NT 005 - The Among Us Experience

So this is the first day I

think really feels like summer.

Nah.

Why are you not happy about

summer?

I don't like summer.

Why don't you like summer?

It's too hot.

Define too hot, sir.

Well, once there was a day in

summer that it was 117, which

some people won't find that hot,

but that's hot for here.

Yeah, for Connecticut weather,

that's pretty hot.

Oh no, you doxed our location.

They're going to come kill us.

Well, they can go ahead and do

a town-by-town search.

Good luck with that.

Yeah, I don't know.

I think, like right here in the

shade, it's nice.

It's nice.

You know, it's, I think when

you get out and it's like 90 in

the sun, that's where we start

having issues.

But, yeah, I don't know.

Summer is not my favorite of

the seasons.

I too do not like the heat.

And what I always say is, look,

with winter, you could always

put on more clothes.

Exactly.

But in the summer, there's only

so many clothes you could take

off before you're committing a

misdemeanor against the law.

Depending upon your state and

country.

I mean, some countries are

perfectly fine with nudity, but

America tends to have some

issues with it.

Because we're...

Well, the entirety of America

or just the USA?

The United States.

I think maybe, you know, South

America might be more open.

But, yeah, for whatever reason,

we're just like, ah, nudity,

hideous.

Like, not hideous.

I mean, it's too attractive.

We can't look at it.

It's too attractive.

It's too good for us, plebs.

It's too good for us, even

though we're...

We're still human beings.

Human beings.

Yeah.

Delicious human beings.

Among us.

What?

What?

You say among us?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Actually, I was thinking about

Among Us.

I was thinking about Among Us.

You know what Among Us would be

good for?

What?

Like, having one of those VR

warehouse experience things.

I'm serious.

Like, okay, so they have one of

those for Minecraft.

It's not truly VR, even if it's

augmented reality.

Like, this would make a great...

There is a 3D.

There is a VR Minecraft.

Yeah, but that's not what I'm

saying, though.

Like, I'm saying one of those

real location experience things.

Oh.

Oh.

Like, I think Among Us would be

great as something like that.

Yeah, but you can't, like, you

can't turn yourself into, like,

a 3 foot, 6 inch creature.

No, but I'm saying you could

still, like, take the concept

and apply it.

So, like, look, you're using a

giant warehouse to make an

environment and an experience.

So, what you do is you just

make everything twice as big.

Yeah, but then there would have

to be a really big warehouse

just for scale.

Do you know how big the warehouses

are?

But the point is that you have

projection mapping.

It's not VR, but you have

projection mapping on the

surfaces and stuff.

And then you have the little

stations where you have to do

the things.

You have to do the safe, which

sucks.

I mean, there's no safe unscilled,

though.

Yeah, but that's not the point.

I'm saying whatever.

I'm using examples.

Or like where at the beginning,

they're all like,

here, each of you has a key,

and here's some other things

for your tasks.

Make sure that you go and do

the keys.

And then the killer or killers

or imposters are given...

The fake tasks.

Some kind of...

Well, they're also given some

kind of thing that gives haptic

feedback.

So they get close enough to you,

and they press a button,

and then you start feeling a

stabbing in your back, and then

you fall over.

Like, you have to fall over.

Like, you're dead.

Yeah.

And then once somebody finds

you, then you walk off the

floor,

and you watch the rest of the

game from, like, cameras.

You see, it's perfect.

How would they have to set up,

like, a camera system and an

admin map system?

Yeah, but that...

How would you do that?

So...

That's easy.

That's so easy, especially the

admin map.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

You just have everyone that...

Like, you give everyone a

little badge, and that has a

little chip in it.

Hmm.

I mean, that's how a lot of

stuff works these days.

Yeah, but it can only update

when you're in a specific area,

though.

So you have sensors in those

specific areas to pick up the

badge.

It's not that hard.

Now, granted, somebody could

cheat and throw their badge

away, but...

What if someone vents?

Then what?

Well...

And how would you do venting?

Well, the venting, I think you'd

have to have, like...

Realistically, the vents would

have to be tunnels.

But with vent covers over them.

