FinnLassie Cannot Compute: A Play Of Game Dev Tycoon

[FinnLassie]

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A Play Of Game Dev Tycoon




Welcome to my humble thread, oh fine citizen of this delicious forum!

Backstory:
On a cold, white December evening... who am I to fool, there's no snow and everything's dark, warm and miserable. Anyways. After about a half year of pondering upon this issue I finally, out of pure procrastination, decided to purchase myself a game on Steam that was not on sale. Gasp! This game turned out to be Game Dev Tycoon, something I had heard much about, and being drawn to quirky games I was totally drawn to it. And alas, a couple of days ago the purchase had been done and I started to play the game...

So wait, huh, what's the point of this game?
Ah, my dear fellow citizen, have your ears not yet come across this bundle of joy and glory? Why, let me explain a little! It's the beginning of the home entertainment revolution, and you're stuck in your garage all by yourself with no food, toilet or shower, doomed to code for the rest of your life without a single holiday.

How I'm going to play this: As silly as I feel like. The thing is, I want to involve you, the readers into my gameplay to make the experience worthwhile and interesting. I've already had a very successful playthrough of the game, but want to spice it up a little to keep the game interesting. So, pretty much every post I will be asking you for game combinations, titles for the products and what to research next, so please keep on reading and dropping me hints on how you want me to go about this. And let's see how long it takes for me to go bankrupt with all of your ideas. :smalltongue: If you're not familiar with the game, you'll get the gist of what I'm asking for from the gameplay itself.

I will be posting my gameplay as screenshots with commentary.


And now... let me introduce you...

Finn Cannot Compute! Run by yours truly.
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Woo! Time toget this company started. It seems like I have 35 years to be able t
I now forgot to take a screenshot of my company name and player name, but it's rather obvious. Company's called Finn Cannot Compute, player is FinnLassie.

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Ahh. The ride on my DeLorean went well, and I even managed to get myself a rather boring ping pong poster. My humble, sweet office. By clicking anywhere on the screen it brings up the menu, and I think it's time for me to develop my very first game. We'll see what kind of options the game is going to give me this time - it randomises the starter topics for each game.

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OH MY GOD ROMANCE WE HAVE TO MAKE A ROMANCE GAME COME AWWWWN.

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I'm basing this on a Visual Novel type of idea... so... Umm... I have no clue what the genre would be, damn it. Simulation then, I guess? And you just wait for the title. It's worth it, I swear. We're starting off by developing a game on the PC, because it's just so much cheaper than G64. Oh yeah, a lot of the names are references to real life consoles and stuff, of course.
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It's text based, it simply can't be anything else than PG-13 or less. And now for the great name reveal...

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... Ta-Dah! Say hello to my company's first game: Onii-chan plz. Here we can see the first development stage as well. As it's a Visual Novel, I want to make the story as good as possible! What's a VN without some cheesy love story, eh?

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I'm already starting to regret the title of this game, you know. The wee bubbles going up just indicate how many points each section is getting, and the more the orange and light blue gets, the better the game is. Research points are something I will be able to spend on researching more topics, graphics etc, but we'll look more into that another time.

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Development stage 2! It's a simulator, so pssssssht, who needs that AI anyways? Let's focus on other things!

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... I just realised I made a Visual Novel without any visuals. Well, uhh, maybe I made some nice ASCII girl, right? Um, let's try to save it with some world design, and uh, let's add some bleep bloop sounds eh...

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We are now done with debugging the game and everything else, so time to publish. Let's see what some games related magazines have to say about us! Boy am I excited, the 80s clearly needs my kind of a genius for the gaming industry.

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OH COME ON I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT AI! There's like a teensy tiny bit! An average of 2! Pfft! These critics clearly don't know what quality is. Pfffffffft. We'll see what the news say!
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THANK YOU. At least the news appreciate new talents!
Next episode, let's see how the sales have gone and of course start working on a brand new game.



Tell me what you think, guys! Give suggestions for new game types and names, and if there's something you'd like me to improve on how I'm providing this let's play, I'm listening... though not guaranteeing anything. :smallwink: (Though right now I'm pretty sure I'll crop the pictures more consistently, I guess) So, please leave a reply and subscribe to the thread if you want to keep up-to-date with this thread. :smallbiggrin: I'll try to post at least a couple of times a week, if not more often.

To help with thinking about game types, here's the genres so far:
- Action
- Adventure
- RPG
- Simulation
- Strategy

You can find the availabe topics up from the gameplay itself.


*embarrassingly exits thread, blushing*



EDIT: NOW WITH EPISODE LIST

Episode 1: The Creation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=18524083&postcount=1)
Episode 2: What Can Finn Do, If Not Compute? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=18526475&postcount=24)
Episode 3: Spread That Cheese, My Superhero! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=18536637&postcount=48)

[Amidus Drexel]

RPGGGGG

And make everything about it awesome. :smalltongue:

I suggest balancing gameplay & quests in stage 1, everything balanced in stage 2, and putting world design at the top for stage 3.

[LaZodiac]

Philistines. They don't appreciate the glory that is romance. Though it's interesting to see how this game takes AI because...I'd imagine AI isn't important for a dating sim because it's all pre scripted stuff, not actual AI but...I guess I see it.

Also, it's a text adventure game, I highly doubt graphics matter (but then I highly doubt AI would matter so...)

At any rate, following this for sure. As for what game to make next...I think we need a Superhero Action game. Be a super badass super hero in stunning 1970s era graphics!

[FinnLassie]

Thanks for the quick replies :smallredface:


RPGGGGG

And make everything about it awesome. :smalltongue:

I suggest balancing gameplay & quests in stage 1, everything balanced in stage 2, and putting world design at the top for stage 3.

Noted. Any suggestions for titles, or are you going to let me run free with that one? :smalltongue:


Philistines. They don't appreciate the glory that is romance. Though it's interesting to see how this game takes AI because...I'd imagine AI isn't important for a dating sim because it's all pre scripted stuff, not actual AI but...I guess I see it.

Also, it's a text adventure game, I highly doubt graphics matter (but then I highly doubt AI would matter so...)

At any rate, following this for sure. As for what game to make next...I think we need a Superhero Action game. Be a super badass super hero in stunning 1970s era graphics!

I know right. Romance is love. Romance is life. And hey, I put stuff on graphics because I thought that I might make some cool ASCII stuff! That's graphics stuff, right? :smalltongue:

Thank you!

[OrcusMcP]

We cannot give up on Romance. Romance is the brand now, it shall be the brand forever.

