Quote:Any way, why not make this a option for cyborgs? Place brain vat onto cyborg frame missing it's head, to make brainborg.

Sundance Wrote:

Quote:Any way, why not make this a option for cyborgs? Place brain vat onto cyborg frame missing it's head, to make brainborg.

No reason not to, just seems slightly redundant (as it's just going to be a borg) waste of resources (as you could just make a borg head instead) and more timely (for obvious reasons). The only pro over having a brainvat as a head would be that when your very feeble head is destroyed the brain itself is not destroyed but ejected. Actually that's quite a big pro. Obviously if the borg is caught up in an explosion or experiences very heavy damage the brain is also gibbed.

In other news. Heartbot yeahhhh. Spewing pools of blood everywhere and giving the janitor nightmares. Heart + 2 legs

Sundance Wrote:Just some of the brain-vat when attached to a person, frankinstein style. Note I sprited it so that it overlays the eyes, making them appear white and soulless


Can also work for monkey too, doesn't require any re-spriting just offset slightly

The critter sprite lacks the white eyes for obvious reasons.

This is just a rough idea of course, but being able to put the brainvat onto critters like so



(in before bee cruelty)

Noah Buttes Wrote:

Sundance Wrote:Just some of the brain-vat when attached to a person, frankinstein style. Note I sprited it so that it overlays the eyes, making them appear white and soulless


Can also work for monkey too, doesn't require any re-spriting just offset slightly

The critter sprite lacks the white eyes for obvious reasons.

This is just a rough idea of course, but being able to put the brainvat onto critters like so



(in before bee cruelty)

You FIEND! Taking away a bee's freedom like that! For shame!

Daeren Wrote:This is hilarious and I want it in in some fashion (not just because I love Evil Con Carne) but cyborgs are already relatively cheap to make - at least they were the last time I dicked around as a roboticist, which was admittedly a while ago. Frankennerds would sort of trod on both genetics and robotics if it was easy and effective, and if it was neither then nobody would do it after the novelty wore off. Perma-retardation or dyspraxia straddles the line of too punitive or too lenient, IMO. Similarly I don't like the idea of the brain vat on top of a cyborg - it's not THAT much more costly to just make a head that doesn't explode if someone looks at it funny, and it'd really suck to be put into a body one punch away from death.

Critters and bots, though, that's a hilarious and cruel idea that's distant enough from current revivals that it'd have its own niche. The overhauls in the possession code in preparation for Wraith would mean it's much more possible to actually implement now, too, if I'm correct.

Heisenbee beeps, "WHYYYY"

PS if frankenstein revival isnt in, then those human-with-brain-jar sprites should still be used so you can carry a brain around on your head and have it sass people

Natsumehack Wrote:

Daeren Wrote:This is hilarious and I want it in in some fashion (not just because I love Evil Con Carne) but cyborgs are already relatively cheap to make - at least they were the last time I dicked around as a roboticist, which was admittedly a while ago. Frankennerds would sort of trod on both genetics and robotics if it was easy and effective, and if it was neither then nobody would do it after the novelty wore off. Perma-retardation or dyspraxia straddles the line of too punitive or too lenient, IMO. Similarly I don't like the idea of the brain vat on top of a cyborg - it's not THAT much more costly to just make a head that doesn't explode if someone looks at it funny, and it'd really suck to be put into a body one punch away from death.

Critters and bots, though, that's a hilarious and cruel idea that's distant enough from current revivals that it'd have its own niche. The overhauls in the possession code in preparation for Wraith would mean it's much more possible to actually implement now, too, if I'm correct.

Heisenbee beeps, "WHYYYY"

PS if frankenstein revival isnt in, then those human-with-brain-jar sprites should still be used so you can carry a brain around on your head and have it sass people

They Could also be used as mobs for a new tele lab location that indulges in Old universal monster flicks.

Image Frankenerd's castle being full of them, along with vampire mobs and werewolf mobs.

Image the fun of finding Dracula's vampire outfit, and pretending you are not a antag that needs more work done on them.

Think of how many people will put on Frankenerd's lab coat and goggles, and scream. "IT'S A NERD! Oh and alive".

Quote:This is hilarious and I want it in in some fashion (not just because I love Evil Con Carne) but cyborgs are already relatively cheap to make - at least they were the last time I dicked around as a roboticist, which was admittedly a while ago.

Quote:Frankennerds would sort of trod on both genetics and robotics if it was easy and effective, and if it was neither then nobody would do it after the novelty wore off. Perma-retardation or dyspraxia straddles the line of too punitive or too lenient, IMO.

Quote:Similarly I don't like the idea of the brain vat on top of a cyborg - it's not THAT much more costly to just make a head that doesn't explode if someone looks at it funny, and it'd really suck to be put into a body one punch away from death.

Quote:Critters and bots, though, that's a hilarious and cruel idea that's distant enough from current revivals that it'd have its own niche. The overhauls in the possession code in preparation for Wraith would mean it's much more possible to actually implement now, too, if I'm correct.

Heisenbee beeps, "WHYYYY"