And keep in mind, you'd still

have...

But then everyone could hear

you moving in them.

Then you just have to be good

at your job, don't you?

Or they come up with some other

kind of mechanic, like, where

instead of vents,

there's secret doors between

rooms.

That only the person with the

imposter flag on their badge

can access.

Like, and I mean flag, like,

digital, like, on the chip.

Nah.

So then, like, they walk up to

this secret door, and, like,

they're told in advance,

okay, this is the symbol for

the secret doors, even though

everybody will figure that out

anyway, eventually.

But the point is, is that, like...

Or you could just have them be,

like, lockers, so they kind of

look like vents.

Yeah.

What I'm saying, though, like,

could you imagine...

Okay, so just picture it for a

minute.

You go to this place.

You're annoyed at first.

You go in, like, you have to

wait at the desk.

They have to sign you in.

They have to assign you to a

group if you go by yourself.

Otherwise, you're probably part

of some annoying kid's birthday

party,

which in which case you don't

want to be there anyway.

You actually physically want to

murder the kid.

I mean nothing.

But point being, like, at first...

At first, you're, like, you go

to this place.

It, like, looks like a normal,

like, carpeted place.

So you check in.

They give you your badge.

You get led into the back room,

and then they kill you.

Yes, exactly.

End of experience.

No, but what happens is...

That's the most realistic among

us experience ever.

They get you together with the

group, and, like, they have

some secret sign

for the two or three people

they mark as imposters.

Like, they're obviously not

going to tell them in front of

the group,

and they're obviously not going

to pull them aside from the

group

because that would be too

obvious.

So they have to have some kind

of secret sign.

Or you could just pull everyone

aside from the group.

Or what you say is, like, okay,

you have this, like, haptic

vest on.

If your vest vibrates three

times, you're an imposter.

If it vibrates once, you're not.

Pretty straightforward.

Yeah.

Okay.

But you have everybody gear up

with these, like, haptic vests.

But the haptic vests are the

same colors as the imposters

from the actual game.

Or not imposters.

Crewmates.

So you have, like, a dark blue.

You have a light blue.

You have a yellow.

And...

Damn.

And you're given a bunch of

stuff.

So you're given, like, a badge.

Because, like, instead of swipe

card, maybe, like, you have a

badge reader thing you have to

do.

I mean, it is, like, an ID card

that you swipe.

Yeah.

And you need the ID card for

enter ID code as well.

Yes.

So, so they give you a badge.

They give you, like, a little

signaling device.

You also need a wrench.

Don't forget a wrench.

Oh, I don't know about that.

But they give you a signaling

device.

Where if you spot a body, you

press the button.

And it automatically plays the

meeting noise over the loudspeakers.

And everybody has to come to

the meeting space.

Wherever that is.

Then you have a list of tasks.

Maybe they give you, like, a

little tablet with it.

So it updates in real time as

you get it done.

I mean, yeah, in the game they

have phones or tablets.

Generally, they use the tablets

for, like, building and stuff.

Right.

So you, like, because some of

the tasks are going to require

a tablet, like, trying to get a

better signal.

Which I'm sure they can

accomplish with technology.

Yeah.

But, so you get suited up.

You don't know who the imposter

is.

Plus the map means the tablet.

Right.

Yeah.

You get thrown into a

completely realistically built

environment.

So if it's supposed to be, like,

a spaceship, you feel like you're

enclosed in the spaceship.

I wonder how you make it feel

like it's rumbling.

Are you going to, like, shake

the entire room?

Yeah.

Like, maybe you have actuators

underneath.

Or, like, you...

Yeah.

And I think you'd have to have

more signaling than the game

does.

Because in the game you have

the heads up display.

Like, you have the game

interface.

The hut.

But, like, with a real world

location, what you'd probably

have to do is, like, have signs

strategically placed.

Like, even digital signs.

So, like, when stabilizers get

taken offline or something, you

see, like, the stabilizer light

flashing.

I mean, you can just have

lights all over the area that

turn red.

That too.

I mean, you're going to need

lights.

What, are you going to have

them flying in pitch darkness?

This is true.

