JenniBee
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8 years ago Some interesting things regarding how Frontiersman catches Lemming Woman came up tonight in IRC:
Feddlefew ATM hookup rant? 22:49 Feddlefew Because the frontiersman doesn't trust credit cards. 22:50 Cheeseness Remind him that he needs money so that he steps out to an ATM and leaves the player to work through a complex puzzle? 22:51 Cheeseness (hear him ranting about the lack of face-to-face banking in the distance) 22:51 Feddlefew Lol 22:51 Feddlefew Yeah. 22:52 Feddlefew I think pointing out that the tourist attraction is built over an old mine could play a part. 22:53 Feddlefew Also he's short, so he'll complain about needing to bring his own step stool to the bank. 22:58 Cheeseness Maybe he comes back to collect the stool and the player has to be still and pretend they're not escaping? 23:00 Feddlefew Good. good. 23:00 Feddlefew What if he needs to go to the ATM because he needs a dollar to activate a deathtrap. 23:00 Feddlefew ? 23:01 Cheeseness I forgot for a moment that in the US there are dollar notes 23:01 Cheeseness I was like "How do you get a dollar out of an ATM?" 23:01 Feddlefew Most ATMs only give 20s 23:01 Cheeseness Ah 23:01 Feddlefew So he'd also need to go to a change machine to get some quarters. 23:01 Cheeseness Quarters feel more appropriate 23:02 Feddlefew It's an extra step for him. 23:04 Feddlefew So his time flow is attempt to activate the deathtrap-> realize he needs quaters -> Go to ATM -> Get stool -> Get money from ATM-> Convert to coins -> put into machine 23:04 Feddlefew So like, two minutes without being distracted. 23:04 Feddlefew Or more. 23:05 Cheeseness Maybe you need to distract him with dialogue before he puts the coin in? 23:05 Feddlefew Yes. 23:06 Feddlefew Or it could be buy enough time for Mecha Paul Bunion to get in place, if we're still going with the original idea for the rubber band ball room. 23:07 Feddlefew Where the ball bounces off of walls but knocks MPB through a wall. 23:07 Cheeseness Jenni: Can the framework we're using do scrolling screens? I feel like the rubber band ball room should be nice and long 23:09 Feddlefew I'm kind of picturing human pinball at this point. 23:10 Feddlefew With you as the pin. 23:10 Cheeseness The rubber band ball scene feels like it's possibly going to be more action oriented. Maybe distracting the villain shouldn't be a part of this one, and just have them cackling in the background assuming that everything's going to plan until the wall is busted through? 23:13 Feddlefew Sure? 23:14 Feddlefew I was picturing it as you need to delay him a little so you can get the elements of your escape in place. 23:14 Feddlefew Before the rubber band ball is released. 23:15 Cheeseness I kinda like the idea of the rubber band ball just pushing you around to inconvenient locations in the room unharmed. Turns out that as a deathtrap it's completely ineffective 23:15 Feddlefew lol 23:16 Feddlefew Getting stuck in the return shoot would suck 23:16 Jenni The current framework can't do scrolling screens - but I might be able to find one that could and cobble them together 23:17 * epic joined #DFAF 23:17 Feddlefew So this "death trap" resets, right? 23:17 Cheeseness Hmm. Could divide it into two connected screens then maybe (when you make it to the second screen, that's effectively a reset point and the ball won't push you back to the first?) 23:17 epic Hey! 23:18 Feddlefew Hi. 23:18 Cheeseness Resets or just bounces around infinitely? 23:18 Cheeseness Hey epic 23:18 epic What a coincidence. 23:18 Feddlefew Well, it's going to run out of bounce eventuraly. 23:18 epic Talking about game ideas. 23:18 Cheeseness Working on a game :b 23:19 epic Which one? 23:19 Cheeseness The one we're meant to be making while the forums are down 23:19 Cheeseness (details are in the channel topic) 23:19 epic So, one game won over the others? 