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[nestedneons]

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[alpaca-clouds]

I lived in a Cyberpunk World and it sucked

When I got really into Shadowrun, I kept always joking: "Basically we are right on track for this world. Just without magic or any of the cool stuff." Because that kinda how it is. Shadowrun (like a lot of Cyberpunk media) is in some point very good at predicting where the world is going, both when it comes to the effects of late stage capitalism and stuff like the environmental distruction. The only part we are lacking behind is all the cyberware and what not. Aka the stuff that make the Cyberpunk aesthetic.

But generally speaking, here is the thing: One of the reasons that Cyberpunk kinda lost a lot of the draw for me (outside of the hopelessness) is, that we already are living in a Cyberpunk world. Our present, as it is right now, it pretty darn close to the worlds we see depicted within a lot of Cyberpunk. Well, at least within the Cyberpunk that does more than just the aesthetic.

The thing is of course, that no matter how cool the aesthetic of Cyberpunk is, the point is that Cyberpunk is a dystopia. It is the worst outcome for late stage capitalism. And what a lot of people often like to forget because of the aesthetic is, that your rugged street samurai is not the normie of a cyberpunk world. Most people in a cyberpunk world are salariman, wage slaves. People who toil away day after day for their megacorps, paid and paying in the megacorps own currency and just... trying to somehow make a living in their lives, too numb to everything happening in the world around them to care.

The entire point of the protagonist of the Cyberpunk story is, that they have already fallen out of society for one reason or another. Maybe because they are too rugged of individualists, but often through trauma and injury.

And while the initial reaction one might have to how we have Cyberpunk in anything but the "cool stuff" we should not forget that the entire point of the "cool stuff" is kinda about how under late stage capitalism your humanity is worth nothing. You need to be productive, so you have to replace parts of yourself to increase your productivity. You replace your humanity to be a better cog within the system. It is also a world where there is no room for disability. Your disability has to be "fixed" because you need to be productive.

I lived in a Cyberpunk world. I still do. We all do. And it sucks here. And that is even without them replacing parts of us to be better cogs. And quite honestly: I want out of here.

#cyberpunk #cyberpunk world #anti capitalism #late stage capitalism #dystopia #scifi #science fiction

[auideas]

Ermmm sorry if this is weird but do u maybe have any like, ““original”” cyberpunk prompts? I want to write something cyberpunk for an au but I just don’t have any ideas right now no matter how long I brainstorm

Exploring Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a very unique genre, which is why so many people are both attracted to it and stumped when attempting to develop plots within an unknown world. Think of Black Mirror created by Charlie Brooker (TV show), Blade Runner written by Philip K. Dick (a movie based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a classic Cyberpunk novel), Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (modern Cyberpunk novel), etc. -- each of these were incredibly influential in their own right, but they all also build their worlds gradually while having a single easy-to-explain concept that can spawn an entire universe. To be more specific, each story establishes an issue created by an advanced society ignorantly abusing technology, then allow their characters to explore that problem and try to find a solution in a manner that isn't explicitly black or white for society as a whole, but every shade of grey.

For Black Mirror, each episode anthologically builds upon a high-tech future within the same universe and explores how its characters interact with problems created by new pieces of said technology, both good and bad.

For Blade Runner, the story establishes that androids seem to be malfunctioning, but the bounty hunter charged with hunting them down discovers that the true issue lies in society's understanding of what it means to be human.

For Altered Carbon, the novel explores the issue derived from the obscene length of time it would take for humans to travel between planets stretched across the universe, then dives into more detail regarding how a solution has been abused.

How to Construct a Cyberpunk Concept

What we'd recommend is to start by asking the right questions and looking in the right places. Black Mirror takes its inspiration from a variety of technology, both new and old; Blade Runner explores the idea of AI and androids during the 80's when robotics was on the forefront of innovation; Altered Carbon took note of our increasing ability to travel in an interstellar fashion, then posed a simple question regarding the limits of humanity (specifically, time).

This may sound strange, but the best thing you can do is seek out trends online and scientific journals about new breakthroughs, then ask questions about what may go wrong. For example, an old post we featured here on AUideas that has since been removed from ~2017 because it's in the process of being developed into a script (sorry guys, our bad!) called Dreamscape Co. uses this exact method. When the prompt was made, Admin M was in the process of reading a scientific journal about how neurologists had been able to project a person's thoughts into an image. Although the technology was rudimentary at the time, Admin M posed the question "if dreams can be viewed, what if dreams can be watched in real time with a high quality image? What if they could be immersive? What would that industry look like? Who would pay how much to see a certain person's dreams?" This spun out into a sweeping cyberpunk mini-series, yet came from a simple news article.