But I think you'd have to also

make sure that you have, like,

maps of the entire area, like,

on every wall.

So that people can more easily

find their way around.

You can just use the tablet.

Yeah.

But the point is, you also want

people to be able to run to

places as quickly as they can

without having to be staring

down.

Because if you're looking down

at a tablet and you're running

really quick, chances are you're

going to run into someone.

Well, you know, that's just too

bad.

If you die, that's too bad.

Well, think about, like, so you

step through, like, after your

briefing room, you step into

the actual spaceship.

The doors close behind you and

they're like those, like, you

know, those horizontal doors

that slide closed and go funk.

Yeah.

And now it just looks like you're

on a spaceship.

And you start going through

your tasks.

You start, like, running around

trying to get stuff done

quickly.

And all of a sudden, like, and

the first person's dead.

You're like, oh, my gosh.

I have the perfect idea for how

all the ejecting and how you

get into it and stuff.

Okay.

Go for it.

So you have a room off to the

side next to one of the rooms.

I don't know which one.

I don't know which one would be

good.

Maybe that one hallway that's a

little electrical because that

just is there.

So maybe you could have it

there.

Okay.

And then you have the little

drop ship room.

And then there's cameras, like

in laser tag rooms, where you

can see what's going on.

So then when you die and your

body gets reported, you go back

to that room that you started

in.

And then it's also, it also,

the entrance looks like an airlock.

So that's where you eject

people to.

I think we can make this a

little bit more fun.

So let's say that your drop

ship is downstairs, let's say,

for example,

compared to the rest of the set.

And you have to walk upstairs

to get to the main station.

Or there's an elevator.

That's what I'm, but what I'm

saying is, so from the meeting

room,

you have like a hatch.

Yeah.

That you open up when somebody's

been voted off.

And it's like a slide.

But the slide is actually like,

it's lit.

And it's a blue screen colored

slide or a green screen colored

slide.

So that as they're sliding down,

you see like the animation up

on all the monitors of like the

person flying out into space.

How cool would that be?

Yeah.

And then they have to watch

from the drop ship from that

point forward.

But I think that would be

awesome.

Especially if there's a way to

like start to induce panic.

Yeah.

Like if you start to like

really get into it.

I mean, imagine if the lights

go down.

Then you have to use a

flashlight.

That would be amazing.

Like you have to figure out how

to use the tablet to turn the

flashlight on.

Yeah.

That would be really

atmospheric.

And like comms goes down.

And then your, your tablet

stops working.

How sad.

Wouldn't that be unfortunate,

you know?

That, that would be incredible,

actually.

Yeah.

That, that would be really good.

I think though, like you'd have

to build lighting into people's

vests or something.

So that there's some lights.

So that people won't like get

hurt.

What?

And maybe like.

Well, the lights will just get

turned down a lot.

So that you can barely see.

Yeah.

And obviously clearly marked

exits.

Yeah.

But yeah, I think.

And maybe signs above all the

rooms if you want.

Yeah.

But I think that, I think that

this could be a truly amazing

experience.

Now, unfortunately, it's just,

it's an indie game company that

I don't think, I don't know if

they'd be able to do that.

Inner Sloth.

Inner Sloth, look, we're giving

you this idea.

I won't say for free.

Just, just give us, you know, a

percentage of the overhead.

That's all we're asking.

You know, the Among Us

experience.

Now, the only issue is though,

you're going to have like dumb

kids.

Like, you're, the people

running the show have to be

given some guidance.

Like, hey, group the little

kids together and let them be

dumb.

Group the teenagers together.

Group parents with kids.

Let the kids, make the parents

the imposters.

You know, make the parents the

imposters like 90% of the time

so they get to kill their kids.

It's a great, it's a great

bonding moment.

I thought of how you could, oh

wait, no, you already said how

you could decide if they were

imposter or not.

But you could just have it show

up on the tablet and other

people compete.

Yeah, I think that it should

truly be randomized anyway.

Yeah.

Like, there's not going to be

any assignments.

And you'd probably only have

one space to play in.

Like, because having multiple

spaces would be a little bit

difficult.

Yeah.

