The Mystery Dungeon

[Melon]

A mysterious dungeon has appeared in the Plains of Mystery, filled with puzzles, intrigue, wonder and giant tennis racquets. Can you solve the puzzles and find all of the loot in the maze-like underground chamber?

The Mystery Dungeon

So yeah, I've come up with a forum game for everyone whilst I've got time to spare now that I've finished Uni. I've designed this dungeon filled with puzzles and you all get to create an adventurer and raid it for loot. The player who's stolen the most treasure once someone reaches the end is the winner. It's a bit like those fake adventure game forum games, but with puzzles to solve (which means I can't let you get away with any old action you care to submit, sorry). Bear in mind that it's possible to "sequence break" this dungeon, and puzzles may have multiple solutions. Stay creative! I'm willing to make extra stuff up on the spot if the things you do are particularly awesome, including more solutions!

Rules

Players create an adventurer as shown below, and then enter the dungeon one at a time. When a player dies or decides to escape, the next player in the queue will enter the dungeon. Anything done to the dungeon persists between players.
Players may sign up at any time, and will enter the queue behind the last person who hasn't played before (this means new players get preference over existing ones). When a player dies or escapes, he gets to create a new adventurer, who will enter the queue at the back.
You can only carry up to 5 non-treasure items and 3 pieces of treasure. A player may escape from the dungeon at any time to bank the treasure he has collected, whereas if a player dies, he doesn't get to keep it. Depending on how he died, he may leave the treasure by his corpse for the next adventurer to steal. The value of a particular piece of treasure is only discovered when a player escapes the dungeon with it. All treasure collected by a player's adventurers are tallied together into a "total player score". The restriction of 3 pieces of treasure is to encourage people to keep escaping, so that play keeps cycling between all of the players and we don't have to watch one guy go through on his own grabbing everything.
Any items or treasure may be dropped anywhere at any time if you don't want to carry them anymore. Any non-treasure items that become unrecoverable, or are being carried by a player when he escapes or dies will be stored in a magical locker to be retrieved by other players.
If you go AWOL, I'll force you to escape the dungeon so we can keep the game moving.It'll all make sense when you start playing, trust me.

Creating Your Adventurer
Bear in mind most of this is just for laughs. You'll need to create a new character each time you die.


Name
Appearance (I'll draw you! Don't be too ridiculous.)
Item (I'm going to let you carry an object into the dungeon to see what sort of stuff you guys can come up with. I can't let you do certain things such as destroy walls or knock down doors (I can't let you sequence break that easily), but I'm willing to let you alter puzzles and solutions and maybe do other crazy things if you come up with decent stuff.)


The Map
A map will be supplied with every update and will be automatically filled in whenever anyone explores somewhere new. This map will persist between players. The map won't show everything the first time you enter a room, as there might be secret doorways and similar such things, although they will be added when a player opens it and/or finds it. It's possible to enter rooms and not immediately know how to get there or how to get out, in which case the new section of the map will be drawn separately until it can be connected up. This is to prevent giving away the layout of the dungeon. A player cannot escape the dungeon unless they can make it back to the entrance, but with enough hunting around you should almost always never be stuck with no way out. If you want to move between multiple rooms in a single update to get to a particular location quickly (I recommend you do this), please state the path you wish to take if there's multiple routes, so I can notify you if anything's changed in a room that you're passing through.

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I'll try to check this thread as often as possible and keep it updated, but even then some players can easily end up having their go take multiple days or even over a week, seeing as one person plays at a time. This might be true of the first person to play seeing as they've got a few rooms to explore, but things should go quicker later on when places have been explored.
You're free to talk about whatever you like, but there's treasure up for grabs after each puzzle, so it's not really to your benefit to help other people solve stuff.

Player Queue
Barry (Plasma) (Now)
Gordon (Oft99)
Alexander Moëbius (Metal Alex)
Wadiz Zoddle the 6th (robowurmz)
Robocop Mk.2 (Roboslob)
Shirdilus Middlemuss (Shirdel)
Elliott (Shadowmoon)
Bonzbrush Kelpwood (bonz)
Zaphod Beeblebrox (thomasp)
Cool Dude 2000 (SupSuper)
Rob R. Band (Vader)

Score
Grim Oswald - $100
MtlAngelus - $0

[GrimOswald]

*Is totally confuzzled but signs up anyway*


Name: Grimius Oswaldius
Appearance: A typical hobo.
Item: A top hat.

[franpa]

I'll wait for it to start and see how it pans out before I consider joining.

[MtlAngelus]

Name: Stache Jones
Appearance: Heavy Metal with a monocle.
Item: Guitar pick.

[Melon]

Grimius Oswaldius
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/grim001.png

After the economic recession made his company go bust and he lost everything, former millionaire Grimius Oswaldius is forced to roam the streets looking for food and shelter. Holding on to his only remaining possession which is his favourite hat, he stumbles upon the entrance to the Mystery Dungeon and enters, hoping to make back his fortune.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/01.png

To the South are the stairs leading to the surface which you can use to escape. On the wall is a magical locker, which can store almost any object.

The locker is currently empty.

You may head North, East and West.

MAP (http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9824/mapb.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
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Treasure:
-
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-

[Plasma]

Name: Barry
Appearance: A tourist
Item: An expensive camera

[Oft99]

Name: Gordon
Appearance: Wears an odd-looking protective suit of high-tech armour.
Item: A gravity gun (I hope that's allowed).

[GrimOswald]

What I really want to do is grab that arrow in the top right corner. :p

Barring that, West seems like a good direction.

"Bugrit, millennium hand an' shrimp..."

[Melon]

You head West.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/02.png

On the Western wall is a large glyph. A similar pattern is on the Southern wall which is raised out from the surface of the wall.

There is a small hole on the Northern wall.

The only exit is East.

MAP (http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2339/mapv.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
-
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-
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Treasure:
-
-
-

[GrimOswald]

I look through the small hole.

"Mumble mumble grumble grumble..."

[Melon]

You look through the hole.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/05.png

A large tennis racket is spanning across the room, wedged between two doors on the Eastern and Western walls. It seems to be holding them shut.

There is a shine coming from the entrance to the North.

MAP
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6647/mapjis.png)
Inventory:
Top hat
-
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Treasure:
-
-
-

[Metal Alex]

I guess I'll try to join too!


Name: Alexander Moëbius.
Appearance: A ninja pirate.
Item: Extremely tasty sandwich.

[robowurmz]

Me too!


Name: Wadiz Zoddle the 6th
Appearance: A tall man with a moustache out of hell. And a goatee. And a top hat.
Inventory: Queen's Greatest Hits Volume II CD.


Also, nice tip of the hat to mspaintadventures' oboe-in-the-doors.

[Roboslob]

Seems interesting, i'll have a go.
Name: Robocop Mk.2
Appearance: A simplified Robocop, but all rusty/dirty
Inventory: A bottle of VERY strong beer (So strong a normal person would die of alcohol poisoning in minutes, but enough to give Robocop Mk.2 a buzz)

[franpa]

A bottle of VERY strong beer (So strong a normal person would die of alcohol poisoning in minutes, but enough to give Robocop Mk.2 a buzz)

AKA: Moonshine or pure Alcohol?

