Backstory

[Louis13245 29]

After running across the plains and finding myself at a loss with what to do, I thought that maybe there could be something more passive to the countryside. Less of another chance to get more stuff, more of a 'Oh, thats interesting' sort of thing.

So maybe, while you're running across the plains to the next town, you can come across a couple of interactive setpieces which can be 'read'. For example, that dumping ground of dead bodies with the truck nearby could have a journal which details a couple of days that the driver experienced. Perhaps he used to carry corn, then was forced to carry the dead. Another example would be two dead bodies in the middle of the corn field, with bullets in their backs, again with journals and a bit more information about the outbreak. To keep the variety going, players could submit their own stories for certain setpieces, maybe even create new setpieces to be generated. The devs would then pick suitable ones on a constant basis, meaning that there's always more backstory about other people.

Apart from random setpieces in the wilderness, you could also have unique information found at key locations within various towns. In the hospital, you could go to the front desk and read an outbreak report, in the government offices you could read official documents, in small villages you could read dated newspapers and personal diaries. These would be the same across all servers, so the same report will be found in the same location for all servers. This would then, if only for certain types of people, encourage exploration of the entire map, not only the hotspots were loot is found. Perhaps one day someone might compile a list of all the information across the map and everyone would be able to get a deeper understanding of the story behind the outbreak.

What do you think? Too artifical?

[Ashnik 113]

It would have to be randomly generated so it would be funner, but ya know it's an alright idea. Find a notebook on a zombie you kill or something. I have seen some posts that are kinda like this, but not the exact same.

[indominator 95]

TL;DR, well, already going to be implemented, but wont be a big thing, rocket said something like that at rezzed