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Maple Leaf posted:Holy poo poo, Kazerad. Jesus christ I want to empty quote this forever. Crazy javascript/CSS witchcraft, indeed.
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This is rad as hell.
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Aug 8, 2012 08:54
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Note the shape of little Katia's shadow 
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Aug 8, 2012 08:55
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Wow, that update was awesome! Definitely an awesome achievement.
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Aug 8, 2012 08:59
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Oh come now Kazerad, now you're just showing off! But seriously, this is amazing.
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Aug 8, 2012 09:42
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Man alive, you and Ch'marr have outdone yourselves, Kaz. 
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Aug 8, 2012 09:52
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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Kuros posted:Hey, I saw this comic mentioned in the general webcomics thread and it piqued my interest so I checked it out yesterday. Thank you! I always like hearing the reactions of new readers. And thanks everyone else! Glad to know you all still loving love stairs! Ursine Asylum posted:Holy poo poo. This is literally the best application of infinite canvas I've seen in a webcomic in just about ever. Of course, I owe Ch'marr a lot of credit here too. This basically all started out with me asking him "Can you make it so I can draw stuff outside the post wrapper? I think that will really blow everyone's mind", to which he replied "I can do anything". Turns out he could. 
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Aug 8, 2012 09:54
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Holy gently caress! What is this? I don't even...
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Aug 8, 2012 09:56
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dear poo poo man you don't update for weeks and come back with THIS dear poo poo man
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Aug 8, 2012 10:06
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Maple Leaf posted:Even better: every time Katia takes a step (e: after around the seventh step, by my count), scroll back up. A new user command will appear. She even interacts with some of them. I really like the scrolling trick this page uses, but this part doesn't seem to work on any browser except Chrome. (Tried it in Firefox 14.0.1 and Opera 12.01.)
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Aug 8, 2012 10:09
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I liked the scrolling forwards animation but I can't get the scroll backwards trick to work.
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Aug 8, 2012 10:13
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A student posted:I liked the scrolling forwards animation but I can't get the scroll backwards trick to work. You have to do it when she's stopped. It's actually to mitigate some bugs we were having with the message appearing in the wrong location.
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Aug 8, 2012 10:16
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Hamiltonian Bicycle posted:I really like the scrolling trick this page uses, but this part doesn't seem to work on any browser except Chrome. (Tried it in Firefox 14.0.1 and Opera 12.01.) Also, holy poo poo! (or should I say "by the Twin Moons!"?)  I'm really loving all the crazy stuff that you pull in these dream sequences. Congratulations to both you and Ch'marr. 
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Aug 8, 2012 10:22
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Weird, it does work now. I don't think I ever scrolled up while Katia was still moving when I was trying it earlier, but I might be wrong about that.
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Aug 8, 2012 10:31
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Oh god, I saw the shape showing occasionally out of the sides of the black but it seemed to be a circle and I was like 'oh, well, it's not perfect, there's a protruding bitmap element on this browser, bug in the animation...' Then the last time it appeared I saw it had tentacles.  Tarezax posted:Note the shape of little Katia's shadow I noticed that too. Damnit, Kaz. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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Aug 8, 2012 11:41
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This is one of the best single pages of a 'webcomic' I've ever seen.
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Aug 8, 2012 12:31
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That update is absolutely amazing! Just when I thought you couldn't top the weird stairs in the last update. Definitely worth the wait.
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Aug 8, 2012 12:43
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I liked the update a lot but you should probably find the person who still thinks that "cast magic missile at the darkness" jokes are funny and use a giant slingshot to launch him into a big pit of broken glass.
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Aug 8, 2012 12:46
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Whoa. That was bloody brilliant.
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Aug 8, 2012 13:10
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 MikeJF posted:Oh god, I saw the shape showing occasionally out of the sides of the black but it seemed to be a circle and I was like 'oh, well, it's not perfect, there's a protruding bitmap element on this browser, bug in the animation...' Mr Wind Up Bird posted:I liked the update a lot but you should probably find the person who still thinks that "cast magic missile at the darkness" jokes are funny and use a giant slingshot to launch him into a big pit of broken glass. At least nobody has warned her about stairs.
