Easter Eggs
Here's a list of all the easter eggs and references within /dev/null. Read at your own risk; there may be spoilers! This is also an ever-expanding list as more stuff is worldbuilt onto this whole thing.
None yet :(
The Void is a reference to void in programming, and the out-of-bounds areas at the bottom of maps in video games.
The first division / SWAT / special response team of the Aegis Protocol, Division Zero, is named after a game Nulcheck and his friends wanted to make. It also references how, in programming, arrays start counting at zero.
The Void Leviathan name was taken from what Nulcheck called the Ghost Leviathans that lived in the Crater Edge (or the void biome), in Subnautica.
Echo is a reference to the echo command in batch programming, and Echo from Overwatch.
deadmau5, i_o, and Daft Punk are referenced as music artists in this world.
None yet :(
Aegis Protocol agents are sometimes called Sentinels or Guardians, referencing presonnel from the Dragonguard in the Legends of the Dragonguard world.
Energetic Flux is this world's version of a "free flowing" natural magic.
Aegis Protocol is sometimes called The Shield, referencing the shield carried by Athena and Zeus.
Null Device and the /dev/null world is named after the real Null Device on computers (sometimes referred to as /dev/null).
The Nexus is sometimes called the "Ether" or "Ethernet", symbolizing the connection between everything.
Systerra is a combination of System and Terra.
The Void is a reference to void in programming, and the out-of-bounds areas at the bottom of maps in video games.
main_city and city_1 names are stylized like temporary test file names.
Districts in cities are called partitions, referencing disk partitions on a hard drive.
Construct and other organisms' scientific naming is structured like object-oriented programming classes.
Static Construct is named after static methods in programming.
Bitwise Shifter and Bitwise Operation are named after and inspired by bit-shift operation in computing.
Ana Logue is named after analog, and "speaks" a different language than the rest of the Constructs, kind of like the difference between analog and digital signals.
Ana Logue's ability to manipulate bits references the fact that computers use analog signals to manipulate bits on a disk drive.
Dac, Ana Logue's translator, is named after Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), which converts digital signals to analog for audio or visual devices.
Echo is a reference to the echo command in batch programming, and Echo from Overwatch.
Bugs and their different types are references to computer bugs and glitches in programming.
Null Pointer Exception condition is directly named after the null-pointer exception in programming, usually resulting in the program crashing.
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