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[Kadzar]

Hey, guys! I'm sorry I haven't been as active in the Igynpadca thread as I have in the past, but I haven't really been playing the game much. My life has gotten a lot more busy lately, so I don't really have time for MMOs.

But I hear Generic Game Company has started a spin-off single-player version. Has anyone heard anything about it?

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

This is basically an attempt at a reboot of Igynpadca as a single-player game instead of a MMORPG. I'll just quote from the original thread to start with:

IGYNPADCA stands for Incomprehensible Game You've Never Played And Don't Care About. The basic premise of this game is that we discuss a game that doesn't really exist, making up facts about it as we go along. Also, just so that this doesn't become an unreadable mess, players should occasionally ask questions about some things other players have mentioned, at which point any other player can elaborate on that point and call the question-asker a noob. You can also ask other players to be more specific about the area of the game they're talking about. Basically, think of this as a thread that would be in Other Games if it weren't for the fact that the game in question doesn't exist.

We'll need a few players to play newbies; those playing experienced players should do their best to answer their questions. Experienced players should also feel free to trade high-level strategy tips.

If you're having trouble coming up with names for things, you can use these generators:
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-skill.php, this page has a pretty good selection of Seventh Sanctum generators.
http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/nounverber_names.htm, for all your nounverbing needs
http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/sf_namegens.htm, a list of a lot of  good generators for coming up with actual made-up words
http://www.thewingless.com/forge/, A flash-based generator with some neat options.

If you know of any other good generators, let me know and I'll add them.

Knowledge of the previous game is not necessary, as this is a whole new game, and we barely stuck to canon in the previous game anyway.

[werty892]

Yeah, the rumors seems to be confirmed. http://www.genericgamecompany.com/Igynpadca/single-player/

Dunno how it can stand up to the MMO, but we will see.

[PTTG??]

Leaks from the dev team. Gonna spoiler 'em for obvious reasons.

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Spoiler: And, of course, the gameworld map (click to show/hide)

If nothing else, the graphics look pretty good.

[helmacon]

I take it from the steam lobster that this takes place before the MMO? It just makes me worried that they are going to end up ret-coning a lot of the lore...

[Kadzar]

I take it from the steam lobster that this takes place before the MMO? It just makes me worried that they are going to end up ret-coning a lot of the lore...

Yeah, looking at the dev page, the game apparently takes place during the Time of Spiders, which has often been hinted at in-game but never really fleshed out that much.

And the devs say they'll avoid problems with ret-conning by making all the important NPCs turn out to be clones.

[IcyTea31]

Yeah, looking at the dev page, the game apparently takes place during the Time of Spiders, which has often been hinted at in-game but never really fleshed out that much.

And the devs say they'll avoid problems with ret-conning by making all the important NPCs turn out to be clones.

But didn't the Age of Arachnids happen in a separate timeline in a parallel 'verse anyway? Or are we talking about different time periods?

We fully intend to revolutionize localization by making the different languages wholly different experiences. Our version, for example, is situated on the peninsula of Gavol instead of the archipelago of Tarcatinca.

I'm not so sure how much I like this. To me it seems they just want to make more money by selling the same game with minor changes to those fans who would buy every game and paraphernalia.

[Chiefwaffles]

Nonono, at max level, you can make a black hole harness and restart in the Age of Arachnids in the MMO.
But I think in an interview one of the developers mentioned an "alternate alternate universe."

[Sirus]

Have you seen the planned Day 1 DLC? It's ridiculous. They actually locked the Archaeologist class behind a paywall! Such bullshit.

[Kadzar]

Yeah, looking at the dev page, the game apparently takes place during the Time of Spiders, which has often been hinted at in-game but never really fleshed out that much.

And the devs say they'll avoid problems with ret-conning by making all the important NPCs turn out to be clones.

But didn't the Age of Arachnids happen in a separate timeline in a parallel 'verse anyway? Or are we talking about different time periods?

You seem to be a bit confused. The Time of Spiders is totally different from the Age of Arachnids. For one thing, it involved way less scorpions. Also

Spoiler: Spoiler for The King of Cantaloupes questline (click to show/hide)

the Three Sacred Lava Lamps you need to resurrect Larry from hypersleep were apparently created at this time in a Mecha Spider Forge.

[Tomasque]

So is the game actually out yet? Is it in beta? I can't find it anywhere!

[PTTG??]

Closed Beta. You needed to preorder the game five years ago (while it was still in secret development) to get into it now. My policy of sending $50 to random game companies every few months finally paid off.

[Kadzar]

Huh, it must be really weird playing in the non-dev builds. Scoots just mentioned on Twitter how he finally managed to fix the bugs with castles moving randomly and waffles barking when not put in a toaster.

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

Now I'm almost tempted to make an actual Twitter profile for this thing.

[Lord_lemonpie]

Oh my, I am so hyped! I'm afraid it doesn't live up to the MMO though.

[PTTG??]

Huh, it must be really weird playing in the non-dev builds. Scoots just mentioned on Twitter how he finally managed to fix the bugs with castles moving randomly and waffles barking when not put in a toaster.

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

Now I'm almost tempted to make an actual Twitter profile for this thing.

Keep in mind Scoots' been known to tweet crunked out of his mind. The waffle barking bug is probably still in.

[IcyTea31]

That sounds like something that ought to be made into a pet or familiar or whatever they're going to call them, actually. I haven't seen this bug in action, since I'm not in the closed beta, but are you sure it's not an intentional feature?