Videogame Quest: Redux
- Thread starter Walker of the Yellow Path
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The Tutorial of Regret
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
- Location
- The Land of Memes
"Yes." You say. Typically in things like this, tutorials offer some reward in exchange for having you suffer through them.
You try not to think about the fact that you've apparently done something like that before, despite the fact that your memories started about 10 minutes ago.
Instead, you focus on the new text appearing.
Walk by moving your legs.
A red light appears on the floor.
Please walk here.
You sigh, and do so. This may take a while.
----
You regret taking the tutorial. It's like it assumes you had no idea how to move your body, despite it being literally instinct for you.
Then it went on to show you how to use your inventory and check item descriptions.
Still, now you've gotten to the funner parts of the tutorial.
You're standing in an endless field of wheat. In the distance, you can see what looks to be a farm house. It appears to be on fire.
In front of you is yellow text.
New Quest: Poor Tutorial Farmers!
Complete one or all of the following:
-Save the farmers from the bandits.
-Take all the money of the bandits.
-Convince the bandit chief to stop being a bandit.
You dismiss the screen, noticing that it lingers in the side of your vision, noticeable only when you look for it.
You walk to the farm, and see a trio of men in leather armor wielding swords and menacing a pair of old people.
What will you do?
[ ] Initiate Hostilities.
[ ] Something else.
You try not to think about the fact that you've apparently done something like that before, despite the fact that your memories started about 10 minutes ago.
Instead, you focus on the new text appearing.
Walk by moving your legs.
A red light appears on the floor.
Please walk here.
You sigh, and do so. This may take a while.
----
You regret taking the tutorial. It's like it assumes you had no idea how to move your body, despite it being literally instinct for you.
Then it went on to show you how to use your inventory and check item descriptions.
Still, now you've gotten to the funner parts of the tutorial.
You're standing in an endless field of wheat. In the distance, you can see what looks to be a farm house. It appears to be on fire.
In front of you is yellow text.
New Quest: Poor Tutorial Farmers!
Complete one or all of the following:
-Save the farmers from the bandits.
-Take all the money of the bandits.
-Convince the bandit chief to stop being a bandit.
You dismiss the screen, noticing that it lingers in the side of your vision, noticeable only when you look for it.
You walk to the farm, and see a trio of men in leather armor wielding swords and menacing a pair of old people.
What will you do?
[ ] Initiate Hostilities.
[ ] Something else.
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- Location
- The Great Beyond
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Initiate Hostilities.
We must take out our rage one the tutorial somewhere!
We must take out our rage one the tutorial somewhere!
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
- Location
- The Land of Memes
Considering you guys picked the social build, that's probably a good idea.
- Location
- The Great Beyond
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
bah, fine, be reasonable.
[X] Something else.
-[X] Initiate Dialogue.
[X] Something else.
-[X] Initiate Dialogue.
-[X] Initiate Dialogue.
Bad AI
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
- Location
- The Land of Memes
[X] Something else.
-[X] Initiate Dialogue.
"Hey!" You shout at the bandits. They all stop, and turn to face you, moving in lockstep. All their breathing is synched up in a rather unsettling manner. Like they're machines rather than people. Obviously, they don't have very good AI.
... What's an AI?
"What is it you want, person?" That sounded prerecorded, you note. You then also note that you don't actually know how a person would sound prerecorded, but it does. "Move on, and don't look back. Or else." They wave their swords threateningly.
You just realized that you decided to talk to them, but you don't know what to say now.
What will you say?
[ ] Insult
[ ] Bribe
[ ] Threaten
[ ] Flirt
[ ] Initiate Hostilities
[ ] Something Else
-[X] Initiate Dialogue.
"Hey!" You shout at the bandits. They all stop, and turn to face you, moving in lockstep. All their breathing is synched up in a rather unsettling manner. Like they're machines rather than people. Obviously, they don't have very good AI.
... What's an AI?
"What is it you want, person?" That sounded prerecorded, you note. You then also note that you don't actually know how a person would sound prerecorded, but it does. "Move on, and don't look back. Or else." They wave their swords threateningly.
You just realized that you decided to talk to them, but you don't know what to say now.
What will you say?
[ ] Insult
[ ] Bribe
[ ] Threaten
[ ] Flirt
[ ] Initiate Hostilities
[ ] Something Else
- Location
- Rochester, NY
[X] Flirt
- Location
- The Great Beyond
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Flirt