Romance Action.

Then Romance Adventure

Then Romance Strategy!

[LaZodiac]

Thanks for the quick replies :smallredface:

I know right. Romance is love. Romance is life. And hey, I put stuff on graphics because I thought that I might make some cool ASCII stuff! That's graphics stuff, right? :smalltongue:

Thank you!

I was going to be first post but Amidus was faster :<

That's a good point. For a given definition of graphics because ASCI WHY.

Oh, don't forget to do a game report, you'll learn Knowledge! I think it's called game report though...

[Cuthalion]

Adventure is the way to go.

This looks fun and I'll do my best to follow it. :smallsmile:

[Amidus Drexel]

Noted. Any suggestions for titles, or are you going to let me run free with that one? :smalltongue:

Shrek 2: The Shrekoning

[OrcusMcP]

Title: Harlequin - The Fabio Chronicles

[Cuthalion]

Shrek 2: The Shrekoning

Mmm... nah.

I suggest Cheese: The Game.

[FinnLassie]

We cannot give up on Romance. Romance is the brand now, it shall be the brand forever.

Romance Action.

Then Romance Adventure

Then Romance Strategy!

Your message was so beautifully formed that I can't do else but consider this with a heavy emphasis. We'll see what the next episode holds within.

Romance is love. Romance is life.


I was going to be first post but Amidus was faster :<

That's a good point. For a given definition of graphics because ASCI WHY.

Oh, don't forget to do a game report, you'll learn Knowledge! I think it's called game report though...

Amidus 2fast4u

Oh, yeah, I made a game report already but I'll include it in the next episode, as I forgot it now.


Shrek 2: The Shrekoning

Because Shrek the first doesn't exist. Alrighty then. :smalltongue:

[Cuthalion]

Because Shrek the first doesn't exist. Alrighty then. :smalltongue:

Shrek the First: Not the Worst?

[FinnLassie]

Adventure is the way to go.

This looks fun and I'll do my best to follow it. :smallsmile:

ADVENTURE TIME! Thank you. :smallsmile:


Title: Harlequin - The Fabio Chronicles

You're perfect. Please stay here and guide me forever. Romance is love. Romance is life.


Mmm... nah.

I suggest Cheese: The Game.

Or maybe even Masters of Cheesemaking? I swear to the heavens, if there's a cooking topic available I'll be damn sure to make a cooking simulator. Just for this title.


Shrek the First: Not the Worst?

Rhyming, eh?

[Amidus Drexel]

I was going to be first post but Amidus was faster :<

Amidus 2fast4u

3fast5u m9 :smalltongue:

They don't call me Speedasaurus Drex for nothing, you know. :smallwink:



Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

Because Shrek the first doesn't exist. Alrighty then. :smalltongue:

FTFY

Don't be ridiculous. If this game is successful, you can make a prequel AND a sequel. It's marketing. :smallbiggrin:

[Cuthalion]

ADVENTURE TIME! Thank you. :smallsmile:


Or maybe even Masters of Cheesemaking? I swear to the heavens, if there's a cooking topic available I'll be damn sure to make a cooking simulator. Just for this title.



Rhyming, eh?

:smallwink:

Cheesebusters?

So is that unacceptable or what?

[Hiro Protagonest]

Unfortunately, romance sim apparently doesn't equal VN. So sim means AI. Considering it's text-based that doesn't make any sense though. Maybe conversations are handled as turn-based battles. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

Unfortunately, romance sim apparently doesn't equal VN. So sim means AI. Considering it's text-based that doesn't make any sense though. Maybe conversations are handled as turn-based battles. :smalltongue:

Blast! I suppose Adventure (in the context of these games I think Adventure means like, pointyclicky adventure games) would work for it then?

[Teddy]

I'll leave up the initial game choices to others, because I would only be able to come up with my own darlings, but I will point out that a visual novel would prooobably be an adventure game. You've made... I'm not entirely sure, actually, and I'm not entirely sure I want to dwell too much on it either... http://i.imgur.com/FZ6yI9l.png

[FinnLassie]

I'm quite taken by the messages, guys! I'll try to make the next episode either tomorrow or Sunday. :smallsmile:


FTFY

Don't be ridiculous. If this game is successful, you can make a prequel AND a sequel. It's marketing. :smallbiggrin:

DON'T TRY TO DIRTY MY STUFF YOU FOOL

I'm not sure if I should be taking your word when it comes to marketing, you know... :smallamused:


Cheesebusters?

So is that unacceptable or what?

This sounds like an alien adventure.

I dunno, maybe, maybe not.


Unfortunately, romance sim apparently doesn't equal VN. So sim means AI. Considering it's text-based that doesn't make any sense though. Maybe conversations are handled as turn-based battles. :smalltongue:

Bwahahaha :smallbiggrin:


Blast! I suppose Adventure (in the context of these games I think Adventure means like, pointyclicky adventure games) would work for it then?

This point-and-clicky is not helping my imagination at all. :smallwink: :smalltongue:


I'll leave up the initial game choices to others, because I would only be able to come up with my own darlings, but I will point out that a visual novel would prooobably be an adventure game. You've made... I'm not entirely sure, actually, and I'm not entirely sure I want to dwell too much on it either... http://i.imgur.com/FZ6yI9l.png

Probably the best if you don't mention it. But I think I know what you're talking about... :smalltongue:

[Cuthalion]

This sounds like an alien adventure.

Of course. The player is taken on an entertaining, interactive experience all the way to the moon. Crackers may or may not be involved.

[Teddy]

Probably the best if you don't mention it. But I think I know what you're talking about... :smalltongue:

Potentially. I might also be thinking of some weird, pretentious, art game where you play as a hormone or something...
...
In ASCII...
http://i.imgur.com/ZRHtTJs.png


Of course. The player is taken on an entertaining, interactive experience all the way to the moon. Crackers may or may not be involved.

No, crackers are mandatory, as are weird oven-like newspaper box robots. http://i.imgur.com/haudcUB.png

[Cuthalion]

No, crackers are mandatory, as are weird oven-like newspaper box robots. http://i.imgur.com/haudcUB.png

Cheeedaaaar melting o'er an open fiiiire....

[LaZodiac]

Oh also I forgot to say it, but I love that banner in the OP. Poor Finn looks so confused/concerned.

