[GAME] HEARTS
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limelight_oocHELLO EVERYONE
Heart Games will be running from January 10th to January 18th, 2026!
Obviously each individual heart is not expected to run that whole timeframe, rather blocking off that amount of time is so that as many individuals who want to run one can have time with a minimal amount of overlapping.
What is a heart game?
A heart game is a player-run exploration of a character's inner psyche given shape as an environment! Some examples of this in the wild include Every Level In Psychonauts & Psychonauts 2, I think a version of it is in Disgaea, Cosmospheres in Ar Tonelico, every dungeon in Limbus Company, maybe Inception counts? - basically anything where characters explore a landscape that is representative of another character's inner deal.
Is there a limit to who can run?
With one Very Special Exception, only current player characters can run hearts! This is to say, no dropped characters can return to run a heart game and no producers can run heart games.
That said, if you're running a heart and want your dropped/producer CR to explore it, that's up to you.
Very Special Exception?
Celi will be running a PLOT HEART during this time, details tbd! This won't be involved in scoring for anyone.
Is there a size limit per heart? Can I play in a heart without close CR with that person?
Each heart runner can set their own size limit and determine whether they'd like just close CR, specific CR (i.e. team only, or even 'this is a special heart run for just my boyfriend') or if their heart is open to everyone!
I want people to have a motivation to touch things in my character's heart!
If you'd like an extra hook to light a fire under your heart explorer's asses, optionally one of their core traits can have been amplified to an unsustainable degree and require fixing. This can be made obvious in the heart itself, or optionally start manifesting a couple of IC days before hearts (lemme know if you take this option!).
If this extra option is taken and is NOT fixed before the end of the heart run it will fade to normal naturally over the course of the next day.
Is this a trauma game?
It's not intended to be trauma by default, however, individual runners should warn appropriately for subject matter! Heart explorers can take physical damage within the heart, but will not emerge from the game with injuries.
Heart Games will be running from January 10th to January 18th, 2026!
Obviously each individual heart is not expected to run that whole timeframe, rather blocking off that amount of time is so that as many individuals who want to run one can have time with a minimal amount of overlapping.
What is a heart game?
A heart game is a player-run exploration of a character's inner psyche given shape as an environment! Some examples of this in the wild include Every Level In Psychonauts & Psychonauts 2, I think a version of it is in Disgaea, Cosmospheres in Ar Tonelico, every dungeon in Limbus Company, maybe Inception counts? - basically anything where characters explore a landscape that is representative of another character's inner deal.
Is there a limit to who can run?
With one Very Special Exception, only current player characters can run hearts! This is to say, no dropped characters can return to run a heart game and no producers can run heart games.
That said, if you're running a heart and want your dropped/producer CR to explore it, that's up to you.
Very Special Exception?
Celi will be running a PLOT HEART during this time, details tbd! This won't be involved in scoring for anyone.
Is there a size limit per heart? Can I play in a heart without close CR with that person?
Each heart runner can set their own size limit and determine whether they'd like just close CR, specific CR (i.e. team only, or even 'this is a special heart run for just my boyfriend') or if their heart is open to everyone!
I want people to have a motivation to touch things in my character's heart!
If you'd like an extra hook to light a fire under your heart explorer's asses, optionally one of their core traits can have been amplified to an unsustainable degree and require fixing. This can be made obvious in the heart itself, or optionally start manifesting a couple of IC days before hearts (lemme know if you take this option!).
If this extra option is taken and is NOT fixed before the end of the heart run it will fade to normal naturally over the course of the next day.
Is this a trauma game?
It's not intended to be trauma by default, however, individual runners should warn appropriately for subject matter! Heart explorers can take physical damage within the heart, but will not emerge from the game with injuries.
