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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:49:57 GMT
From TUFFF (March 2010)... Hey, I've just realized I've been playing a few of your adventures over at the FF project, nice ones, been having fun (it really helped killing downtime these days at my job!!) so I wanted to thank you in person.
I basically never have the chance to thank anyone for their works, but I figure it must be nice.
I managed to finish Impudent Peasant! and Isle of the Cyclop...
so, in Cyclop, after I defeated the main bad guy, I'm left wandering the island as I wish... eventually I boarded my ship and the game stopped, is that it? Or I forgot something?
Plus, in The Black Lobster, what's the goal? Just surviving? Getting money? Or is it "revealed" along the way? I keep losing in battles... obviously the guy wasn't meant to be a fighter.
If I can't survive a day or two at the job, how the hell did I manage to do it before? lol
Good work, though. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:52:25 GMT
From TUFFF... Hi Hynreck, Glad you enjoyed them! Isle of the Cyclops was a Fabled Lands style non-linear adventure, so after you killed the Cyclops you could sail over to the next island, and the next adventure, which I planned out but have still never written. One of these days! Black Lobster has 2 good endings - one where you keep running the tavern, and another where you flee Blacksand and become an adventurer (this was going to lead on to a proposed sequel too). Thanks for your kind words - there's a few more up in the downloads section. Also, if you haven't already, play Shrine of the Salamander in Fighting Fantazine #2 - personally I think that's my best by far (but then more than a few people still seem to like Lair of the Troglodytes, my very first effort). cheers Andy |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:53:25 GMT
From TUFFF... Haven't survived Lair of the Troglodytes yet, but intend to! I like to play those in the FF project cause it's easy to keep track of everything while still working (when there's work to be done...). I do intend on trying all the others, like Salamander, one day. I've got the download, I just need more free time. ...seriously, how many of you in here are writers/writing amateur FF? That's amazing. I'm a writer too (amateur for now until the day I get published, and in french), but I tackle straight horror mostly. Life's been bogging me down, though, the usual, kids and my lazy ass, so my main story is just about crawling on the floor. One day it'll catch up to me and with luck, kick my ass. I need a good one. Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:54:17 GMT
From TUFFF... No, you're right, FF Project is a great site for just playing through the adventures online, without any messy paper, dice, pencils and so on. Andy Spruce, the creator/owner of the site, has done a fantastic job. If you're looking for big adventures, try Kieran's Hunger of the Wolf, or Ulysses Ai's The Diamond Key. Lair of the Troglodytes has two endings - a good one, and a better one. See how you go! cheers Andy Impudent Peasant! |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:55:31 GMT
From TUFFF... I tried both already. They went on like forever, and I thought I was doing more than well, but then I died. Bummer. I think one I got trampled by horses, this came out of nowhere (nearly <_<) must admit I was pretty pissed.
The other one the girl fired me after I blew all her money. I was pretty pissed too. I mean, what she going to do by her lone self? She should have kept me with her anyway, what could it hurt? How am I supposed to know how to manage my money if she doesn't even tell me where we are going? Yes, I get pissed a lot, I guess!! But it's okay, I'll have my revenge! Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:56:28 GMT
From TUFFF... I think one I got trampled by horses, this came out of nowhere (nearly <_<) must admit I was pretty pissed. Ah, horses can be troublesome beasts. Apart from the horses from nowhere, what did you think of it? |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:58:08 GMT
From TUFFF... I like it. I thought it well done. At first I wasn't sure, cause you use a lot of Scorpion Swamp illos and I was scared for a moment...  Then I started playing like a barbarian (bits of Conan, you know) and it worked well, I chopped my way left and right. Then I realized the big guy (me) was a bit of a softie, so I started helping left and right. This got me, I think, a lot of the clues needed for the siege near the end. At the siege I did well, the clues came in handy, but I hid when the cavalry charged. Then I saw an opportunity to jump on the horse of an unsuspecting cavalry dude, so I did my best barbarian act and did so.
What frustrated me came next, I win the round to get him off the horse, but he didn't quite fall. So he win the next round... and for him, it's enough to push me off. A bit unfair, unless it's because he is saddle in and I'm not... (see I can justify it!) but falling off and being trampled off, that was mean!
You should have given us a luck roll... Otherwise it was pretty entertaining. Well done, Kieran. I tried it a second time and died at the bridge before, trying to charge through the arguing soldiers... Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 15:59:45 GMT
From TUFFF... What frustrated me came next, I win the round to get him off the horse, but he didn't quite fall. So he win the next round... and for him, it's enough to push me off. A bit unfair, unless it's because he is saddle in and I'm not... (see I can justify it!) but falling off and being trampled off, that was mean!
I modelled that fight on the doppleganger battle in Return to Firetop Mountain. If you win an attack round, you roll two dice and if you get a double you push your opponent off the horse, if not the battle continues. It works the same way for your opponent too. So I assume you must have failed to roll a double where he succeeded. Glad you liked it anyway  |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:00:17 GMT
From TUFFF... Ah! That would explain it, thanks for the clarification! It's been too long since I played Return to Firetop. I can't remember the Doppleganger. I will, in time, though. Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:00:57 GMT
From TUFFF... Greyarea!
Oh please I need a hint for Lair of the Trog, I always end up dead in the same place somehow.
Just steer me in the right direction! A small hint!
I'm begging... Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:01:25 GMT
From TUFFF... Hey Hynreck, where and how do you keep dying? cheers Andy Impudent Peasant! |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:01:54 GMT
From TUFFF... Somehow events always leads me toward the big room where I meet the human... then it's the usual choice between 2 death. I must be missing something obvious... Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:03:03 GMT
From TUFFF... You need two things to help you beat the human. Step one: go to brewer. Get drunk. Wake up. Go to find brewer. Get stuff. Take stuff to hag. Also, you need to go the the guardroom (and then flee). Impudent Peasant! |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:03:40 GMT
From TUFFF... lol I tried most of that, I'm pretty sure, but not in the same play. Which would explain (perhaps) why I'm not connecting the dots. Okay, I remember your advice to play like a mean trog... I guess I'm not knowledgeable about their culture yet! Thanks. Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:04:06 GMT
From TUFFF... Well, I've managed it. Big thanks again. Is that the only ending? Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:04:40 GMT
From TUFFF... Which ending did you get? Ok ending? Or Chief of the tribe super-cool ending? Impudent Peasant! |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:05:02 GMT
From TUFFF... Aha! OK ending I guess. I became a hero of sort. I guess there's more to the trippy shroom sequence, then? Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:05:22 GMT
From TUFFF... Yup - think of it as a dungeon within a dungeon. Impudent Peasant! |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 22, 2014 16:05:52 GMT
From TUFFF... That sounds mysterious - and I liked that part, but I was rush for time and made quick decisions - but I'll have to go back there, then. I did meet the veiled badass who said I would be back soon, and not so lucky. Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Mar 24, 2014 12:27:11 GMT
I was browsing the store on my lenovo computer and when I typed in gamebook,I was surprised to find an app of Greyarea's Debacle at Dead Man's Inn!I just downloaded it and will read it now.
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Mar 24, 2014 12:30:46 GMT
Well,what can I say?To put it nicely I'd rather read it on paper than on this app.Download it and you'll know why.
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