4st nomic via agora-discussion [2023-06-20 09:24]: > I am trying to figure out how to make "retroactive" instead of retroactive > changes, at least for certain scopes...! This is crazy to think about! I'm > posting as a draft so it can undergo review. > I will keep working thru this, but I do plan to eventually propose this if > someone else doesn't first. I would like to have a timeline-based subgame. > > juan, you like complexity, I bet you could copy edit this like nobody's > business :D
Wow, thanks! 4st nomic via agora-discussion [2023-06-20 09:59]: > Unfathomability is a singleton integer switch tracked by a new office > called The Phantom. > Anything that depends on the value of Unfathomability is tainted. > Anything that depends on something tainted is itself tainted. > Tainted values and tainted events are tracked by The Phantom. > > Making something tainted is secured at power 1, and is IMPOSSIBLE and > ILLEGAL otherwise. > Violating this rule is a Class 20 infraction of Destroying the Timeline. > > The Timestream is a list of events that are tainted. > When Unfathomability changes, tainted values other than Unfathomability are > set to their defaults, > then all events in the Timestream happen again in chronological order. > [Wow, to think we could invent a game that is in reverse chronological > order!!! That is my next drafting goal.] > > When a rule says an action CAN be attempted "by corruption", it can be > attempted with support. Then, it creates an equivalent tainted event to > symbolize the effects of that action, then that event happens. > [You need a tiny bit of help to mess with the Timestream.] Ok. So, there's a couple of things I don't get. - First, when do you intend Unfathomability to change? By proposal? - Also, its an integer switch, but I don't see any use of that fact. Like, am I supposed to perform a conditional action explicitly depending on it? - What do you mean by “values”? There are values that can't be set, or even don't have a reasonable default. Do you mean switches? I guess that is supposed to reset the “state of the tainted world” and replay the actions. But then… how can retroactivity be achieved? In summary, I'd just like to ask you to clarify what you would like to achieve here. -- juan
