A Game of CHANCE!

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:56 pm

http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/tru ... /chance.z5

Very rough and unpolished, but it's working and you can play it through to the end. Thanks to ICJ for all the hepp.

(Hepp me! Hepp me!)

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:48 am

The game has been met with thunderous cricket chirps.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:12 am

Heh, I ended up going out last night, but you have my word that I'll play it tonight. However, I should note that I only play games that involve plane crashing and/or nuking cities, so this may be an instant deal-breaker, Flack!!!!

CO · Post by CO » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:15 pm

Wow, I can play this on my phone (sortof) so will get into it on my bus ride home. I never play IF at home because of so many other options and my short attention span but it's perfect for my phone. Thanks Flack!

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:11 pm

Fun while it lasts. One rather noticeable bug: the "good samaritan" text keeps firing every turn after its triggered. That was my favorite line, though.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:21 pm

Johnny wrote:Fun while it lasts. One rather noticeable bug: the "good samaritan" text keeps firing every turn after its triggered. That was my favorite line, though.

D'oh! Fixed. Sorry about that. The way I'm checking for whether or not the trash is in the dumpster is "not right", and now I've added more "not right" code to fix the problem. It works for now, but eventually I need to figure out the right way to do it.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:23 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Heh, I ended up going out last night, but you have my word that I'll play it tonight. However, I should note that I only play games that involve plane crashing and/or nuking cities, so this may be an instant deal-breaker, Flack!!!!

Wait wait wait. You went OUT, instead of staying home to play a game that I worked TWO HOURS on? PRIORITIES, BITCH.

And there's no plane crash, although you can nuke the city. I will post a list of all the funny commands I put in the game in a day or two after everybody's tried it out. I think some of them are so obscure that nobody would find them (like asking the pit boss about the carpet and the drapes).

Also, I already told ICJ this, but my good friend told me he would not play the game unless I added the ability to nuke Las Vegas at any given time, so he could do that if he got bored. So that's in there, too.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:33 am

Spoilers ahoy.

Any command with a "*" will end the game.

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[Casino]

*Nuke Vegas (This will end the game.)
Go East
Go West
Go South
Go Up
Go Down
Examine Carpet
Examine Slot Machine
Play Slot Machine
Examine Pit Boss
Ask Pit Boss About Slot Machine
Ask Pit Boss About Casino
Ask Pit Boss About Clock, Time
Ask Pit Boss About Carpet
Ask Pit Boss About Drapes
Ask Pit Boss About Drink, Drinks, Alcohol, Beer, Beers, Shot, Shots
Ask Pit Boss About Poker, Liquor
Ask Pit Boss About Weather
Ask Pit Boss About Sex
Kiss Pit Boss
Talk Pit Boss (8 random sayings).
*Attack Pit Boss (This will kill you. 3 random endings.)
Go North
Examine Street
Examine Cars
Examine Casino
Examine Sign
Examine Lamp
Get Lamp
*Go North (This will kill you. 6 random endings.)
Go West
Examine Alley
Examine Gypsy
Examine Table
Examine Scarf
Take Scarf
Examine Cards
Take Cards
Examine Crystal Ball
Take Crystal Ball
Examine Radio
Listen Radio (15 different random songs)
Talk Gypsy
Ask Gypsy About Crystal Ball
Ask Gypsy About Casino
Ask Gypsy About Time
Ask Gypsy About Game, Card, Cards
Ask Gypsy About Drink, Drinks, Alcohol, Beer, Beers, Shot, Shots
Ask Gypsy About Sex
Kiss Gypsy
*Attack Gypsy (This will kill you. 3 random endings.)
Play Game
Keep playing game until you win ... or lose. Completely random.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:40 am

In retrospect, I'm not sure the random endings are such a good idea. I mean, especially if a player doesn't KNOW there are random endings, how many people would play a game and kill themselves twice in the same way to see if there happened to be a random ending? The point of killing a player is to teach them what NOT to do, so I doubt most people would repeat the same action twice. Maybe I should say "Random Ending 2 of 3: blah blah blah" ... or maybe I should just remove the idea of random endings altogether.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:03 pm

Oh wow, there was a lot more to talk to the gypsy about than I had anticipated. I'll go back and try more things!

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:12 pm

Yeah that is definitely my bad. When I was writing those things I thought, "well, these are things someone would obviously ask a gypsy!" And then when I went back and played it I couldn't remember half of the things I put in there, so obviously they're a little to obscure.