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Monaco: One For All and All For Me

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  • interrobanginterrobang kawaii as  hellRegistered User regular
    i am down to play this tomorrow after work!

    my steam id is "drugtown"

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    that's a real good steam name

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    I want

    To get this game real bad

    Let me live through you, thread

  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    I am down for playing this game! It is a fun game! My steamy identification is Poorochindriac

  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited April 2013
    I am down for playing this game! It is a fun game! My steamy identification is Poorochondriac

    Poorochondriac on
  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    The delay on XBLA has led to the amusing circumstance where Microsoft are actually advertising an XBLA game before it comes out.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    yes. this seems like a game i would like to play with people. it'll give me a reason to hook up my mac mini if we're doing a whole steam coop thing

    steam name is Futore

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  • B_RB_R Registered User regular
    So far I can just outrun every guard. There seems to be no reason for stealth in the early levels.

  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

    Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

    But my computer broke in the move and I hadn't gotten it replaced and then I did but it got shipped to the wrong address.

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    B_R wrote: »
    So far I can just outrun every guard. There seems to be no reason for stealth in the early levels.

    "It's fun" seems like a pretty good reason to me!

    (but really, they're letting you learn the mechanics with lighter punishment so that you don't get totally creamed when things pick up, which they do)

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

    Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

    But my computer broke in the move and I hadn't gotten it replaced and then I did but it got shipped to the wrong address.

    Aww man that sucks. Is your pc going to get delivered to the right place?

  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    So I just bought this

    I look forward to stealthin' with peeps at some point in the future

  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    I got this!

    Just wish I had time to play today, but I might tonight.

    I definitely want to co-op this so add my Steam ID to your friends list.

  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    Oh right, my Steam ID is "greengatsby"

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    I like the locksmith and the hacker. I dont' think this is surprising.

    I expect the same, once I get my hands on this.

    C'mon payday...

    Switch Friend Code: SW-6680-6709-4204


  • B_RB_R Registered User regular
    Okay other people just love to run directly into guards all the time.

    My steam name is Teppichporsche

  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    the single player for this is a fucking delight

    I can't wait to try multiplayer

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    also today's PA comic is one of my favorites in a long time

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  • Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    Gatsby wrote: »
    So I just bought this

    I look forward to stealthin' with peeps at some point in the future

    I have not had a chance to even check on my comp at home

    but you've got a mac, don't ya gatsby? so this is on OS X right now?

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

    Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

    But my computer broke in the move and I hadn't gotten it replaced and then I did but it got shipped to the wrong address.

    Aww man that sucks. Is your pc going to get delivered to the right place?

    Well it's not a complete clusterfuck, as the incorrect address is my grandmother's house in Chicago. The thing is she can't do anything with it or about it due to being too old. So it's inaccessible to me unless I can persuade them to go pick it back up and ship it correctly. They used the billing address instead of the address I gave them I guess? Guh.

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    CRIME TIME MOTHAFUCKAS

    dang i kind of want this game now.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

    Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

    But my computer broke in the move and I hadn't gotten it replaced and then I did but it got shipped to the wrong address.

    Aww man that sucks. Is your pc going to get delivered to the right place?

    Well it's not a complete clusterfuck, as the incorrect address is my grandmother's house in Chicago. The thing is she can't do anything with it or about it due to being too old. So it's inaccessible to me unless I can persuade them to go pick it back up and ship it correctly. They used the billing address instead of the address I gave them I guess? Guh.

    Is this a Korean company? If it was a US company I'd say it's on them since they used the wrong address and you should breathe down their necks until they remedy their fuckup. But if it's a foreign company and they don't give a fuck, well..

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  • NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    edited April 2013
    Reading the newspost about this game
    Holy shit this is cool
    It's a message hidden in another message. In Monaco's case, all of the data that describes a level is hidden in the side-view image of the level itself.

    https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=437497056995
    Remember that Steganography is about hiding messages in other messages. For us we want to hide it in such a way that you don't even notice.

    Every pixel in an image is composed of 4 8-bit values, describing how Red it is, how Green it is, how Blue it is, and how Transparent it is. That means that the color and transparency of every pixel in an image is described by 32 binary numbers: 1's and 0's. The first 8 are for Red, then the next 8 for Green, then Blue, then Transparency.

    That means that we can have up to 256 shade of red, green, and blue. But when you combine all these possibilities together, you get 16777216 different color possibilities.

    Bits: The Building Blocks of Pixels

    In binary, the first digit of the number is the MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT (bit.. bit.. bit... echo echo echo). So a red value of 10000000 is actually halfway up the red scale, despite all those zeros. Modifying that bit will change the color of a pixel drastically.

