Dead Internet Theory

Something terrible moves and awakes deep under the business district of Cy, in the enclave of an eldritch cult at the heart of the city's most powerful finance firm and megachurch. The miserable designs of cosmic gods unfold and will destroy this city once and for all.

Protomartyr Warad-Ishtar looks down on the city from the Fideistic Transformations HQ; the Neon Pillar. He has plans for the city’s biomass to serve his holy mission. Mysterious disappearances of undesirables from the streets have been growing in number, but no one cares about street scvm. Horrified family members have come forward, furious, demanding answers about what his digital heaven has done to their grandparents. Unravel this dark fantasy cyberpunk mystery, layered like an onion to allow for open ended exploration. One way or another, the gears set into motion in this module will grind to a resolution.

I am crowdfunding a Cy_borg adventure module and potential metal album for Zinetopia over on Backer Kit. This 4-8 session scenario is centered around an evil cult, with 3 hostile site maps, 17 new Foes, a set of Miserable Headlines, and a far ranging clandestine web of murder and corruption. I have been working on this module for several years now, catching the spark of inspiration after a conversation with a Joe Rogan fan, thinking, what if corporations really did steal our brains? 

Joining me on this project are several talented people who I know and like, and whose work I am a fan of. Artist Roque Romero from Spain, has worked on Cairn, and innumerable other classic projects in the indie TTRPG scene. Tony Jaguar is providing layout and maps, is a Brazillian graphic designer and capoeira dancer, and has worked on indie TTRPGs like Playthings for Liminal Horror. Jordan Boschman is joining as creative and technical editor, from the United States, having worked on the recent Devil's Due: A Space Pirate Haven for Mothership. I am David H. K. Jackson, from the United States, a wastewater plant operator and mutual aid activist. 

The money for this crowdfunding campaign will go to printing and to paying these three people for their labor after the campaign finishes. I have completed writing and playtesting of the module, but it needs to be polished and fancied up by these talented people. I am sure Jordan, with his critical and discerning eye, may suggest significant changes to the text, but I still expect fulfillment of the zine to be on the scale of a few months. I absolutely vouch for the talent and professionalism of these three people.

A stretch goal for this adventure module is to include a metal album soundtrack by Sacred Bull, who have already produced a Mork Borg combination album adventure module. Sacred Bull plays post-metal doom, which for me conjures up an image of the sky in The Matrix, when Morpheus takes Neo to the surface of Earth, and the never ending black thunder clouds roil across the landscape while Morpheus says, “this is the desert of the real.” On top of playing drums and guitar metal, the band members are also seasoned electronic musicians, so a Cy-borg album is a perfect opportunity for them to combine their many talents.

There will also be four stretch goals, each a two page spread written by a different writer. These spreads will tie into the contents of the module, adding in locations, characters, items, etc… Basically I told them they could do whatever they wanted as long as it made sense within the module. The stretch goal writers are Ratgrrrl Games, John Erwin, Wilderwhim (of Sacred Bull) and Caelin Araven. Their pitches all sound awesome and I hope they all get made!

I hope you back this campaign! Dive down a rabbit hole of throbbing cadavercore dance floors, a hidden city of sewer dwelling G0 mutants, a top secret corporate research lab, and a cult enclave with a hideous secret in the heart of Cy's business district.

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