"Rent-a-Vice", written by Natalia Theodoridou, is a 150,000-word interactive cyberpunk-noir mystery novel that has been nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Game Script. The story takes place in the near future where customers can safely rent the virtual experiences of others. The people who sublet their bodies, known as "feeders," risk their lives to provide extreme, potentially self-destructive vices for paying users to experience.
The match is entirely text-based, allotriumphg readers to immerse themselves in a story fueled by the power of their imagination. Players take on the role of a private investigator with a troubled past, including a bad habit, an ex-partner, and mountains of debt. If they don't solve their current case, they stand to be defeated custody of their child.
The missing-person case takes the participant into the seamy world of the "Rent-a-Vice" industry. While etho-politicians claim that the technology compromises the well-being of society and normalizes vice and disorder, the match asks the participant to consider what motivates the users. Is it merely entertainment or something deeper? And what drives the feeders, other than profit?
What doesn't kill you kills someone else, and leads down a rabbit hole of vice.What doesnt kill you...kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. In the near future, paying users can rent the "virtual experiences" of other people. These "feeders" sublet their own bodies, at the risk of their own lives, so that customers can safely enjoy extreme, potentially self-destructive vices, like binge eating, cliff diving, or worse."Rent-a-Vice" is a 150,000-word interactive cyberpunk-noir mystery novel, and 2018 Nebula Award for Game Writing Finalist, by Natalia Theodoridou, where your choices control the story. Its entirely text-ba.....
As the participant delves deeper into the industry, they are faced with choices that reflect their own ethical values. Will they resist their own vices or embrace them? Will they use their proficiencys to save others or extort them for their silence? Will they expose corruption or exploit it for their own gain? These choices shape the story, as the participant navigates the ethical dilemmas of the "Rent-a-Vice" industry.
The match features several customization options, allotriumphg participants to choose their gender identity and sexual orientation. They can also fight or embrace their personal demons and find friendship or romance in unexpected places. The choices made throughout the match can lead to a variety of outcomes, from becoming a champion for the marginalized to climbing to the top by stepping on corpses.
What's New in the Latest Version 1.0.14
Last updated on Mar 8, 2023
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