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on May 30, 2012

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this is the kickstarter the two guys from andromeda are running. not much time left, i hope they pull out a winner!!

└ Tags: adventure games, gamers, games, hints, objectives, roger wilco, sierra, space quest, space station, video games

Roger Wilco

I'll still die horribly, right?
- @zarawesome
  
  Horrible deaths are available on a micropayment basis
- asdasd
  
  Sure. Oh, and in the game, too.
- Ben
  
  Only if you buy the corresponding DLC and preorder at Gamestop.
  
  Frankly, death is a luxury I'm surprised you think that you're entitled to.
  Gamers these days.
Matt

Achievement Unlocked: Make a Post!
- djublonskopf
  
  Achievement Unlocked: Tepid reply!
- VespeneGas
  
  Now you're earnin' on a mish!
  
  see, because you're earning achievements, on a mission.
  …Insofar as a list of quest objectives can be collectively considered a mission.
  
  Jokes.
- Klear
  
  I'm posting this just to get the achievement…
FarrisGoldstein

(1) Gary Owen?

(2) Will the jokes be pre-listed in the objectives as well?
- krisstraub
  
  – hear joke about falling death
  – hear joke about crushing death
  – hear joke about electrocution death
  – hear joke about laser wound death
  - FarrisGoldstein
    
    – recognize mildly humorous Blade Runner reference
    – recognize mildly humorous Alien reference
    – recognize mildly humorous Star Wars reference
    – giggle at easy E.T. fart joke 100 times
Fireside

I feel strangely compelled to post a comment here….
- Farf
  
  Yes, it was the only way to advance the story.
  
  Unless it's a sandbox, in which case it was one of 10 ways to advance branching tributaries that feed a main order story contained in a semi-dynamic world, giving the illusion of choice while still chaining you to predictible behaviors and mechanics.
  
  My childhood sandbox just had earwigs and cat poop.
  - sum1won
    
    Also the tributaries are almost the same thing, just in different colors.
Ben

oi, spoilers! (cf. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05 i guess)
- Sir Bean
  
  Wait.. Jesus dies?? Sonova..!!
Grygor

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@bitsmack

I really hope this isn't a spoiler for Space Quest. I haven't had a chance to start that game yet.
Errick

Should I submit a bug report? I keep reading the comic, but my objective list never updates to reflect it.
- Theod
  
  I bought the book like 200 times. Used all the credits on my credit card. Will those be restored with the new patch?
RoboGoofers

Wow, first self-driving cars and now this. Isn't the future amazing!
- no…
  
  it is a scary world full of stephen king cars
Tazsul

Oh boy! I hope all the intractable objects sparkle, or are highlighted, or have giant red arrows pointing at them too. Why not all three?
- PokePuzz Studio
  
  This is actually the main mechanic of my new appgame videogame Sparklearrow Highlight: Touchfinder 2: Secrets of the Hidden Kingdom of Mystery
  
  (spoiler: your character is the princess!)
  - cjyar
    
    Sounds like a softcore porn title.
    - deathbychiasmus
      
      Or the most sincere My Little Pony fanfic ever.
Elbasunu

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- @gCrusher
  
  I'm pulling for you to get that last goal! Never give up, even when the restraining order is served!
Soliloquy

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- Damienknight
  
  Your comedy is a paradox, sir. +1
  - Paygo
    
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apLundell

[LOCKED ACHIEVEMENT] Salvaged electrical wireing from hallway to the right of your starting point.
cloudymusic

Not pictured in the last panel: dubstep soundtrack
REVOLVER_KAZ

I hope it all works out for them. If i had money i'd give it to them but I don't so… lalala.
apLundell

I hope it's not inappropriate for this thread, but someone should probably point out the link for the kickstarter mentioned in the comic :
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/…

I'll be sad if this one doesn't go through. These guys made awesome games back in the day; they're overdue for a reunion tour.
- MrGuy
  
  I checked in about 8 days ago and they'd raised about $230,000.
  
  Basically, unless this suddenly gets a lot more exposure and interested people, it's probably not going to go through. Which is a damn shame.
  
  I'd support it if I had a job and a credit card. :(
o0o

reached unwinnable game-state 183/4000
moroni

Sequence break! I posted a comment BEFORE reading the comic. It didn't unlock anything, though.
Tophat

Friiiig I keep throwing money at my monitor but that "buy a book or t-shirt " achievement won't unlock!!! Who tested this thing?
- VespeneGas
  
  You have to stuff it into the hole on the back of your modem, idiot.
Jakob

Bullshit, the modern adventure game has only one type of interaction for everything.
Matt

Ok
Huntyr Chase

Herp derp new games are dumb. I haven't played modern adventures games, because then I would know they don't use the "holding-hand-objective" paradigm. Herp derp. Nostalgia.