[FinnLassie]

Thank you for all your kind words, my dear citizens. In today's episode, we kick off with a game report to see what was good and what went wrong with Onii-chan plz. Though, if we're perfectly honest, everything seems to be wrong with that game just by looking at the name. Anyways. We shall then continue to developing more games... Ah, yes. You shall see what happens... so come along and be welcomed to...



Episode 2 - What Can Finn Do, If Not Compute?
Well, the news gave me some hope for this company that I'm running from my what appears to be a moulding garage. I really hope I can get away from this space at some point, as I'd rather not dance with ani fungi. Time to start the day!

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My first week of sales! This, um. Uhh. I uh, hope this is just a slow start for an epic cult status game, hahaha! Ha. ha? Probably best to sort out a game report to see what could possibly go wrong with my textually sexy VN, Onii-chan plz.

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I feel violated. This is not helping me at all.

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I had a vision last night, as I was staring at my computer screen. Because, you know, I don't sleep at all. I just sit here all day like a mindless litte lemming, waiting for my doom's day to come. You probably shouldn't ask me how I manage without eating, going to the shower, or well, uh, powdering my nose. Ah, but yes, my vision! Although I love romance, something in my head told me that I should venture towards an RPG this time.

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The name of the game also travelled through my nerves... Shrek 2: The Shrekoning. I know it sounds like a sequel, but I have a good feeling about this. I mean, Star Wars didn't start with a damn episode I, either! I wasn't too sure about the topic, so I just closed my eyes and...

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... Superheroes. Huh. Well, it could've gone much worse, eh? It was also time for me to ditch the text based adventuring. It clearly was the only real reason why my game sucked, you know.

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Godly voices above descended upon me and told me: "FinnLassie! On the first stage, thou shalt not focus on the engine that is of this game. Thou shall put thy effort into Gameplay and Story/Quests". And so it was done. On the second stage, the godly voices again descended to my humble lair and whispered to my ear: "FinnLassie! It is time for you to develop thyself and thine game. MAX EVERYTHING. BALANCE EVERYTHING. May peace be upon you, child."
The voices were gone. For now.

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Hey, let's see how that game's been selling! Oh wow, I did not realise I've been sitting here for half a year, and have only managed to blurt just one game out of myself. And wait, where the hell is that 8K monthly cost going?! Don't tell me I'm paying 8000 for this garage per month?!! It wasn't too long after this that the voices, that I totally believed were godly and not the imagination of an insomniac stuck in a garage, said to me: "Sweet child FinnLassie. It is the last stage of this abomination that some calleth a game! Thou shalt focus thy brain on world design. And it's 2D graphics so for heaven's sake don't just make some stick figures, put some effort into graphics as well." With a poof, the voices were gone... perhaps forever.

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And nooow I just need to finish off this game, perhaps work on some debugging as well... Oh. My first came was taken off the market. I'm not impressed at all. This world seems not to be ready for awesome romance games. Pfft. I'll change their hearts!

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Yessss! Seems like we have some reviews coming up from those lousy critics! Let's see how they praise this game n--

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OH COME ON. I mean we've improved from our average of 2, but still! This game was totally worth more points! Ugh. Fine, I'll start working on a game report or something to see what we could improve for our next, totally awesome game.

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As I was working on my game report, I was greeted with some interesting industry news. It seems like the G64 would be a better platform to work my game on... However, we have one issue. AS IF I HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS CRAP. I've also gotten me some fans, 32 to be exact! Woo.

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Dum dee dum dum, just wrokin' on mah game report, no worries in the wooooorld... Hmm. I guess we could be doing worse, then. Feeling less violated than with the last game report.

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OH MY GOD WE ACTUALLY ACHEIVED SOMETHING. And our fan numbers are just growing! Perhaps my company isn't doomed for all eternity after all?



Aaand that's it for today, peeps! I will be gone for a couple of days, but will try to play the game wherever I am. So, on Monday or Tuesday you might be welcomed with a MegaPost. :smallwink: For now I think I have enough game ideas.

It's also time to research something new! I made a poll (http://strawpoll.me/3179268)(in case there are people reading but not commenting), and only those votes will be considered. You can still however comment on your favourite choice on the thread, of course - just remember to vote on the poll. :smallbiggrin: I have enabled multiple choice, as I want to research two new topics. And the topics be here:
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You can also click the picture to get to the poll.
THE POLL IS MULTIPLE CHOICE PLEASE CHOOSE MULTIPLYINGLY

[Amidus Drexel]

SALES. RECORD. They got shrek'd and they liked it. :smallcool:

See? And now you can make not only Shrek 1, but also Shrek 3: Get Shreked, Scrubs.

[Brother Oni]

*embarrassingly exits thread, blushing*

Not as weird as I feel about the game name... :smalleek:


We cannot give up on Romance. Romance is the brand now, it shall be the brand forever.

Romance Action.

Then Romance Adventure

Then Romance Strategy!

The Onii-chan plz sequel, Onii-chan Pretty Please?

Romance Action; Onii-chan plz: Alba Asylum.
Romance Adventure; Onii-chan plz: Uncharted.
Romance Strategy; Onii-chan plz: Three Kingdoms.

[FinnLassie]

SALES. RECORD. They got shrek'd and they liked it. :smallcool:

Well, to be honest, I don't think it's... that hard to acheive a sales record after our first flop. :smalltongue:




The Onii-chan plz sequel, Onii-chan Pretty Please?

Romance Action; Onii-chan plz: Alba Asylum.
Romance Adventure; Onii-chan plz: Uncharted.
Romance Strategy; Onii-chan plz: Three Kingdoms.

I have to say, I can't wait for the time when I'll be able to research making sequels. You've just created the perfect sequel sequence, I'll note this down. Hopefully it isn't too long that we get to do them sequels, eh. :smallbiggrin:

Embarrassingly, I'm excited to make the romance strategy sequel... Because I totally envision it as a harem type. That stuff needs a lot of strategy, eh? :smallredface: :smalltongue:

[Brother Oni]

Embarrassingly, I'm excited to make the romance strategy sequel... Because I totally envision it as a harem type. That stuff needs a lot of strategy, eh? :smallredface: :smalltongue:

It could turn out fun and light hearted or really scary, depending on the tone. A fun 'Choose your Own Adventure' where picking up the right items and making the right choices gives you the best ending, or a cold, calculating, psychological game where you spy on and stalk the girls to get information to manipulate their affections, culminating in blackmail and abuse to bend then break them to your will.

Basically it could end up anywhere between Thousand Arms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Arms), to Sengoku Rance, to Rapelay.