Some Cyberpunk Inspiration

When performing a quick search, some amazing ideas seemed to jump out from technology news headlines these past couple weeks alone:

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal (FLC) Technology Being Used in 3D Displays

Unlike holograms, this technology uses liquid crystals that exhibit spontaneous polarization, meaning their orientation can be influenced by an electric field. They're high-speed, low-power, and have innumerable applications in the future. So, what could go wrong?

How could this technology impact the medical field? Although this may not be possible, consider what could occur if FLCs were injected into human bodies and influenced by electric fields to perform different tasks and functions, such as replacing an organ, attacking cancer cells, etc. How could such a technology be abused or go wrong? How many could die with a simple pulse, like an EMP?

Real-Life Freeze Ray Technology Created for the US Airforce

This technology hasn't been developed to be used as weaponry, but instead to replace large amounts of coolant that must be used on space and air crafts to prevent the machinery from overheating (coolant is heavy and can reduce efficiency yet is absolutely necessary due to the fact that space is a vacuum and therefore does not cool heat like air would on Earth). This "freeze ray" technology utilizes plasma's strange property that seems to break the second law of thermodynamics: it chills down when touching another object before heating up, which experts have proposed is because it vaporizes the ultra-thin layer of carbon and water on an object upon contact, similar to how water evaporates off your skin when stepping out of a pool. The question must be asked: how could such technology be used for not just utilitarian means, but outside of the Airforce's intentions?

Perhaps the technology could be manipulated and over-chill an aircraft, or otherwise damage internal engineering.

Consider its potential applications here on Earth: what could benefit from being chilled with something light-weight and low-power? How could it be integrated into homes? What could be disastrously destroyed with such technology?

Breakthrough in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technology May Completely Replace Carbon Energy Sources

Google and Fervo have successfully developed geothermal technology that has increased its efficiency and broke records by changing existing rock formations in the Earth's crust. For a natural geothermal energy system to produce electricity, it has to have the right amount of heat, fluid, and rock permeability -- these Goldilocks conditions can be difficult to find 'in the wild'. However, this new Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) targets the most-easily found aspect (rocks with high heat) then creates the necessary permeability artificially by drilling to the intended rock formation and injecting fluid to create fractures in the rock, achieving the necessary Goldilocks conditions. Sure, this may be carbon-free energy, but what would happen if this were employed on a mass scale?

When energy is prioritized by a high-tech society over food and water, how could citizens gain access to those resources?

What long-term effects could such a system have on the Earth as a whole? Could the ground become unstable? Maybe earthquakes crumble city after city? Maybe the entire Earth's crust loses its integrity and disintegrates, pulling only a lucky few deep underground and forcing them to survive off the left over fluid injected into the Earth's crust and whatever they can find.

Closing Thoughts

As you can see from above, there's a crazy amount of inspiration that can be drawn from current technology events. What's important to remember is that yes, we've been talking about complicated technology, but only you have to understand how it functions in your universe down to the molecule, not your audience. Deep technology topics can be dry to a certain extent, and over-explaining your world can be damaging to your story. Explanations regarding how technology works in each of the stories we discussed is limited for that same reason (Black Mirror's overarching concepts, specifics about how Blade Runner's Replicant technology are rarely discussed, etc.). Leave some mystery surrounding how your cyberpunk world functions and allow how your characters room to breathe and interact with that world -- it can speak for itself. Your audience may first love the idea behind your story, but what they'll remember and relate to is how your protagonists and antagonists suffer and prevail within your universe.

We hope this answered your question, and feel free to follow up if you'd like some more guidance and advice on how to construct your Cyberpunk story! In addition, feel free to check out our other post which outlines more information on how to build a Cyberpunk world.

Now get to writing, and have an awesome week!

-- Admin M x

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[cybersoldier82]

Been procrastinating on art this month so have an oc fun fact!!! Kyle and all other soldatins are basically bullet proof to most pistol/smg calibers(9mm, 10mm, 45 ACP etc), once you get to rifle calibers like 5.56 or 7.62 you start to have problems but if you come at them with a pistol or an smg it wont rlly do anything. It’ll hurt but nothing else aside from that. It aint until you get to revolver rounds when you can take out a soldatin w a pistol(44 magnum, 357 magnum, 500 S&W etc).