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- Hmm…
  
  …soft upvote. I may go to another computer later and reverse it.
  - FanMan
    
    And for that, you just got a HARD upvote. I will likely go to another computer later and increase it!
  - Huntyr Chase
    
    Heh, well, the problem of naming yourself "Huntyr Chase" is that people will downvote you out of an automatic, Pavlonian response.
    
    I mean, don't get me wrong. Maybe Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy will exchange their trademark snarky humor and insulting-death-messages-that-contain-vague-hints for a bland, hand-holding adventure game with absolutely no challenge at all. It could happen. It just ain't very likely.
    
    Of course, change isn't always bad. The adventure game genre was dead there for a long time (or, as Old Man Murray put it, "committed suicide") because it refused to change. Puzzles that lacked any logic ("How was I supposed to know to make a fake moustache out of cat-hair in order to disguise myself as a man without a mustache?"), puzzles that almost assured your death at least once ("The potion on the right insta-kills me and the potion on the left gives me more health. How was I supposed to know that?"), and puzzles that would only result in your death hours later in the game ("How was I supposed to know that I needed the bunch of junk mail from my house before the Earth was destroyed?") are all game design patterns that were rightly consigned to the dust bin of history (except for some very self-aware modern revivals). Anybody who seriously thinks that all those types of puzzles should not only be re-used but the lack of such in modern gameplay is a sign of weakness is either suffering from extreme nostalgia or a two-decade long case of Stockholm syndrome.
    
    My prediction: Totally-Not-Space-Quest will have the same humor, with puzzles that are similar but slightly less unfair, while integrating an optional hint system similar to The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, providing an experience that is enjoyable to nostalgic old fans and a great introduction to new fans.
    
    Or it could just be filled with endless, brainless fetch quests and scenery with various shades of brown and bloom. Herp derp.
@plothole

I don't really see a problem with this personally.

Back then, when I was stuck in a video game I had to kick my mom off the phone and wait for a long page of text to load.

If you want to have the game spit in your face and not give you any help on how to play it, pick up a multiplayer title.
- targetbuddy
  
  You should watch Egoraptor's Megaman X episode of Sequelitis. He explains (much better than I do) why such boring and in-your-face instruction is bad for video games (as well as the reverse), and how a common ground should be reached. I don't know about you, but I'd rather the game at least give me a chance to solve something on my own without giant red arrows and markers and shit appearing all over the place.
  Here's that link for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM
- apLundell
  
  Maybe if the primary game mechanic is "Shoot bad dudes", then it might make sense.
  
  But it would be goofy for a game where the primary gameplay is figuring out what to do next.
Rosa Parks

ad bird still sucks in my book.
Jack

It tastes like all the other comics you've tasted.
caer

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Simon_Roberts

i hate when they add achievements late, i've made tons of comments but for some reason none of them counted until now

it's like psychonauts all over again
Paul H

completed all objectives!! whoa wait. what? Straub you genius.
sum1won

*obsessively refresh to check for upvotes every hour.
George

I'm kinda tired of hearing these jokes… yes, there are modern games that hold your hand too much. There are also old-school games with so little logic or connection to reality you'd swear they were programmed by M.C. Escher during an acid trip. Bad game design and people who appreciate it even though most people think it sucks are nothing new, they're just different now and some types aren't covered by the nostalgia filter that isn't letting you remember all the puzzles you never solved because you didn't even know the solution was an option.
- Hagrok
  
  Amen, brother. Just because "that's the way they used to do it" doesn't make it great game design. And, by the way, there are still Indy companies making great adventure games. Really! Try Steam!
Arsenic

I'm commenting because I blindly follow what Kris Straub tells me to do.
iwasateenagehalfling

Ho boy, I can't wait until they start making Kickstarter text adventures with objectives, too!
anodos

I always imagine the objectives are said in the tone of voice i always use when someones being REALLY stupid and im trying not to be mad.

You take the BIIIIGGG BUUCCKKEET, and you place it under the FAUCET. TURRRNN THHEEE KNNOOB. O…K?
Larry N. Martin

Kickstarter is a game??
- D, just D
  
  Imagine a game that's like Super Mario Brothers 3, but just the part where you hop around in the giant boot. Forever.
anonmo

gotta get my cheevos
rozplucrapu

awesome!.
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