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Aug 8, 2012 13:32
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A lot of people have naturally compared Prequel to MSPaint Adventures (since the comic grew out of those forums), myself included, but I think this particular sequence really helps get Prequel out of that shadow. It's unique, clever, inventive, and I am duly impressed. It also reminds me of how on occasion people discuss how the comic feels like it could end any update now. Several people thought Katia wrestling with herself in the church was to be the end of it, and that aside the story has always been one that could end at any time. A big presentation like this, however, helps create the sense the comic is actually ratcheting up instead of winding down. The end could always be close, I suppose, but it won't be without a worthy resolution for Katia's character and things like her nightmares.
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Aug 8, 2012 14:04
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Welp holy poo poo, that page is pretty much a work of art.
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Aug 8, 2012 14:17
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This is goddamned astounding. I only ever got one message when I scrolled back, however, I'm not sure if that's broken in chrome or what.
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Aug 8, 2012 14:30
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Goddrat. At first I thought you only saw the user commands if you scrolled up after the shadows did their shadowy thing on the side (since that's how I saw the first one at all), but thanks to whoever pointed out how they actually work, because I had to go and check them all out. Good lord, the animation is gorgeous.
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Aug 8, 2012 16:17
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That's one hell of an update. Great, great work, Kaz.
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Aug 8, 2012 16:33
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That's a really impressive page and pretty awesome work. Well worth the wait!
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Aug 8, 2012 16:45
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Well gently caress.
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Aug 8, 2012 18:03
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I was gonna come here and say you could never top this, butKazerad posted:Of course, I owe Ch'marr a lot of credit here too. This basically all started out with me asking him "Can you make it so I can draw stuff outside the post wrapper? I think that will really blow everyone's mind", to which he replied "I can do anything". Now I'm daring you to top this. (no but seriously holy poo poo)
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Aug 8, 2012 18:27
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It's really neat going back to the early pages and seeing how much the ambition in each update has ramped up over time. You're gonna be on webcomics panels at conventions behind this poo poo, Kazerad 
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Aug 8, 2012 18:50
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This is the best sort of scripting witchcraft, and this will probably become my go-to page to link to people who aren't already reading Prequel. That just means you're going to have to consistently meet or beat this level of quality moving forward by the way, Kaz.
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Aug 8, 2012 19:09
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Certain later commands about sacrifice the Guar doll make Katia nervously hug it close if you stop scrolling back down before she actually starts descending again. Some weirder commands cause her to just look confused.
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Aug 8, 2012 20:16
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SatansBestBuddy posted:Now I'm daring you to top this. Next dream sequence interacts with our computer processes themselves.
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Aug 8, 2012 20:46
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There's nowt I could add that hasn't been said already, but GOD-drat! That's some fine web-comic'ing.
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Aug 8, 2012 21:15
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I don't think I've been this impressed by something done in-browser by a webcomic since back when I read Kid Radd years and years ago, and this is in an entirely different league. Holy poo poo.
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Aug 8, 2012 22:09
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:I liked the update a lot but you should probably find the person who still thinks that "cast magic missile at the darkness" jokes are funny and use a giant slingshot to launch him into a big pit of broken glass. The look on Katia's face after that comment is priceless, though. pandaK posted:Next dream sequence interacts with our computer processes themselves. Next dream sequence calls you on your cellphone. Lysdexique fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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Aug 8, 2012 23:34
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Son of a bitch, Kaz, You're a goddamn hero. I am impressed beyond words.
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Aug 8, 2012 23:36
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Way to be a paragon of the webcomic medium, Kaz!
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Aug 8, 2012 23:38
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Then Katia was the royalty.Lysdexique posted:Next dream sequence calls you on your cellphone.
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Aug 8, 2012 23:49
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Yeah, that was pretty great. After the walkaround flash earlier we already knew this wasn't one of those MSPA fan spinoffs that misses the point by just aping the basic style while not actually doing anything you couldn't do in a print comic. But now Kaz is going the extra mile and coming up with entirely new ways to take advantage of the medium. That's impressive!
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Lysdexique posted:Next dream sequence calls you on your cellphone. Next dream sequence is just a series of flashes and graphics on the screen which leaves you confused, but then that night you dream the actual dream sequence itself.
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