[Roboslob]

AKA: Moonshine or pure Alcohol?
Not quite, moonshine is a general term for home made alcohol (alcohol content varies on personal prefrence, and could be lethal do to toxins and contaminants), and pure alcohol is, well pure alchol and not beer. (think taste)

[GrimOswald]

Hmm...I try and press/turn the raised glyph.

"Ugh, gotta be a couple pennies 'round here somewhere."

[Shirdel]

Name: Shirdilus Middlemuss
Appearance: Young, Athletic, Adventure Seeker.
Item: Really Weak Rope: Little use at all. Only one shot left in it. (If that's allowed. If not, my trusty Xbox 360 Controller. XD)

[Shadowmoon]

Name: Elliott
Appearance: Your average computer geek.
Item: A wireless mouse

[Melon]

You push, pull and try to turn the large raised glyph, but it won't budge.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/grim002.png

You may head East.

MAP
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6647/mapjis.png)
Inventory:
Top hat
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Treasure:
-
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[bonz]

Name: Bonzbrush Kelpwood
Appearance: A typical clown who secretly wants to become a pirate.
Item: A big rubber hammer that goes "boink" when hitting something.

[GrimOswald]

I will go East and then East again.

"Bah humbug."

[Melon]

You head East twice.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/03.png

In here is a broken computer sitting on an old and dusty desk. It is broken beyond repair. The CD tray is slightly ajar.

You may head North, East and West.

MAP (http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3488/mapq.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
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Treasure:
-
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-

[thomasp]

What the hell. I should be writing up a dissertation, but anyway :p

Name: Maximum Macsimus
Appearance: Black turtleneck, jeans, glasses, short hair, unshaven appearance. Kind of like this guy :p (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs.jpg)
Item: iPhone with the Lightsaber app pre-installed (never know when you might need a virtual weapon :p). And iFart for those comedy moments.

[SupSuper]

Name: Cool Dude 2000
Appearance You can tell this guy was cool from the moment he was born. Wearing the latest in cool-guy fashion such as sunglasses and an unbuttoned shirt revealing his incredibly cool chest, with a stylish haircut and facial hair to match. Why he can't stand in one place without making a totally cool pose. Aw yeah.
Item: Grappling hook

[thomasp]

Is it too late to change my character, I've just come up with an even better one (although melon may kill me when he finds out what it is :p)

[GrimOswald]

I take the jar. :p

Alternatively, I open said CD tray. I also look inside the monitor and computer to see if there is anything inside. If the desk has any drawers I look in those too.

"These crazy kids and their new-fangled technology..."

[Vader]

I want in! I am unemployed so this is right up my street. ;)

Name: Rob R. Band (the R stands for Arthur).
Appearance: He appears to be human... but is he? How can you so sure when he has duck bills instead of ears?
Item: A big bag of Mini Babybels.

[robowurmz]

"Bugrit, millennium hand an' shrimp..."

Just noticed this. Terry Pratchett forever!

[Melon]

You pull out the CD tray, which is actually a jar.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/grim003.png

There seems to be a CD stuck inside it, although how it got in there is a mystery seeing as it's larger than the hole in the top. You carefully put it in your bindle, as you don't want to break it in case you break the CD too.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/computer01.png

The monitor is totally smashed and unusable. You might be able to use it for shelter, if you were 5 and a half feet smaller. You reminisce about the cardboard boxes you've been living in for the past year. Home sweet home.
You take the casing off of the computer.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/computer02.png

It seems that wires have been cut and torn out of this thing, and a few components are missing, including the hard drive. It won't even turn on in this state. There's a jar-shaped hole in the casing where you took out the CD tray.

MAP (http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3488/mapq.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
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Treasure:
-
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Is it too late to change my character, I've just come up with an even better one (although melon may kill me when he finds out what it is :p)
Go for it. I'm intrigued to find out what would make me want to kill you.

[thomasp]

OK then...

Name: Zaphod Beeblebrox
Appearance: Here's the bit that'll make you want to kill me... I insist he looks like the original TV adaptation, not the film adaptation of HHGTTG. The reason why? The TV series had both his heads and all three arms on display all the time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Wing-Davey_as_Zaphod_Beeblebrox.jpg) whereas the film cheated and mostly only had one head on display at a time.
Item: A towel, of course.

[Plasma]

Item: A towel
Oh come on, there's no way you'd be allowed an item that useful!

[thomasp]

Oh come on, there's no way you'd be allowed an item that useful!
Having two heads and three arms is pretty useful too :p

[Vader]

Having two heads and three arms is pretty useful too :p

It could be a hindrance, though. If you face a hungry ogre and he has the choice between you and someone else, given the current economic climate, he's most likely to go for the 25% extra free deal.

[thomasp]

It could be a hindrance, though. If you face a hungry ogre and he has the choice between you and someone else, given the current economic climate, he's most likely to go for the 25% extra free deal.
Yes but I'll have 50% more weaponry to attack the ogre with, on the grounds of having three arms.

[Melon]

Dear thomasp,

I want to kill you.

Lots of love,
Melon

[thomasp]

I did warn you :p

[GrimOswald]

Time to head East once more.

"Guh, gotta be some treasure hidin' here...maybe a Shining Jewel..."

[Melon]

You head East.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/06.png

There is a well in this room. Next to the well is a mechanism with a hook dangling over it. It seems to lower into the well.

Something is written on the Eastern wall, but it appears to be in another language. You can't read it.

You may head East and West.

MAP (http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9582/map.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
-
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[GrimOswald]

I peer down the well and see if I can, err, see anything.

Either way, I lower the hook down (And back up) to see if it grabs onto anything, or gets wet or something.

"This reminds me of the time I used to be able to get drinking water...oh well, I'll always 'ave me ****.."

[Melon]

Blah, no time for fun pictures today. Sorry.

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You lean over into the well and peer inside, but it's pitch black in there and you can't see anything.

You lower the hook into the well and it bring it back up again. The hook seems shinier.

[GrimOswald]

Shinier eh? This is clearly my cue to ignore everything and continue East. :cool:

"Spare some change?"

[Plasma]

How did you manage to not find time for an entirely black picture?

[Melon]

How did you manage to not find time for an entirely black picture?
Well I wasn't going to do an entirely black picture :p
Shinier eh? This is clearly my cue to ignore everything and continue East. :cool:

"Spare some change?"
You head East.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/12.png

There is a poem nailed to the wall. It reads "The angels descended down from Heaven, They came in pairs of two times seven, Each destroyed three devilish foes, Firing four arrows from their bows".

On the floor is a small strange device.

On the floor is an empty egg carton.

You may head West.

MAP (http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9824/mapb.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
-
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[Vader]

The plot thickens!

[GrimOswald]

I look up at the ceiling on the off chance there is something there. Then I examine the small strange device.

"Cheeeeeeeese..."

[Muzer]

Out of interest, Melon, are you making this up as you go along, or do you have some grand scheme planned?

[Shirdel]

Out of interest, Melon, are you making this up as you go along, or do you have some grand scheme planned?

Well, on one side, it may seem unfair if Melon makes it up as he goes along, but his (Perfectly Normal (Probably)) Brain would get too dumbfuddled to remember every room.

[Shadowmoon]

Well, on one side, it may seem unfair if Melon makes it up as he goes along, but his (Perfectly Normal (Probably)) Brain would get too dumbfuddled to remember every room.

