And apologies for the lack of formal info post--we've had some important announcement things that need to be gathered together and have been waiting on that but since Saturday is coming up fast...

SO just so people have a general idea: you'll be able to run an inner exploration thing of whatever scale you like--just interaction with one 'room' or aspect, or a whole heart game.

It'll be run through the Theatre, so it'll be advertised as an "Impactful Experience" to deal with things that are difficult to say or issues that are hard to get at, and should technically be voluntary

^ ICly, that is.

BUT since many characters distrust the Theatre and may not be willing to sign up, I do want to set up an involuntary option (though on that front I'm still considering the best way to go about it).

SO THATS THE NEWS ON THAT FOR NOW

Starts on the 24th and you can set up and run your heart using the Theatre as an excuse any time from the 24th to the end of the month!

Tristan is always/still an option for involuntary hearts if you guys want to just use that

I think last time there were theatre hearts a player character was used for involuntary ones too

:U yes, that's true! And Leif does have a standing offer made here to go along with voluntary Theatre hearts

(which is also always available, though not advertised)

ANYHOO Thank you Leif! I was debating if I should add a Labyrinth option but I'm not sure if that would have resulted in heart game stuff or something else, so I may save that.

No problem! I'm looking forward to hearts

Ah whoops yeah I'd definitely been thinking of the heart as involuntary for some reason (I'm not sure what part of 'court-arranged' would make me think that lol) but I can wave whatever

I took advantage of Tristan's help recently. Thank you Tristan.

late work-day bump for this!

Yo! No pressure, just making plans, since the info post hasn't gone up yet, just confirming if it's still planned for hearts to kick off today? <3

Yes it is! I'll be getting the IC post up this evening and have a OOC post for interest or planning up since people are free to start hearts any time until the challenge switch over using this Theatre prompt

Obvs people are absolutely free to gather their own interest on whatever platform in the meantime

Ok cool, thanks! I wasn't sure when today it'd be so that does help plan my day ty ty

o7 NP, thanks for understanding!

there be some info for people who don't know what hearts are...?

i know there are a few people in court who never had experience w sabra/aather/etc

Yeah, I was thinking about this too, but I haven't been able to gather some good info posts/examples yet and I'm not sure where or if they exist. If it's ok, I'll look into it and try to get back to you with

some resources once the rest of it is set up!

(or just make a plurk for explanations later if I can't find anything comprehensive)

i'm sure that'd be helpful for people emberlina nekomiao

I keep a list of heart games I've run and their writeups, but my heartgames tend to be more involved than they need to so I'm not sure if it'd be helpful

But if people would find it helpful it's here. My Aather Rolo (1.0) heartgame writeup also starts with a sort of rundown of how I plan them, but again, how I do them

probably needlessly complicated. But there may be ideas people can mine from that if they want

either way tho the heart runs themselves are probably a fairly good look at what people DO in heart games and how they tend to interact and how big is too big etc

(or how small is too small, Kanji's was way too small for a 5 hour timeslot)

OK, and I actually just found a guide written up for Aather about the stuff that makes up a Heart Game overclocked | HEART GAMES

Oh good!!

FULL HEART GAMES can be kind of ambitious! So in this event there's the option to just do one "room" or aspect of a character, but yeah that guide is a good place to start

Exploring the Unconscious - Google Docs I also found a guide Aviy wrote for a different take on a similar 'explore your character's psyche' concept.

Example: Lavi's game and Write up of effects

All the game-specific rules on these write ups don't really carry over, so mostly just pay attention to the how-to-build parts and what aspects can be added to represent parts of your character

OH like disgaea

yes this makes sense. text based disgaea heart game but yes sounds very intense to run one

Disgaea was the original inspiration, yeah! For the event in Court you can feel free to scale it down.

I PUT UP THE OOC POST

oh...man...this is bad...

I really want to try.

I totally encourage people to give it a shot!