User:Generaldonothing/Unused gamemodes

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This page covers some of the unused gamemodes that were either supposed to be added/removed before they were properly put into rotation, this page will be covering the gamemodes as followed. Anyone is welcome to expand on these, and many of these didn't even get past planning

Space ninja

Space ninja was a gamemode added to paradise and TG in 2012. Unfortunatly, this gamemode was never finished and lacks alot of critical spawning code and processing code. We do have enough leftovers to understand how it would have likely functioned however.

Ninja was designed to be an event antagonist, and a rather impactful event antagonist at that. The power of a ninja would come from their blade, and their suit.

Sandbox

Sandbox was a gamemode that predates goonstation, in 2005 it was added as a developmental testing gamemode before being ported to goon, then TG, and finally to paradise.

Sandbox isn't... all it's cracked up to be, it's really just a limited spawner for items alongside a infinite reasource pool (but not all of them...). Sandbox allowed you to use a few different commands. Spawning 50 metal, Spawning 50 glass, Spawning an airlock that has either none/all access attached to it, Spawning an empty canister, Spawning a welding fuel tank, Spawning a water tank, Spawning a toolbox with an extra crowbar, Spawning a first aid kit, Spawning the "box" which contains an esword, camera, and a bunch of other items that refuse to load,And finally, a space suit and jetpack. The only sandbox leftover is the sandbox belt, which is just a bluespace belt with a special name and some decent tools.

Sandbox was never ticked as a gamemode, and was unused for all of it's lifespan. Nobody in their right mind would run it due to the code never being updated and due to the likely server lag infinite of everything would create. It was finally removed in 2022 when someone realized it existed

Zombies

Zombies were a miniantagonist added to the paradise codebase in 2013, disabled in 2014, re-added in 2019, and fully removed in 2020

Zombie as an antagonist were plauged with issues. From questionable code, to linear gameplay, it was rather unappealing. In 2014, zombie were spread and transfered through the "zombie virus" which after a rather long delay would kill you and revive you as a zombie. As a zombie, you were able to spread the infection by biting other carbon mobs. This was designed for a holloween event, and overall went well. They were disabled soon after for not sharing a niche as an antagonist with their limited and linear gameplay.

In 2019, zombies were brought back as a traitor uplink based virus. For 25 TC, you could get a beaker of the "Romerol virus" to inject into carbon mobs and turn them into zombies. Zombies had a few new tricks up their sleeves, or hands rather. Zombies gained a pair of claws with no-drop and they infected anyone they hit with them.

Only 2 hours after zombies were added they were disabled. Romerol would never make someone into a zombie, and the antagonist had severe performance issues as it quickly filled the GC. This in total, hangs the server for a full 45 second period. They stopped being maintained in november 2019, and soon removed in 2020.