[OrcusMcP]

Embarrassingly, I'm excited to make the romance strategy sequel... Because I totally envision it as a harem type. That stuff needs a lot of strategy, eh? :smallredface: :smalltongue:

It's like StarCraft, you see, but instead of protoss and zerg it's rival harems.

...I'll show myself out.

[Brother Oni]

It's like StarCraft, you see, but instead of protoss and zerg it's rival harems.

...I'll show myself out.

So Protoss are the high class, expensive girls, zerg are the cheap trashy ones and humans are the mid ranged, flexible ones?

You have no idea how many attempts it took me to phrase that to a board appropriate level...

[FinnLassie]

You are starting to make this sound like I am about to make a human trafficking game... :smallconfused:

[LaZodiac]

I have to say, I can't wait for the time when I'll be able to research making sequels. You've just created the perfect sequel sequence, I'll note this down. Hopefully it isn't too long that we get to do them sequels, eh. :smallbiggrin:

Embarrassingly, I'm excited to make the romance strategy sequel... Because I totally envision it as a harem type. That stuff needs a lot of strategy, eh? :smallredface: :smalltongue:

A romance strategy game could be cool, yeah. It'd be like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except more literal and with less face melting.


You are starting to make this sound like I am about to make a human trafficking game... :smallconfused:

This is why you shouldn't trust the internet sometimes :smallbiggrin:

In all seriousness, SUPERHERO RPG HECK YEAH! Look at that dosh roll in guv. I voted for Military and School. I think you should do a Military Adventure game based on the Predator movie. Maybe call it something else because with Onii-chan Plz being one of your games, and your fans clearly being a bit...zealous in wondering what other games you'll make in the series, having a game called "Predator" might not do too well for your image :smallamused:

[Ailurus]

Congrats on the Shreckening! Getting above a 6ish on the first couple early games is a pain without lots of experience.

Sequels are a ways off, but we will get the option to make mature-rated games quite soon, if that's a road you want to go down.

Also, minor spoilers

As amusing as the idea sounds, Onii-Chan: Starcraft Edition will probably implode horribly. Romance action and strategy games rarely end well.


Romance Adventure; Onii-chan plz: Uncharted is what I'd go for for the next game. Should be able to stabilize the finances nicely.

[Brother Oni]

You are starting to make this sound like I am about to make a human trafficking game... :smallconfused:

Well they've made a tower defence game based around sweat shops (http://www.kongregate.com/games/channelfour/sweatshop) and a business trading sim based on the events that lead up to the Opium Wars (http://www.kongregate.com/games/ExploreWellcome/high-tea?acomplete=high+seas) and even a management sim about the for profit prison industry (http://www.introversion.co.uk/prisonarchitect/), so why not a romance strategy game based around human trafficking? :smalltongue:

Edit: I've just remembered, they have made a romance strategy game based on the Three Kingdoms - Kessen II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessen_II). I must have subconsciously suppressed Liu Bei's constant bleating about Diao Chan...


A romance strategy game could be cool, yeah. It'd be like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except more literal and with less face melting.

Aside from Guan Yu and his son getting executed by being boiled in oil, I'm not sure what face melting you're on about... Zhuge Liang's burning of the Nanman army maybe?



This is why you shouldn't trust the internet sometimes :smallbiggrin:

In all seriousness, SUPERHERO RPG HECK YEAH! Look at that dosh roll in guv. I voted for Military and School. I think you should do a Military Adventure game based on the Predator movie. Maybe call it something else because with Onii-chan Plz being one of your games, and your fans clearly being a bit...zealous in wondering what other games you'll make in the series, having a game called "Predator" might not do too well for your image :smallamused:

Yes, trusting us is indeed a bad idea.

I think you could do an Onii-chan plz: Love vs Predator, by focusing on the love triangle between the rescued girl, the team commander and his 2IC, snatching moments of intimacy while being chased through the jungle by an alien hunter.

Dammit, now you've broken my brain and I'm putting romance into every genre I can think of...

[FinnLassie]

I feel like people following this thread are crazy people. Not that I mind, it's more like, I'm loving it. :amused:


A romance strategy game could be cool, yeah. It'd be like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except more literal and with less face melting.

This is why you shouldn't trust the internet sometimes :smallbiggrin:

In all seriousness, SUPERHERO RPG HECK YEAH! Look at that dosh roll in guv. I voted for Military and School. I think you should do a Military Adventure game based on the Predator movie. Maybe call it something else because with Onii-chan Plz being one of your games, and your fans clearly being a bit...zealous in wondering what other games you'll make in the series, having a game called "Predator" might not do too well for your image :smallamused:

I've never actually played the game, I'm only really familiar with Dynasty Warriors... And how I always ended up getting stuck at a particular war and no matter WHAT I did, always failed. I don't think I've ever finished any Dynasty Warriors game.

To be honest, the point of this gameplay is to kind of... play by those silly ideas and all, so the crazier the better. :smalltongue:

Well, right now Military and School are winning! :smallbiggrin: And yeah I'm definitely going to focus on other things than Onii-chan plz related stuff as well, I want as much variety as possible! It's going to be interesting to see if I'll end up focusing on more tech or design focused games... and what consoles, of course. You'll all have a say in that as well, when the time comes. :smallamused:


Congrats on the Shreckening! Getting above a 6ish on the first couple early games is a pain without lots of experience.

Sequels are a ways off, but we will get the option to make mature-rated games quite soon, if that's a road you want to go down.

Romance Adventure; Onii-chan plz: Uncharted is what I'd go for for the next game. Should be able to stabilize the finances nicely.

Thank you thank you. :smallbiggrin: This is actually my worst run by far - in my first playthrough of Game Dev my first game got a 8.5 overall, I felt like it was impossible hahaha.

Target audience is one of my favourite features, though at some point it feels really hard to decide if a game should be for everyone or mature. Young oriented games are always the same stuff, which can end up super boring.

Hmm, I really wonder if that'll be the next game or not, and if my finances will go to the more positive side as well. :smallwink:


Well they've made a tower defence game based around sweat shops (http://www.kongregate.com/games/channelfour/sweatshop) and a business trading sim based on the events that lead up to the Opium Wars (http://www.kongregate.com/games/ExploreWellcome/high-tea?acomplete=high+seas) and even a management sim about the for profit prison industry (http://www.introversion.co.uk/prisonarchitect/), so why not a romance strategy game based around human trafficking? :smalltongue:

Edit: I've just remembered, they have made a romance strategy game based on the Three Kingdoms - Kessen II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessen_II). I must have subconsciously suppressed Liu Bei's constant bleating about Diao Chan...