And there would also have to be,

like, a, well there's already a

natural time limit in the game,

isn't there?

Uh, only for hide and seek.

You'd have to have a, you'd

have to build a time limit into

the game of some kind.

Like, you must get all your

tasks done by this time or the

ship explodes.

Yeah.

You know.

But that'd be sad,

unfortunately.

Yeah.

Also, I don't think you should

let there be 15 people.

It might be a bit much, yeah.

You might have to, like, at

most a group of 10.

But I think you have to be

strategic with the groups as

well.

Like, obviously, if it's

families, like, it's a party of

people where it's, like, ages

40 to 5.

Okay, fine.

But for, like, things that are

not events, like, where

somebody just shows up on a

random Tuesday night,

you know, it might take a while

to build the right types of

groups.

But you gotta build like groups.

You can't build, like, a group

of, like, 5-year-olds and then

one 20-year-old.

For a variety of reasons.

Also, a random thing.

There must...

This is requirement.

There must be a dress-up

station where you can put on

funny hats.

Obviously.

Yes.

That is genius.

Gen...

Sir, I shake your hand.

I know people can't see us

shaking hands, but we're

shaking hands.

That is a brilliant idea.

I mean, you gotta have the one

smart person wear the fedora.

I mean...

The only thing is that that

does increase...

Uh... increase the overhead on

the place because then you have

to have cleaning services for

the hats and stuff so that

people don't, like, share lice.

I mean, you have to clean the

area anyway.

Don't you?

Yeah, but that's not the point.

Oh, and obviously the play area

does not have any actual

functioning bathrooms.

Like, you don't want, like,

somebody to be, like, in a

bathroom and then, like, the...

Could you imagine the imposter,

like, busting in on somebody

when they're actually using the

bathroom?

There's all sorts of rules

there that ain't, like...

Like, you can't do that.

Yeah.

That's not allowed.

That's terrible.

Terrible.

Yeah.

Well, it's scalp, so there's

not any bathrooms anyway.

Yeah.

But I think this as a real-world

experience would be amazing.

By the way, this was not where

I was planning on going with

our conversation.

I was going to be like, hey,

like, let's come up with, you

know, backstory that's better

than the standard Among Us

backstory.

But no, this is actually...

We're on to something.

This is, like, cash money.

Cash money, except not because

everyone thinks it's dead.

We could make bank...

Oh, yeah, everybody thinks it's

dead, even though, according to

my sources, and by my sources,

I mean you, Kit.

According to my sources, Among

Us 3D is the next great cash

cow of content.

It takes a while to get enough

people.

Look.

I'm telling you, all you have

to do is this.

You do it as, like, a pop-up

thing.

Yeah.

That's all they'd be able to

afford.

So what you do is you find,

like, abandoned malls.

You know how many abandoned

malls there are right now that

you could lease, like, for,

like, you know, a week?

Malls would be perfect!

Because you have the previous

stores where you could, like...

Those would be your rooms, and

then you have, like, the big

mall hallways.

Well, then you might as well

just make it a custom map.

Make what?

You might as well make it a

custom map.

Well, yeah.

Like, either a different polis

or a new spaceship.

Yeah.

It doesn't have to match the

layout perfectly.

What I'm saying is, though,

like, you find facilities that

work.

And that way you can bootstrap

it super cheap because, like,

you do want...

You do want...

Like, and it's in, like, East

bumfuck nowheresville.

You know, like, Kansas.

Like, just, like, in a field in

the middle of Kansas somewhere.

And you heavily advertise it in

that area.

And you use, like, IP address

geolocating so that, like,

other people don't get the ads.

So only people in that area

know about it.

Well, I know what would be

funny.

What?

If the people in that area...

If two people went there and

once the game starts, one of

them turns to the other and

goes,

Well, we're not in Kansas

anymore, man.

That would be great.

But then what you do is you

force everybody.

Okay?

Because this is the first time

this experience is going down.

This is how we build it up.

You force everyone to check in

their phones before they can

come in.

So they have to leave their

phones at the desk.

You're not allowed to take any

video.

You're not allowed to...

I'm telling you, no publicity.

