Random event ideas

somerandomguy3124 · December 28, 2025, 12:44pm

So if you didn’t know there’s a random event subsystem, there’s currently only one random event and so i want to ask you for ideas on what other events there could be.

github.com/cmss13-devs/cmss13

Adds Economy Inflation random event

master ← carlarctg:inflation

opened 05:57PM - 04 Feb 23 UTC

carlarctg

+143 -9

# About the pull request Adds a new (and currently the only) random event, 'E…conomy Inflation'. The USS Almayer recieves a broad-band signal sent to all nearby UA-affiliated colonies and vessels that requests a specific kind of vendors stationed on them have their prices increased, due to some randomly-selected incident backstory. There will be a random delay before the change comes into effect, so make sure you buy all you need beforehand! The announcement will only be visible shipside to avoid communications clutter. Added 'product type' variable to non-CM vendors, such as food, beverages, souto, recreation, used for the above. Added a global list for non-CM vending machines. # Explain why it's good for the game Random events are a great way to spice up the round by introducing new, non-player-created variables that don't heavily impact the round and allow players to utilize them to create new RP or gameplay avenues. Such as a marine desperately buying out every Souto vendor before the prices increase by 400%, complaining on communications about the 'dang CLF taking over all those colonies' or 'the gosh darn economy these days', and so forth. This PR also introduces an actual random event to use as template for single celled contributor organisms to be able to copypaste it and make a new event that way. # Testing Photographs and Procedure <details> <summary>Screenshots & Videos</summary> Put screenshots and videos here with an empty line between the screenshots and the `<details>` tags. </details> # Changelog :cl: add: Adds a new (and currently the only) random event, 'Economy Inflation'. The USS Almayer recieves a broad-band signal sent to all nearby UA-affiliated colonies and vessels that requests a specific kind of vendors stationed on them have their prices increased, due to some randomly-selected incident backstory. There will be a random delay before the change comes into effect, so make sure you buy all you need beforehand! The announcement will only be visible shipside to avoid communications clutter. code: Added 'product type' variable to non-CM vendors, such as food, beverages, souto, recreation, used for the above. code: Added a global list for non-CM vending machines. /:cl:

Sylvia · December 28, 2025, 1:19pm

Power outage ==) engineering APC needs to be switched back on/repaired

Faulty piping ==) A random pipe starts to leak with audible hiss. After one minute it explodes unless repaired with a blowtorch.

Malfunctioning AI Core ==) Makes corrupted announcements (ARES announces random gibberish and threatening announcements). If ignored progressively disables:

OB (ARES remotely locks OB and cannot be unlocked)
AA (AA powers down and needs to be manually turned on and set again)
Other departments at random (brig, CIC, medbay…)
Has negative effect on synthetics (no idea what effects right now, feel free to come up with ideas)

ASRS Special delivery ==) ASRS elevator brings random high quality crate (MK1, BlackMarket weapons, rare attachments, etc…)

Those are few random ideas I thought of right now. Not taking in account balance or overal impact on the round. Just a few ideas to bounce off from.