Yes, trusting us is indeed a bad idea.

I think you could do an Onii-chan plz: Love vs Predator, by focusing on the love triangle between the rescued girl, the team commander and his 2IC, snatching moments of intimacy while being chased through the jungle by an alien hunter.

Dammit, now you've broken my brain and I'm putting romance into every genre I can think of...

Ahh, I've heard of the Opium Wars one as well as the sweat shop one as well. Just can't remember where.

You're completely wrong - it's the best idea ever. :smallcool::smallcool:

Dearest Brother Oni, there's only one way of life. You know. Romance is love. Romance is life. You're at a point where it's useless to run away from the truth, as it'll be right in front of you no matter where you go.




On a very related note: Should I keep Onii-chan plz related games as standalones, or should I wait until I get to the sequel phase?

[LaZodiac]

On a very related note: Should I keep Onii-chan plz related games as standalones, or should I wait until I get to the sequel phase?

I have no idea how this game works, so I'm going to take some ques from real world games and say you should make some standalones, but THEN make sequels. The more convulated the better (at least that's my experience looking into romance VN's tend to go...)

[Teddy]

Embarrassingly, I'm excited to make the romance strategy sequel... Because I totally envision it as a harem type. That stuff needs a lot of strategy, eh? :smallredface: :smalltongue:

...

...

Yes.
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It could turn out fun and light hearted or really scary, depending on the tone. A fun 'Choose your Own Adventure' where picking up the right items and making the right choices gives you the best ending, or a cold, calculating, psychological game where you spy on and stalk the girls to get information to manipulate their affections, culminating in blackmail and abuse to bend then break them to your will.

Basically it could end up anywhere between Thousand Arms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Arms), to Sengoku Rance, to Rapelay.

I don't think Choose your Own Adventure counts as strategy, though. I mean, it even has "Adventure" in the title. http://i.imgur.com/FZ6yI9l.png

[Cuthalion]

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...

Yes.
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Because... Teddy is experienced with harem strategy? :smallconfused:

[FinnLassie]

I am on my mobile now, forgot to post before I left, but I am on my way to relatively-offline-land for the night. That means whoever hasn't still voted on the poll can venture to the previous page, click on the link and do so by 6PM GMT tonight! I will take the two highest results and research them then, and you will be free to suggest game titles and topics! I will decide the genre this time. :smallamused:

[LaZodiac]

I think you should do a School based game, actually. Get all up in that learnin'

[JBPuffin]

School. School! And Adventure. Adventure!

Also, we need a School/Superhero Action game when you unlock two Genre games.

[Lurkmoar]

Everyone knows that Highschoolers are the true heroes of video gaming universes.

[Brother Oni]

I don't think Choose your Own Adventure counts as strategy, though. I mean, it even has "Adventure" in the title. http://i.imgur.com/FZ6yI9l.png

Depends on how you make the game - a CYOA with strategy minigames would fit the bill (the less mentioned about the contents of the minigames, the better...), but given that strategy can mean "A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim", I view a long term plan of getting intimate with a girl as strategy, even more so if the plan is executed with military precision. :smallbiggrin:

[Teddy]

Depends on how you make the game - a CYOA with strategy minigames would fit the bill (the less mentioned about the contents of the minigames, the better...), but given that strategy can mean "A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim", I view a long term plan of getting intimate with a girl as strategy, even more so if the plan is executed with military precision. :smallbiggrin:

CYOA games generally don't allow for much planning, since most of the options are put in on the whim of the designer and are generally hard to predict ahead of the moment of choice... http://i.imgur.com/ZRHtTJs.png

[FinnLassie]

Hey folks, I'm back from the countryside and will be doing a rather big post later tonight. Stay tuned! :smallsmile:
I would also like to remind you, that when you suggest games for me, please suggest what I should focus on in each Development Stage! You can see how they work from my LP, so no excuses. :smallyuk:


I think you should do a School based game, actually. Get all up in that learnin'


School. School! And Adventure. Adventure!

School adventure it is. Now we just need a juicy title - anyone care to suggest? :smallamused:


Also, we need a School/Superhero Action game when you unlock two Genre games.

Those are topics, not genres. Genres in the game are stuff like action, adventure, RPG and the like.


Everyone knows that Highschoolers are the true heroes of video gaming universes.
Depends.. :smalltongue:

[LaZodiac]

Hey folks, I'm back from the countryside and will be doing a rather big post later tonight. Stay tuned! :smallsmile:
I would also like to remind you, that when you suggest games for me, please suggest what I should focus on in each Development Stage! You can see how they work from my LP, so no excuses. :smallyuk:

School adventure it is. Now we just need a juicy title - anyone care to suggest? :smallamused:


I'll keep that in mind. I think a School Adventure should have a lot of story and world design. And graphics.

As for a title...no idea. The only name I can think of is "Nothing Can Survive My Nose: A Horror Story" and that's just because I'm weird and also destroy tissues when I blow my nose.

[Amidus Drexel]

School adventure it is. Now we just need a juicy title - anyone care to suggest? :smallamused:

High School Musical: The Quest(tm).

[FinnLassie]

I goddamn kid you not, I am so glad I've typed everything up on my computer because I JUST CLOSED THE TAB BY AN ACCIDENT AND LOST EVERYTHING :smallfurious:

*huff and puffs*



Episode 3: Spread That Cheese, My Superhero!

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Before I start anything: WOO LOOK AT THAT MONEY, LOOK AT THOSE FANS. 100K! I could stop working right now and get myself a proper job, you know?

I went ahead and researched the two most popular topics - military and school, so please start thinking about good titles falling under those categories. :smallamused: Whilst I was researching, some interesting news blooped onto my screen.
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Oh wow, this is some interesting stuff indeed! We'll be waiting eagerly. Although I have to admit, Dinkey King sounds like an awful title for a game. Amateurs. They should consult me for game titles.

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Time to move on and get on producing a new game for ourselves, nyeh nyeh! For some odd reason I have lately been craving a lot of cheese. This is a complete mystery for me as to why it's happening (well, if we're being truthful it's probably because I haven't gotten up from this chair a single time to actually eat something), but it sure is starting to show in my work as well... Suddenly, a name had appeared on my screen. CheeseFabio: Da Harlequin Adventure. I have no idea what's going on. It's like my brain's getting mixed messages of what it wants to do! Once more, I'll try the romance genre. Maybe this'll do alright. I mean, it's not exactly hard to beat a score of 2... Also, who can resist Fabio made out of cheese. Delish. We're also splurging money on G64 because WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

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Just as I was starting to develop my new game, I got the news that our first somewhat-of-a-hit Shrek game got taken out of the market. Eh, we did ok. But we sure as heck can do better!

