The Indulgent Detective Agency - Intro

Welcome to Luridity Galaxy! Luridity is currently under construction to update some code, so please excuse the mess (and whatever you do, don't lick the science). Think of it as wading around in the lower levels of a cyberpunk cityplanet, all the neon slightly tilted and blinking helplessly. ;) Thank you for your patience; Luridity will be back by summer 2024! Or for the southern hemi folks, winter. >:)

Welcome to Luridity's first interactive adventure! You're about to embark on an adult sci-fi noir comedy(?) disaster series where you play the role of a member of the Indulgent Caste, a class of "spare" spoiled heirs to various royal families, conglomerates, and the like. Your path forward is determined by the Pantheon of RNG, and, well, a few other inconsequential options. I hope you're ready for this...I know I'm not. XD This first generated adventure is set in the Zone of Luridity known as Centralvest, an area where the future is digital, virtual, desperate, and corporate, all of it drenched in overlays, augmented reality layers, and of course, cyberpunk neon.

Click here to reveal your character.

You are Hack from the Wakuni System in the Centralvest Zone of Luridity Galaxy. You are the 13th illegitimate offspring of the largest shareholder of Rel'Entlas Enterprises, a cybernetic research firm which allows rental of its patents to the highest bidding production companies.
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Wait, there's more!

Don't forget to stash your character in the discussion boards near the bottom of this page first, if you want to save them for later. Then come back and click the link below to continue to the next part of the adventure!

Now that that's done...Are You Ready to Continue?

Note: When you leave this page, your character is not stored, so if you'd like to hold on to the information for later, you are welcome to copy your character and paste it into a new thread in the discussion boards below, so you can share your adventure--and missteps--with others:

Luridity Discussion Boards

Interactive Adventures

Fri, Aug 12th 2022 01:41

Partake in your own adventures among Luridity's stars! Record and share your experience with other Enablers, and make suggestions on other interactive stories you'd like to play!

The Indulgent Detective Agency

Mon, Sep 19th 2022 05:00

Are you the neglected 45th child of a royal dynasty? Another of the last wealthy heirs to ever actually be considered for next-in-line, just wiling away your time as a patron of the Artistocracy? Welcome to the Indulgence Caste, my friend. Come on in and tell your fellow detectives about your latest case, or just record it for posterity! Click here to return to the Intro Page!

Copyright 2021-2024 Once Upon a Goal, LLC. Luridity content is owned and published by Sarah Templeton (WA: DaniAdventures) under the pennames Cera Daniels and A Dani. Luridity CSS and Logo Design by the bestest, most awesomest TJ: TJ Trewin! All Images, unless otherwise stated, are licensed and/or designed by Sarah Templeton (Dani). Any additional artwork is credited to its respective owners. All Rights Reserved.
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_{Together we soar! Portions of my site have been commissioned from and/or assisted by members of the WorldAnvil community. Luridity Theme Song commissioned from, written and produced by musical genius Lu Cutuli! Get your own Gothic Mirror CSS, as seen on my Character Bios, and more from the incredibly talented Stormbril's CSS shop! Project Progress gauge chart with css only by fsbraun; adapted to WorldAnvil by brilliant tinkerer Jan Kaltenecker! Thank you, friends!}

On Art for Luridity

_{While I VASTLY prefer hiring artists for commissions and frequently do (because there's simply nothing like seeing EXACTLY your characters, and neither stock art nor an AI will ever be able to capture the tiny sneaky details a human artist can), I am a long way from being able to fund my dream mission to blanket the entirety of Luridity in glorious custom art.

Since I can't art from scratch on my own, in order to have something in the meantime with which to flavor the galaxy I use several paid tools to create images for Luridity. Canva is my go-to for mashups, collaging, and finalization. For base character images, I often use HeroForge, Portrait Workshop, and Artbreeder and modify from there. I use Midjourney AI to generate placeholder images and mockups of what I want eventual commissions to look like. The iterations I go through with Midjourney AI have typically involved hours, if not days, of prompting and retuning and reprompting to reach a final image base, which I then edit and insert as part of a fuller design. For maps, I use DungeonFog.

In other images, you will see sourced public domain as well as appropriately designated commercially licensed, CC-BY, or CC0 stock images from a variety of sites. (Pexels and Unsplash are my favorites for the latter.) Though typically not required by the creator in many CC0 cases, I attempt to reference image sources in the image details as often as possible so others can find the contributing portfolios.

Luridity's public site is free to read and non-commercial. Only images with open commercial-compatible licensing or that I've obtained commercial release for are used in my commercial work (i.e. published novels, paywalled articles for subscribers, merch). In the case of images including generated elements via AI, these are noted in the image details. In the case of licensed images and commissioned pieces, these are also noted in the image details. If you require further information or license proof, please contact me.}

Cover image: by DaniAdventures (design elements via Canva, background generation by Midjourney, logo by TJ Trewin)

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