    The last digit is the LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT (said in my chipmunk voice). So a red value of 00000001 is nearly black, it has 1/256th of red in it.

    So if we only modify the least significant bits of the R, G, and B values of each pixel in the image, the viewer probably won't even notice! We're only shifting the shade by 1/256th!

    DRUMROLL....

    So all I'm doing is I'm taking all that junk level data from above, and spreading it like butter across the least significant bits of every pixel in the image. Considering that the image is 1060x480 pixels (508,800 total pixels) and I have 3 colors which I can modify (I probably don't want to screw around with the transparency data in the image), that means I have 1,526,400 bits to work with. And if I run out, I can always move to the SECOND LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT!!!

    Since I compressed my data with Run-Length-Encoding, I've never actually had to move beyond the least-significant bit. The player will never notice! Especially with all that bloom and other junk obscuring the image.

    You can really only see if if you take the image into an image processing program, remove the alpha, zoom in, and increase the contrast/saturation drastically!

    NeoToma on
  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    @Abracadaniel you are totally rad and I will be jumping on to play some tonight, so hopefully I can catch you or anyone else on!

    my steam name is the same as my forum name. it might even be in my sig still! who knows

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Let's co-op, people.

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    Druhim wrote: »
    This game seems rad

    I wish I had a computer to play it on

    Waaaaaait, you don't have a computomotron?

    You're not a fake girl gamer, are you?

    Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

    But my computer broke in the move and I hadn't gotten it replaced and then I did but it got shipped to the wrong address.

    Aww man that sucks. Is your pc going to get delivered to the right place?

    Well it's not a complete clusterfuck, as the incorrect address is my grandmother's house in Chicago. The thing is she can't do anything with it or about it due to being too old. So it's inaccessible to me unless I can persuade them to go pick it back up and ship it correctly. They used the billing address instead of the address I gave them I guess? Guh.

    Is this a Korean company? If it was a US company I'd say it's on them since they used the wrong address and you should breathe down their necks until they remedy their fuckup. But if it's a foreign company and they don't give a fuck, well..

    No, it's Newegg. To be honest apart from the massive difficulty in contacting Korea time change wise their shipping is usually fairly efficient

    All that trouble I had with my packages as I moved home was the exception that proves the rule, and I could have gotten insurance money back if the hassle of communication hadn't been too unappealing to me

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    "Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    Just completed/cleaned out the Infirmary level in the Lockpick's story. The game's been really fun up until then, but it was the first level where the incredibly flexibility of the game really came through.

    I started as The Gentleman, scuttling and hiding my way through the first floor. A couple of close calls, but nothing I can't escape. A little into the second floor, I get caught in the open. Get taken down. "Oh, man, how am I gonna finish this without instant disguise? That's impossible!" But I don't want to restart, so I tag in The Cleaner.

    I start methodically chloroforming an entire floor of patients. Sneak into their rooms, put them to sleep, take their money. No alarms sounded, no witnesses left conscious. It's a slow, methodical, kinda creepy cakewalk. Get to the third floor. Get caught in the open, bum-rushed by guards. Go down. "Oh, man, how am I gonna finish this without chloroform? That's impossible!" But I don't want to restart, so I tag in The Mole.

    The walls this high up in the hospital are paper-thin. I burrow through 'em like I'm in an ant colony, creating a complex networks of tunnels that make losing guards a breeze. Picking locks slows me down too much, so I crash through the walls next to locked doors. I smash-and-grab my way through the whole floor, then high-tail it to the helipad and chopper away to safety.

    It was seriously so, so cool. And I haven't even tried the multi yet! Hell of a game.

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    Is anyone looking for someone to throw down on the four-pack?

  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    any word on the 360 release of this

    want that sweet sweet local coop action

  • B_RB_R Registered User regular
    I'm pretty sure this game works on basically every computer from the last 4 years.

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Someone has got to want to play this right now.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I totally do. Unfortunately I'm also at work.

  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    I am also at work, but that may or may not prevent me from being able to play it

    Let me go get a cold cold beer from our kegerator and see if I can get steam up on the conference room computer

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    shit I gotta finish this call first, give me like 10 minutes

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Is anyone looking for someone to throw down on the four-pack?

    yo

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I am also at work, but that may or may not prevent me from being able to play it

    Let me go get a cold cold beer from our kegerator and see if I can get steam up on the conference room computer

    Oh my god I hate you SO MUCH right now

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I am also at work, but that may or may not prevent me from being able to play it

    Let me go get a cold cold beer from our kegerator and see if I can get steam up on the conference room computer

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    any word on the 360 release of this

    want that sweet sweet local coop action

    They submitted the fix to Microsoft so the ball is in their court.

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