#sci fi writing #sci fi oc #sci fi universe #cyberpunk character #cyberpunk setting #cyberpunk world #post cyberpunk #my sona #sona: Kyle #cybers input

[newworldthetale]

Merfolk are the master of the seas, able to live in both water and on land. Merfolk are very attuned to the land and sea life around them, and can use their connection to the land and sea as a focus and as a source of magic. Merfolk that live on the ground and in the sea both are usually indistinguishable from each other, although aquatic merfolk will have webbed hands and feet. Merfolk have full control over their own bodies, and can shapeshift into human form.

#world info: race #world info #race: merfolk #merfolk #world building #cyberpunk story #cyberpunk world #cyberpunk #sci fi writing #fantasy story #fantasy world building #fantasy world #fantasy

[ceo-of-sloppy-men]

#destiny 2 #cyberpunk 2077 #red dead redemption 2 #the outer worlds #dragon age inquisition #death stranding #god of war ragnarok #mass effect #dragon age #fallout 4 #nick valentine #goro takemura #phineas welles #maximillion desoto #saul bright #varric tethras

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

cyberpunk daomadan刀马旦 of chuanju川剧 (sichuan opera) at World Science Fiction Convention 2023 by 雁鸿Aimee

#china #fun #WSFC #world science fiction convention #photography #cyberpunk #op named her work as 川剧机械梦幻少女 #daomadan #chuanju

[neutron669]

Barbie (Akira)

Art by Joana Fraga

#Barbie #Akira #ooh wow #Joana Fraga #art #iconic #barbie world #Cyberpunk

[thatbasilleaf]

Thought I'd make a Rain World art since I am a fan of the game.

#rain world #my art #art #digital art #artwork #rainymood #cyberpunk art #sci fi

[jessbits]

[Terra 2] Roseway Gardens

#digital art #pixel art #the outer worlds #scifi #space #retro #cyberpunk #fanart #video games #pixels #pixel illustration #aesthetic #art #landscape #pixel aesthetic

[cavalera-eternal]

it happens more often than you'd think

#jack cavalera #johnny silverhand #judy alvarez #cyberpunk 2077 #who started it? the world may never know #also i know they don't perfectly match up i'm sorry i'm not good at this

[nestedneons]

oni girl by Yamato Identity

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[boredth]

I wanna at least see how Rogue would react to seeing Cyber Wick for the first time.

It’d be like she’s seeing ghosts and stuff.

The rumors are true

#he's slowly meeting everyone huh #it's a small world in NC #cyberpunk 2077 #rogue amendiares #john wick #john wick au #cyberwick #comic #my art #ask

[fuzzyghost]

#retro graphics #wire frame #retrowave #vaporwave #80s #virtual world #sci-fi #cyberpunk #access code #vhs #gif

[cybersoldier82]

Decided to go a bit in depth into the UGH weapons in my universe to give yah an idea of whats going on.

First things first: a solid 97% of all standard issue UGH rifles, smgs, shotguns and snipers are bullpup, with a few exceptions here and there(like Mackenzie’s shotgun), on top of that all projectile based weapons use caseless ammunition, ammo that uses casing has been rendered obsolete since the 2160s.

There are a few types of weapons that while not used by the military are used by civilians, bounty hunters, mercs etc for various reasons. Weapons such as lever action rifles, revolvers, and pump action shotguns are all used by civilians for personal defense/collection, as well as various professions that involve firearms(like how Kyle uses a revolver).

All magazine fed guns, military issued or otherwise, use mags that can 3D print their own ammo, revolvers have something similar only it’s the cylinder that does the 3D printing. How many times a mag can print its own ammo depends on the firearm but one thing they all have in common is that they have a certain amount of times it can print its ammo before the mag/cylinder needs to be replaced all together(like say a 30 round mag and print ammo 10 times). Non-military combatants(mercs, assassins, bounty hunters etc)can purchase an upgrade that allows the mag/cylinder to have infinite prints thus allowing for literally infinite ammo, however this upgrade is extremely expensive especially on non-pistol/smg firearms.

And das abt it :3

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[newworldthetale]

the chiyoki forest is a lush magical forest of peaceful wanderers seeking refuge, and distinct wildlife. the forest itself is known to kill anyone who attempts violence upon another while within its domain, making it a safe house for those being hunted by enemy factions.

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