
Space Station 13 is a round-based social deduction game about roleplaying on a space station. Rounds usually consist of attempting to perform the job you signed up as, ranging from engineering to medical to pushing crates around for people that have ordered items from the cargo bay, while a handful of players that have been randomly chosen to play as 'antagonists' terrorise the station. Imagine if Among Us had all the mechanics of an immersive sim. It's known for being an incredibly complex game, with mechanics that have been built up over the course of the two decades since the game initially came out in 2003, and with its open-source nature many, many variations of the game have been created over the years. Most notably, there are actually quite a few furry-focused servers these days, with a character creator that could easily allow you to insert your fursona into the chaotic world of SS13, just don't get too upset when you inevitably get blown up by a bomb that a traitor planted or dragged away by a changeling to have the life sucked out of your body! Most of the time someone from medical will be able to find your corpse and revive you, and if not then I honestly find spectating the game as a ghost after dying to be just as entertaining as actually playing the game. Though, really the best part about the game in my opinion is that most servers have an emphasis on the roleplaying aspect, and you'll probably end up making a few friends in the chaos of everything going on around you. It also makes it even more of an emotional drama when your best friend ends up being the traitor and might end up having to kill you... I find these kinds of things exciting, and adds more spice than you would get just doing regular roleplaying with people. It's probably also why the game attracted so many furries in the first place.
So has anyone else here actually played the game before? It's a bit obscure, and the controls can take a lot of getting used to but I find it a very rewarding experience in the end, considering how important the game has become to me in the 6 years I've been playing it. For those of us that have given it a try, are there any particularly memorable moments that have happened to you, or even around you? Sometimes things go on that affect the entire server, or some things are just personal meaningful character interactions, but I look back on all of them fondly.
I will never forget the time that engineering became so radioactive that just walking down the hallways towards it instantly dealt 9 billion burn damage to anyone that tried to check out what the fuck just went down.