Thats why you create a document to write notes so you remember :rolleyes:

[MtlAngelus]

I bet he actually built this dungeon and is forcing a homeless person to reenact Grim's directions.

[robowurmz]

That gave me a good laugh. :)

[GrimOswald]

I bet he actually built this dungeon and is forcing a homeless person to reenact Grim's directions.

Suddenly I feel MORE inclined to take risks.

[Melon]

I'm glad to see it wasn't just my internet throwing a wobbler and not let me visit this forum over the bank holiday weekend. I take it it happened for everyone else too?
Out of interest, Melon, are you making this up as you go along, or do you have some grand scheme planned?
Most of the dungeon and puzzles are planned out, although there are some empty bits which I'm waiting for inspiration for. I'll probably base them on some of the items people come up with.
I bet he actually built this dungeon and is forcing a homeless person to reenact Grim's directions.
You've discovered my terrible secret.

EDIT: Oh, and apologies Grim's turn is taking so long. I knew whoever went first would take a while due to the number of rooms to be explored, but I wasn't expecting a forced 3 day break and so on.
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I look up at the ceiling on the off chance there is something there. Then I examine the small strange device.

"Cheeeeeeeese..."
There is nothing on the ceiling.

You examine the strange device.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/grim004.png

It has 4 directional buttons and a large round button in the middle. It also has a screen with some stuff showing on it.

MAP (http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9824/mapb.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
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-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[franpa]

I'm glad to see it wasn't just my internet throwing a wobbler and not let me visit this forum over the bank holiday weekend. I take it it happened for everyone else too?
experienced it here too, no tech support on the weekend :/

[robowurmz]

Yeah, the forum was down for me too.

[Shirdel]

Same here. I was thinking of buying a iPod just to go on the forum.
(Well, putting some credit on my mobile, but meh.)

[GrimOswald]

I shall take the Egg Carton and head West to the well room. Then I lower the hook again to see if it gets even shinier. I repeat until it stops getting shinier and then attempt to remove it from the well on the off chance it is actually a piece of treasure.

"Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, meet me at the fair..."

[Melon]

You take the egg carton and head West.

You lower the hook back into the well and raise it out again, but it isn't any different. You grab hold of it and attempt to remove it, but you only succeed in slicing your hand.

MAP (http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9824/mapb.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Egg carton
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

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I was extremely tempted to kill you off there in a hilarious fashion, but I don't know if I should be that mean. At least the puzzles are pretty deadly, so hopefully you won't be sticking around too much longer.

[Shirdel]

Wait a second. Is that slicing OFF his hand, or just cutting his hand?

[GrimOswald]

I curse the hook and head West to the computer room, then North.

"Back in MY day, mystery dungeons never had hooks..."

[Plasma]

Most people would try and do something about that giant gushing would, but y'know. Its nice of you to end your turn early for us!

[GrimOswald]

Most people would try and do something about that giant gushing would, but y'know. Its nice of you to end your turn early for us!

Tch, it's just a flesh wound. I'll bite your leg off.

[Shirdel]

If he had wanted to make his turn end, he'd try to put his hand in the well water, and comically tip over and fall in.

[Shadowmoon]

What is with server errors lately?

The annoying errors are slowing this game down.... and they've happened quite a few times now! I wouldn't be surprised if one happens again soon.

[Vader]

What is with server errors lately?

That's how they're phasing out the forum.

Quickly! Everyone migrate!

[thomasp]

What is with server errors lately?

The annoying errors are slowing this game down.... and they've happened quite a few times now! I wouldn't be surprised if one happens again soon.
It seems to be a network error rather than a database error, slowing the network down to a halt. Volcadmin doesn't notice until he next logs onto the forum (the usual notification system of forum failure fails to work in this case), and then has to manually and remotely reboot the server (given its located in Germany...).

It doesn't just affect the forum, it affects most of Team17s websites.

[franpa]

Yeah I noticed www.team17.com was showing nothing too so it aint just restricted to the forum like he just said ^_^"

[Shirdel]

Unless if you're going to turn The Mystery Dungeon into the Server Error Dungeon, can we move this to a different topic? Hand-Cutting Hooks and Websites that don't work doesn't sound like a good combination.

[Shadowmoon]

can we move this to a different topic?


Yes, lets talk about burgers.

Oh wait, they don't go well with mystery dungeons either.



I was just asking why it kept happening- it wouldn't have gone off topic for long anyway.



Ontopic:



Have you any plans to kill Grim so the next person can enter the dungeon? :p

[franpa]

server was down for a massive period of today too -_-"

[Melon]

Have you any plans to kill Grim so the next person can enter the dungeon? :p
I knew I should have killed him earlier :p

Anyway apologies for all the delay. Server errors as well as my friends finishing university (so parties and a trip to Alton Towers) have taken up valuable dungeon updating time.
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You head West then North.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/07.png

There is a bookshelf propped against the Northern wall. A sign next to the bookshelf reads "One book per adventurer only!"

There are 26 books on the bookshelf:

Adventuring by Numbers
Balls of Steel and Other Assorted Materials
Cartography in Seven Easy Steps (and Four Hundred Exceptionally Difficult Ones)
Diary of a Rich Loner
Eyes of the Beholder
Fishing in Magic
Got Silk?
How to Spot a Fiendish Puzzle from 500 Yards
Ice Can't Cool Lava
Jumping Across Stones
Killing Adventurers: A Boobytrap Handbook
Light Plight
Mimics and their Natural Habitats
Neptune, Jupiter, Pluto
Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes
Periodic Table of Elephants
Questions that Remain Unanswered
Red Herrings and How they Relate to the Next Book
Secret Passages: Do Bookshelves Hold the Secret?
The Previous Book Title is a Red Herring
User's Guide to Strange Machinery with Loads of Lights
Velocity and Speed
Weird Arithmetic
XXX Prawn
Year in Review: Mystery Dungeon Edition
Zoology of Marine Wildlife

You may head East, South and West.

MAP (http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7894/mapo.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Egg carton
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[Oft99]

Adventuring by Numbers
Balls of Steel and Other Assorted Materials
Cartography in Seven Easy Steps (and Four Hundred Exceptionally Difficult Ones)
Diary of a Rich Loner
Eyes of the Beholder
Fishing in Magic
Got Silk?
How to Spot a Fiendish Puzzle from 500 Yards
Ice Can't Cool Lava
Jumping Across Stones
Killing Adventurers: A Boobytrap Handbook
Light Plight
Mimics and their Natural Habitats
Neptune, Jupiter, Pluto
Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes
Periodic Table of Elephants
Questions that Remain Unanswered
Red Herrings and How they Relate to the Next Book
Secret Passages: Do Bookshelves Hold the Secret?
The Previous Book Title is a Red Herring
User's Guide to Strange Machinery with Loads of Lights
Velocity and Speed
Weird Arithmetic
XXX Prawn
Year in Review: Mystery Dungeon Edition
Zoology of Marine Wildlife



There's nothing like a good lol for me after a boring school afternoon.

Do you have any plans about the contents of any of those books? I'm interested. :)

[Muzer]

If I were GrimOswald, I would go for the one that is between the two red herring books. It's obviously reverse psychology :p

[Vader]

Pfft, nah.

