Dark Conspiracy Developers Diary

[MongooseMatt]

Welcome to Dark Conspiracy, set for release around the summer of 2026!

Dark Conspiracy is still very much in development right now, so we thought it might be fun to create this forum and post the occasional thread covering specific areas of its writing, giving veterans of the game and newcomers alike the chance to comment on the ideas being explored and potentially affecting the final books!

 

[Sigtrygg]

Welcome to Dark Conspiracy, set for release around the summer of 2026!

Dark Conspiracy is still very much in development right now, so we thought it might be fun to create this forum and post the occasional thread covering specific areas of its writing, giving veterans of the game and newcomers alike the chance to comment on the ideas being explored and potentially affecting the final books!

Do you mind if I transfer things like your interview to their own threads in this forum?

 

[MongooseMatt]

Do you mind if I transfer things like your interview to their own threads in this forum?

You would be welcome

(I would totally have thought of doing that if, umm, it had popped into my head...)

 

[hopsnbaer]

I will be disappointed if there is not a Private Investigator Career\Assignment.

 

[AndrewW]

(I would totally have thought of doing that if, umm, it had popped into my head...)

It did, but then someone hacked your brain and removed it right afterwards.

 

[hopsnbaer]

No reason

 

[HidaO-Win]

It would be great if the game included cooperative base building for the players to cover the default equipment they had and have somewhere to hang their hats.
Similarly pulling strings mechanics to represent things like requesting forensics or getting warrants.

 

[MongooseMatt]

It would be great if the game included cooperative base building for the players to cover the default equipment they had and have somewhere to hang their hats.
Similarly pulling strings mechanics to represent things like requesting forensics or getting warrants.

This is one of the next things we are working on - what a cell actually means for the players, and what resources it grants. I suspect that improving the cell's reputation with the powers that be and gaining greater access to resources will be one of the main ways players 'level up' in this game.

It will also provide good motivation for the players to actually work on creating their own conspiracies when things go less than well in the field...

 

[HidaO-Win]

Really happy to hear that. Look forward to any other information coming out.

 

[Wizard]

Would I be right to assume that even thought there will be a difference between the Dark Conspiracy skills and those in Traveller, most other elements would be interchangeable? Such as bringing in Traveller weaponry, armour and other equipment into DC, and, what's really on my mind, Dark Tech into Traveller?

I thought comes to mind, will DC be metric? I hope so, as it makes the above easier.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Yes. While there are differences, you will find it supremely easy porting from one game to the other. Animals in Traveller, for example, will cross over with little to no change at all, as will weapons...