Friday, March 25, 2022

Proposal: More Than A Feeling

Times out 5-0 and is enacted -SingularByte

Adminned at 28 Mar 2022 06:56:23 UTC

Add the following Function to the Probulator

Name: Rule Changer
Output range: {The Name of a Researcher}
Forecast output: Clucky
Method: Return forecast output, and then change the Forecast output to be the name of the Researcher who authored the most recently enacted proposal which was authored by a current Researcher

Set the Forecast output of the above function to be the name of the researcher who most recently authored an enacted proposal (note that this proposal is not included in that check)

add the following to the list of Materials

DNA Test
Functions: Rule Changer
Cost: 50

If https://blognomic.com/archive/not_enough_government_funding is enacted, set the Purchase Price of DNA Test to be 200.

Remove the text “The Researcher named Josh is the Emotion Operator. ” from “Emotion Engine”

add a new rule called “Emotion Operator” and give it the following text

The Emotion Operator is a (possibly Idle) Researcher, the name of which is publicly tracked.

As a weekly action, a Researcher may use the DNA Test Material with the Rule Changer function and set the Emotion Operator be the researcher whose name is the result.

Set the Emotion Operator to be Josh

Comments

SingularByte: he/him

26-03-2022 09:26:59 UTC

for This has been a tricky one to decide on. It loses much of its humour this way, but it’s probably healthier for the game to not have it just under one person’s control.

Josh: Observer he/they

26-03-2022 09:34:57 UTC

for I oppose the anti-fun killjoyery of this but the DNA test / rule changer combo nevertheless feels interesting

MadisonSilver:

27-03-2022 01:26:58 UTC

for

TyGuy6:

27-03-2022 05:16:21 UTC

for