What comes next for Briarmont

More quests for Oakridge and the town are in development. Content will ramp up in Q4 and expand rapidly through January to June 2027, with inventory supporting item-based quests, investigations, and treatment stories as those features become available. Football seasons and athletics clothing are also planned for the fall.

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• Oakridge story questline

  In development

  A new story questline set at Oakridge College is being prepared for play. It adds to the quest system already used for admissions.

• Town starter quests

  In design

  Three to five short quests will introduce new characters to civic offices, groups they can join, and jobs they can try.

• NPC conversations

  In development

  Conversations with NPCs will offer dialogue choices. Their replies and your decisions can advance a quest.

• Dice football seasons

  In development

  Mustangs dice football will use the field as the game board. Each possession lasts four plays, with games expected to run about 90 minutes. Season records will include results and a headline for each game.

• Oakridge Athletics clothing

  In development

  Oakridge Athletics outfits will use a shared clothing HUD to change textures. Cheer and swim team kits will remain exclusive to their squads.

The northern and southern expansion is in development for Q4 2026. Hartwell State Park and beach homes are taking shape to the north; the southern work includes residential parcels and the Juniper Hotel suites.

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• Hartwell State Park

  In development

  Hartwell State Park is in development across Brackenmere and Emberglow. Plans include hiking and riding trails, a swimming beach, a marina and boat launch, and a fishing lake. Rentable cabins and campsites will sit alongside an amphitheater, festival field, wedding grove, picnic grounds, and ranger station.

• Beach housing

  In development

  A small number of private homes overlooking the park's beach, available as weekly rentals.

• Southern residential district

  In development

  Solarus and Briarmont will have private rental parcels ranging in size from cottage lots to shore estates. The layout follows the existing coastline and adds named lanes. Rentals will use the town's weekly lease system and be paid in L$.

• The Juniper Hotel

  In development

  Guests will book at a front desk in town and stay in private suites on separate parcels in the south. Hotel jobs will include reception and room service. Nightly stays will cost L$; the Motel will continue to offer in-character stays paid in RP$.

The HUD is being redesigned, both the tall rail and the wide bar. Either can shrink to a narrow strip when you want more room on your screen. Quests and the calendar will open on their own screens inside the HUD, instead of only as pop-up menus.

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• The redesign

  In development

  The layout is finished, with every screen drawn to exact sizes. Building it in Second Life is the next step.

• Quests and the calendar

  In development

  Quests will open as a numbered list in your own chat, with a HUD button for each one. Tabs separate what you have accepted from what you can pick up, and your level and experience sit along the bottom. Tapping a number reads out the quest and your current task, then opens the menu you use now; a calendar event reads out the same way.

Department workspaces for the Sheriff, Fire, and EMS are in development, along with website event requests. Staff will have records and dispatch tools for their roles, and members will be able to submit events for the town calendar.

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• Sheriff's Department

  In development

  Deputies will have records, citations, warrants, dispatch, and vehicle files in one department workspace. These records will also support the investigation quests planned alongside inventory.

• Fire and EMS

  In development

  Fire and EMS will have a department workspace for inspections, incident history, duty rosters, and dispatch.

• Event requests

  In development

  Submit a time, venue, and poster through the website. Staff will check scheduling conflicts and land impact before approval. Approved events will appear on the town and Discord calendars.

Character inventories will let you buy, carry, use, and give items to other players. Quest items, shop stock, stolen goods, and evidence will use the same system. Inventory is targeted for Q1; later stages, including health and treatment quests, continue into Q2.

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• Inventory rollout

  In design

  Characters will have a limited number of carrying slots, with extra space in purses, backpacks, and bags. Lockers, safes, and group vaults will provide storage. The nine stages below describe the rollout across more than one quarter.

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  1. Personal belongings An item catalog and personal inventories, with a record of who holds each item and where it came from.
  2. Cards, letters, and quest items Existing student cards, letters, and quest tokens will move into inventory, with checks to preserve items and quest progress.
  3. Shopping and trading Purchases, receipts, player trades, and storage containers. Vendors will check age or permits where required.
  4. Status effects Substances that wear off, illness, injury, and other effects that change how the town responds to your character.
  5. Theft and stolen goods Dice-based theft, a separate roll to determine whether a camera recorded it, and stolen goods that need a fence.
  6. IDs and evidence Frisks, ID cards, forged IDs, police record checks, and evidence storage. A forged ID will fail a police lookup.
  7. Investigation quests Case files, warrants, detective work, and trials played through quests, with inventory items held as evidence.
  8. Bounties and treatment Bounty hunters, plus the Q2 health features: contagion, masks, vaccines, and hospital treatment quests. Medical items will be used in character care.
  9. Member playtesting Existing members will receive the first release for playtesting. Consequences will be adjusted based on that testing.

• Cash and deposit boxes

  Planned

  Once inventory is in place, RP$ can be carried as cash, handed to another character, lost, or deposited at the bank. Deposit boxes will provide storage.

