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   ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 09:16:58 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

   I think we need more science fiction that is not happening in space. It's not really a good place to be for humans, and that creates a lot of storytelling problems. Then authors have to invent magical solutions like wormholes and artificial gravity, and the whole thing is no longer science fiction, just complete fiction.

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     tech? no! man, see... (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 09:16:57 JST tech? no! man, see...

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     @deshipu the reason there's so many game jam games set in space is it takes 5 minutes to code up a starfield background but making an earth-like backdrop would take longer than the entire jam

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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 09:16:58 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

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     You need dangerous alien monsters that you can slaughter by hundreds without moral qualms or worrying about collapsing the ecology? A military experiment that went out of control could fit the bill, with either robots, cyborg beasts, or quickly breeding custom animals.

     You want weird looking humanoids? Humans might follow all kinds of fashions when medical tech advances.
     Most aliens in the stories are thinly veiled foreigners anyways.

     You want real non-human intelligence? Uplifted animals.

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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 09:16:58 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

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     You want to explore mysterious advanced technology? Have secret organizations in your world, isolated from everything for hundreds of years before going extinct and leaving their tech behind.

     Want to explore new and exciting territories and claim them in the name of whatever power sent you? Have large areas previously inaccessible due to natural or artificial disaster, and new tech and/or political climate that finally allows sending an exploration team.