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Comment on IF Comp ’12 – Porpentine’s howling dogs! by A view from a different rock | Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling

A view from a different rock | Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:03:45 +0000

[…] (Orestes Drunk and Pylades Fasting), “Laughed out loud; frightened the neighbors.” (Jenni Polodna). To touch Orestes and make Jenni laugh are high accolades in my view. What I would regard as […]

Comment on So, I feel weird about this, but. by iammostlyuseless

iammostlyuseless — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:32:08 +0000

Truly, honestly, for realsies, the BEST DOLLAR I HAVE EVER SPENT. And I’m not being snarky because I live in the UK where we use guineas instead. I mean this is the best value for money I’ve ever had. Please force yourself to stay up every night and write an ebook, and I will buy all of them*.

*Unless I have spent all of my ‘dollars’ on food and rent.

Comment on So, I feel weird about this, but. by Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:50:27 +0000

Gosh, thank you for purchasing my book, and for confirming my theory on why $2.13, because that was gonna drive me nuts. You are welcome for the kind of strange morning.

Comment on So, I feel weird about this, but. by Steven Odhner

Steven Odhner — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:32:04 +0000

I have purchased your book. I had to pay a strange amount so that you could get exactly $1.50, because I wanted you to get at least a dollar and then I got into that zone where you try to put just enough gas in your car to be a specific dollar amount. A bit more fragmentary stream of consciousness-y than I was prepared for (but just a bit, because I already was expecting it to be pretty much that way) but worth the $2.13 just for the bit with the astronauts heading into the sun. Thanks for making this morning kind of strange.

Comment on Spring Thing ’13 — Mostly Useless’s Witch’s Girl! by Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:10:58 +0000

That is both super flattering and makes me feel like I exert too much influence on the world. o.O

(Especially if I’m making it hungry. The world is hungry enough.)

Comment on Spring Thing ’13 — Mostly Useless’s Witch’s Girl! by iammostlyuseless

iammostlyuseless — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:14:23 +0000

Jenni, it might amuse (or terrify) you to know that while making Witch’s Girl a significant amount of effort was expended with the sole aim of making you giggle. I’ve been reading your reviews for a while now (they alternate between making me laugh until it hurts and making me incredibly hungry) and I desperately wanted you to enjoy the game, so when your review popped up about three hours after the games were made available you took all the voting period stress away from me. Thank you.

By the way, the croissant debacle was my bad, not yours – a bug in the epilogue gave you the “you did something” text regardless of whether you did. I’ll be fixing it shortly. Then I’ll be working on a parser game, in which I promise you won’t have to specify which key you want to use to unlock a door at any point. Oh, and I’m totally going to draw you some angry-looking sausages.

Keep being awesome!

Comment on Spring Thing ’13 – Andrew Schultz’s A Roiling Original! by Andrew Schultz

Andrew Schultz — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:07:18 +0000

Well, since the competition period’s over, I can say stuff. Which I hope is not TLDR.

I figured out a lot of why’s during the competition. I wanted to see what I could do with the mechanics of the game, and unfortunately, I had to speed up production near the end. Unfortunately, there was no easy way to do things without making smart people feel stupid.

I don’t like to put that burden on players, because games are supposed to be fun, so I had to trust in a balance of the good (for a flexdible definition of good e.g. not nearly as rickety as before testing) vs. perfect (which never gets done.) Recently I’ve been taking more risks putting stuff out there, and it’s been good for me, but maybe not for people who get something rough.

Also, the ghost is mad because his jewel was stolen. That’s another thing you need to flip (hint: it’s a ruby, and it’s hidden in something.) But it was not clear enough initially & may still not be clear. For instance, in the post-comp release, Aunt Tuna will know much more gossip that you can ask her about. Gunter will clear why people are blaming you. And that sort of thing.

You found the only place in the game where you can get “killed,” except the end, and that needs to be narrated.

Nobody tried *answering* the door, either. I implemented OPEN DOOR and such, but synonyms trip me up even with several good testers & I see answer = conversation. So I appreciate seeing that. That is an easy fix for the post-comp release.

Thanks again for looking through all the Spring Thing games, and I wish I could’ve given you (and my testers and likely some other players) a smoother experience!

Comment on Spring Thing ’13 – Adam Holbrook’s Encyclopedia of Elementals! by Jenni

Jenni — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:41:33 +0000

Y’know, I figured I couldn’t be that far into the thing if I hadn’t even cracked open my stolen titular encyclopedia. I just get cranky and quit things sometimes when I am bad at puzzles.

Also, USE? argleblarglegraaagh

Comment on Spring Thing ’13 – Adam Holbrook’s Encyclopedia of Elementals! by Adam Holbrook

Adam Holbrook — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:06:35 +0000

I’m almost positive I enjoyed reading this more than you enjoyed the game, but I think it’s a net win. I’m interested in what you’re reaction is to the fact that you didn’t even make it halfway through the game, purely because I think you’re hilarious.

(Also, “use” is the verb the you were looking for. I’m hipster like that)

Comment on Monaco and Feminism, or, Give Me A Female Cleaner and A Smashburger and You Can Have All the Redheads You Want by Jenni

Jenni — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:08:29 +0000

At least you’re that dude in a nice suit!