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Premise.

At an unknown date on an unknown planet, an apparent meteor of catastrophic proportion struck the world and ended it...Except for the sanctuary of Newcomb University. Newcomb University was a high-end research facility with the brightest minds working on a way to save their world from this incoming meteor. While they failed to save their world, they somehow managed to preserve their university in a time loop: the 31 days leading up to the meteor's collision.

Every 31 days, the meteor collides again, and rips open time and space, accidentally tearing people and things away from other universes to populate Newcomb. While the original scholars of Newcomb have long passed, their university is still in functioning condition, ready to be taken used by the Newcombers. With every meteor strike comes new challenges as new worlds are ripped into, making it as dangerous as it is puzzling to survive.

Time acts as a savior and a curse in this game, dominating life and death alike.

Characters will be guided by an artificial intelligence program named Cassandra as she attempts to rebuild the lost archives of Newcomb and restore old transcripts left by the original scholars. With sharp, innovative technology and otherworldly experiences at their finger tips, characters will have the opportunity to not only survive their circumstances but thrive in them.

newcomb is a dark academia sci-fi cosmic horror panfandom game with themes of paranormal investigation. Characters are stuck in a time loop on a research university's campus. Characters will pick up the roles of students, professors, and faculty as they navigate the mysteries of Newcomb University. Metaphors for mental health and trauma will be aplenty along with themes of the apocalypse, survival, absurdism, conspiracy theories, and extraterrestrial, otherworldly horror and wonders.

Setting.

Newcomb University is a research university modeled after Ivy League universities from our world. Despite its archaic architecture, the school is equipped with advanced neo-futuristic technology. The Murphy Science Center received excessive funding as Newcomb University was the leading research university for the race to save the old world.

The campus and technology have been perfectly preserved by the time loop. Similarly, all stocks of food and medicine remain consistently replenished since the setting automatically "resets" every 31 days.

The environment is reminiscent of Silent Hill with its dense fog and occasional ashfall as debris from the meteor. The setting is perpetually in autumn although weather may change during special events.

Genre.

Dark Academia, Science Fiction, Extraterrestrial, Cosmic Horror, Paranormal Investigation, Surrealism, Psychological Thriller/Horror, Mystery.

Content Warnings & Themes.

Time Loop, apocalyptic themes, cosmic horror, disaster, psychological horror, unknown of space, alien life forms, abductions, time loss, themes of extreme mental health including suicide and memory loss/dementia, substance abuse, mild themes of animal testing (non-graphic), human testing, existential dread, paranoia, survival, apocalyptic scenarios.

There will always be a possibility for violence in most events which can extend content warnings to gore and death.

There may also be a possibility of sexual scenarios per player choice and the occasional steamy-optional prompt.

Many prompts will serve as overarching metaphors for the aforementioned content warnings and themes. These themes revolve around the core storyline of the game and NPCs and it may extend to characters in the game.

Applicable content warnings will be applied accordingly to each prompt. We request all players provide content warnings for anything involving violence, sex, or substance use.

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