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Having read a lot of Harlequin books in my youth.... Uh, scrap that, I mean, having heard about those totally horrible cheesy romance novels when I was a younger lady, totally, I figured that although some of the writing can be very crude, they still do put a lot of effort into the story. Who cares about engine (apart from CheeseFabio's, grrr :smallwink:). Sod off engine. And meh, let's just put some points for gameplay to make sure we're able to control CheeseFabio's ultimate sexiness.

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A normal occurrence in my filthy excuse of an office that's actually a dirty, mouldy garage with a bucket to poop in. Just scratching my head, having no clue what I'm doing with my life.

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... Anyway, back to the actual game. We're now in dev stage 2, and oh boy oh boy! This was a little harder, now. Dialogues need to be maxed out as we want CheeseFabio to be able to venture into those ladies... Um, uh, their sweet innocent minds with innocent intentions with some witty wordplays. I had to give level design all the boost as well, because we don't want to disappoint our overlord Fabio up in the heavens. Glory to Fabio. CheeseFabio. And meh, since we've gotten so much crap about forgetting the AI stupid reviewers I swear I'll kick you in your chauvinistic nuts I'll just kinda focus on it a little bit.
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Aww yeah, plop those balls, Finn!

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Ahh, the final stage of our game! We're doing 2D graphics because heck, I want to see those cheesy pecs and abs nicely on the screen for sure. World design, meh, the only important places will be CheeseFabio's bodoir and some random cheese shop where the ladies (or lads, who am I to judge) choose the cheesy delight. And we need to put some focus on the sounds, as who doesn't want to hear a horrible 80s computer rendition of cheesy 80s love ballads. Yummy. I'm getting hungry here. Like, food hungry. Ew, you. ... ... and you can probably see that we've spend quuuuite a bit of money on this game. We better make all the money back and even more.

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We're all done debugging and ready to release our wondrous new creation, CheeseFabio: Da Harlequin Adventure to the market! Now we just wait for the reviews to pop in. Those critics better love the stuff I make.

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................. guys, I think we're getting there. And that pervert from Game Hero played it for days! HA! HAHAHAH! And that douchebag said Onii-chan: plz was bin material! What a tool. Time for a game report to see why we're so damn near perfection.

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Huh? Impressed by my talent? Easy money you say? Bring it on, babe. Now let me finish off my game report, Jason.

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According to my research it seems like romance adventures are the way to go, and I was damn right to focus on the dialogue. Who doesn't want to spend time reading CheeseFabio's sweet cheese nothings.

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I kinda want to try out how this easy money will work out for me. Oh, and you can probably see that Da Harlequin Adventure is generating us some good money! We already have more money than we started the session with, I think, and I would say that is a very good thing. Back to the contract work, I think I'll help these poor people to get to know all about dat cool new technologez.

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Aww yiss, easiest 15K I've made in my life! Jason's a treasure. I wonder if he's single? Ah, what does it even matter, it's not like I'm leaving this garage... Or this seat... Like, ever.

(At this point, I got the news that Ninvento has finally released its new home gaming console system, TES. The controller seems really weird, I mean, who would want to use something else than a good ol' keyboard or those awesome arcade machine controls? Crazy people, I don't think anyone will buy it - especially with a game called Dinkey King. Pfft.)

Now that it was rather evident that my CheeseFabio-game was a huge success, I just had to get my hands on another game. I didn't want to lean on romance again as it might be a little too obvious for me to publish at this point, so maybe I'll switch things around a little bit. Superheroes... Yeah... Let's try that superheroes stuff again. And action. Because the gods above have spoken to me.
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Say hello to THE BAR ROOM BRAWLER, a superhero name contributed by my Secret Contributor. Drunken madness is the superpower, I assume?

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The thing is, I just had to put some effort into story/quests. It's a damn superhero game, and who wants to play a game about a superhero they know nothing about? There has to be some sort of a tragic story going on about this.. Ooooh, maybe this is THE BAR ROOM BRAWLER's origin story? Or maybe that'd be a better prequel to be done at a later time.. Hmm, myes. Also, our beloved previous game went off the market. RIP in pieces, CheeseFabio, at least for now.

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More action, less dialogue. The effort I put into the backstory was enough, the character doesn't need to talk from now on. Also, sorry if my commentary isn't its finest at the moment, but you probably understand that sitting on this chair for years hasn't done me too well. Please send help.

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Oooh, I just realised We have 215 fans! Yay! Not doing too bad with the money situation either *knock on wood* I better not jinx this... But, myes. Who cares about sounds. This games is all about kick-ass graphics. Yeah. Best bar scenery ever. It might also be time to start researching some new topics too - I wonder that the ~angelic~ voices above me tell me to do this time.

MY GOD I ACCIDENTALLY OPENED DWARF FORTRESS INSTEAD OF CLICKING ON TO GAME DEV TYCOON AT THIS POINT my heart is racing that intro sound got me scared as heck-a-hell *wheeze*

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Look at that lovely balance between design and technology. Very zen. I would also like to announce that I'm no longer a regular FinnLassie. I'm now FinnLassie 2.0 :smallcool:

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Six! Six six! Nuuuumber of the beeeeeeeeast! Plus a seven. Hmph, didn't do as well as last time, but I'm glad the effort I put into graphics was noted. However the fact that he gave me a mere 6 is utterly baffling and even insulting. It's also confusing how they've not praised my excellent work with the backstory. Who do they think they are? *cracks fingers* I guess it's time for a game report.

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This isn't helping me.
Seems like it took about three weeks to sell over 10k copies... At least we've made a lot of dosh.


That's it for now, folks.

So, as Ninvento has now announced its arrival to the market, I'm going to spoil the game for you silly folk a bit now and ask a question in advance:
What platform should I start focusing on? I know I'll probably make a couple of games for the Ninvento games console, but after that we'll be faced with two options. Would you guys like to see me mainly focus on the consoles based on Nintendo, or consoles based on Sega?
Again, I'll be doing this as a poll (http://strawpoll.me/3197404)! Because I'm horrible and boring! So go on and vote.

