the handbook
How ohayou works
The game is played in a channel. Say !ohayou once a day and
the bot pays you. Everything below is what there is to spend it on.
The first day
-
Say
!ohayou. You get your ration. Come back tomorrow and say it again. Say it every day and the ration grows. -
Buy a cat.
!buy catcosts 12 and adds 1 to every ration you draw from then on. - Buy an acre. Land is the cap on everything. Twenty cats fill one, and most buildings want an acre to themselves.
- Dig. A quarry and an oil well feed the crafting tree, and what you build there pays you every ration for good.
Miss a day and your streak resets. Nothing you own is lost. Check where you
stand with !stats and !inventory.
The shop
Everything the bot sells, cheapest first. Buy with
!buy <name>, or !buy <name> max to
spend what you have.
Made, not bought
None of these are for sale. The quarry digs metals and the oil well pumps
barrels; !build <name> turns them into parts, and parts
into buildings that earn every ration. !recipe <name>
says what one needs.
- iron, from the quarry
- copper, from the quarry
- uranium, from the quarry, rarely
The commands
!ohayou- Your daily ration. Once a day, in a channel.
!items!item- Browse the shop by category, or read one thing up close.
!buy- Buy one, a number, or
max. !use- Set a thing working: a quarry, an oil well, a cattery, a vault.
!equip!unequip- Put armor on and take it off.
!build!recipe- Craft a part or a building, and see what one costs.
!quarry- The metals you have dug up so far.
!steal- Rob someone. Get caught and you pay a fine and earn nothing until it clears.
!deposit!withdraw- Move ohayous in and out of your vault. Thieves only reach what is not in it.
!report- After a robbery, have the police guard you for a few hours.
!stats!inventory!top- Your standing, your things, and who is richest.
!register!identify- Tie your assets to your services account so nobody on your nick can touch them.
!territory- How your land is drawn on the map, and which deer flies over it.
!news- What has happened lately, out there.
!help <topic> in the channel covers any of these in more
detail.
Everything here happens in the channel. The site is the register: the map draws every acre anyone holds, and the day book says what has been happening.
Say !web to the bot and it sends you a link that signs you in
here. Signed in, this page fills in what you have and what you can afford.