Baud - a cyberpunk/80's BBS themed roguelike BBS Door game coming this fall. reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-10-24 16:55 # Baud My first post. Baud is a cyberpunk/80's bbs themed game. I would hate to purely call it rogue-like but would rather say that it is Rogue- esque or Rogue-ish in nature. It is homed in a multi-node BBS environment and support multi-user - in fact there are team-based elements in the game. This is a passion project that has been in my head for over 25 years that I finally started to code this summer and now I feel like I am within a few weeks of opening it up for play testing. It will be hosted on Baud BBS - [bbs.baud.games](https://bbs.baud.games) (port 6502), and eventually networked to be able to be connected up to everyone else's BBS. *More about it... (the marketing stuff...)* In the late 2020’s corporations lost trust in the internet. It no longer represented a safe place to operate. After searching, it was decided to resurrect dial-up modem operations - they could be highly restricted and compression was to the point where complex programs could be shrunk into a single byte size location (called nano- programs). These systems only needed a small memory space to operate and a small number of exposed ports and allowed only limited power terminals to connect - the Apple //. Soon enough, these systems were under surveillance and then under attack. Although the surface area for attack was reduced to a few well-protected modem ports, the attacks came anyway. ICE and heavy copy protection was deployed to stop the Runners, usually rival operators from other corporations, from penetrating security to loot and disrupt the Core. You are an employee, an operator, a runner. Your mission is to help the corporation achieve its objectives both on-site and off. It won’t be easy - it will require coordination with other operators, smarts to source what is necessary, intelligence and fast reaction speed to crack various puzzles and defeat the rival corporations, while protecting your home system from being flanked by competing corporations. [Combat in Baud](https://preview.redd.it/yeaxwmbqo2v51.png?width=1126& format=png&auto=webp&s=820c0d217f75a3a677226a65acd235c4aa733102) [A quick video to show some of the game elements](https://reddit.com/link/jhcb86/video/4rrapgaoo2v51/player) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ScootyPuff-Sr · 2020-10-24 18:08 Oooh, it sounds a lot like the Seattle Cybersystems “Netrunner” door, you have my attention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-10-24 18:28 It definitely is an ode to that game and others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Android8675 · 2020-10-24 21:06 Sexy. Count me in. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- toddc612 · 2020-10-24 23:59 This sounds awesome. Need to check this..! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-10-25 00:18 Thank you. I am certainly hopeful. Next step is to get some players in to get some feedback outside of my own echochamber. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nevarro · 2020-10-25 03:13 This looks promising! I'm definitely interested in making an announcement and hosting it on the BBS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-10-26 03:12 We will see how many people pay attention to comments... :) Be warned, it is a super early build but a lot of the game is there - you just can't win yet. That is being actively worked on. However, if you want to get in early and give it a spin, I'd be eternally grateful for any feedback I get. I have a link to Baud up on my [itch.io](https://itch.io) page - the password is 1980. [https://baudbbs.itch.io/baudbbs](https://baudbbs.itch.io/baudbbs) If you prefer to do it the '*right way*', then it is at [bbs.baud.games](https://bbs.baud.games) port 6502 via NetRunner, SyncTerm or your favorite ANSI term program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- anthk_ · 2020-10-29 02:19 >Byte sized Sorry, that broke the fiction environmen. If you said a Kb, it would be plausible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-10-29 05:58 Fair point 😊 Still it’s worth giving a try. 😬 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mateusfmcota · 2020-11-17 01:16 Hey, if you don't mind, where did you learn how to create a BBS server and how I would install a game like netrunner on it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- richorr70 · 2020-11-17 01:50 I have a server with it on already if you want to play. I’ll post the link later tonight. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x3770_0 · 2023-10-02 21:43 Looks to be dead :(