The Oregon Trail (series) Puns

You have died of dissin' Terry.

I was born in 1989, was always told “you were born and then the Berlin Wall fell”, but I don’t feel like I fit in any generation. I’ve got the participation ribbons and judgement but the generation types don’t work for me.

I propose that we create a new generation for the lost souls who knew the internet before our parents did but probably learned on green-screen computers from people who wrote handwritten essays for class when they were in school. We were the last to learn cursive while also the first to learn keyboarding. We experienced the ebb and flow of Wikipedia/trusting the internet. Etc

Rough idea:

MECC existed from 1974-1999 and WE ALL PLAYED THESE GAMES. The actual Oregon trail generation of 74-83 can be grandfathered in, but I’d like it to be the ones who played it in school, so 80-94/9?

If you played these on school hours you count: Oregon trail, The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary, The Yukon Trail, The Amazon Trail, Odell Lake, Zoyon Patrol, Number Munchers, Word Munchers, Fraction Munchers, Lemonade Stand, Spellevator, Storybook Weaver, My Own Stories, Freedom!, Museum Madness and DinoPark Tycoon.

I was an Oregon trail and munchers series girl but I’d love any help on fleshing this idea out to fit all the rest of us who don’t fit into the “avocado toast”, mold.

Usually described as born between 1975ish - 1985ish.

Analog childhood, internet during teen years, smart phones/social media in late 20s for most.

We can see the ridiculousness of some boomer opinions and how whiny and entitled the millennials and post millennials are. I feel like the Oregon Trail Generation is the perfect mix that results in a practical sense and realistic life expectations without all the crying.

Thoughts?

It borrows pretty heavily (at least I think) from Oregon Trail, but this game has its own identity. You pick a character type (missionary, fisherman, surgeon, etc) that grants an ability, a ship type with basic varying stats, name your crew and ship, and set off to find your own adventure. From there, any number of things can happen--this is one of those 'story generator' games. There are enough factors in play that you can never quite be certain how things will play out. Sometimes that leads to frustrating deaths, but most of the time it's couched in humor or was a result of your own hubris. There are easter eggs, many unlockable ship/character types, attention to historical detail, and the soundtrack is all 8-bit arrangements of shanties and related songs: https://youtu.be/DWlsLUnlzOc

Some of my experiences thus far:

• I sold all my cannons for some reason, forgot I did, then foolishly approached a Spanish warship as a British company. They hanged me and my crew as pirates.

• I forgot that I still had my cannons (different playthrough), and surrendered to a pirate ship I could've easily fought off, losing tons of rations. Eventually scraped my ship on a reef and drowned.

• Named my crew stupid names, resulting in messages such as 'The Ugly One has typhus' or 'Some Jackass got struck by lightning'

• One of my crew, Bob, kept getting sick over and over with every disease under the sun, even got eaten by a shark, eventually resurfaced in a tavern (game's rare method of 'respawning'), then still kept getting sick till I killed him for good with my incompetence

The infamous Ultralight Jerk has come forward to sell the epic Cut Toothbrushes not Switchbacks logo on shirts to benefit the Oregon Desert Trail & ONDA!

Check it out:

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I would always pick the option that would save as much time as possible. The whole class called me "a man of time" And the last thing I said as the bell rang as an announcement to the whole class

"I like finding which roads and pathways go slightly faster than other roads and pathways!" in a human rayla accent

Thought y'all would like to here it.

Edit: in a human rayla accent

You have died of dissin' Terry.

He tells you his name is Terry.

You laugh at him and say"That's a girl's name!"

Terry shoots you.

You have died of dissin' Terry.