Hypnospace outlaws all squisherz locations full#
You can learn the full scope and history of Squishers, the Chowder Man, and the coolpunk movement, and I can assure you the hours spent pouring over them will be well worth it.
All of these pages and properties are fully fleshed-out, whether they play a part in your investigations or not. You’ll find garish, rambling conspiracy sites, kids posting idiot webcomics about their school, small-time rockers looking for new life online, religious sects butting heads, and early online advertising for hilarious products like hot butter ice cream. The folks that put together this alternate web understand past and present internet culture far better than most, and built these pages in a perfect space between homage and parody. That might sound a bit grim, but I can assure you that most of your time in Hypnospace will be spent trying to stifle belly laughs. You’ll find a lot of smart observations about the development of online communities here, and the forces that rose to prey on them in different ways. There’s a lot going on in Hypnospace beyond fan pages for indie bands and teens slapping together proto-Livejournals, and a lot of it maps to the development of the early internet we know and cannot escape. What I will say is that while your cases make up a majority of the gameplay, eventually the scope of your investigations will expand in unexpected ways. I went into Hypnospace Outlaw without really knowing where its story would lead, and the surprises it had in store for me should absolutely not be spoiled. As the HSPD assigns you cases to investigate, you’ll gain access to more of the online community and come to learn of its many quirks and issues. As a volunteer Hypnospace Enforcer, you have been empowered to flag all sorts of violations, from copyright infringement to malware, in return for some of Hypnospace’s virtual currency. Of course, any online community is prone to abuses, and that’s where you come in. While snoozing away you can visit the webpages of other Hypnospace users using the HypnOS search and navigation tools which bear striking resemblance to classics like Netscape.
In an alternate 1999, MerchantSoft has launched Hypnospace, a home computing system you interface with in your sleep via a specialized headband. This key period of online history is the inspiration for Hypnospace Outlaw, a one-of-a-kind adventure that simulates the highs and lows of exploring the internet back when anything was possible. It was special because it was a future no one had predicted and it felt fresh and honest in a world growing increasingly commercialized, even as it was being commercialized itself. Before the manicured tiles and mobile-friendly layouts of the modern web, netsurfing was a morass of raw HTML, flashing text, low-res fire GIFs, and embedded audio. If you’re old enough to remember exploring the wild, untamed internets of the 90s, you’re sure to have a unique fondness for the experience.
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