No text.

The outside of the place, like,

just looks like a warehouse.

Doesn't say Among Us Experience.

It just says, like...

Well, I know what you could do.

What?

You could just put Mira.

Yeah.

And then no one would know.

Except for the people who claim

on us.

Yeah.

The only people who really know

what this is.

Yeah.

So you just put Mira...

Not even Mira HQ.

Just Mira Co.

Yeah.

Well, Mira HQ is just the name

of the headquarters.

Right.

It is called Mira Co.

So...

Or Mira Inc.

But you...

But maybe, like, you have it,

like, somehow, like...

In a weird font.

So it doesn't just, like,

initially look like Mira.

Yeah.

Because Mira would be too clear.

But the point is...

The first time it happens...

You make it so nobody's allowed

to take any video from inside

the thing.

You have no decorations

whatsoever.

So, like, when people come in,

it's just a plain-ass lobby.

And it's not until they've

turned in their phones...

And they get into the game

rooms...

That they actually get to see

what it's like.

And what you also do is you

invite just, like...

Maybe one or two key Among Us

influencers.

Okay?

But you don't tell them what it's

about.

You just tell them...

Hey, look.

We here, InnerSloth, appreciate

what you've done for the Among

Us community.

Like, you've built the number

one mob.

Or you've, like...

You know, but only, like, one

or two of them.

And we'd like to bring you to a

special facility...

And have you check out

something.

You know?

So you just make it seem like

it's a normal, like...

Influencer, like, gets to go to

InnerSloth headquarters type of

thing.

But it's not InnerSloth

headquarters.

But it looks boring-ass when

you walk through the door.

So there's nothing.

And then you're told up front,

like...

Here, we're going to give you

these things that you're going

to need to make sure that you

have access and everything.

So they give you, like, a card.

They make it seem like you're

legit going into, like, a

business place.

So you have to get, like, a

temporary photo ID.

And that's where you get your

card.

And then they take you into the

prep room after that.

And the prep room is walled off

in such a way that nobody in

the front can see it.

Like, it's around a corner.

So, like, you see the doors

open up.

And you see them go around the

corner.

And that's all you see.

And then...

That's where...

The vests come into play.

That's where you're given your

tablets.

That's where you're given all

the stuff that you need.

Comically large megaphone.

That's where the hat room is.

Yeah.

And then you make it so that,

okay.

Look, this is a special one-time

event.

We got to keep this on the down

low.

So here's the deal.

Can't talk to the people in the

lobby about it.

When you get back home, as an

influencer,

like, the minute you get into

the parking lot,

you can talk about it all you

want.

Yeah, but they'll have no video

evidence.

But you'll have no proof.

But what InnerSloth will do,

in lieu of the influencers and

other people who come there

having proof,

InnerSloth will tell them,

use such and such a hashtag if

you're going to post about this.

Okay?

And what InnerSloth will do is

they'll take either a pre-produced

video.

I mean, you could just take the

video of all the devs playing

it.

Yeah, exactly.

But you take a video that they've

already prepared,

and you do it as, like, a 20-second

teaser.

And you could have it be a

short.

They do shorts sometimes.

Well, 20 seconds is a short.

Yeah, exactly.

That does make it.

And then you say, like, coming

soon to somewhere near you,

or coming soon to a...

Nowhere near you.

Coming soon to a bean outlet

near you.

And then what you do is you

just have that slowly move

around the country.

Or you could be coming soon to

planets near you.

There you go.

That's the catch line.

And what you do is, though, you

slowly move this single, like,

group around the United States

conducting this thing.

They go to malls.

They go to warehouses.

Whatever they need to set it up.

But it's very limited

advertising.

It's not advertised, like,

truly globally online.

It's advertised, like, locally.

Like, you start seeing ads,

like, hearing ads in podcasts

that are based on IP address.

Mira, quote, wants you, is

looking for applicants in our

area.

You know, and you make it seem

like a job application.

That's perfect.

You know, come and experience,

you know, our testing protocol

to see if you qualify.

So you do all of these, like,

underhanded ads.