I know what I'd pick but I'm not saying in case I spoil Grim's game.

[robowurmz]

XXX Prawn. Do it.

[GrimOswald]

Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes, please.

"Now THAT is a sentiment I can sink my teeth into!"

[Shirdel]

Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes, please.

"Now THAT is a sentiment I can sink my teeth into!"

I'm gonna be honest, that is the last thing I would've picked. Ah well, your choice. :rolleyes:

[Plasma]

I'm gonna be honest, that is the last thing I would've picked. Ah well, your choice. :rolleyes:
Then you're overlooking something that should be rather more obvious.

[Vader]

Or is he?

Probably.

[Melon]

You pull the book from the shelf, and there is a large clicking sound.

The wall to the left of you slides away and reveals a secret doorway into a room to the North!

You flip through the book you picked up, and it seems to be a cookbook filled with exotic orange and potato recipes. If you knew how to read it might be useful, but you could probably flog it off to some rich chef later, or at least burn it for heat. You stick the book in your bindle for safe keeping.

A faint orange glow surrounds the bookshelf.

You think you can see some shiny things on the floor through the new doorway to the North.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/07-01.png

You may head North, East, South and West.

MAP (http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5757/mapn.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Egg carton
-

Treasure:
Book : Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes
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First piece of treasure! In case you've all forgotten, you may leave the dungeon and thus end your turn at any time to bank any treasure you've collected, but if you fail to do this and die, then you won't keep any of it, so it's up to you to decide whether you want to risk going further. (This isn't meant to be a hint to tell Grim to end his go, just letting you know how things work). Maybe if you keep going you'll find more (or less) valuable treasure! Or die and lose the lot.

[thomasp]

Or die and lose the lot.

Why do I get the feeling that no matter what any of us do, that's the most likely scenario :p

[GrimOswald]

I head through this new doorway to see what lies beyond!

"Pah, reading is for the weak anyway."

[Melon]

You head North.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/17.png

On the floor by the Southern entrance are two shiny statuettes of the heads of the Chuckle Brothers.

On top of a table in the middle of the room there is a large transmitter. It is facing Eastwards and is built on top of a rotating platform.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/transmitter01.png

You may head North and South.

MAP (http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3446/maplsr.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Egg carton
-

Treasure:
Book : Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes
-
-

[GrimOswald]

Hmm, I could experiment with the transmitter...

...Or I could be boring and just keep heading North! *Goes North*

"Transmitter? More like SCHMANSmitter."

[thomasp]

Hmm, I could experiment with the transmitter...

...Or I could be boring and just keep heading North! *Goes North*

"Transmitter? More like SCHMANSmitter."
CHICKEN! :p

*makes clucking noises*

Where's your sense of danger and adventure? ;)

[Vader]

Don't forget your Strange Device!

[Oft99]

I keep thinking that transmitter in the picture looks like a cake.

[SupSuper]

Delicious.

[MtlAngelus]

And moist.

[Oft99]

Look at me still talking when th-

... ok, let's stop this now.

Yes, Vader has a point. I did notice that a symbol on the transmitting device matches one that appeared on the screen of the small strange device.
(Are we really meant to be the ones making these observations?)

[Vader]

(Are we really meant to be the ones making these observations?)

Probably not but I couldn't help myself. It's just so long until my turn (not that I want Grim's crawl to be cut short in any way at all).

[Shirdel]

Probably not but I couldn't help myself. It's just so long until my turn (not that I want Grim's crawl to be cut short in any way at all).

I feel the same. Wonder what's in the next room? Maybe a flickering fly lantern full of poisionus Mosquitos? (Hope so)

[Oft99]

Maybe a BOSS FIGHT. ...or something similarly awesome.

[Shirdel]

What would Grim do in a Boss Fight? Choke him/her/it with his hat?

[Muzer]

"Chock" Isn't a real word.
Yes it is:

"Chocks away, ol' chaps!"

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chock

[Shadowmoon]

What would Grim do in a Boss Fight? Choke him/her/it with his hat?

What would Grim do in a room with a flickering fly lantern full of poisionous Mosquito's?

Yes it is:

"Chocks away, ol' chaps!"




Lol.

[GrimOswald]

Do not worry about making observations guys, I promise to ignore them. :p As the first person in the dungeon it is clearly my duty to ignore anything vaguely resembling a puzzle and simply explore as much as possible!

(not that I want Grim's crawl to be cut short in any way at all).

:mad:

What would Grim do in a Boss Fight? Choke him/her/it with his hat?

What would Grim do in a room with a flickering fly lantern full of poisionous Mosquito's?

I have a few surprises up my sleeve. :cool:

(Seriously. That is where all my used tissues go. And not all of their contents are of the nose variety.)

[Shirdel]

I have a few surprises up my sleeve. :cool:

(Seriously. That is where all my used tissues go. And not all of their contents are of the nose variety.)
Oh, now I know. He's going to suffocate the boss with his out-of-date Snot on his last patch of Loo Roll! Good idea. :rolleyes:

[Plasma]

What would Grim do in a Boss Fight? Choke him/her/it with his hat?
If videogames have taught me anything, then its that if there is a boss fight here, it will require either the Jar with a CD Inside or the Egg Carton to defeat it.

[Vader]

:mad:

I was being serious and genuine.

[GrimOswald]

I was being serious and genuine.

Too late, the wounds are too deep. :(

[Vader]

Tch, it's just a flesh wound. I'll bite your leg off.

Too late, the wounds are too deep. :(

A great victory!

[Melon]

You head North.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/18.png

On the Eastern wall is a poster. It is advertising a film called "Attack of the flickering fly lantern full of poisonous Mosquitos".

Hanging on the wall to the North are 5 small shelves. On the floor next to the shelves are 5 blank white mugs and a book called "Hosting Tea Parties: Do's and Dont's".

You may head South and West.

MAP (http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7449/mapbsf.png)

Inventory:
Top hat
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Egg carton
-

Treasure:
Book : Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes
-
-

-----------------------------------

OK guys, quick question. It seems to me that the whole exploring the dungeon aspect is taking way too long and I'm sure a load of you are itching to getting down to solving some puzzles. I'm looking for a reasonable way to speed this up, so how about this:

Any time a new area is opened up, I'll automatically show you every new room that you can reach. I'll say now that at no point are you going to get yourself killed just by walking to a new room (doing anything else isn't guaranteed to be safe ;)) so there's not really any danger to exploring.

Are people OK with that? I think it will speed things up tremendously and we won't have people exploring for a month at a time. If Grim's OK with it, I could even do that for the next update, so he can crack on with dieing solving puzzles or escaping or whatever.

[franpa]

sounds good.

[MtlAngelus]

I'm a patient person, I can wait.

[Shirdel]

I'm a patient person, I can wait.
Same here. How would it be a "mystery" if you knew what was coming? It would take away the fun.
Also, epic reference to the lantern.

[Shadowmoon]

Hmmmm, i'd rather it sped up, at this rate the game will finish in December :p

Edit: How about the new rooms you can reach are PM'd to the person to satisfy those who don't want the mystery spoilt for themselves?