Banking, business accounts, and a jobs board will give characters more ways to earn and spend RP$. Shop stock and physical cash depend on the inventory rollout.

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• Harborside Savings and Trust

  In design

  Bank staff will handle accounts, savings, and loans through their department workspace. Teller positions will be available as roleplay jobs.

• ATMs

  In design

  Check your RP$ balance and request a loan at an ATM in town.

• Businesses and shift pay

  In design

  Player businesses will have storefronts, sales records, and wages paid from the business account. Stock management will follow the inventory features it needs.

• RP$ spending and rewards

  Planned

  RP$ will pay for fines, town fees, and Motel stays. Planned rewards include event prizes and a weekly RP$ stipend for Discord boosters.

• Jobs board

  In design

  Groups will post openings tied to their roles. Listings will appear in a public feed, on the website, and at an in-world kiosk.

• DMV: titles, plates, and renewals

  In design

  Apply for a plate using a vehicle title, with vanity plates available. Renewals will fall in the driver's birth month. Deputies can already look up plates through the watch office.

Patient charts will keep a record of your character's hospital visits and treatment. Hospital staff will have charting tools and a duty roster, with diagnostic equipment and Q2 treatment quests following as the health features become available.

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• Patient charts

  In design

  Hospital staff will record visits and treatment in character charts so they can follow a patient's care across visits. They will also be able to check the current duty roster.

• Patient portal

  In design

  Read your character's chart online, even if you are not a member of the hospital group.

• Diagnostic equipment

  Planned

  An exam table, scanner, and lab bench are planned to read a character's recorded conditions and return results for hospital roleplay. They depend on the character health systems.

The town paper will carry regular columns, member stories, and photographs. Members can submit work under their character's byline, with each piece reviewed before publication.

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• Regular columns

  In design

  Draft columns will draw on town records: new arrivals in The Register, available rentals in the Vacancy List, weather reports, and a weekly selection From the Archive. Every draft will be reviewed by a person before publication.

• The Newsroom

  In design

  Submit a story through Discord with a headline, your character's byline, and an optional photo. A moderator will review it before publication.

• Photo of the Week and gallery

  Planned

  Member photographs will appear in bulletins and a gallery of Briarmont, with credit to the photographers.

An optional attachment for adult roleplay, connected to character health and pregnancy. It will not affect anyone who isn't wearing it.

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• Cycle and conception

  In design

  After Dark will connect to the HUD's opt-in cycle system, adding conception chances from intimacy and pregnancy stages displayed on the HUD.

• Consent between wearers

  In design

  Interactions will ask the other wearer for permission through the HUD. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Staff and moderators will have no bypass.

• Protection

  Planned

  Protection items are planned to prevent conception and exposure within these roleplay systems. They depend on inventory.

• Birth at Hartwell General

  Planned

  A hospital delivery encounter that staff can record in the character's chart.

• Exposure

  In design

  Exposure through intimacy will use the HUD's character health system.

Illnesses, outbreak events, and treatment quests will connect character health with hospital care. Inventory will supply medical items for these stories as quest content expands through the first half of 2027.

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• Contagion

  In design

  Character illnesses will be able to spread through proximity, contact, or specific actions, with exposure records.

• Outbreaks

  In design

  Outbreak events will affect a region or group at once, giving hospital staff and other characters a shared incident to respond to.

• Masks and vaccines

  Planned

  Masks and vaccines will be inventory items that prevent exposure or provide immunity within the character health system.

• Treatment quests

  Planned

  Hospital quests will follow a character through treatment after a diagnosis, using their recorded condition and medical inventory items.

Oakridge students will be able to take courses taught by town departments and work toward roleplay credentials. Relevant certifications will lead into internships with school credit and a paid stipend.

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• Guest courses

  Planned

  The fire department, hospital, and Sheriff's Department will offer guest courses at Oakridge on schedules they arrange.

• Certifications

  Planned

  Groups will issue in-world credentials for subjects such as fire safety, first aid, emergency response, and evidence handling.

• Internships

  Planned

  Relevant certifications will lead into internships with school credit and a paid stipend. Munibase will track participation.

KBRM 91.3, The Current, is planned as Briarmont's radio station. Programming will begin with talk and town news, with broadcast slots for certified DJs.

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• Talk and news

  In design

  The station will start with talk and news. Music programming is still undecided because of licensing costs.

• The Newsbreak

  In design

  A synthetic announcer will read the weekly column. The station will identify the voice as synthetic. Recordings will be available on the website and through the parcel stream.

• DJ booth

  In design

  Certified DJs will be able to broadcast from a browser and book time through the existing stream schedule.

Homes and businesses will be able to use alarms connected to dispatch. The system will record activations and other changes for use in investigations.

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• Alarm panels and zones

  Planned

  Arm or disarm a parcel's alarm panel and choose the areas its sensors cover.

• Dispatch alerts

  Planned

  A triggered alarm will alert dispatch and open an incident. Whether a deputy responds depends on who is on duty.

• Event log

  Planned

  The system will record when an alarm is armed, disarmed, or triggered. Those records can be used in an investigation.