to gain access to the cafeteria. As for the water bottles, they are easily refillable with the water fountain next to the cafeteria door. However, as of this time, the door leading to the cafeteria and water fountain is closed, and will open after our first AB Game. As for the sewing scissors? It's a little extra that Calhoun has thrown in, if anyone wants to start threatening/stabbing others for whatever reason. He thought people might appreciate it.

✖ Finally, we would like to hear your thoughts on how our first "puzzle room" has turned out, aka the Elevator. What did you think? Did you enjoy it? Were there some flaws you've noticed? What should we change for future puzzle rooms? Please let us know any thoughts you've had, whether positive or negative, so we know if it went in the right direction or not. Anonymous commenting has been enabled, so please do not be afraid to leave some negative feedback!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!

Comments

[puzzlinglad]

I fricken loved the puzzle, I think you guys put a lot thought into the whole thing and it was really fun to play out. Also being a solo was fun, I never felt like I was stuck doing something by myself, it was a magical friendship journey with cosplay mouse.

I also liked the difficulty level. I certainly don't mind tougher puzzles but this was a really good starting place I think, in game puzzles are always tough that way where you need to think of how much your character knows vs how much you as the player knows. Also the water was a great touch, 999 throwbacks are the best.

I have a question about food though actually, when someone reaches 9bp are they allowed to share food with someone who doesn't have it? Does each person have a certain amount of food they can take so they'd have to be careful about sharing it? I guess the same for water too.

[vivariummods]

We're happy that you've enjoyed it! We were worried that SOLOs might not enjoy themselves as much, so it's a relief to hear that cosplay mouse Calhoun has helped make things better.

We will certainly be throwing more 999/VLR references in the future, so please keep an eye out for them! Of course, nothing involves spoilers, but they will certainly be nods for those familiar with the series.

As for your question, you are not allowed to share food with someone who doesn't have 9BP. In fact, you can't even bring any food outside the cafeteria. If any character attempts to, it'll be a violation of the rules and Calhoun will get up in their case about it. It's not as serious of a rule such as breaking surveillance cameras or watches, so characters may attempt to do it; it'd just be very risky and they can face punishment for it. We will have a method for characters with less than 9BP to earn food, and we will let everyone know in the next announcement post (which will be next week)!