[Plasma]

Any time a new area is opened up, I'll automatically show you every new room that you can reach. I'll say now that at no point are you going to get yourself killed just by walking to a new room (doing anything else isn't guaranteed to be safe ;)) so there's not really any danger to exploring.
If I was you, I would've actually made a full overhead map of the rooms Zelda-style (aka: with walls slanted so you can see whats on them from overhead), put in rough descriptions of each item (aka: it'd tell you the title of a book, but wouldn't describe anything else about it until examined), and kill off Grim from blood-loss already.

[Melon]

I'm not talking about showing every room ever. I'm saying that if you solve a puzzle and it opens up 3 more rooms to explore in, I'd show those 3 rooms in that update. Most of the dungeon is blocked off by puzzles otherwise all the exploring would happen at once and we'd be here all year (and there would be too many things to think about from the start). It wouldn't spoil anything that's coming, just make 3 updates take one update. If everyone's next three commands are always going to be "explore that room we haven't explored yet", the why not cut out the faff and show it without waiting for them to say it?

Edit: How about the new rooms you can reach are PM'd to the person to satisfy those who don't want the mystery spoilt for themselves?
Would be pointless. It would be revealed to everyone in a few more updates and they wouldn't be allowed to take a turn anyway.
If I was you, I would've actually made a full overhead map of the rooms Zelda-style (aka: with walls slanted so you can see whats on them from overhead), put in rough descriptions of each item (aka: it'd tell you the title of a book, but wouldn't describe anything else about it until examined), and kill off Grim from blood-loss already.
That would end up spoiling what's in rooms you can't access yet. Also, I'm trying to avoid cheap deaths as much as possible because they're unfun, so I can't kill Grim off until he does something kill worthy ;).

It seems like most people are OK with waiting though, and so that's fine with me.

[franpa]

That would end up spoiling what's in rooms you can't access yet. Also, I'm trying to avoid cheap deaths as much as possible because they're unfun, so I can't kill Grim off until he does something kill worthy .
Shroud, only places you've been are visible on the map, though a slanted view would prevent the southern wall from being visible.

[Plasma]

That would end up spoiling what's in rooms you can't access yet.
I meant an overhead view of all accessible rooms, not all rooms altogether.

Also, I'm trying to avoid cheap deaths as much as possible because they're unfun
Still haunted by the memories of that poisoned spike pit in Nethack?

[Vader]

Rooms which can be accessed but haven't yet should be greyed out, I reckon. That makes sense to me. If you were in one room you'd probably be aware of adjoined rooms, even if you'd not been in them yet. Not to mention the fact that Melon tells the adventurer "you can go here, here, here" and so on.

Actually, you can already see that from the doorways which come off each room but still, no harm in drawing greyed out rooms until you've been in them. Greyed out rooms shouldn't have doors yet, though, if you see what I mean.

Am I rambling?

[GrimOswald]

OH GOD I CAN'T TAKE THIS PRESSURE ANYMORE AHHHHH

*Takes Tea Party book and flees the dungeon with his treasure*

[franpa]

*Takes Tea Party book and flees the dungeon with his treasure*
*tripping on tripwire triggering some horrible booby trap ending his life before he made 3 steps towards the first door!* ?

[Shirdel]

OH GOD I CAN'T TAKE THIS PRESSURE ANYMORE AHHHHH

*Takes Tea Party book and flees the dungeon with his treasure*

One word: Yay.

[MtlAngelus]

Am I next? :O

If so I would just like to say that I want to change my item. I want to carry a hunter destroyer a penìs a whip please.

[Shirdel]

Am I next? :O

One word: Yes.

[Vader]

I want to change my item.

Hmmm, now that I think of it maybe a big bag of Mini Babybels was a bad idea.

Naaaaahhh... they have 1,000s of uses! ;)

Oh wait... maybe Birdseye Potato Waffles would have been better... sod it. It's not my turn until 2010 anyway.

[Shirdel]

sod it. It's not my turn until 2010 anyway.
Well, if every turn is as long as Grim Oswald's, then about April 2010, yes. :cool:

[Vader]

Hopefully I have a job by then.

[Melon]

Hey everyone sorry this is taking so long but I've had a lot going on recently (mostly in the form of parting, yeah!) but I'll update and start Angelus's turn tomorrow. Just so you know that this isn't abandoned.

[Shirdel]

One Word: Yay.

[MtlAngelus]

"This isn't abandoned!" posts usually lead to abandonment. :p

[Muzer]

Hey everyone sorry this is taking so long but I've had a lot going on recently (mostly in the form of parting, yeah!)
Are you Moses?

[Melon]

You pick up the book, but unexpectedly it is chained to the floor. You leave it where it is.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/grim005.png

You head for the dungeon exit, but just as you are about to leave an irresistible urge to place some of your items in the magical locker by the entrance passes over you. You deposit the jar with a CD inside, the egg carton, the strange device and even your trusty top hat in the locker before leaving the dungeon.

Once outside the dungeon you head to the nearest town and enter a restaurant. You manage to convince a chef that swears a lot to buy your recipe book, and manage to get $100 for it. A few months later he uses the recipes within to become world famous and host his own set of reality TV shows, but at least you got a few days worth of booze out of the whole scenario.

Grimius Oswaldius
Treasure:
Book : Orange Peel is Extraordinarily Nice Under Potatoes ($100)

Player Totals
GrimOswald - $100



Stache Jones
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/angelus001.png

Rather more upper class than your regular heavy metal rocker, Stache Jones is rarely seen without his monocle and black skull and crossbones shirt. After a heavy night rocking and drinking copious amounts of tea, Stache stumbles on the entrance to the dungeon and enters whilst doped up under the effects of caffeine. He is carrying a whip for some inexplicable reason, it's probably the caffeine.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/01.png

To the South are the stairs leading to the surface which you can use to escape. On the wall is a magical locker, which can store almost any object.

The locker currently contains:
Top hat
Egg carton
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device

You may head North, East and West.

MAP (http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9244/mape.png)

Inventory:
Whip
-
-
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

---------------------
P.S. Grim if you want to play again, feel free to create a new character.

[MtlAngelus]

>Head north.

[Vader]

What about the rest of your body?

[MtlAngelus]

What about the rest of your body?

It will join me once my head makes sure there's no danger ahead.

[Melon]

You head North.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/04.png

On the wall in the corner of the room is a poster of Batman. Awesome.

There is a door to the West, but it won't open. Something seems to be blocking the other side.

You may head North, East and South.

MAP (http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2364/mapspw.png)

Inventory:
Whip
-
-
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

--------------------
Man, I drew this picture a while ago and it's as messy as hell looking at it now. Maybe I should redraw this sometime.

[Roboslob]

Whats wrong with messy? If dungeons were all pretty, people would venture in more often, and soon you would have a population crisis. Also, if it were one of those monster-type dungeons, people would wipe out all your beasties in no time, or if your dungeon was the mind-puzzle-type, your puzzles would become solve-ed much too quickly for you to be called a true dugeon keeper. Messy, dirty, dingy, dark, scary and a general oozing make great dungeon characteristics.

[MtlAngelus]

>Attempt to steal poster and look if something is behind it
>If unable to steal poster, head north. Also head north if able to steal and there's nothing behind it.

[Metal Alex]

Whats wrong with messy? If dungeons were all pretty, people would venture in more often, and soon you would have a population crisis. Also, if it were one of those monster-type dungeons, people would wipe out all your beasties in no time, or if your dungeon was the mind-puzzle-type, your puzzles would become solve-ed much too quickly for you to be called a true dugeon keeper. Messy, dirty, dingy, dark, scary and a general oozing make great dungeon characteristics.

