Monday, July 17, 2023

Gaming SCPs - 200-299

 I realized I forgot to mention that I actually did read all SCPs that existed, but this was back when there were only about three thousand of them, so a lot of these are just re-skims on my part.

This section has the first "monster SCPs" that I really like for gaming. Too many of the monster SCPs are just "they torturekill you if you break rule X" which are less interesting for gaming than you might think. Puzzles make more sense in gaming if they have other stakes.  The Tortured Iron Soul (SCP-203, below) is quite dangerous and gruesome but the obvious motivation in interacting with it is to gain new information about it such as its origin and effects.  And The Protector (back to back! SCP-204), once you set aside the edginess of "let's use these pedophiles to activate the anomalistic entity" is also really interesting.  This edginess sometimes ruins otherwise interesting entries - the phonograph record that causes time to freeze when it skips is primarily tested by killing someone near it, for example. C'mon. Couldn't we think of other things to test with it?

Overall, there's a LOT of good candidates in this range for gaming even though from a project perspective there's not much mythos or worldbuilding going on. I was really surprised how many of these 100 I thought were good! There are still plenty of derivative SCPs (one is just "what if Silent Hill, man"), and much of the project's identity still remains in the future.  One notable entry is the first real action-oriented SCP, primarily consisting of transcripts of the special forces of the SCP going into a weird dimension. It's also been updated to modern presentation standards so it's neat!  

There's also my first disease SCP - a lot of these are just zombie/rage infections that make people into m m m m m monsters! Gamers already got plenty of monsters, they don't need more. But this one (Base Eleven Disorder, below) is really nice and intriguing.  I didn't pick it because it's not really scenario-inducing, but the Dialysis Bracelet (SCP-269) is also a decent "medicalized" SCP, where you "kinda get what it's trying to do" but it's too alien/bizarre to pull it off. 

Similarly, Professor William Wordsworth's Collection of Curiosities is good because every new animal comes with sketchy/blinkered but quasi-accurate instructions on how to contain and care for each new anomalous creature, which of course is much more valuable (and challenging) than just gunning them down.


Locations

SCP-211 - Paper-Covered Building - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-211

SCP-222 - Clone Coffin - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-222

SCP-238 - Building Complex - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-238

SCP-257 - Professor William Woodsworth’s Collection of Curiosities - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-257

SCP-274 - Graffito - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-274


Items

SCP-205 - Shadow Lamps - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-205

SCP-206 - The Voyager - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-206

SCP-216 - The Safe - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-216

SCP-232 - Jack Proton's Atomic Zapper - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-232

SCP-241 - Good Home Cooking - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-241

SCP-243 - Animation - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-243

SCP-249 - The Random Door - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-249

SCP-261 - Pan-Dimensional Vending - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-261

SCP-262 - Coat of Many arms - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-262

SCP-288 - Stepford Engagement Rings - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-288

SCP-294 - The Coffee Machine - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294


Entities

SCP-200 - Chrysalis - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-200

SCP-203 - Tortured Iron Soul - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-203

SCP-204 - The Protector - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-204

SCP-229 - Wire Weed - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-229

SCP-247 - A Harmless Kitten - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-247

SCP-254 - Employee of the Month - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-254

SCP-255 - Base Eleven Disorder - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-255

SCP-263 - "Cash or Ash?" - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-263

SCP-265 - Black Volga - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-265

SCP-266 - Will o' The Wisp - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-266

SCP-270 - Secluded Telephone - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-270

SCP-272 - An Old Iron Nail - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-272


Special Note!

A fully downloadable and interactive SCP is in this range, and it's very cute. An RPGMaker 2003 game, check out SCP 245 - SCP-RPG - https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-245