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Braindance VR Lounge

Added 2023-08-18 15:03:21 +0000 UTC

Braindance (VR) Lounge

Battle map dimensions - [19 x 15] squares

PPI - 200

Image resolution - 3800 x 3000 pixels

Red Room

Battle map dimensions - [7 x9] squares

PPI - 200

Image resolution - 1400 x 1800 pixels

Scale: 1 sq = 5 ft

Hi everyone,

To kick August off, I present to you “Braindance (VR) Lounge”. This is one of my favorite maps of this year and I really enjoyed painting this one up for you all.

Braindance vs. Virtual Reality

For those of you who aren’t Cyberpunk Red players, “Braindance” is basically VR but the difference is that users can integrate their brain-computer interfaces to get the full experience of being in the simulation, without the limitations of just visual and audio cues. Smell, sight, taste and sound provide the ultimate virtual experience.

There are some other cyberpunk settings that have similar technology as well. One that I know of is “Altered Carbon”.

Braindance, otherwise known as “BD” is addictive. Overusing the technology can lead to mental and physical deterioration. It is also common for users to eventually lose themselves and their personalities after being in someone else’s shoes for far too long. Coming out of the VR experience, their normal lives are mundane in comparison.

BD is quite in-depth and I won’t harp on about it. A location like this BD lounge can really stir up some great missions and interactions for your player group.

Map Variants

Braindance Lounge (Base Map)

By the way, if you are wondering what the sign “ESF” stands for. This was a fun acronym that one of the Frag Maps Discord users (Aurorachyn) suggested for the name of the BD Lounge. It stands for “Electric Sheep Factory”. (Grins).

This base BD Lounge map includes the following areas of interest:

Small bar
Multiple lounging areas with drop down user interface jacks
A DJ stage
"Extreme Experience" booths (higher-end, and more costly Braindance experiences)
Cooling chambers - body temps can rise to dangerous levels with some BD experiences and these capsules help users cool off and relax after an intense experience, much like a spa.
Monitor room, for Braindance editing. An interesting narrative would be to have a mysterious programmer called “The Sandman”, who is responsible for violent and perverse dreams, and he just happens to work at this BD lounge. Start with that see what your players get up to.

Lounge Patrons (Variant)

The lounge patrons were drawn in on this one because having some signs of life makes all the difference in a space like this. It is especially cool to show them being jacked into the VR experience with headsets on.

The Red Room (Variant)

A door from the BD lounge near the toilet doors leads down a short (or long) flight of stairs to a basement area.

The Red Room is a mini battle map that depicts a secret room in basement but is also designed to be used as a standalone map. You can pull this little guy up at at any point you see fit in your campaign, connecting it with other maps.

This Red Room can serve many different uses and scenarios within your cyberpunk campaign. One of which is a recording/extraction room, where people who need money come to sell their experiences for VR and have the data extracted out of their minds, and edited.

You’ll notice a dirty old mattress on the floor as well as mirrored walls. A common use of Braindance or VR in Cyberpunk lore is sexual fantasies. In this room, lounge patrons can double up on their experiences with the physical aspect (and have others watch through the one-way glass) if they choose to. I am trying my best as I type this, to not get too explicit, but you get the point.

Anyway, that's all I have to say for this map. Please enjoy this battle map and let me know what you think when you see the full-sized piece. Till next time!

- Frag