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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 20:13:56 GMT
Okay. We know how nature works. You must show no fear.
We must be the alpha male
STRIP off all clothes
HELICOPTER wang
RUN towards dogs screaming
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 20:17:40 GMT
Oh My Fucking God.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 10, 2018 20:23:20 GMT
Blueshift, when you were at school in the playground and the kids were picking teams, I don't suppose you were always the last to be picked, by any chance?
I vote:
RUN to crowbar
PICK UP crowbar
ENTER building
USE CROWBAR to bar door behind you
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 20:24:51 GMT
Right, so I am going to hope that the glinting object is the key to the bike, and the two bars projecting from the front of the bike are weapons. The crowbar is tempting, but I don't think it will help us against several rabid giant dogs. We don't have anything to pacify the dogs unless Blueshift is going to cut his helicopter off and throw it at them so we probably need to be aggressive. It also sounds like we need to act quickly.
EXAMINE glinting object
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 20:28:12 GMT
Good idea that, Martin. I guess we can exhaust some possibilities but I reckon we're going to die a few times in the process.
Oh wait, maybe the two bars protruding from the bike fit in the pipes on the wall to charge it. Perhaps it's dead at the moment. We haven't got a lot of time to find out.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 10, 2018 20:30:59 GMT
We don't have anything to pacify the dogs Except possibly the Combat Yodel. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 20:32:28 GMT
Stay with me, Martin. Don't go all Blueshift.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 10, 2018 20:34:26 GMT
Sorry.  But seriously, I will be annoyed if we discover right at the end that we actually had superpowers we could have used if only we'd experimented a bit. But perhaps now is not the time. Martin |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 20:36:27 GMT
Blueshift, when you were at school in the playground and the kids were picking teams, I don't suppose you were always the last to be picked, by any chance? Every time ;_; |
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Post by Stomski on Nov 10, 2018 21:00:43 GMT
RUN to crowbar PICK UP crowbar ENTER building USE CROWBAR to bar door behind you
Inventory Item Added: Crowbar (+1 point)
However, after picking it up you turn slowly to see yourself surrounded by the creatures. There's a brief moment whilst they lock eyes with their prey... Time seems to slow as you consider your next move. All you can do is verbalise 'Nice doggies. Cute little pooches. Maybe I've got a Milk-Bone' for some reason, and then they pounce. You put up a valiant fight, but there's no way you can win this one.
GAME OVER Final Score: 7/250 RELOADING FROM SAVE POINT LOADING COMPLETE You're standing beneath the window... Dog like creatures are bearing down on you!
Inventory: | Transformers pants (wearing), camp bed (shackled), shelves, green uniform (wearing) | Location: | Remote courtyard | Connected
Locations: | Small room |
Current Score: 6/250 |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 21:03:36 GMT
Well well well, maybe my plan WAS the best after all
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 21:05:43 GMT
Here is more explanation of my tactics:
STRIP off all clothes
You see, Martin's idea had us die. But why? if we were wearing the uniform, surely the dogs would have thought we were one of their masters. Surely they do not attack their masters on sight - so they MUST see anyone wearing that uniform as an enemy!
HELICOPTER wang
This makes us look mightier
RUN towards dogs screaming
Animals can sense fear. If they believe we are more alpha than they are, they will not want to engage a superior foe.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 10, 2018 21:08:01 GMT
HELICOPTER wang This makes us look mightier Not to mention... RESPLENDENT! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 10, 2018 21:09:48 GMT
OK, go on then. Do what he said.
Martin
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Post by Stomski on Nov 10, 2018 21:29:13 GMT
STRIP off all clothes HELICOPTER wang RUN towards dogs screaming
GAME OVER Final Score: 6/250 RELOADING FROM SAVE POINT LOADING COMPLETE You're standing beneath the window... Dog like creatures are bearing down on you!
Inventory: | Transformers pants (wearing), camp bed (shackled), shelves, green uniform (wearing) | Location: | Remote courtyard | Connected
Locations: | Small room |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 21:34:41 GMT
Fiiine we'll go with the pinwig method
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 21:41:13 GMT
I'm not sure how strict the game engine is with the commands we're giving, as in one command, one turn. Don't know how many turns we have before the dogs attack. But we've tried the crowbar and the wang, so we might as well go for the shiny thing to see if it is the bike's key. I reckon long term we're heading for the distant city so we're going to need the bike to get there. Either that or we need to get off the ground above the dogs, maybe by climbing the pipes. But that doesn't give us a route forward.
EXAMINE shiny thing.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 10, 2018 21:48:35 GMT
You kneel down, brush the dirt from the item that caught your eye, looks like a small key!
Inventory: | Transformers pants (wearing), camp bed (shackled), shelves, green uniform (wearing) | Location: | Remote courtyard | Connected
Locations: | Small room |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 21:49:38 GMT
Let's take the crowbar too
TAKE crowbar
Let's do that thing Pinwig said with the bike to power it up
DO thing
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 21:57:24 GMT
Hang on! We need to take the key. Leave the crowbar for a second, deal with the dogs first. I think the crowbar is to remove the bed.
TAKE key
MOUNT bike
START bike WITH key
That is if the key is for the bike.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 10, 2018 21:57:40 GMT
We got eaten when we went for the crowbar.
The key could either be for the bike or the door, or something else. Only got time to try one before we're eaten again.
Bike or door?
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 21:59:50 GMT
This is making me pine for the adventure games on my old BBC Micro. I remember playing one like this called Kayleth.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 22:02:45 GMT
I used to write my own on the Graphic Adventure Creator, then ended up working with the bloke who wrote it. He wouldn't sign my copy and told me not to be silly. The staff kitchen had the original box art framed on the wall. Sooo wanted to steal it.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 22:04:48 GMT
We are still chained to the bed
Can we use the bed to smash the dogs with? Or as a shield?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 22:09:33 GMT
I doubt it if the crowbar didn't work. One dog, maybe, but a pack is too much. We could try to helicopter the bed, but we'd run out of energy before the dogs.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 22:21:59 GMT
Small aside, we haven't checked if the uniform we're wearing has pockets and if there's anything in them. I'm wondering why we've been left something to wear that will tell anyone we meet we should be armed.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 10, 2018 22:22:53 GMT
How do the dogs know not to attack each other?
Could we disguise ourselves as a dog and make them think we are a friend?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 10, 2018 22:30:44 GMT
Shall we try the bike first? Eliminate the obvious.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 11, 2018 9:31:13 GMT
Right, come on. We need to do something.
TAKE key
MOUNT bike
START bike WITH key
and if that doesn't work we'll try the key on the door.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 11, 2018 14:03:00 GMT
TAKE key MOUNT bike START bike WITH key
Inventory Item Added: Small key (+1 Point)
Dashing for the bike you jump on the back, looking around for a way to start it, but there's no obvious keyhole. There are two handles raised on vertical poles from a central console and two foot rests that act as pedals. However you drive this thing, it feels like it's going to be fast! With nowhere to put the key you start jabbing at random buttons.
Success! The vehicle starts up, but in the time wasted, your fate is a foregone conclusion. You put up a valiant fight, but there's no way you can win this one.
GAME OVER Final Score: 7/250 RELOADING FROM SAVE POINT LOADING COMPLETE You're standing beneath the window... Dog like creatures are bearing down on you!
Inventory: | Transformers pants (wearing), camp bed (shackled), shelves, green uniform (wearing) | Location: | Remote courtyard | Connected
Locations: | Small room |
Current Score: 6/250 |
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