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[monk12]

Well that's better than the previous speculation on what it was!

[Solifuge]

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Hey there, pardon the dust! It was a long vacation.

First, I want to thank all the folks who followed and/or played in this adventure. Running this game with y'all was the catalyst that finally got me comfortable making art in public, and even got me started in indie game development! Those things wouldn't have been possible without your participation and encouragement during this old thing. Lots of exciting work and life stuff has happened since, but that and other distractions kept me away from projects like this for a long time. Even though there was so much stuff I still wanted to do!

A while back, I was going over this setting for use in another project, and started feeling nostalgic. I started doodling some of these characters again for fun. Before I knew it, I was playing with new sprite sheets and unused character designs. I started thinking about ways to prune and streamline the clunky rules system, and how the story and pacing could be handled better. I realized that I could prevent the crazy burn-out I felt by pacing myself, making less formatting-intensive posts, and generally avoiding all-nighters as a way to finish updates quickly. I've been realizing all the ways I could run a better version of something like this, if I did it today.

And that, my dear and maybe confused reader, is what led me to start thinking about some kind of quasi-reboot / continuation. Maybe tweaking some things, and picking up somewhere around where we left off. Maybe telling a few side stories within the Blunderverse, featuring some new characters and scenarios I still want to get to. Maybe even a mix of the two.

But before I get too far ahead of myself, are any of you oldbies still around? And are any of you newcomers interested in ignoring the old adage, and waking up a sleeping dog with me?

[Tiruin]

Wow, this really feels just like yesterday (when the last post was 2013)...

Spoiler: That just seeing it already made me cheer happily (click to show/hide)

I like that the emoticon improved, as a very subtle edit.
Yaaay our canine hero is back!

[TheBiggerFish]

Dangit, you made me think it was back

+1

That's mean

And annoying.
How long until people quoting this exceed the number of posts back from when this was a game?

No clue. Soon, maybe.

Well with this kind of reaction how can I not PTW?

[monk12]

This is serious, Soli put a butt in the thread title!

In all seriousness, though, I swear to await the Return, and serve Those Who Come Home.

I mean what I say and I say what I mean. I'm on board for funtimes 100%

Also, RIP in peace buttface emoticon. Never forget.

Speaking of forgetting, time for an archive binge!

[Haspen]

yesssss

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

* Haspen vibrates

EDIT: Just finished re-reading the whole of the awesome. IS SELLY GUNNA BE OKAY!?!?

[Gentlefish]

I came in at the tail-end. I miss this, and I'm gonna have to re-read it because OMG OCTOPUS.

[Kadzar]

Oldbies or old bees? Because I'm pretty sure I'm one of them, though I'm not sure which. Either way, I'm around.

[Scaraban]

...are any of you oldbies still around?...

Who disturbs my slumber?

[MaximumZero]

I'm here! I'm drunk, but I'm here.

[Mooply]

I would be interested. Though I'm not really an oldbie or a newbie, more like that one person that watches you from a window from afar.

[Solifuge]

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Yrma's a big girl - bigger than us, at any rate - see if she can lift Selly. If not, we should stay with her, and Yrma should go get Grenfeldon. We don't know who might have done this, just that it wasn't us.

I've no real opinion on whether we should get the guards or not - having law enforcement running around could make things difficult if we have to use magic again, but if they do their jobs properly it should make it so we don't have to.

Nuts to the fuzz, let's go all Nancy Drew on this biz!

Get Yrma to help us get Selly to her room, then send Yrma to tell Grenfeldon. Then search Selly's room for her books/basement key.

Hey, Yrma. You think you can pick up Celise? She's been on the floor for a while. Prob'ly shouldn't leave her there.

Oh, right! We should get her to bed. I can try.

Spoiler: HEAVY-LIFTING TEST! (Yrma, Difficulty: ★) (click to show/hide)

Skills: Might + Stamina (Ranks: ★★★★)

With a bit of exertion, Yrma manages to get Celise off the floor.
The unconscious girl is breathing, but shows no sign of stirring. Whatever's got her knocked out, she's out cold.
Yrma nudges the closet door closed, and turns toward the Hallway, taking a few heavy steps toward the dorm room She and Selly share.

Hey Mel... *grunt* ...you're coming with me, right? I kinda don't want to be alone right now.

Yeah, yeah. I'll be right there. I just want to take a look at some things, see if I can find any clues. Maybe find out what Selly was doing in the Basement, or where the Key to the Basement went. Or how she wound up in a closet? Oh, and if Torrence is here today, we should probably ask him if he knows anything too.

