An Egyptian setting of dystopian tech, gods, and monsters for the :Otherscape Mythic Cyberpunk RPG + Neuro:OS, a cyberspace expansion
Latest Updates from Our Project:
A Gift For All Backers + Unlocked Job + Livestream Now!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, May 07, 2025 at 12:45:47 PM
Greetings Neon Tomb Raiders!
Neuro Livestream Starts Now!
Join Game Creator Amit Moshe, Game Writer Maddie Disedare, and MC Kevin Carpenter as we jack in and explore the second book in the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter -- Neuro:OS, and delve into all that it will offer your online adventure in the year 20XX! Can't join? You'll be able to watch the stream later!
A Gift For Backers: Free Loadout Deck!
You’ve blown us away with your love for :Otherscape at these uncertain times, so to celebrate crossing 2000 backers, we’ve decided to throw in something extra to reward our beloved Kickstarter supporters!
All backers will receive the Loadout Deck PDF
Backers who back for the Cairo//Neuro Box Set or higher will receive the physical Loadout Deck with their pledge
(The Loadout Deck will be available for purchase separately after the campaign.)
What is the Loadout Deck?
A pack of 30 cards, each depicting a unique artifact or spell from Cairo:OS, or a hardware or software from Neuro:OS. Each Loadout item will have its own tag set (4 tags + flaw), but also its own SPECIAL that can be loaded up to further enhance its usefulness - making this an addition to the game’s Loadout mechanics!
Reminder: Why Back Now?
If you're considering backing this Kickstarter or increasing your pledge, here is what you should know:
Your pledge helps us make a better game by unlocking more stretch goals
You will get the best price and best bundles here
As a backer, you get early access to the game materials
As a backer, you get to influence our design decisions
Now, you also get a gift of Loadout Deck (valued $20)!
Stretch Goals Updates
$250K Stretch Goal Unlocked: A sixth adventure, Escape From Gaimu-Dome, will be added to Neuro!
Next up: $275K More Neuro:OS Theme Kits: More playable cyberspace cowboys, rouge AIs, digital sorcerers, and Apotheosis creatures!
New $300K Stretch Goal: The Adversary Deck: Since the Loadout Deck previously featured as the $300K stretch goal (don't worry, it will still fit in your box), we're replacing it with the Adversary Deck!
What is the Adversary Deck?
You may know this one from City of Mist (Deck of Legends) or Legend In The Mist (The Twilight Deck) - a pack of 40 tarot-sized cards, featuring engaging Challenges that your crew may encounter on the job.
Adversary cards are designed with a dual purpose; one side features the adversary’s image, name, and some flavor to be shared with the players, and the other side contains all of the adversary’s game mechanics for the MC’s eyes only.
That’s it for this update, see you on the stream!
- Amit and the Son of Oak team
Neuro Rush: Geimu-Dome X Livestream!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, May 05, 2025 at 12:37:10 PM
Hello Glyphstreamers!
Your Next Job is in Cyberspace
Under the hot simulated lights of the Tokyo-based Geimu-Dome, violent icons fight it out in twisted battle arenas with their actual lives on the line. But the game isn’t always fair and you’ve just been hired to rig the game from the inside.
We’re just a few backers away from unlocking the next stretch goal, which expands Neuro:Otherscape with a sixth cyberspace adventure!
Not just any online infiltration job, the Geimu-Dome heist throws the crew into the action in a gladiatorial reality show where audience opinion can change the tide of battle. This adventure is an homage to media-focused cyberpunk dystopian tales such as The Running Man, Rollerball, Death Race 2000, and Squid Game.
In this adventure your crew can:
Hack and harness your way through show security by hamming it up to the viewers at home.
Make a name for yourself as a streaming reality star as you take on famous gladiators, weapon in hand.
Revel in video game enhanced gladiatorial ultra violence!
Rig the game to win or lose just as you get on with your real goal: hacking the system.
Poll #3 Winners
In our last update, we asked you for your ideas of cyberspace loadout items and you gave us an entire arsenal! It was a tough competition, but we chose the following three to appear in the Neuro:Otherscape book:
Unmasker. This loadout makes it impossible for other users to appear as anything but their real life selves.
Digital Hamsters. A program designed to look like a hamster that multiplies rapidly and slows down a target.
Epis International's Pinnit Virtual Assistant. An archaic intelligent UI program from the old web that has reemerged in cyberspace.
Poll #4 Cairo:Otherscape Challenges
Many foes can stand in your crew’s way on their ventures through Cairo, the Ennead Consortium and the Red Mercury Company make for obvious adversaries, but there are many others:
El Nadeha, watery sirens that haunt the canals and rivers of Cairo
El Salawa, a cyclopean animal version of the god Set which stalks the deserts
Teka-Her, a monstrous serpent that guards the many gateways to the afterlife and esoteric areas of cyberspace
We’d like to brainstorm with the community once again, so our question this time is: What are some Challenges you can imagine for Cairo:OS?
Reply in the main page comments! Make sure you both share your ideas AND vote for the ideas shared by others -- the winners will be included in the book! (subject, of course, to our revisions and tweaks).
Neuro Livestream this Wednesday, 4pm ET!
Join Game Creator Amit Moshe and MC Kevin Carpenter as we jack in and explore the second book in the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter -- Neuro:OS, and delve into all that it will offer your online adventure in the year 20XX! We're going live on Wednesday May 7th at 1pm PT | 4pm ET | 10pm CET !
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That's all for this update, stay tuned for the next update where we announce the winners of the fourth poll!
- Amit and the Son of Oak team
New Theme Kits Samples: Book Of The Dead, High Copy Luxehead, and Desert Fox Battlesuit!
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 10:50:09 AM
Greetings Firewall Viziers!
Dystopian Cairo Themes Are Here!
We're excited to share with you three drafts for theme kits that will be included in the Cairo:OS book and allow players to build characters with unique Cairo elements. These are some examples of what we've unlocked on the previous Stretch Goal -- "Priests & Rebels" -- and what is coming in future stretch goals:
High Copy Luxehead - Assets theme kit (Self)
Book Of The Dead - Esoterica theme kit (Mythos)
RMC Desert Fox Battlesuit - Cutting Edge theme kit (Noise)
We've added these to a Samples folder in the demo game folder. Check them out there or scroll below!
We always love creating these pre-generated theme kits to inspire character creation (as you may have seen on our 3rd update), and the rich setting of Cairo has gotten our team revved up about the possibilities!
If You're New to :Otherscape: What Are Theme Kits?
In :Otherscape, your character is made of four themes divided between myth (Mythos), humanity (Self), and tech (Noise). Together, themes help define what role your character fills on your crew’s cyberpunk jobs. (See the sample characters in the demo game, if you missed it.)
Theme kits are recipes for quick character creation, allowing your players to pick out tags from a premade list. You can think of them as premade classes or ability sets.
Poll #2 Winners!
On our last update, we asked you which theme kit you’d like to see, and you amazed us with some great ideas! After some contemplation, here are some of your suggestions that we think mightl feature in the book:
The Burned Scribes, an Affiliation or Cyberspace theme for a group dedicated to the preservation of knowledge related to the burned Library of Alexandria.
Embalmer / Ritual Nanowrapping, a Cutting Edge tech theme that might come from the Ennead Consortium's delusions of immortality but has many other applications, such as treating combat injuries.
Flesh of Gold, an Exposure theme that gives pharaonic characters both a powerful boost for social actions and a degree of protection from harm and magic.
Poll #3 - Neuro Loadout Items!
Cyberspace has its own threats and dangers, but it also offers a unique arsenal for your characters, from devices that let you grapple and ride datastreams to MMORPG-inspired paladin security bots to guard your digital secrets. You can use the :Otherscape Loadout system to decide what "build" of hardware you use for a specific cyberspace job, and what software you load up before jacking in -- and these systems will be expanded upon in Neuro:OS.
We want to once more tap into the brilliance of the community. Our next question is: What new Neuro Loadout Items would you want to see in Neuro:OS?
Reply in the main page comments! Make sure you both share your ideas AND repeat or vote for the ideas shared by others which you loved -- the winners will be included in the book! (subject, of course, to our revisions and tweaks).
Incoming Livestreams: We’ll be Back for More!
We had a blast at the celebration livestream a few days ago. Thank you for joining us to show your support and love for the game! Together with Game Writer Omar Samir, we took a deep dive into the real-world Cairo influences that helped shape Cairo:OS and we explored the factions further.
We are already planning additional streams -- one dedicated to Neuro, and another where the Egypt team will be playing the demo game! Follow these updates and subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss it.
That's all for now, catch you on the next update!
- Amit and the Son of Oak team
We're live with the first Livestreatm - join us!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 12:01:16 PM
Hi there lioness goddesses on hoverbikes,
Amit, Kevin, and Omar are live now on YouTube with today's stream! We'll be covering all of your questions about Cairo:OS, Neuro:OS, the :Otherscape universe and system, and existence in the post-modern world where legends have returned!
Livestream Party & New Stretch Goals Unlocked!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 08:14:24 PM
Hello there data-mining archaeologists,
After a short pause for recovery (that was a very exciting launch!), we're back with some great news!
More Stretch Goals!
Thanks to your overwhelming support, we’ve unlocked two more stretch goals since our last update, making every pledge even more worthwhile!
The Cairo//Neuro Character Pack just doubled in size, adding 10 additional folios for a total of 20! Each pre-generated character has their own backstory, stunning art, and inspiring themes and tags to jumpstart your cyberpunk adventure! Each folio also includes a summary of the rules + four example action combos to get your players quickly into the game.
The Cairo setting book will also include 15 additional Theme Kits! That means more local professions, Mythic Egyptian and Arabian ability sets, and tech unique to Cairo. Will your character possess the Scarab of Renewal? Or perhaps they are actively aspiring to become a priest of hippo goddess Taweret?
If you're new to this Engine, Theme Kits are character creation tools like classes or ability trees in other games, that allow you to choose from a themed set of tags. Each also comes with one Special ability. They broaden the type of characters your players can easily create in an :Otherscape setting, while adding some cool mechanical abilities.
Example Mythos theme kits from Tokyo:Otherscape. There are also Self (human skill set, tools, and motivations) and Noise (high-end tech gear and abilities such as hacking and augmentation) theme kits.
Next Stretch Goal: Escape from Geimu-Dome
Upon hitting $250,000, the Neuro:OS Adventure Anthology will get a sixth job! Your crew is Harnessed into cyberspace to participate in a grisly and violent gladiatorial survival reality show! They may be contestants sent to win the game by an investor, saboteurs ordered to tamper with the outcome, or undercover agents sent to uncover the nefarious dealings behind the event. Can they survive (or rig) the match and make it out of there alive -- all while keeping their bodies safe in meatspace?
We also rolled out Stretch Goals up to $300, including the new Loadout Deck! Check out all the details on the campaign page.
Hear Her Roar: Poll Winner!
In the last update, we asked you what Egyptian or Arabian deity you’d like to see in the book!
Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess, strode into first place. We think it is a fitting answer, and are excited to bring her fiery wrath into Cairo!
Tied for second place are Anubis and Set. While our Egypt team were wary of using Anubis (he always seems to be the go-to evil god in these adaptations), Set is one of two main deities behind the Red Mercury Corporation, a military corp and major Key Player in Cairo of 20XX (can you guess the second?).
All three of these gods, as well as other gods mentioned in the poll, will make an appearance in a spell or an artifact inside the book.
Red Mercury Corp features heavily in Cairo:OS as one of the most advanced military organizations in the world - and a member of the Ennead Consortium. Their desert exosuit/mecha are not something your crew will want to contend with (but they might want to don one!).
Poll #2: Theme Kits!
Combining the powers of the ancient Egyptian and Arabian deities with our game engine, our next question is: What new Mythos theme kits would you want to see in Cairo:OS?
These can be:
Specific types of magic (AKA Esoterica), such as apotropaic (protection) magic
Types of 'classes', professions, or walks-of-life that emerged due to the return of Mythic powers such as high-priests and cultists or a Sekhmet-graced warrior
Powerful artifacts booned by the deities, such as an evil eye amulet
Abilities gained by exposure to the power of the gods or to mythic forces, such as the undead abilities of a mummy
Reply in the main page comments! Make sure you both share your ideas AND vote for the ideas shared by others -- the winners will be included in the book! (subject, of course, to our revisions and tweaks).
Live Stream Time! Meet the Devs Behind :Otherscape
Join us this coming Wednesday, April 23rd, 3pm ESTfor a YouTube livestream to celebrate the launch and funding of Cairo:OS! Hang out with Game Creator Amit Moshe, MC Kevin Carpenter, and Game Writer Omar Samir as they break down the setting and game system, and answer all your questions!
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified when we go live!
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That's all for now, stay tuned for more updates and we’ll see you on the stream!
