Castle Paradox

djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

I see little point in this. Only two entries, but nevertheless, vote for your favourite:

The Dark Dungeon by Twin Hamster
http://castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=834

Jimmy's Vacation by SDHawk and Sew
www.stellarx.org/sdhawk/jimmy.zip

PM me, or post vote here. Voting ends friday night.

Meatballsub · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

Man, I guess I should have tried to throw something together for this. Then again, both entries are so cool that mine would have been nothing compared to them.

It's a hard decision for me. I'll PM you what I decide.
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

These games are AWESOME.
Dark dungeon made me laugh so hard, I decided to draw some fan art of what happened to me in the game. Don't worry, I tried not to give away any spoilers...

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Gizmog1 · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:23 am Post subject:

This is really a toug moral quandary. Do I vote for Darkness, with it's great dialogue, and the fact that I won, seemingly at random?

Or do I vote for Jimmy, with the delicious voice acting of Hachi-Roku, my BFBF? Not to mention the plot, which i was unable to detect or advance to any effect at all?

Sorry, Hachi. I know it might put a dark cloud over our trip to Paris, but I'm gonna give this vote to Darkness/

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject:

Hmmm. It's a tough choice.
Jimmy had graphics and some butt kicking animations, albeit he looked like a walking Penis (heh). Dark Dungeon had slightly more content (all of it text), but it was visually stunted, shall we say. I love D'n'D, though.

I'm probably going to go with Dungeon, but only because it didn't just stop abruptly at a locked door and it really played with my imagination.
+ vote for Dark Dungeon OHR.
An honorable mention goes out to Jimmy. I loved how after taking a bath I get to make the house all wet and the video game cheats were great info. (No spoilers, sorry). I just wish it was longer. I guess you can say it's a good thing to make your audience want more. Ha ha ha!

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SDHawk · **Silent One** Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 80

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject:

Ah. I'll keep searching for it.

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Charbile · Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 106 Location: Blythewood

Master.

We are in a tight spot!

Voting for Jimmy's Vacation. My BFF Hachi's voice acting is hot! Whoaaaaoaaaaoooooooooa! Turbo gamer. The fanfic (I think?) reading was hilarious.

SDHawk, who I assume scripted it all, was neat. Now I finally have that game where I can move lamps. I have issue with Sew though. SEW

In the name of Harman...

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

What a tasty buffet (in spite of the extremely limit selection!)

I really loved the look and feel of Jimmy. I did not figure out how to do anything other than walk around Jimmy's house and use/move things, but I thought it was very cool. I would be delighted to see a larger game using this interface-- so much so, that you now have me thinking about what kind of engine features could be added to make this sort of engine interface easier with less scripting required.

If I had any suggestion it would be to try and take advantage of the feature that remembers NPC locations and tileset modifications to make the things that jimmy moves and manipulates persist even when he leaves the room.

Dark Dungeon made me laugh out loud, and that is not just because I was drunk when I played it (I think...) I give you points for replay value. As soon as I beat it, I immediately played all the way through again. Great parody of the text adventure genre.

If I had any suggestion, it would just be to add more, more, more.
An inventory of collected items might be cool too.

Chenzi · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject:

Slap a vote down for Jimmy for me, will you? Sew is my seekrit lover.
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SDHawk · **Silent One** Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 80

Bob the Hamster · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject:

Still haven't found the secret area. I'll check the Bathroom again! Smokin'

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djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

last day for voting

TwinHamster · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:56 am Post subject:

I vote for me, because with the current flow of votes, this will tie the score.

Making Meatballsub's secret vote the tie-breaker.

Of course, Hawk and Sew could easily double-vote on their entry, but I think it'd be cooler if they let my idea work :(