We also need to decide on more topics to research. Same drill as last time - please vote for two of your favourite options! (http://strawpoll.me/3197684)

I'm drowning you with polls today. :smallbiggrin:

[Cuthalion]

Jason works for Game Hero.

[FinnLassie]

Jason works for Game Hero.

You're breaking my heart. :smallfrown:

[Brother Oni]

Just voted for Transport because Onii-chan plz: The Eddie Stobart Years* sounds far too entertaining for its own good. :smallbiggrin:


*For Americans and other aliens, Eddie Stobart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Stobart_Logistics) is the name of a national transport company over here in the UK.

[FinnLassie]

High School Musical: The Quest(tm).

I'm sold. :smalltongue:


Just voted for Transport because Onii-chan plz: The Eddie Stobart Years* sounds far too entertaining for its own good. :smallbiggrin:


*For Americans and other aliens, Eddie Stobart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Stobart_Logistics) is the name of a national transport company over here in the UK.

Hey, I used to live in the UK for two years and never saw this thing! Are you sure it's real?

[LaZodiac]

THE BAR ROOM BRAWLER actually sounds fun. Reminds me of The Bouncer.

I have voted Ninvento because they're the company that isn't going to be killed for releasing the Dreamcast before any actual games would be finished and released for three months.

Went with Rhythm and Surgery for my other votes, by the way. Gotta bust a move. Glad your company's doing so well, and fingers crossed for the future.

I know it'll probably be a bad idea, but maybe porting over Oni-chan Plz to the TES would work? I know SOME adventure games translate well to graphics *coughA Bard's Talecough*

[FinnLassie]

I know it'll probably be a bad idea, but maybe porting over Oni-chan Plz to the TES would work? I know SOME adventure games translate well to graphics *coughA Bard's Talecough*

Brother Oni-chan?!

... I have an idea for an awesome game. I'm so sorry, Brother Oni. So, so sorry. Not. :smallcool: :smallamused:

[LaZodiac]

Brother Oni-chan?!

... I have an idea for an awesome game. I'm so sorry, Brother Oni. So, so sorry. Not. :smallcool: :smallamused:

I AM THE GOD OF TYPOS.

I too am sorry/notsorry. And I don't even know what for yet.

[Ailurus]

So, as Ninvento has now announced its arrival to the market, I'm going to spoil the game for you silly folk a bit now and ask a question in advance:
What platform should I start focusing on? I know I'll probably make a couple of games for the Ninvento games console, but after that we'll be faced with two options. Would you guys like to see me mainly focus on the consoles based on Nintendo, or consoles based on Sega?

*contrarian mode activate*
Where's the PC Master Race (or C64 Master Race, as the case may be) option? Actually being serious here, at least for the first generation. Nintendo is only a few percent above C64 before Sega's release, and then only a handful of % above Sega at the best of times. Plus, its even more expensive to develop for than the C64, and the licensing fee will be about 1/3 of our current cash on hand. I'd say stick with C64 until the gameboys and game gears start showing up, and then re-evaluate since they (especially with the gameboy on intial release) have a HUGE edge in market share.

Plus, I'd also say no new topic research (or at most one new topic), so we can get a custom game engine and then we can have CheeseFabio return in stunning 2d graphics v2 and mono sound!

[LaZodiac]

Plus, I'd also say no new topic research (or at most one new topic), so we can get a custom game engine and then we can have CheeseFabio return in stunning 2d graphics v2 and mono sound!

Oh, this! This! Forget what I said and what I voted, I think we need a new engine.

[Brother Oni]

Hey, I used to live in the UK for two years and never saw this thing! Are you sure it's real?

Yup (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=eddie+stobart&biw=1350&bih=903&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AeqPVKO5DIWUaoXIgcgH&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ).

There's even toys (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3382055.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:18091974925|tsid:59156|cid:189949525|lid :96720252085|nw:g|crid:60095811805|rnd:14575134406 296089966|dvc:c|adp:1o2).

They're mostly long distance haulage, so if you never spent time on the motorway, you'd probably have missed them.


Brother Oni-chan?!

... I have an idea for an awesome game. I'm so sorry, Brother Oni. So, so sorry. Not. :smallcool: :smallamused:

Told you the name made me feel funny. :smalltongue:

If you're thinking what I'm thinking (cute little girl with a literal ogre for a scary big brother), then it's been done to some degree throughout many anime (all the way back to Slam Dunk), but since the Japanese don't tend to go in for that type of punning, I don't think an actual oni has been used yet.


I AM THE GOD OF TYPOS.

I too am sorry/notsorry. And I don't even know what for yet.

Oni = Japanese ogre/demon
Onii = Elder brother

Technically there's also long/short vowel and intonation difference (oníi and óni), but it's often missed.

Yes that does mean my name is an intentional bilingual joke, one that my wife keeps rolling her eyes at. :smalltongue:

[FinnLassie]

*contrarian mode activate*
Where's the PC Master Race (or C64 Master Race, as the case may be) option? Actually being serious here, at least for the first generation. Nintendo is only a few percent above C64 before Sega's release, and then only a handful of % above Sega at the best of times. Plus, its even more expensive to develop for than the C64, and the licensing fee will be about 1/3 of our current cash on hand. I'd say stick with C64 until the gameboys and game gears start showing up, and then re-evaluate since they (especially with the gameboy on intial release) have a HUGE edge in market share.

Plus, I'd also say no new topic research (or at most one new topic), so we can get a custom game engine and then we can have CheeseFabio return in stunning 2d graphics v2 and mono sound!

You're getting too far ahead, lad. We're only at the beginning of the game. :smallwink: *silences with a truckful of free cokies*

And yeah, my plan was to sort out a custom engine in the next episode.


Yup (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=eddie+stobart&biw=1350&bih=903&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=AeqPVKO5DIWUaoXIgcgH&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ).

There's even toys (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3382055.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:18091974925|tsid:59156|cid:189949525|lid :96720252085|nw:g|crid:60095811805|rnd:14575134406 296089966|dvc:c|adp:1o2).

They're mostly long distance haulage, so if you never spent time on the motorway, you'd probably have missed them.


Told you the name made me feel funny. :smalltongue:


I'm really trying to think why anyone would buy them, and kind of not surprised that they're easy to find from Argos.

I.... I actually didn't get what you mean until now. :smalltongue:

[Brother Oni]

I'm really trying to think why anyone would buy them, and kind of not surprised that they're easy to find from Argos.

I.... I actually didn't get what you mean until now. :smalltongue:

The fact that you know you can get almost everything from Argos proves that you've lived in the UK. :smalltongue:

As for why people would buy them, young children are impressionable and if they see a big Eddie Stobart lorry, they're going to want one, especially if their father drives one.

And for shame... you're the one that set the tone for bad puns and ridiculous references for this Let's Play. You can hardly blame us if we carry it on. :smallbiggrin:


Incidentally, you don't live over here anymore?

[Eldan]

Obviously, Rhythm and Surgery is the best combination. I suggest our next game should be called "Elite Beat Surgeons".

[LaZodiac]

If you're thinking what I'm thinking (cute little girl with a literal ogre for a scary big brother), then it's been done to some degree throughout many anime (all the way back to Slam Dunk), but since the Japanese don't tend to go in for that type of punning, I don't think an actual oni has been used yet.

Oni = Japanese ogre/demon
Onii = Elder brother

I can actually see them doing that. It's not what they OFTEN do, but they do do punning of that level sometimes.

I am aware of this :smallamused:

[Amidus Drexel]

Obviously, Rhythm and Surgery is the best combination. I suggest our next game should be called "Elite Beat Surgeons".

You and I had the same idea. :smallcool:

The name should be 1337 8347 Surgeons, though.

[FinnLassie]

The fact that you know you can get almost everything from Argos proves that you've lived in the UK. :smalltongue:

And for shame... you're the one that set the tone for bad puns and ridiculous references for this Let's Play. You can hardly blame us if we carry it on. :smallbiggrin:

Incidentally, you don't live over here anymore?

It's my to-go place for disposable camers. Because Boots is stupid expensive. :smallannoyed:

Hey, I've caught up with all of your antics quite well so far! I've even combined possbile topic names, because I couldn't decide between Cheese Master and Fabio's adventures. :smalltongue:

I got sick of NHS, my university and realised I want to do something else with my life. To be fair, I would've rather stayed in Glasgow, but finances and my annoyance with NHS ended up shooting me back to Finland. That's a whole another story, I should probably at some point write everything that's wrong with NHS Scotland at some point. :smallsigh:


Obviously, Rhythm and Surgery is the best combination. I suggest our next game should be called "Elite Beat Surgeons".

Well, unless I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure there is no multi-Topic option. Which is sad. Because I'd totally want to create the world's most best beatboxing brain surgeon. :smallfrown:

[GloatingSwine]

Told you the name made me feel funny. :smalltongue:

If you're thinking what I'm thinking (cute little girl with a literal ogre for a scary big brother), then it's been done to some degree throughout many anime (all the way back to Slam Dunk), but since the Japanese don't tend to go in for that type of punning, I don't think an actual oni has been used yet.


They totally do, there are puns all over the place in anime. Very frequently bilingual puns based on what english word a japanese word sounds like, and almost always terrible.

[Brother Oni]

Well, unless I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure there is no multi-Topic option. Which is sad. Because I'd totally want to create the world's most best beatboxing brain surgeon. :smallfrown:

You've not heard of Elite Beat Agents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ad3z9O4ooo)?

It's a spiritual sucessor to the Ouendan games (example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9A8xcbIeTs)), which is derived from traditional Japanese cheerleading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cendan) (for lack of a better word).

I personally think a surgeon trying to do complex surgery with an ouendan squad on the other side of the observation glass to be a highly entertaining idea. :smallbiggrin:


They totally do, there are puns all over the place in anime. Very frequently bilingual puns based on what english word a japanese word sounds like, and almost always terrible.

No, I meant they tend not to do long/short vowel punning. I'm very well aware of the punning they do actually do and I enthusiatically endorse it - my wife helped out a fansubbing group when they did Yakitate Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate!!_Japan)* and I had to proof read all her work.

She also did Tetsuko no Tabi (http://myanimelist.net/anime/2552/Tetsuko_no_Tabi)**, which is so Japanese, it hurts.

*For those who are unaware of the level of punning in Yakitate Japan, the protagonist of the series sets out to create a new type of bread (パン or pan in Japanese) for the Japanese people; Japanese bread = Nihon pan = Ja-pan.
This pun is in the opening narration for the anime and it only gets worse (or better depending on your point of view). :smallbiggrin:

**Best described as a trainspotter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspotter) anime.

[GloatingSwine]

No, I meant they tend not to do long/short vowel punning. I'm very well aware of the punning they do actually do and I enthusiatically endorse it - my wife helped out a fansubbing group when they did Yakitate Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate!!_Japan)* and I had to proof read all her work.


On the other hand, changing the vowel sound stops the words being homonyms, and puns rely on homonyms.

Which is probably why they don't do it.

If someone tries a pun with words that don't sound enough like each other it just comes across as crap (and not in the way that all puns are inherently groanworthy crap, just crappy crap).

[FinnLassie]

Everyone: Please vote on especially the new topic poll! There's topics that are tied, and I can't do with that. :smallbiggrin: I'll probably cut the votes some time tomorrow night and record something on Thursday.




You've not heard of Elite Beat Agents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ad3z9O4ooo)?

It's a spiritual sucessor to the Ouendan games (example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9A8xcbIeTs)), which is derived from traditional Japanese cheerleading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cendan) (for lack of a better word).

I personally think a surgeon trying to do complex surgery with an ouendan squad on the other side of the observation glass to be a highly entertaining idea. :smallbiggrin:

What on earth makes you think I don't know what ouendan is, and that I don't read manga dedicated for it... :smalltongue: It's a silly Japanese activity indeed.

[Cuthalion]

It just has to be music or surgery. I only wish it were both.

[FinnLassie]

I'm cutting off the voting in like 5 minutes. I was planning on doing an episode tonight, but I'm just absolutely knackered... So tomorrow it'll be. And it's about Christmas time, so I won't be posting too often anyways.

[LaZodiac]

I'm cutting off the voting in like 5 minutes. I was planning on doing an episode tonight, but I'm just absolutely knackered... So tomorrow it'll be. And it's about Christmas time, so I won't be posting too often anyways.

Understandable. Hope you have a nice Christmas time :smallbiggrin:

If anyone's starved for random people playing video games for the internet, I've got a thread you can look at too #Shameless:smallwink:

[OrcusMcP]

Understandable. Hope you have a nice Christmas time :smallbiggrin:

If anyone's starved for random people playing video games for the internet, I've got a thread you can look at too #Shameless:smallwink:

Further shamelessness.

Also, the GMR threads are always good reading fun. Assuming you like Civ5 anyway.

[OrcusMcP]

FinnLassie? Can still compute?