Or maybe, like, if somebody's

playing Among Us or Among Us 3D

and it's coming to their area,

they'll notice, like, just,

like, a random thing blinking

in the levels that wouldn't

normally be blinking.

And when they press it, it's

like, you've been invited.

You know, and that's how you

slowly build up the hype.

Like, so as it travels around

the country, like, people are

like, dude, have you seen this

thing?

And eventually you start

allowing video.

You know, maybe not the first

time, maybe not the second time.

But, like, eventually you start.

I mean, you gotta start

sometime.

Otherwise, no one will hear

about it.

Right.

So eventually, like, after the

second or third time, you start

allowing video.

Like, people are allowed to,

but at your own peril.

Because if someone walks up

behind you while you're being

an Instagram celebrity or

TikTok celebrity,

you're liable to get stabbed in

the back.

You know, at that point, it's

just your own fault.

Yeah.

And then, like, once it's a

known thing, then you can start

to have more semi-permanent

locations.

If they have the money.

Right.

And if not, hey, it was around

for, like, six months.

People who got to enjoy it

enjoyed it.

And it was a minimal business

expense.

You can write it all off for

the taxes.

Look, we're giving you a solid

plan here.

We've given you the business

plan.

We've given you the marketing

plan.

But we haven't given them the

blueprints.

How much would you charge?

How would we do the pricing

scheme for this?

Would you do per play?

Or would you do, you get to

play for so many hours.

But then that's limited by the

number of groups that you can

have go through.

Hmm.

I feel like it would be per

play if it's popular.

Yeah.

I think, you know, what would

be a viable amount to charge

for that?

Let's say it's a 15-minute

experience.

Well, that's not enough time.

I don't know.

Maybe it is.

Who knows?

The average Among Us game?

Do they take 15 minutes?

I feel like they take, like, 30.

All right.

Maybe it's 30.

Well, also, they've got to do

some playtesting first.

And they might have to build a

mechanic that, like, maybe

takes away time for some reason.

Like, maybe for every crewmate

that gets taken out, like, time

gets reduced.

Like, so for every person that

gets killed, you lose five

minutes.

Or you could have it be that

the imposters can complete

tests.

And then that, when they

complete a test, it reduces the

time.

But that's not in a normal game,

so.

Right.

But you're translating.

You have to make something that's

true to the essence of the

original game.

Like, you have to have the vending

machines that have, like.

And by the way, you can order

stuff from the vending machines

for free.

That's part of the experience.

But they have to be labeled the

exact same.

So it has to have, like, the

milk with the almond on it.

Oh, no.

Not energy.

Not the energy drink.

Yes.

Do you want to know what the

energy drink does?

What?

It's side effects.

Effects include vomiting, nausea,

and a chance of a heart attack.

That's not going to be true to

life.

But, like.

But I'm.

Just be Gatorade, but with a

different thing.

But energy, canonically, you

can.

One of the side effects is a

heart attack.

Okay.

But the point being, I think

there needs to be a mechanic

that will make, that will

encourage people not to just

take their time.

I think if you get an imposter

off.

So if you remove an imposter

from the equation.

You get more time.

Then it adds three minutes.

So it takes away five.

So there's still, you're not

getting everything back.

There's always, like, a cost to

losing.

Other than just losing.

Right.

So I think, though, that to me,

that is something that, as much

as I get annoyed with Among Us

sometimes, and as much as I

hate acknowledging that the

only reason that my YouTube

count is going up right now is

due to shorts tied to Among Us.

This idea.

Maybe it's Innersloth.

Maybe Innersloth partners with

somebody.

Yeah, that's what they normally

do.

But this idea.

If it's done right.

If it's ramped up slowly.

So there's two good things

about having, like, the secret,

the more secret versions before

you really start advertising.

One, it makes Mirror look

sketchy.

Makes it look sketchy.

That's one.

I mean, Mirror is sketchy.

But two, it gives you the time

and effort you need to take

your core rules that you've

maybe tested with, you know,

some focus groups.

You've maybe tested with your

engineers or whatever.

But it allows you to test it

with real, like, world

scenarios without it getting

super hyped right off the bat.