Well, to be honest, we are making a queue to enter...

[Vader]

Messy, dirty, dingy, dark, scary and a general oozing make great dungeon characteristics.

So, festival toilets are your preferred venue for this sort of thing?

[Roboslob]

So, festival toilets are your preferred venue for this sort of thing?

Toliets in that condition would atract fewer people, only the desperet would use it. So I were compare an ideal dungeon to a toliet, a festival toliet is great. (It probably would not have as much treasure though...)

[SupSuper]

So, festival toilets are your preferred venue for this sort of thing?Only if you come back from the dungeon with an irritating itch.

[Vader]

Well a festival's not a festival unless you come back with a few STDs. I'm assuming that's what you're referring to.

[Melon]

>Attempt to steal poster and look if something is behind it
>If unable to steal poster, head north. Also head north if able to steal and there's nothing behind it.
You carefully unpiin the poster from the wall. It's in extremely good condition. You don't need it, but maybe you could sell it to someone else, although you probably wouldn't get much for it.

Underneath the poster was a large red button and a sign next to it saying "DO NOT PRESS".

Inventory:
Whip
-
-
-
-

Treasure:
Batman poster
-
-

[MtlAngelus]

Dammit, I can never not press buttons....

>Attempt to press button from as far away as possible. Either stretching my arm as much as I can, or maybe using the whip, or make a paperball out of the poster and throw that from the other side of the room.

(I knew I should have entered the room with a 10 foot pole...)

[Shirdel]

This is gonna be funny. Melon, no way of sneaking out without drawing us a picture THIS time. Nooo way. ;)

[MtlAngelus]

This is gonna be funny. Melon, no way of sneaking out without drawing us a picture THIS time. Nooo way. ;)

Unless the button switches off the lights. Then he can get away with a pitch-dark image. :P

[robowurmz]

Unless the button switches off the lights. Then he can get away with a pitch-dark image. :P

Shh! Don't give him ideas!

[Vader]

It could set off a nuke a whitewash the entire image...

[Roboslob]

It could set off a nuke a whitewash the entire image...

That is much less likley, since it would probably destroy the dungeon and everyone waiting outside. :(

[Vader]

That would solve any problems of laziness once and for all.

[Roboslob]

Touché ten

[Melon]

The bad news is that after moving out of my halls I lost internet access for a few days (had you noticed?). The good news is that I got to draw some fun pictures. I didn't say I drew them well, but you get the idea. (I mean seriously, look at those proportions. It's been a while since I last went on a drawing spree, I should crack out some books and do that again)
--------------------------
You step back as far as possible in the room and use your whip at the button.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/angelus002.png

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/angelus003.png

Before you have time to react, a hidden panel opens in the ceiling and a large gun drops down.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/angelus004.png

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/angelus005.png

Oh dear. What have we learned about warning signs?

YOU HAVE DIED!

Stache Jones
Treasure:
None

Player Totals
GrimOswald - $100
MtlAngelus - $0

---------------------
Next player will start tomorrow. I've got a lot of internet catchup to do.

[Muzer]

own'd .

[Oft99]

The lesson to be learnt today: Don't think laterally. ;)

EDIT: Oh wait, I've just remembered it's me next.
EDIT2: Oh wait again, it isn't.

[Plasma]

Oh awesome! Its me!

Just remember, the expensive camera includes a bright flasher! Not much use without it!

[MtlAngelus]

Ouch . :(
Does the sentry gun stay active in that room after other people go in? :p

[Shirdel]

My guess is that it's manually operated by a troll (Paul Power), so no.

[Paul.Power]

Hey, hold on, since when am I a troll?

[Melon]

Barry
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/plasma001.png

Over from New York to check out the "quaint" British countryside, this chubby and irritating tourist, dressed in a "I <3 Quote Tees" T-shirt, "fanny pack" and shorts exposing his overly hairy and pale legs, stumbles upon the dungeon entrance. He enters, looking for excellent photo opportunities and perhaps some souvenirs. Seeing as people in this country buy treasure using dollars (which is a complete coincidence and nothing to do with my American keyboard not having a pound symbol) he might even be able to make some cash to put onto his Platinum Yendorian Express card!

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/01.png

To the South are the stairs leading to the surface which you can use to escape. On the wall is a magical locker, which can store almost any object.

The locker currently contains:
Egg carton
Jar with a CD inside
Strange device
Top hat
Whip

You may head North, East and West.

MAP (http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5301/mapy.png)

Inventory:
Flash Deluxe Digital Camera
-
-
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[Plasma]

Take the strange device for its strangeness (and perchance, its deviceness) then head east.

Oh, and pick up a whip as a souvenir for Mummy.

[Shirdel]

Hey, hold on, since when am I a troll?

It was a Joke, your Powerness. Don't hurt me. My cat Bloopy would die. (I seriously have a cat named after Bloopy.)

[Paul.Power]

(I seriously have a cat named after Bloopy.)

My word.

It was a Joke, your Powerness.

Fair enough. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't trolling by accident or something.

This is a nice thread, btw. Just can't be bothered to make a character myself. Fun to watch though, keep it up Melon :).

[robowurmz]

What will befall this tourist, one wonders?

[GrimOswald]

Oh, and pick up a whip as a souvenir for Mummy.

I think some things are better left unsaid.

[Plasma]

It was a Joke, your Powerness.
I still have to wonder why you made Paul the troll. I mean, was there a witty reference there that I missed, or was it just completely random?

[Shirdel]

No, it was random. If I had known he was watching, I would've used that K2 guy that got banned and also got repeatedly insulted in Paul and Splapp's Web Comics instead. Ah well :p

[MtlAngelus]

No, it was random. If I had known he was watching, I would've used that K2 guy that got banned and also got repeatedly insulted in Paul and Splapp's Web Comics instead. Ah well :p

K^2 wasn't a troll either. And as far as I recall he never got "insulted" in Paul's or Splapp's comics.

FwdAdmin, Iguana or Hak(or Hackerman or whatever his name was) are better examples of trolls.

[Plasma]

No, it was random. If I had known he was watching, I would've used that K2 guy that got banned and also got repeatedly insulted in Paul and Splapp's Web Comics instead. Ah well :p
Lesson learned: Paul is always watching!





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[Melon]

You grab the strange device and the whip and head East.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/03.png

In here is a broken computer sitting on an old and dusty desk. It is broken beyond repair.

You may head North, East and West.

MAP

Inventory:
Flash Deluxe Digital Camera
Strange Device
Whip
-
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

--------------------
P.S. If you want to speed things up you can give me a bunch of directions to travel in at once and I'll stop you if something interesting or different is occurring in a room you pass through, rather than move one room at a time. Or don't. Whatever.

[Plasma]

Well it looks like a computer to me, so I can't see any problem with it. A bit bruised, but I'm sure the owner won't mind me checking my email for a bit.

It doesn't work? Oh, then elbow the screen. It always worked for Fonzy!




Failing that, go to the room with the mystic writing, wherever that is. Try reading it. Then take a picture of it with the camera. After all, if a picture says a thousand words, then surely photographing this will provide a much more in-dept story!


