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[Parsely] Z-WARD: >eat shotgun
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i will eat your still-beating heartRegistered User regular
i will eat your still-beating heartRegistered User regular
Z-WARD
Buying:
Playing:
Special Note:
Something terribly wrong has gone down at the Institution for the Mentally Infirm! Your sister, Frances, has gone missing. Find her!
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Buying:
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:
These games work with a combination of joke posts, puzzle-solving, and serious play. Try to get as much of all three in as possible!
I will interpret everything you say as a command. If what you say doesn't work, try using synonyms or phrasing it differently.
You have THREE SAVES. Use them wisely.
I will interpret everything you say as a command. If what you say doesn't work, try using synonyms or phrasing it differently.
You have THREE SAVES. Use them wisely.
Something terribly wrong has gone down at the Institution for the Mentally Infirm! Your sister, Frances, has gone missing. Find her!
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Exits: North, East
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Exits: South, East, West (locked), or Enter (elevator)
>You look around. You are in the hospital intake. A fire extinguisher is hanging on the blood-splattered wall. There is an elevator here. You can also take the stairs.
Exits: South, East, West (locked, or Enter (elevator)
>I don't know how to Check pockets.
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>You are in the hospital intake. There is an elevator here. You can also take the stairs.
Exits: South, East, West (locked), or Enter (elevator)
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Exits: North, East, West
>Check inventory
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>INVENTORY: note, fire extinguisher
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>You read the note. You printed out an email you received this morning. It says, "hip zomby apokalips xoxo frances." It was sent from Dr. Ahmad's email account.
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From the Desk of Darth Vertroue Diplomat to the USA.
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>The corpses have nothing. They're all messed up.
>You go north. You are in the auditorium. The auditorium is where lectures and film screenings are held. Bright light streams down from the projector at the back of the room. There is a movie screen here. Stairs lead up.
Exits: South, Up
>There are many zombies here! Too many to fight!
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Exits: North, East
>I don't know how to Do what Figgy said.
>take film reels
>You take the film reels.
>What would you like to talk to Pete the Orderly about?
(carry on, I can't participate just now)
A list of things, should you be of the gifting persuasion
> Ask Pete if he knows where to find weapons
>Check Inventory
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>Pete the Orderly says, "I don't know anything about if sister is hot. You'll have to ask that yourself!" He seems anxious.
>Check inventory
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>INVENTORY: film reels, fire extinguisher, note, tray of food
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>The food smells strange. It's meatloaf. Best not to eat it.