GTX0 Adventure

Round updated :)

As usual contact me via notifications or AIM to let me know if something is wrong or if you have questions.

From now on I will also be make a new post each round to make it easier to tell when the last round update was, plus I will state when the next round begins.

Also congrats on our second player to roll a 100! (Well I rolled it but it was for them).

Anyone got the reference in the title yet (without googling it)?

I feel the sides may be slightly unbalanced, it's the first game so it was never going to be perfect.

Two aliens have the very powerful ability to evolve and I'm being quite generous in what I allow them to evolve in order to compensate for their lower numbers.

Also, the reference is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

The first three items are foods produced by "Rupture Farms" with the final one being the new food they intend to produce. Very fun platformer that I had on PS1. It's being remade for modern consoles & PC with updated grsphics but the same gameplay... I'd definitely recommend it ;)

There's some new features so things may look a little different. Ignore them for now, carry on as normal and I'll explain them at the next available moment :)

I'm going back to work in a couple of hours so this is just a reminder that the round won't end today like it should... My next reply will be about the new features :)

New Features

Memory

Memory is a completely history of the actions you've made so far in the game and the outcomes I've set against them (please note, outcomes is also a new feature and so not been used yet). Going forward this will be useful for you to check back what you've done and what happened as a result.

Outcomes

I can now enter in what happens from your action. So if you search for something I can state what you got, or if you find nothing. Very useful for helping you guys know if I intentionally gave you nothing or if it was an oversight. Also useful for just generally understanding why things might have happened.

Mid-Round Updates

Because of this, I can now process some actions mid-round. I didn't do it before because it would've become a confusing mess if you searched for items and then items randomly appeared in your inventory without any feedback. Similarly there was no way for me to say "you found Redack in that room you just searched" without telling everyone else, this also became difficult if you searched a room and then moved room because chances are you'd be with people I couldn't reveal this information to... So yea :)

Inventory Change

The inventory has been split out into three sections.
"Inventory"- All items will be put in here
"Abilities"- All abilities, or general "buffs", will go in here
"Wounds"- All wounds, or general "debuffs", will go in here
The reason for this is because I started using the inventory for all three of these and I thought it might become confusing for you guys so it made sense to separate them out for easier viewing and generally just making more sense.

Behind the Scenes

Xhin has made it easier for me edit the posts, which will probably speed up the round updates (as will being able to update them mid-round).

He's added a new method for me broadcasting messages, such as the station's comm system that Dooku was using.

And a bunch of host tools to use the other features he's added.

Conclusion

A couple of things aren't quite how I wanted them when I asked Xhin to do it, so there'll be a few alterations to come but the features that I wanted are implemented (plus a couple extra that Xhin came up with).

On the whole these new features should make the game run smoother and better. Most of it won't be used until the next round because I'm too busy today and tomorrow I'll just be focusing on updating the round... But hopefully this'll keep us all happy :)

Anyone that's checked the memory page will notice we're on round 21... This is because there's currently no way for me to clear actions for rounds, so shadowwalked's game interfered when I tried going 1, 2, 3, etc. I think I started at like 11?

When I get chance I'll see about separating out abilities, wounds and inventory. Otherwise we'll start using it in game 2.

~redack sneak attacks Jo Nathan to stop him asking difficult questions~

I'm unsure, I'd like to look at it as: they sneak attack you after the conversation whilst you're looking the other way or something(thus an explanation for why combat occurs at the end of a round.

I can very easily de-sneak any post I want but it kinda seems like there's no point in sneak mode if I just overrule it because you happened to talk to them in the post.

If you guys want me to start doing that, then I can do but bare in mind it relies on me being online to make it happen and then also there's nothing to stop someone just doing the action towards the end of the round when I'm unlikely to have chance to inform you it happened (since I tend to get home from work and then as soon as I go on my PC I start the aliens round update).

Also round ending. Unsure how long this will take as I've gotta get used to the new tools but some of them should speed it up. We'll see :)

That's how I imagine it Chief, if someone specifies they do it as a sneak action then it's logical to assume it doesn't occur right there and then when the person is looking.