xaq_the_aereon: I caught it...now what? (Ryouta)
Xaq ([personal profile] xaq_the_aereon) wrote2013-01-19 10:53 pm

Oh no. D:

[livejournal.com profile] davidn, remember how one of the people who played Hatogate was asking for me to come up with another idea?

Well, I had one earlier. Once again, it started out as a mixed bout of boredom and complete silliness, and, once again, it's based on our favorite peristeronic pastime.

Basically, it's a Hatoful version of a game [livejournal.com profile] kjorteo introduced me to years back, "A Triangle Morning's Which-Way Game.

The basic concept I had in mind when it hit me earlier: The player character starts out at a given location with a very loosely-defined goal (I ran a few scenarios in my mind, including Albert starting out at the Le Bel mansion on an errand to get some high-society-brand espresso mix for Sakuya), and then goes wandering around various locations of Littledove Hachiman City (including areas of St. Pigeonation's and the Medical Center) to either achieve that goal or do something else entirely, with about 80% of things not making much sense whatsoever, a few dozen ways to "win," and about 20% of things in the game proving to be fatal out of nowhere.


Oh, and in place of the random manticore that can kills the player in the original game? You guessed it: surprised and killed by Labor 9.



I dunno if pursuing this idea any further is a good idea or not...it'd probably be too big to do the human-parser thing again.
kjorteo: Screenshot from Daedalian Opus, of a solved puzzle with the text "GOOD" displayed on underneath it. (GOOD)

[personal profile] kjorteo 2013-01-20 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You got Calm Corn bread! You win!

[identity profile] xaq.livejournal.com 2013-01-20 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Dr. Murderbeaks appears out of nowhere and lops your head off! He stuffs it in a jar and runs off with it.

GAME OVER

And then Labor 9 crushes what's left into mush!

DOUBLE GAME OVER
kjorteo: Screenshot from Werewolf: The Last Warrior, of the titular Werewolf next to a sign that says "Don't Knock". (Don't Knock)

[personal profile] kjorteo 2013-01-20 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You are now in Littledove Hachiman City.

> Eat some Legumentine's Day beans
> Take a quail nap

[identity profile] lupineangel.livejournal.com 2013-01-20 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have a screaming icon, so this one will have to do.

Now I'm thinking of all sorts of things... deactivate the mansion's defence system, and the Hawk Party kills everyone; discover the time machine, and restart in a world where everyone uses their ICPSS portrait but speaks fluent Coo; get exposed to too many Demon Spores and enter the world where Anghel was right; 'you got pudding! You win!", etc.

But seriously, just the idea of the Labor 9-ticore is horrifying.

D.F.
davidn: (rabbit)

[personal profile] davidn 2013-01-21 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds a beautiful atrocity :) The forum game idea might be valuable unless you've planned out all the branching paths already!

[identity profile] xaq.livejournal.com 2013-01-21 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I've honestly been too scared to go any further with the idea than what I posted! D: