(set: $intro to "Welcome to the Antarctic! You've started your time here on a research ship that happened to catch only a single species of fish. The good news is that you're sort of a powerhouse when it comes to academia, so chemistry, biology, and really anything scientific or engineering related is within your grasp. That said, this ship was a sort of cheap option for your research company, so there happen to be multiple professional research teams on board. Roll to determine what exactly what useful trait this fish will posess ")
(set: $revisit to "It looks like you found a ")
(if:$start is not 1)[(print: $intro)]
(if:$start is not 1)[(set:$roll = 0)]
(if:$roll is 0)[[roll]](set: $start = 1)
(if:$start is 1 and $roll is not 0)[(print: $revisit)]
(if:$roll >=14)[[Cure for cancer fish]](if:$roll >0 and <7)[[Fish that glows RGB]](if:$roll >= 7 and <14)[[Cure for Hypernatremia]](set:$roll = 0)(else:)[]
(if:$roll is not 0)[(set:$start = 0)]
(live: 200)[(if: $pressed is 0)[Also, what's your name?]]
(if: $pressed is 0)[(input-box: bind $name, 5)]
(if: $pressed is not 1)[(link:"finalize")[(set: $pressed to 1)(move: $name into $playername)(if:$playername is "Steele" or $playername is "steele" or $playername is "")[Looks like that name is unavailable. That's alright anyhow, you seem like a "Francesca" to me. (set: $playername to "Francesca")]]] (live: 200)[(if:$pressed is 1 and $playername is not "Steele" and $playername is not "steele")[So your name is (print:$playername) then!]]
Below is a map of the Marine Protected Areas and proposed Marine Protected Areas. You make sure to check your GPS against the map regularly before catching anything to make sure that your catches are all legal. It's at least one good caution to take.
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iSpFsYfwlGYjCwuDHzEbthki_yjOGrwW/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
OR
If you're my prof and you don't feel like rolling until you get every outcome, enter the code I put into the comment on the submission. ALSO, if you do decide to play without the cheatcode then you won't be able to use the undo feature to go back through, you'll have to start over if you make a decision you don't like. (`Note:` You may still *see* the undo button, but as of playtesting it shouldn't actually do anything if you click it.)
(input-box: bind $cheat, 5)
(link:"enter")[(if: $cheat is "10132004")[(set:$roll to 100)](if:$roll is 100)[\[[Cure for cancer fish]]\[[Cure for Hypernatremia]]\[[Fish that glows RGB]]] (if:$cheat is "69")[nice] (if:$cheat is "420")[blaze up] (if:$cheat is "4092565707")[that's my number, *ladies*. I hid it in an easter egg bc I was afraid of being too forward.] (if:$cheat is "Steele")[Code is 10132004] (if:$cheat is "666")[(print:$revisit) [[Hell Fish]]] (if:$cheat is "rollfudge")[(set:$rollcheat to 1) Now roll. Every roll will provide the options between 1 and 20 to set the roll value to. If you click more than 1 it'll just be set to the last one you clicked that roll.] (else-if:$cheat is not "69" and is not "4092565707" and is not "420" and is not "10132004" and is not "Steele" and is not "666" and is not "rollfudge")[nothing] ]
(if:$start is not 1)[Want to try a different code?
[[Start]]]
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](Your coworker enters the room.)
`[Coworker]`: "You'll never guess what just happened."
(They pause for only a micosecond, almost as if in that miniscule amount of time they meant for you to both come up with some idea and blurt it out. You can tell they're quite excited since they usually seem very laidback)
`[Coworker]`: "We caught something that has the potential to cure cancer. I can't believe that you (print: $playername), and I, Steele managed to do it!"
`[You]`: "How exactly does this fish do it"
`[Steele]`: "Well, it works in some of the standard ways that larger animals get around higher cancer rates, like healing it's DNA better, but there's also this chemical it uses that can"
(You are elated at the news, as one would be, and forgetting your manners interject)
`[You]`: "Wait, can I see the fish that will change the world"
`[Steele]`: "Yeah, of course. This thing is HUGE though, it's sorta a wonder that we were able to reel it in."
(Just then another researcher walks in from a different company)
`[Researcher]`: "We heard that you caught something good. We didn't have the same luck, so my boss sent me to get some of the fish that you caught so we can sequence and study it.
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgFI_RsJjHM-MuU3-ydMwBgt5VBihHH9/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
[[Share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
[[Don't share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
(set: $cancer to 1)
(set: $roll to 0)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](Since nobody was around when you reeled this one in, you sit and think to yourself)
`[You]`: "Well, this has got to be the least useful thing we could focus research on, but it is something. We're out of time to catch anything else down here anyhow, and everything else we caught was all too common."
(You look down at the little fish)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1im419Oe-_STtxCYCtiUJEAyIVkN0eb5w/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
`[You]`: "It won't save the world, but there is still *some* money in it after all. Who wouldn't love bioluminescent RGB lights instead of the plain LED ones?"
(You're hit with a realization, even though this fish won't be the main attraction for nobel prizes, you do still have to follow the international law. Just as this thought comes to you, a researcher from a different company comes up to you and you can tell by their face that they're also empty handed)
`[Researcher]`: "We didn't catch much of anything, but boss asked me where we could collect some of whatever you caught for sampling."
[[Share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
[[Don't share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
(set: $RGB to 1)
(set: $roll to 0)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)]You decide to share the fish parts with the other researcher on board.
You figure that this puts you in the clear for the whole "common heritage of mankind" thing and decide to move on.
With that said, now all of the other researchers have just as much time as you to create their own
[[Continue to research and development]]
(set: $parts = 1)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](You respond to the researcher that asked for the fish parts)
`[You]`: "We'll hold on to it actually."
`[Researcher]`: "Alright, we'll be on the lookout for it with the clearing-house"
Months later, you've landed and finished sequencing the DNA.
(At the lab, you fall into thought. You do, at least, know that this falls under 'Marine Genetic Resources Beyond National Jurisdictions', but at this point, it's been left entirely up to you what to do. You remember the "Common Herritage of Mankind" verbiage from the BBNJ. You could share the DNA with that 'clearing-house' you heard the other researcher talk about, or you could figure something else out, or you could even choose to ignore international law if you really feel like it's the more lucrative or easier option)
[[Share DNA]]
[[Don't share DNA]]
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)]You decide that it's best to share the DNA of the fish with the clearing-house set up by the BBNJ. They send a confirmation that they got it and let you know that they'll have the sequence available for other nations and research teams within a couple of months.
[[Continue to research and development]]
(set:$dnashared to 1)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)]You hold on to the research for a few months while using the DNA you found to create a new (if: $RGB is not 1)[medication](if: $RGB is 1)[product].
(if: $roll is 0)[Now it's time to roll to determine how well the research and development went](if:$roll is not 0 and $roll < 11)[Well, that could've gone better. The good news is that this is that the research was still good enough so that your company will make some money off of it, but you don't exactly expect any bonuses and you wouldn't expect any other researchers to be asking for sources to how you created the (if: $RGB is not 1)[medication](if: $RGB is 1)[product]. (set: $quality to "poor")](if:$roll >=11)[You can tell that this went about as well as it could've. The finished product is at the full potential that you could've put out. (set: $quality to "good")]
(if: $roll is 0)[ [[roll]]]
(if: $roll is not 0)[
[[Share research and development]]
[[Don't share research and development]]]
(set: $dont = 1)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)]`*click*`
(You press the submit button on a scientific journal's submission page. Just like that you have shared the way to get from the DNA to the finished (if: $RGB is not 1)[medication](if: $RGB is 1)[product]. Simple moments after you do, you hear your boss fuming in the other room.)
[[End]]
(set:$devshared to 1)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](You close the door to the lab as you head home, thinking to yourself)
`[You]`: "Well, after all, is it pretty standard stuff that you wouldn't share your entire project with everyone. I think it would send my boss to the moon if it was suddenly impossible for them to get a pattent on it."
[[End]]
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](if: $roll is 0)[Now it's time to roll to determine how well the research went](if:$roll is not 0 and $roll < 11)[Well, that could've gone better. The good news is that this is that the research was still good enough so that your company will make some money off of it, but you don't exactly expect any bonuses and you wouldn't expect any other researchers to be asking for sources to how you created the (if: $RGB is not 1)[medication](if: $RGB is 1)[product]. (set: $quality to "poor")](if:$roll >=11)[You can tell that this went about as well as it could've. The finished product is at the full potential that you could've put out. (set: $quality to "good")]
(if: $roll is 0)[ [[roll]]]
(if: $roll is not 0)[
[[Share research and development]]
[[Don't share research and development]]
]
(set: $research = 1)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](set:$rival to (random: 1,2))(if:$playername is 0)[(set:$playername to "Franz Ferdinand")](set:$z to "z")(set:$bname to "{$playername$z}")You're back at work after having finished the project
(The head of your department walks in after her long meeting with teams of international lawyers and accountants)
`[Boss]`: "Well, (print: $playername), here's how it's looking."
(Anxiously, you check her nametag. You've never spoken directly to her seeing as your one of hundreds of employees, but you can't help but feel bad for not knowing her name if she knows yours. You see the black letters on the shiny grey tag spell out '(print: $bname)'. What are the odds, that's almost your name. She doesn't notice, and continues)
(live: 500)[(if: $parts is 1)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "First off, you shouldn't have shared the fish parts with the researchers on the ship.
`[You]`: "Bu"
(You can't even manage to get out a whole 3 letter, one syllable word before (print: $bname) cuts you off.)
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Yes, I get that you were `*`trying`*` to fufill the BBNJs requirement to share, but you went about it all wrong.
(You squint, looking a bit confused.)
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "You were supposed to share the DNA of the fish with the clearing-house organization established by the BBNJ of NATO. Also, not only are we under legal attack for that mistake, but we weren't even the first to get the product on the market, so we aren't making nearly as much from it. (if:$rival is 1 and $quality is "poor" and $cancer is 0)[Thankfully, they research only went about as well as ours, so we're still competitive."](if:$rival is 2 and $quality is "poor"and $cancer is 0)[Worse yet, our research and development wasn't as good as theirs and we have a clearly inferior product. It looks like we're going to have to close down your department and let you go."](if:$rival is 2 and $quality is "good" and $cancer is 0)[You did manage to pull off some impressive research and development, but they managed to keep up with it, so we're still competitive. You're demoted. We're keeping you far away from the research ships for now, you'll just stay in the lab."](if:$rival is 1 and $quality is "good" and $devshared is 0 and $cancer is 0)[Thankfully, it seems you developed a better product then what our competitors were able to make. I doubt we make a huge profit, but at least we aren't tanking."](if:$rival is 1 and $quality is "good" and $devshared is 1)[We may've got through it all just fine too, but then you shared the design of the (if: $RGB is not 1)[medication](if: $RGB is 1)[product] to the public and now we can't compete with anyone AND have the debt from getting caught up in international trouble for not sharing the DNA with the clearing-house. It looks like we're going to have to close down your department and let you go."](if:$cancer is 1 and $quality is "good" and $devshared is 1)[`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Look, you made a number of mistakes, and even if it was just out of passion, we can't allow you to leak the research like that."
(She hands you a packet, just eyeing it you can see that you're being served for billions of dollars because of the loss of potential income you caused. You run out wailing. )]
(if: $quality is "poor" and $rival is 2 and $cancer is 1) [`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Worse yet, our research and development wasn't as good as theirs and we have a clearly inferior product. It looks like we're going to have to close down your department and let you go."
(You leave, happy that at least someone was able to cure cancer.)]
(if: $quality is "poor" and $rival is 1 and $cancer is 1)[`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "This wasn't your finest work. From the way you handled the international law to the quality of research produced. That said, you did happen to drastically reduce cancer, even if you weren't able to cure it like your team initially suggested."]
(if: $quality is "good" and $rival is 2 and $devshare is 0 and $cancer is 1)[ `[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Well, sure, you found the cure to cancer. That said, the other company, the one you gave the fish parts to, also figured it out and they don't have a bunch of fees from international lawyers and sanctions. All-in-all, it's far from the worst outcome, but it really did cost us when you just passed that piece of fish."]
] ]
(live:500)[(if:$parts is 0 and $dnashared is 1 and $devshared is 1)[
(if:$quality is "good" and $rival is 1 and $cancer is 0)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Look, we don't exactly blame you, but you overshared. While the genetic sequence of the fish is the 'common heritage of mankind' we're still plenty allowed to develop our own patents based on the DNA.
]
(else-if: $cancer is 1 and $quality is "good")[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Look, I don't blame you for making the cure for cancer public, but I have been told to ask you to quietly resign. They say it's terrible optics to fire you, but the corpos are fuming."
]
(else-if: $quality is "poor" and $rival is 2)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "It seems that your research wasn't quite up to the same level as our competitors anyhow. The good news is, you did at least manage to keep us out of legal trouble and it's not like we aren't able to do anything with what you did accomplish. We're upgrading your research and development lab so that next time you can put out a bit higher quality work."
]
(else:)[
"Look, we don't exactly blame you, but you overshared. While the genetic sequence of the fish is the 'common heritage of mankind' we're still plenty allowed to develop our own patents based on the DNA. We don't exactly have the market cornered, but we are doing well."
]
] ]
(live:500)[(if:$parts is 0 and $dnashared is 1 and $devshared is 0)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Congrats, you managed to handle the international laws well enough to keep us out of trouble without oversharing." (if:$rival is 2 and $quality is "poor" and $cancer is 0)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "That may be the only thing of note with this project, but at least we didn't bite off more then we could chew."]
(if:$rival is 2 and $quality is "poor" and $cancer is 1)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "Also, even though we clearly have the inferior medicine, we've made a really good chunk of change for being the first company *close* to curing cancer. Even though research wasn't perfect, we're glad we invest ed in you."]
(if:($rival is 1 and $quality is "poor")or($rival is 2 and $quality is "good"))[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "We're perfectly competitive with our rivals too. (if:$cancer is 1)[In fact, since this is the best performing the company has ever been, we would like to award you with a small raise."](else:)["]
]
(if:$rival is 1 and $quality is "good")[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "In fact, since this is the best performance we've seen from any employee so far, we would like to award you with a position on the board of directors."
]
(if:$rival is 1 and $quality is "good" and $cancer is 1)[
(You hear your phone buzz. Normally, you'd be super embarassed to have such an important meeting interrupted, but upon answering you're told that you've been offered a prestigious position with the CDC.)
From here the CDC and your current employers start a sort of bidding war over you. You and the company you work for are both set up nicely for a long time, though you can't help but wonder if the cure will reach everyone in need.
]
(if:$rival is 2 and $quality is "bad")[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "That said, we were rather disapointed in your research and development. We've decided to upgrade your lab and hire you a few assistants and extra peers so that next time you might put out something a bit more impressive.
]
] ]
(live:500)[(if:$parts is 0 and $dnashared is 0 and $devshared is 1)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]` "Look, we'll keep this short. You managed to attract attention to the fact that you didn't do things properly by killing our shot of making any money off of this. (if: $quality is "good")[You're being demoted to assistant researcher."](if: $quality is "poor")[We've decided to let you go."]
] ]
(live:500)[(if:$parts is 0 and $dnashared is 0 and $devshared is 0)[
(if:$RGB is 1)[
`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "You managed to slip under the radar with something just marketable for us to make money off of, yet not wild enough to attarct international attention. (if:$quality is "good")[ Your research and development of the product was enough to make the product marketable. Job well done."](if:$quality is "poor")[ If you would've done a better job developing the product then we could've made some money from it, but instead I have to warn you that if you try another stunt like this we'll get noticed and it'll be on your plate."]
]
(if:$RGB is not 1)
[`[`(print: $bname)`]`: "This is really bad. The courts are considering that you didn't even try to share anything to do with the fish. It's looking like all our profits from this product are out the window. That's a wasted inveestment I'm afraid, and when you tack on the international lawyer fees we're going to have to charge you for liability for part of this and lay you off."
]
] ]
[[Credits]]
(if: $rollcheat is 1)[Below are links to change some of the variables.
