Technological developments that don't mirror our (projected) history.Pictures encouraged.There are so many threads about 40k, cyberpunk settings and baseline medieval fantasy, let's talk about weird biotech, fringe magitek, whichever punk you want to talk about, high-tech shit that would have no place in our world. Try not to talk only about steampunk too.I love animal shaped vehicles, whales in particular, they become more than just a way to go fro point A to point B. I really like having submarine sessions, exploring has a different timer than having a torch like in shadowdark, movement is weird, water creatures can pose more varied challenges just by themselves...
>>283525071Shit, wrong board
me like big iron fish
>>283525071Can't even think of any anime that lives up to this as almost all of it is extremely derivative and formulaic.
>there was a supervillain who developed weapons by turning into them>his very existence has advanced the weapon technology by 70 years>his main form was a biomechanical b-2 stealth bomber during the world's equivalent of a first world war>even after his defeat, the setting is still full of leftover weaponry left by him, sailors still get blown up by his biomechanical mines>the technological kickstart ultimately led to smart tables, jetpacks and laser rifles in the late 90s>secretly, he also cloned himself via a literal mpreg, his clones are designer babies who get "rebooted" instead of dying when they reach the limit of their lifespan
>>283525071Dai dark is a grim biopunk
>>283525071>we will never get man-made horrors within our comprehensiondead parent flesh mecha never ever
>>283526735too advanced, irl humans are not good enough
>>283525085Was this supposed to be posted to /m/?
>>283525071I like Bibliomania's take on it. Book-based technology, a good blend of organic and inorganic. Also a fan of Versus' neo-human architecture, but that's more of an aesthetic thing than actual technology.
>>283525071While it's a background detail, cars in the Bokurano world look different from any model that has existed in ours. The story also has mechs obviously but they're not a technological development as such.
Royal Space Force's alt-cold war worldbuilding always appealed to me. Oval television sets etc.
>>283525071>BiomechanicalGarbage.biotech is garbage. It's 100% magic, every time. and it has to be because biological forms cannot match engineered mechanical power.No animal claw exist that can punch trough well-made armor.No bio-weapon exists that can even come close to the range and power or guns/missiles.
>>283527766Because your imagination is lacking. If we're going alt with this, then why not an alt universe where beings evolved to have near impregnable (by our standards) skin and claws capable of tearing through steel. No magic involved.
>>283525071>biotechWhat if it get sick?
>>283527697And those strange cylinders for money. So many strange shapes used for such commonplace objects. I heard the worldbuilding was modeled after an alternate history in which Mesoamerican society and culture had advanced rather than Western.
>>283525071There will only be entropy in our time
>>283525071Duff McWhalen!
>>283527766The vast majority of tech is developed based on things animals have or do though. That's how shit like planes exist. They studied birds, reverse engineered their wings, and then upped the scale. Guns independently discovered what mantis shrimp do with their claws. Biotech can absolutely work so long as you take the same principle behind regular tech (optimizing and upscaling natural phenomena) and finding a believable way to make biological matter do that.
>>283527697I heard one of the main ideas was using circles instead of squares. so stuff like scaffolding had curves instead of being rectangular boxes.
>instead of cool waifu androids we have frudges that show you adsCan I blame the jews just this once?
>>283527529It's not just the cars but the planes, helicopters, ships as well. IIRC there's a volume afterword where the author explains the logic for some of the designs.>>283527766>No animal claw exist that can punch trough well-made armor.A regular bear will fuck you up no matter your armor, not because it's got claws folded a thousand times that can pierce even steel or kevlar, but because it hits you like a truck.>No bio-weapon exists that can even come close to the range of guns/missiles.Most IRL fungi can grow mycelial networks over miles underground. Now imagine a weaponized version of that, a mushroom landmine that always comes out of the ground exactly where you're about to step.
>>283525085No, Anon. This is the right board
>>283525071Last exile, have a great designEscaflowne, have some sort of organic touchWhat you may be looking is steam punk or dieselpunk designs, those may have some more biological shape in mind rather the boring cyberpunk meme ongoing.
>>283525071Sauce on this? Looks cool>>283528156Exactly what came to my mind lol
This thread reminded me that dai dark exists and i haven't seen anything from it in a long time
probably the microwave time machine from steins gateTime machinenes in general really were a popular thing in old anime.
>>283534814Because it's a complete nothingburger of a manga. I think the only thing of value in the last years is the confirmation it's the same setting as Dorohedoro.
