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[Parsely Adventures] ACTION CASTLE! GAME COMPLETE! Score: 99/100
weirdspaceships
i will eat your still-beating heartRegistered User regular
i will eat your still-beating heartRegistered User regular
ACTION CASTLE!
Details:
memento-mori.com/portfolio/parsely-2/ - Go here to buy! They're short and cheap, and not so much roleplaying games as they are performance pieces or party games. As the text says, think of it more like kareoke.
Playing:
You know those old parser games?
"YOU ENTER A DARK ROOM."
>light candle
"YOU LIGHT THE CANDLE. YOU CAN SEE."
>examine room
"THERE IS A LION HERE."
That's what this is. In real life, I'd play the role of the computer, leading people through the adventure. It can be any amount of players, at least two, all the way up to a hundred! Everyone takes a turn, or just steps on up, and issues a command. You'd all be one big collective player.
So, what I'll do is be the parser and announce things. Whoever wants to, just reply to the thread and issue a command. It has to have the proper syntax: a > sign, followed by the command.
>look outside
>examine key
>take potion
>steal the princess
Or whatever. There's a set list but I'm not telling you what it is.
If someone says something that doesn't work or doesn't follow proper syntax - basically anything that provides an error message - I'll go to the next thing said. Other than that, it's first come first serve, and whoever replies first, that's who I follow. Or if you issued the last command, I'll pass over you in favor of someone who hasn't taken a turn yet. I might also get really picky about how you say things, like a real parser, but I'll try not to.
Special commands are: HELP, INVENTORY, SAVE, LOAD, RESTORE, SCORE, QUIT.
If you already own the game or know how it goes, please let people who don't meet these criteria play instead!
No sign up, no nothing. Just post.
"YOU ENTER A DARK ROOM."
>light candle
"YOU LIGHT THE CANDLE. YOU CAN SEE."
>examine room
"THERE IS A LION HERE."
That's what this is. In real life, I'd play the role of the computer, leading people through the adventure. It can be any amount of players, at least two, all the way up to a hundred! Everyone takes a turn, or just steps on up, and issues a command. You'd all be one big collective player.
So, what I'll do is be the parser and announce things. Whoever wants to, just reply to the thread and issue a command. It has to have the proper syntax: a > sign, followed by the command.
>look outside
>examine key
>take potion
>steal the princess
Or whatever. There's a set list but I'm not telling you what it is.
If someone says something that doesn't work or doesn't follow proper syntax - basically anything that provides an error message - I'll go to the next thing said. Other than that, it's first come first serve, and whoever replies first, that's who I follow. Or if you issued the last command, I'll pass over you in favor of someone who hasn't taken a turn yet. I might also get really picky about how you say things, like a real parser, but I'll try not to.
Special commands are: HELP, INVENTORY, SAVE, LOAD, RESTORE, SCORE, QUIT.
If you already own the game or know how it goes, please let people who don't meet these criteria play instead!
No sign up, no nothing. Just post.
Special Note:
Figgy's got the right idea, later in the thread. The fun of the game comes from a mix of joke commands, puzzle-solving, and serious play!
ACTION CASTLE!
>WELCOME TO... ACTION CASTLE!
>You are standing in a small cottage. There is a fishing pole here.
Exits are: Out
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Seriously, fuck that pole.
I really cannot describe how much I hate this thing
>You are standing in a small cottage.
Exits are: out.
>Search cottage for my meds
>You don't find your meds. The cottage is bare.
Yup, that's me on Steam.
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>You are standing on a lush garden path. There is a rosebush here. There is a cottage here.
Exits are: North, South, In
>Eat rose.
Yup, that's me on Steam.
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Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!
>You are standing on a lush garden path. There is a rosebush here. There is a cottage here.
Exits are: North, South, In
> Go North
Yup, that's me on Steam.
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Exits are: South, East, Up
Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!
Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!
Exits are: Down
Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!
>You are at the top of the tall tree.
Exits are: Down
Exits are: Down
Exits are: South, East, Up
Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!
Exits are: North, South, In
Exits are: North
Yup, that's me on Steam.
If you are interested in playing, discussing, or hosting Arkham Horror, click here!