Because the last thing that you

want is a situation where, oh,

we thought this worked great,

but the tablets don't function

when you have, like, everybody

running around all the time.

Yeah.

Or, oh, if a tablet breaks, we

need to know to give somebody,

like, a replacement.

They have to have a replacement

station.

You know, like, all of the,

what happens if a kid trips and

falls and scrapes their knees?

How do you have somebody from

the staff come in?

I mean, there's a med bay.

Yeah.

But how do you have somebody

come in and have it, make it so

that they can seamlessly get

the person out without ruining

the experience for everyone

else?

Secret doors.

Well, yeah.

Use them.

But those are the things that

stop.

Cross.

Those are the things that you

have to plan for.

So, like, what happens if the

technology for sensing people

fails?

How can you then, like, can you

flip a switch instead of it

being sensors in admin where

you're seeing, like, sensor blips

of people?

Can they just immediately

change the screen to be a video

feed of, like, four video feeds?

You know?

So, you got to have backups and

stuff.

And having real world, like,

two or three, like, weeks of

real world stuff to go through

it with people before you

heavily advertise, before you

allow people to take video, all

of your bugs are worked out.

Nah.

And then people are going to

start, like, really, people are

really going to start, like,

getting the hype at that point.

You know?

And then you start advertising

more.

Yeah.

Also, for each side winning,

you have the sound play and

have the lights either go red

or blue.

Okay.

Because, yeah.

That sounds good.

I mean, that makes sense.

That makes a lot of sense.

Yeah.

So, if the crewmates win.

And then obviously say which

side won on the tablet.

Yeah.

If the crewmates win, then you

get the crewmate win noise.

And if you, if the imposters

win, then the imposters

celebrate, you know?

Yeah.

And obviously, like, on your

way out, you should have, like,

an area where you can take

selfies after the embargo's

over.

So, after that two or three,

like, initial runs where you're

banning photos.

Then, like, you have to have a

photo station of some kind

where you can get, like, you

can have a staff member, like,

take your picture on your cell

phone.

Like.

I mean, in 3D, there is an area

before the game where you can

take pictures.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But this is your real self in

an Among Us costume.

Yeah.

Or, like, kind of an Among Us

costume.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, I think that, obviously,

like, once the, the curtain has

been lifted and once the mystique

is over, then you can take the

lobby and make it actually,

like, decked out like it's a

Mira, like, hiring facility.

You know, like, you, like, you

actually have, like, things

tied to Mira in the lobby.

And maybe some hidden lore.

The point being, Inner Sloth, I'm

going to email this podcast

episode to you.

Are you?

Yes.

So, Inner Sloth, I'm going to

send you an email with a link

to this podcast.

Please send this to your

creative team.

Email us at feedback@nontopical.com

to let us know what you think.

And the rest of you listeners,

do the same, too.

Email us at feedback@nontopical.com.

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But also, if you get value out

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We like good art.

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We like emails.

But do you know what else we

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But it's to say, if you've been

thoroughly entertained, and

that's worth a dollar to you,

give us a dollar.

If you've been thoroughly

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like $10 to $20 to you, then

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Because, you know, we don't

necessarily love walking in the

80 to 90 degree heat and just

chatting.

You know, we're not doing this

to make money.

We are doing it because we

enjoy having these

conversations and having weird-ass

ideas.

But if you're entertained by

those ideas, it doesn't hurt.

It definitely won't hurt us.

I mean, it might hurt you if

you misplace a zero or a

decimal point, but that's on

you.

Yeah.

If you type $100,000 instead of

$100 in PayPal, and by $100,000

I mean $1.00 as in a dollar.

But if you misplace a few

decimal points, that's on you.

We're not giving it back.

I'm just saying.

Probably.

Probably not.

Anyway, so Inner Sloth, let us

know what you think, and get us

an invite on the first playtest.

We'd love to be there.

And then we'll talk about it on

this podcast, because we have

30 listeners.

Combined across all of our

episodes.

Alright, well that's all for

Non-Topical.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Have a good life, everybody.

Until the imposter experience

comes to a broken down mall

near you.

Until the imposter strikes back.

Bye.

Bye.