23:19 Cheeseness Yeah, there was a poll 23:19 epic And the winner was? 23:20 Cheeseness The one covered in the URL in the channel topic 23:20 Jenni keep a villain monologuing long enough to escape a death trap 23:20 epic LOL. 23:20 epic Can I see the full results? 23:20 Cheeseness Nope 23:20 epic Aww. 23:20 epic What game came in 2nd. 23:21 Cheeseness Not until the forums are back up 23:21 epic Okay. 23:21 Jenni I think the double fine visual novel 23:21 Jenni but I'm not certain 23:21 Cheeseness Did you copy that stuff down, Jenni? IIRC there were two tied for second, but combined they didn't have as many as this one 23:21 Cheeseness Oh hang on. I have access to the new forums. I can see if that's been carried across yet 23:21 Jenni ok 23:23 Feddlefew Lol 23:23 Cheeseness Dating sim was second 23:23 Feddlefew The one where we date the new forum after breaking up with the old one? 23:23 epic And Dark Paranoia? 23:24 Cheeseness Feddlefew: I think it was hot's idea of having a dating sim with people from the forums as characters 23:24 Cheeseness (which I think might've gotten a bit creepy - I'm glad we didn't need to go down the path of trying to wrangle that into sensibility) 23:24 Cheeseness epic: Equal third with three others 23:25 epic Damn. 23:25 Cheeseness Eh, it's all good. Nothing's stopping you from making that in the future 23:25 Feddlefew How does lemming woman get captured? 23:26 Cheeseness While confronting the villain, I guess? 23:26 Cheeseness Jenni: What do you think? 23:26 Jenni Maybe Frontiersman can put out one of his cheesy ads - which draws Lemming Woman's attention 23:27 Jenni then when she gets there, it's a setup, she's knocked out - and she wakes up in the death trap tied to the chair 23:27 Cheeseness Maybe she's already on his trail from tracking his Amazon orders of death trap parts? 23:27 Jenni ha 23:28 Jenni yeah - that'd work well 23:28 Cheeseness Maybe pick a different name for Amazon - another big river like the Yangtze? 23:29 Feddlefew "Who else would order 60 giant saw blades?" 23:29 Cheeseness heh 23:29 Feddlefew He's not expecting her 23:29 Cheeseness Maybe she was posing as a safety inspector and the villain captured her not realising she was a Good Doer? 23:29 Feddlefew Well, not her specifically. 23:30 Cheeseness (Could open with her safety inspector disguise being taken off to reveal she's his arch nemesis or something mayne?) 23:30 Cheeseness maybe^ 23:30 Feddlefew I think it'd be funnier if he gets really mad that it isn't his arch nemisis 23:30 Cheeseness heh 23:33 Feddlefew Who cirtifies tourist sites? 23:33 Cheeseness His arch nemesis is actually a safety inspector? 23:34 Feddlefew Douge Klein 23:34 Feddlefew No super powers 23:34 Feddlefew Just doing his job. 23:34 Jenni heh 23:35 Jenni "What! I was expecting my arch nemesis!" 23:35 Jenni "You're not the safety inspector.What the heck are you supposed to be?" 23:36 Feddlefew "Some kind of… Hamster girl?" 23:37 Cheeseness Is Lemming Woman going to be our final name for her, do we reckon? 23:38 * epic quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 23:39 Feddlefew Lemmings are pretty tough little guys 23:39 Feddlefew I think it's appropriate. 23:41 Cheeseness OK 23:42 Feddlefew Also the frontiersman has so many options for incorrect names. 23:43 Cheeseness Never gets her name right 23:43 Feddlefew "The Lady Gerbil" 23:43 Feddlefew "Ms. Mouse" 23:49 Feddlefew Well, I need to sleep. 23:49 Feddlefew I have class tommorow. 23:49 Feddlefew 8^) 23:49 Cheeseness Night Feddlefew! 23:49 Feddlefew (Note: Douge Klein looks NOTHING like Lemming Woman.) 23:50 Feddlefew (IMO)
Our hero needs to be caught in a trap by Frontiersman. We're going comedy for this, so the trap can be kooky - just try to not make it too crazy, since we want to be able to keep it in a small scope so we can have a playable game once the forums go live again.
The hero is currently leaning towards Lemming Woman (if there's no objections), so the trap can be themed towards her - or it could be themed in an American frontier style to match our villain, or it could just be something over the top that a supervillain would do.