(live: 500)[(link: "parts 1/ ")[(set: $parts to 1)(set:$dnashared to 0)] [(link: "parts 0")[(set: $parts to 0)]]]
(live: 500)[(link: "quality good/ ")[(set: $quality to "good")] [(link: "quality poor")[(set: $quality to "poor")]]]
(live: 500)[(link: "dnashared 1/ ")[(set: $dnashared to 1)] [(link: "dnashared 0")[(set: $dnashared to 0)]]]
(live: 500)[(link: "devshared 1/ ")[(set: $devshared to 1)] [(link: "devshared 0")[(set: $devshared to 0)]]]
(live: 500)[(link: "RivalResearcher 2/ ")[(set: $rival to 2)] [(link: "RivalResearcher 1")[(set: $rival to 1)]]]
(live: 500)[(link: "salt/ ")[(set: $salt to 1) (set:$cancer to 0)(set:$RGB to 0)] (link: "cancer/ ")[(set: $salt to 0) (set:$cancer to 1)(set:$RGB to 0)](link: "RGB ")[(set: $salt to 0) (set:$cancer to 0)(set:$RGB to 1)] ]
]
(if: $rollcheat is 1)[
``<--parts 1 0 (shared fish parts/didn't share fish parts) (also sets dnashared to 0)-->
<--quality "good" "poor" (research and dev went well/poor)-->
<--dnashared 1 0 (shared dna with clearing-house/didn't)-->
<--devshared 1 0 (did/'nt leak research and dev of product)-->
<--RivalResearcher 2 1 (A 2 means that the research and development of rival companies went well whereas a 1 means that it didn't go well.)-->
<--salt (fish that cures chronic hypernatremia)-->
<--cancer (fish that cures cancer)-->
<--RGB (fish that glows RGB)-->``
]
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos: 100)](Strangely enough, this fish is making mean faces at you.)
(Before you could show it to anyone, the fish just exclaims) `[Demon Fish]`:" Nobody will believe you if you tell them I'm real"
(Just then you see it transform into a [[Fish that glows RGB]].)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t5LzoTakFHoNpbXCQe791MOD_WMGzRXh/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(set:$roll to (random:1,20))]
(if:$rollcheat is 1)[(link:"1")[(set:$roll to 1)] (link:"2")[(set:$roll to 2)] (link:"3")[(set:$roll to 3) ] (link:"4")[(set:$roll to 4)] (link:"5")[(set:$roll to 5)] (link:"6")[(set:$roll to 6)] (link:"7")[(set:$roll to 7)] (link:"8")[(set:$roll to 8)] (link:"9")[(set:$roll to 9)] (link:"10")[(set:$roll to 10)] (link:"11")[(set:$roll to 11)] (link:"12")[(set:$roll to 12)] (link:"13")[(set:$roll to 13)] (link:"14")[(set:$roll to 14)] (link:"15")[(set:$roll to 15)] (link:"16")[(set:$roll to 16)] (link:"17")[(set:$roll to 17)] (link:"18")[(set:$roll to 18)] (link:"19")[(set:$roll to 19)] (link:"20")[(set:$roll to 20)] or (link:"disable")[(set:$rollcheat to 0)] or (link: "gamble just this one")[(set:$roll to (random: 1,20)) rolled:(print:$roll)]]
(if:$roll is 1)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10N3daqlzC8r_dwE1ZZLKj6ygBiL3BRoX/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 2)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iy3_xAC9ReClFze6OEjrQRCr9Ajt1zoO/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 3)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1grNfJsSXk73huLqMDtWYvUtqd8NRfM6a/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 4)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD2HY8YIJM5KZi1MNyknSA5KjEb86PCB/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 5)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NeVMjJT8OimVvDhfPVP5TNjdcdT92IqH/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 6)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uzKREem8tIBfgZk0GWWuFF74YmDgrdzx/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 7)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Juuc7L5ofK9IVwjnzmeXLRlj0BVvUAi/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 8)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19MwlzroYOrf04lYJAgBAvySMIpKfEDmL/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 9)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IwEBybosYbv7jHkoqHTESeVC6xkUGBUe/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 10)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRgOqv9svzXQZaV1tzeO-x-D882UEwnv/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 11)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QnYCO-oA0j6F4BcBvRIZ83WeR6h5pPlh/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 12)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12n9KbDZPFyWpiV_krC-GiHP4VbaFIQos/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 13)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BgrkR-4t7dnYCH-az-AL6WavHywuWzGi/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 14)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dDJZVd7oE2ICo84Y6UQ0hia5LJ1rhQFb/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 15)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10VQ91yGvli2PgrJc6I32c6GYkv1O6JjO/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 16)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hsXAluqCzX8rxQCnBDVgSWCGNBqOoWXN/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 17)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kg7hXaD25WAq1_76siBX7UIBuIJxJ__9/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 18)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ldAzFqj7Jkfv8V3tJRA16DtFNnCrLSW/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 19)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N_0kdw1b1I0bqIDl4be-IK65fMwiYh70/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>](if:$roll is 20)[<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLWpav8MH7WyaIYk658pEPk_j3VVL8xb/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>]
(if:$cheat is "rollfudge")[Just click a number (or one of the other 2 options) and then click "start" again. If you don't click at least one option then you'll just go back to start without giving you any options for a fish and you'll have to click "roll" again. Also, be sure to enter "666" to the cheatbox for a little easter egg. It doesn't do much, but I *did* want it be seen by at least 1 other person.]