After that, head.... to a random explorable room! Because without a map, this is way too hard to navigate.

[*Splinter*]

Well it looks like a computer to me, so I can't see any problem with it. A bit bruised, but I'm sure the owner won't mind me checking my email for a bit.

It doesn't work? Oh, then elbow the screen. It always worked for Fonzy!




Failing that, go to the room with the mystic writing, wherever that is. Try reading it. Then take a picture of it with the camera. After all, if a picture says a thousand words, then surely photographing this will provide a much more in-dept story!


After that, head.... to a random explorable room! Because without a map, this is way too hard to navigate.

So draw a map yourself? Your the adventurer right?

[Paul.Power]

No, it was random. If I had known he was watching, I would've used that K2 guy that got banned and also got repeatedly insulted in Paul and Splapp's Web Comics instead. Ah well

K^2 wasn't a troll either. And as far as I recall he never got "insulted" in Paul's or Splapp's comics.

FwdAdmin, Iguana or Hak(or Hackerman or whatever his name was) are better examples of trolls.

Not insulted so much as playfully joshed for his plans to take over the world. K^2's a smart guy, 'twas a sad day when he was banned (not for trolling, but for hacking the code of the Worms 4 demo and showing us some maps that were hidden in the demo code before the game was actually released).

[Plasma]

Of course, that being said, it was largely his own damn fault for refusing to stop when T17 asked him to.

[Oft99]

Not insulted so much as playfully joshed for his plans to take over the world. K^2's a smart guy, 'twas a sad day when he was banned (not for trolling, but for hacking the code of the Worms 4 demo and showing us some maps that were hidden in the demo code before the game was actually released).

I agree. When it comes to the practical side of things, I felt K^2 was a hacker of a misunderstood kind.

[MtlAngelus]

Of course, that being said, it was largely his own damn fault for refusing to stop when T17 asked him to.
Ok, here it goes again:

K^2 makes a small program to convert W4 demo maps into W3D maps. He posts the program along with the maps. T17 tell him it's not cool because he's distributing files that weren't meant to be distributed yet (although they were hidden in the demo anyway), and then proceed to delete the thread. K^2 then reposts, but this time only the program he created, which is entirely his code, thus not inflicting on T17's property. T17 gets upset and bans him. K^2 also usually got into arguments with T17 staff which probably also had something to do with this.

Of course, T17 have a right to ban him.

Just like Squeenix have a right to stop any Chrono Trigger remake fan projects. But dick moves are dick moves.

[robowurmz]

Incidentally, where's everyone getting those nice spinning scanline avatars?

[Shadowmoon]

Yeah I love them, I want a spinning S :(


And Plasma, you shouldn't have got your mum a whip, she may whip you with it :p

[Star Worms]

Yeah I love them, I want a spinning S :(


And Plasma, you shouldn't have got your mum a whip, she may whip you with it :pMaybe he would enjoy that...

[FutureWorm]

Maybe he would enjoy that...
ahahhahahaa

[FutureWorm]

plasma... you have been a Very Bad Boy... ;)

[Shirdel]

Melon, can you post the next update already?

[Melon]

So.. that Plants VS Zombies game is pretty good huh? Really good.

Must. Keep. Playing.

No. Must update thread.

----------------------

You elbow the computer and nothing happens. It's extremely uneventful.

You head East.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/06.png

There is a well in this room. Next to the well is a mechanism with a shiny hook dangling over it. It seems to lower into the well.

Something is written on the Eastern wall, but it appears to be in another language. You can't read it.

You decide to take a photo of the strange text. (Did I neglect to mention that the camera is a Polaroid?)
http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/photo001.png
You store the photo in your inventory. It's pretty small, so you could probably stack a bunch of photos into one inventory slot.

You then decide to head in a random direction.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/03.png

Wait a minute....

MAP (http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1210/maphce.png)

Inventory:
Flash Deluxe Digital Camera
Strange Device
Whip
1 photo
-

Treasure:
-
-
-

[Plasma]

Go into a room unexplored yet. Preferably in a way that doesn't give Melon an excuse not to have to draw anything.

[MtlAngelus]

Go into a room unexplored yet. Preferably in a way that doesn't give Melon an excuse not to have to draw anything.
Wow. You're given your map and even then you're too lazy to give specific directions...

You suck at this game, Plasma.

[Shirdel]

You suck at this game, Plasma.

Like you did better. xD

[Plasma]

You're given your map
Suffice to say, an invisible map was not one of your greatest creations.

[Muzer]

Suffice to say, an invisible map was not one of your greatest creations.
Um, what? Are you missing the map link Melon always posts?

[Plasma]

Yes. Yes I did.



I go North (to the bookshelf room), then East.

[Metal Alex]

Plasma's turn is now known as "Mysery Dungeon"

[MtlAngelus]

Like you did better. xD

Hey, I braved towards the unknown by pressing that button. Otherwise you would all be tortured by the mystery of the button and wouldn't be able to concentrate on exploring the dungeon.

[Oft99]

Hey, I braved towards the unknown by pressing that button. Otherwise you would all be tortured by the mystery of the button and wouldn't be able to concentrate on exploring the dungeon.

Good point.

[Melon]

You head North into the room with the bookshelf, and then head East.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/mystery_dungeon/10.png

To the South is a machine with numerous levers on it. Next to it on the wall is a sign that reads "Warning: Incorrect codes will result in 10,000 volts of electricity passing through the user. An engineer has been called out to fix this. Please use with care."

The machine has ten levers on it, each one numbered 0 through 9. On the front of the machine are three buttons. Each one has a picture next to it. The first button has a picture of an axe, the second a picture of a bow and arrow, and the third has a picture of a cutlass. The button next to the cutlass is currently lit up.

On the wall to the East is a painting of angels.

You may head West.

MAP (http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/354/maparu.png)

Inventory:
Flash Deluxe Digital Camera
Strange Device
Whip
1 photo
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Treasure:
-
-
-

[Plasma]

Oooh, a slot machine! Well, I can always take a break from exploring!
Now lets see... which of these levers is supposed to start it. Let's try...


Oh wait, bums, I have no coins!


In that case, I'll make my way up to that room next to that other room. Y'know, the one with the stuff in it.

Alright, I go to the room to the west of the Tea Book & Mugs room.

[Shirdel]

Should've took the picture with angels. Could've been worth a lot.

[Vader]

...or at least looked behind it for a safe.

[Melon]

Just a quick heads up that a) my graduation is drawing near and combined with my job hunting means that updates may be even slower than usual and b) you've wandered into one of the few rooms where I didn't have anything planned and thought "oh I'm sure I'll make up something before they get there" and now have to make up a puzzle. Bah. This does not mean that I'm accepting hints for puzzles.
Hopefully I'll get something churned out for tomorrow.

[FutureWorm]

> literally have sex with the machine

[Shirdel]

Melon, hurry up please. Everyone's getting bored and the topic's half-dead.

[MtlAngelus]

Melon, hurry up please. Everyone's getting bored and the topic's half-dead.

He's busy, be patient.

[franpa]

Topic isn't dead at all, he said he was busy and he likely still is busy. Don't assume threads are dead because no one posts in them... unless no reason is given for not continuing a thread and the thread is 6 months old.