Okay, good luck *grunt* sleuthing, I guess. If I see Torrence, I'll let him know you want to talk. Just *grunt* don't take too long.

Yrma continues on toward the Dorms with Selly, leaving you alone with your thoughts.
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Hey all! Now that we're underway again, I can officially welcome you back. And if you're new, feel free to hop right in!

You may have noticed some overhauls to the dice system, and to Melody's character sheet. I've been wanting to move to a more open and flexible set of mechanics that don't structure the story so rigidly. Also, we're using a Dice Pool system for Skill Tests, to make the rules side easier to make sense of, and make it more fun to represent visually. Over the next few days, I'll be updating the OP with rules info. If nothing else, the rules should be less of a novel now, which is a plus! ._.;

Oh, and I hope the new scale and visual style works for folks! If it stretches your screen or is illegible, let me know so I can tweak it. I'm using Tiled to help assemble the Isometric scenes, but it still means I've got to draw some hefty sprite atlases for each area. Luckily, it's flexible and highly reusable... and Tiled makes map building WAY FASTER than laying out tiles by hand. Also, if anyone really misses Platformer Perspective, I think I'll still use it from time to time. Small point of pride, but the new character sprites are compatible with either. :3

Spoiler: CHARACTER: Melody (click to show/hide)

(Scroll over icons for more information)

Spoiler: OTHER STUFF: (click to show/hide)

Wow, this really feels just like yesterday (when the last post was 2013)...

I like that the emoticon improved, as a very subtle edit.
Yaaay our canine hero is back!

Yeah. It was hard to pick it back up for a while there. I used to feel guilty about the long delays too, which built up a lot of emotional resistance to just resuming things. I'm looking forward to it now, though! Also, we're not quite back to our Canine Hero; still stuck with Mel for a little bit, depending on how things go. I wonder what Maja's up to right now, though? Hmm...!

This is serious, Soli put a butt in the thread title!

In all seriousness, though, I swear to await the Return, and serve Those Who Come Home.

I mean what I say and I say what I mean. I'm on board for funtimes 100%

Also, RIP in peace buttface emoticon. Never forget.

Speaking of forgetting, time for an archive binge!

Hey Monk! Good to see you too. I can try to fit more butts into the plot, if you're missing the emoji. That aside, I'll also try to do subtle little recaps, so folks don't have to binge through the old stuff to participate. I'm torn on a few retcons I'm pondering, but I'm hoping to avoid them; most of the stuff hasn't happened yet, so we're good there!

yesssss

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

* Haspen vibrates

EDIT: Just finished re-reading the whole of the awesome. IS SELLY GUNNA BE OKAY!?!?

Depends on what y'all do, so I guess we'll have to find out! Also, thanks for the excitement!

Well with this kind of reaction how can I not PTW?

Good to have you TBF, but woof... let's avoid Quote Pyramids in future. I'm nervous we might invoke the Quote Pharaoh's Curse.

Who disturbs my slumber?

Hoi. It's me. :3

I would be interested. Though I'm not really an oldbie or a newbie, more like that one person that watches you from a window from afar.

Lurkers and mysterious admirers welcome. Consider offering suggestions from time to time, though. This is a collaborative effort!

Oldbies or old bees? Because I'm pretty sure I'm one of them, though I'm not sure which. Either way, I'm around.

Hive always known you'd stick around. If you're not too buzzy these days, it's good to have you back!

I'm here! I'm drunk, but I'm here.

Kadzar's apparently not the only buzzed one. It's been a week, so I hope you've sobered up a bit since. Good to see you, in either case!

I came in at the tail-end. I miss this, and I'm gonna have to re-read it because OMG OCTOPUS.

I was kind of hoping for an underwater fight there, but I was afraid it'd break the pacing. And maybe result in drowning. Which would be anticlimactic.

[Kadzar]

Check the closet to see if there was anything that didn't belong in there. I mean, besides the person we just found.

((Also, I like the new artwork and what I see of the new mechanics.))

[monk12]

Check the closet to see if there was anything that didn't belong in there. I mean, besides the person we just found.

((Also, I like the new artwork and what I see of the new mechanics.))

+1

Also, check out the books upstairs.

[Haspen]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay isometric superpixel!

_{Boooo where's muh 2D pixel backgrounds ;<;}