Goonhub
03-19-2025, 07:08 PM
You should be able to perform some sort of action on a clown mask that attaches a specific identity to it, e.g. Honkers the Clown's clown mask. While wearing a mask thus named your observed identity is of the name attached to it, so if Honkers loses their ID they still appear to everyone as Honkers. If the mask and the ID don't match then as long as you're not wearing face-concealing headgear you'll appear as Honkers (as Captain), like you weren't wearing a mask. If your voice is different then you can end up with the absurd 'Murder McMurderface (as Honkers (as Captain)) says' situation.
The idea is to communicate that, while they all share the same (or similar) sprites, each clown's mask, representing their makeup, is unique to the clown and consequently you can tell clowns apart by their mask. It also links the clown's identity to the mask rather than the person wearing the mask, which is how real-life clowning works.
On classic I've seen neat RP moments where a HoS who is doomed or has to leave passes the beret and Lawbringer on to a trusted subordinate. I haven't seen this happen with the captain and the captain's hat but I'd be shocked if it hasn't, especially on RP. This would allow clowns to not only do this, but do this in a fundamentally absurd fasion, passing on not only their job but their very identity.
Also, the same behavior of "face replacing" masks as opposed to "face concealing" masks could be extended to certain other masks, like the Nicolas Cage mask.
The idea is to communicate that, while they all share the same (or similar) sprites, each clown's mask, representing their makeup, is unique to the clown and consequently you can tell clowns apart by their mask. It also links the clown's identity to the mask rather than the person wearing the mask, which is how real-life clowning works.
On classic I've seen neat RP moments where a HoS who is doomed or has to leave passes the beret and Lawbringer on to a trusted subordinate. I haven't seen this happen with the captain and the captain's hat but I'd be shocked if it hasn't, especially on RP. This would allow clowns to not only do this, but do this in a fundamentally absurd fasion, passing on not only their job but their very identity.
Also, the same behavior of "face replacing" masks as opposed to "face concealing" masks could be extended to certain other masks, like the Nicolas Cage mask.