[Metacooler]

I'd love to take on an interactive project like this. I used to do it with people during school lunchs, sit with a circle around me drawing little maps and items and acting for other rpg characters...., but we were 14 or something. Anyway, i wouldn't presume to take over or copy Melon's stuff, but i could probably devote more time to something like this, so if a few people are interested i'll start making a map and scenarios and get a new thread up and running. (Unless Melon objects, I won't create competition where it's not wanted)

[Oft99]

I'd love to take on an interactive project like this. I used to do it with people during school lunchs, sit with a circle around me drawing little maps and items and acting for other rpg characters...., but we were 14 or something. Anyway, i wouldn't presume to take over or copy Melon's stuff, but i could probably devote more time to something like this, so if a few people are interested i'll start making a map and scenarios and get a new thread up and running. (Unless Melon objects, I won't create competition where it's not wanted)

It is very good that you offered so politely. However, I think that at this point in time while this thread is still running and popular, I wouldn't put so much effort in to doing something which might not get noticed. I'd advise you to wait until this thread dies, I don't know how long that will take, but it'll all be for the better.

[Vader]

I have a Meta Cooler on my shelf. He's awesome.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg248/Kla6classics/DBZ%20GT%20-%20Dragon%20Ball%20Z/IMG_6648.jpg?t=1246699212

[Metacooler]

Hmm perhaps yeah. But it'll take ages of piecing together the map anyway, to make it high-quality - I also really should invest in a tablet....Drawing rooms in paint with my mouse will result in nothing but eyesores x)

Bearing that in mind, i'll start building my game after some thought, and if I manage to finish it i'll sit on it until the forum is ready for it.


And in case this thread starts buzzing again, i'll join the queue. My character, Captain Coinpurse: A gruff old pirate, with a hook for a hand, an anchor for a leg, a grumpy disposition and a fantastic eye for treasure. Decades of fighting and pillaging on the 7 seas have made him a battle-hardened old salt, resilient to damage and suprisingly sprightly on his anchor, athough fairly slow
when all comes to all. He wears an XL lifejacket under his grubby buccaneer's waistcoat (foreseeing the event that he ends up in a room full of water or down a well or something, bringing his adventure to an untimely end :p).
His Item is his faithful parrot, Billy Bones - a constant drain on his weavel-biscuit supply, and the first to criticise the Captain's blunders, he is nevertheless an invaluable companion who will obey any instruction his owner issues. C'mon Melon, start killing off these small-timers ^^


PS. That's lovely Vader

[Roboslob]

Wouldn't his anchor leg make his lifejacket useless? Or, do to the extreme opposites, does the placing of your character in deep water result in him being ripped in half in a ridikulously[sic] (my grade one teacher was wrong, sounding out the word will not always work) gory manner?
Fixed my spelling, well what I intended to be spelt right.

[Metacooler]

Whoa :confused: I wouldn't start my character with that much of a disadvantage ^^ the anchor is fairly light, no huge barnacle-encrusted dead weight - Coinpurse stole it from the fishing-dinghy of some arabian sultan (It has a coating of pure silver, so if anything untoward happened to the Captain, I imagine it could be unscrewed and filched for it's value as treasure). And the super-boyant lifejacket is applying it's upward pressure evenly on the Captain's torso; so if he falls into deep water, the anchor and jacket would cancel each other out, and he'd have to swim to the surface like a normal person (without any boyancy aids or burdens) :p

[Paul.Power]

ridikulously[sic] (my grade one teacher was wrong, sounding out the word will not always work) gorey manner? I dunno, you're only one letter out. "ridiculously"

[robowurmz]

It's "gory" by the way :P

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[Roboslob]

I dunno, you're only one letter out. "ridiculously"

Ok, bad example on my part, I give you a new one: "rotwhiler [sic]" (although techincaly not english, it is still used)
I would have used it befor, but it didn't fit the context.

[Metacooler]

So be one of the dudes who spells everything wrong but we all get the idea...Once you aren't spelling wrong on purpose it's all good x) ... like 15% of wormnet have english as their first language anyway, of all communities the members of this forum should willingly allow for spelling mistakes...I can't speak for our scottish friend here :D

[hdhdhd]

I'll sign up.
Name: Archibald Octavius Zingerdoodle
Appearance:Regular person, but with a brown derby
Item: Brown derby
PS. The slot machine looks just like the one in Out of This Dimention in Starfox/Starwing!
>Lends Plasma coin< Go win! Just don't hit the Andross spaces!
PPS. I know the slot machine combination.
It's on page...Mrfglurgmibbitz>Gets smothered by Melon<
...plomenm!...Glurgitz...

[Melon]

Oh yeah whoops this thread. Sorry.

This probably would have worked better as a point-and-click game rather than some forum game where everyone waits forever and nothing happens. I've been so absurdly busy lately looking for a job (I think I'm pretty close to getting an interview at the moment, here's hoping!) that I've literally had no time for this up until today, and if I do get a job soon I'll be studying for a qualification on top, so my free time will be out of the window.

This basically isn't going to get finished even if I pick it up again now because it'll just stop again pretty shortly. I've got some design for a man-eating plant puzzle-thing around here somewhere for the room you were about to enter, but whatever, this is far too big anyway (about 50 rooms what was I thinking?)

If someone wants to carry it on, then they can, but you'd be better off coming up with your own puzzles because I can't scan in the notes I've got here (scanner's bust) and most of them won't make sense anyway because they're not written for anyone else. You might want to change the book titles in the bookcase too because most of them were hints for puzzles you may or may not have come across yet (the books themselves, not the titles). (Seriously you guys that bookcase was meant to be a slow release hint system and you all forgot about it :(). I guess my base 6 math puzzles and electrocuted fish acting as a battery might have been too hard/obscure anyway.

[Plasma]

Well... you got to 7 pages in the thread. That must be a new record for one of your projects!

[SupSuper]

Oh yeah whoops this thread. Sorry.

This probably would have worked better as a point-and-click gameYour next project! :p

[Shirdel]

Yeah, a Point-&-Click Game would be a lot more awesome.
Also, out of intrest, what job is it you're getting interviewed for?

[hdhdhd]

Anywayzzz...
I'm pretty sure the code for the slot machine was the cryptic angel poem from page 2 (which explains the angel pic on the wall), which means the code would either by 1434 or 2734.
It also means you would need to press the bow and arrow button.

[Metacooler]

I guess i have the go-ahead then...I wish i could've put Captain Coinpurse through the dungeon experience though..maybe i'll work him into my own project.

I won't try to continue this thread, tbh i don't think i could quite fill Melon's shoes. I'll make my own rooms etc. from scratch and open a new thread - this'll take a while, I was thinking of having 100 rooms but i might not have the time. My worries about this are trying to conjour up entertaining puzzles, and if my initial enthusiasm dies i might be left with a half-finished mess...But, I'm hopeful.

Also, I disagree with the point&click idea, i think the reason these "hosted rpg" type games are good is that you can try anything you can imagine to get around puzzles and enemies.

EDIT: I've got about 15 rooms done. My work rate is pretty damn poor, since i'm moving around world tomorrow, and my life has been kind of exploding around me for the past few weeks....At least i have some fireworks for my trip out. Anyway i should get back on track with sitting in front of my PC in a week or two, when it all settles. I'll post another update (Not that anyone will read it, probably!) in a while. Peace