(if:$rollcheat is 1)[OR skip directly to [[End]] and just change the variables to unlock all the possible outcomes.]
(if:$start is 1 and $rep is not 1)[(set:$rep = 1) [[Start]]]
(if:$dont is 1 and $rep_a is not 1)[(set: $rep_a = 0) [[Don't share DNA]]](if:$research is 1 and $rep_b is not 1)[(set: $rep_b = 0) [[Continue to research and development]]]
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)](You hear a voice come from the other end of the line as your crew reels the fish in. It just so happens that this fish is able to talk.)
`[Fish]`: "G'day chap"
(The fish repeats itself a couple of times)
`[Fish]`: "G'day chap"
(You realize that all it can say is "G'day chap" in a perfect brittish accent. This "*totally*" isn't just the image I reused from my first attempt at this game that got out of hand and caused a total flipout.)
(You notice something a bit more useful as you grab the fish; there's a little spot on the dorsal fin of the fish that is hardened with what seems to be salt. You decide that this fish must exert some great control over the salt in the water that it regularly swims through. You realize that, if you can get some good research done on it, you should be able to find a cure for chronic hypernatremia.)
`[Rando]`: "Well lookie there"
(You look left to realize that this voice came from a researcher from a different company.)
`[Researcher]`: "I'll take a bit of that fish when you're done. I'd really like to run some tests on that.
For context, hypernatremia is the condition of having too much sodium in your blood.
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[[Share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
[[Don't share fish parts for DNA analysis]]
(set: $salt to 1)
(set: $roll to 0)
(if:$rollcheat is not 1)[(forget-undos:100)]https://www.un.org/bbnjagreement/sites/default/files/2024-08/Text%20of%20the%20Agreement%20in%20English.pdf
This is where I refrenced to the BBNJ while working on this assignment
https://iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/governing-areas-beyond-national-jurisdiction
This is where I learned that some fish from protected areas can sometimes handle really high salinity really well. I did just sorta assume that the area around the arctic would have at least one particularly salty patch where this fish came from.
https://www.sciencealert.com/antarcticas-ocean-is-mysteriously-getting-saltier-spelling-end-to-sea-ice
This is the first website I found when looking up if the area around the antarctic is particularly salty.
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-hypernatremia
I just looked up what it's called to have too much salt in your blood. This is what I found.
https://www.asoc.org/campaign/weddell-sea-mpa/
Where I got the map/image of the MPAs found on the first slide
Hank Green's Pissing Out Cancer
Where I learned that whales are cancer resistant and how they do it (that's the bit where their DNA heals back together really well). Also, yes this is a comedy show, yes I recommend watching it, and yes I do still very much trust that this is credible information.
I made the image for the hell fish, the cancer curing fish, the hypernatremia curing fish, and the fish that glows RGB.
I would also once again like to thank the fae. They didn't do much this time aside from giving me some of the concepts that would go on to make this project into something that would go on to haunt me for 2 weeks longer than it was supposed to and give me anxiety akin to when I had to write a paper that would determine if I could still get financial aid needed to both stay housed and attend university, but they're still pretty chill.