American McGay posted:

Ghost Babel is extremely ftw.

That Little Demon posted:

updated OP

mods please change the title to [Text Adventures - Deadline 8/7/22 11:59PM EST] later tonight

thanks!

absolutely anything posted:

decided to use my remaining time to instead load up my peace walker save and get in some last minute buzzer beaters




: Unlock Kojima
: Unlock the Monster Hunter Stages

mbt posted:

the week between christmas and new years should be every game from the past year

American McGay posted:

It’s cool because it’s some OOT Ganon wins alternate timeline poo poo where 2 and 4 never happen.

mbt posted:

the week between christmas and new years should be every game from the past year

Sub-Actuality posted:

propose we extend this deadline by +2 days to get the dates back onto Tuesday nights

Joan posted:

Beat the game -
Find the Hidden Tape -

The deadline made that an intense gaming experience. I really felt the tension of the escape at the end

Evil Eagle posted:

Ugh...I can't figure out how to not get caught in the last Nikita room of Stage 11 Mission 2 and that stage is so drat long.

Joan posted:

Beat the game -
Find the Hidden Tape -

The deadline made that an intense gaming experience. I really felt the tension of the escape at the end

elf help book posted:

elf help book posted:

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mbt posted:

the week between christmas and new years should be every game from the past year

That Little Demon posted:

Pick 15

Deadline 8/7/22 11:59PM EST

Something a bit different and unique for this week:


Write up per Cubone


Text Adventures

People are still making these! Well passed the days of Zork and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, text adventures have become something of a niche hobbyist interest, and the games have gotten more intuitive, player-friendly, and unique, with creators exploring and iterating on different kinds of interaction and unusual settings. They're also pretty short, so instead of one game, we'll be doing a sampler of several games that do different things, so you can check them all out or just play the ones that interest you.

Gun Mute


A text adventure-shooter. Play as a mute gay cowboy in a Weird West setting taking on cyborg outlaws with nothing but your six-gun and your wits. Kind of to shooting games what Punch-Out!! is to fighting games- every shootout is a little puzzle where you have to pay attention to details and make logical conjectures to win.

Photobia


This one starts off a bit narratively abstract, and I don't want to spoil it, but the story does come into focus and when it does it hits pretty hard. I'd compare this one to walking sims- there are interactive bits, but you're really playing it more for the experience than moving towards a goal. Though it does feature a pretty remarkable outside-the-box puzzle that feels amazing to figure out.

Superluminal Vagrant Twin


Ignore the terrible title, this one's great. You play as something of a space mercenary, meeting strange folks and doing odd jobs in order to raise the money you owe to free your kidnapped twin. A little like Mass Effect but with everything pared down to work within just a few game mechanics that are extremely simple (even for a text adventure), while still feeling massive.

An Act of Murder


A murder mystery with a time limit and randomized variables (so it's replayable). You play as a detective investigating a murder at an isolated estate in the country. Move around the large estate, examining clues, interrogating suspects, and compiling evidence to present when your boss arrives. I recommend saving often and taking lots of notes- little things can end up crucially important.


How to Run These
On every game's IFDB (interactive fiction database) page, in the upper right corner, there's links to every available way to play the game. Some of them you can play in browser, others have playable .exes available to download, but many come in files with weird extensions like .z8. For those you need an interpreter- you can kind of think of an interpreter as an emulator and the story files as ROMs. IFDB is thoughtful enough to accompany story file links with a link to a wiki page that can point you towards options for the interpreter you need, but honestly Gargoyle works for just about everything if you want to play on desktop, and it's available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. iPhone or iPad users can also use a really reliable free app called Frotz. Android users, I dunno sorry, but a quick google search recommends something called "Fabularium"



Trophies this week thanks again to Sub-Actuality!

Beat 1 game:
Beat all 4:

Games Start 8/1/22 12AM EST

Evil Eagle posted:

croup coughfield posted:

been a challenging month and it would've felt good to finish with at least one game beat for mgj, but i was still fighting the joy at the buzzer. see you tomorrow mom i mean kat i mean boss...
: Unlock the Mosin Nagant

elf help book posted:

is there a list of games from the previous game club

Fungah! posted:

i remember hearin axelay was cool, good pic rookie

oh yaeh i put together a list of games from th first two game clubs:


super punch out
alien soldier
the legend of zelda
symphony of the night
super hang on
gargoyle's quest
mystical ninja starring goemon/goemon's great adventure

Sub-Actuality posted:

some MGJ stats that were kind of interesting

Games ranked by how many imps earned at least one trophy:

Metal Gear (14 imps)
Metal Gear 2 (11 imps)
Ghost Babel (11 imps)

Ranked by total trophies earned:

Metal Gear Solid 3 (34 trophies)
Metal Gear Solid (32 trophies)
Metal Gear (30 trophies)

Ranked by total trophies earned, relative to the total available per game:

Metal Gear 2 (21:2)
Metal Gear (30:4)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (34:5)

Out of all 55 trophies, there were only 3 that nobody earned

Total Platinum trophies earned: 9
(4 of those were Evil Eagle lol)

it is estimated that Evil Eagle now owns 80% of the world's trophies

Sub-Actuality posted:

some MGJ stats that were kind of interesting

Games ranked by how many imps earned at least one trophy:

Metal Gear (14 imps)
Metal Gear 2 (11 imps)
Ghost Babel (11 imps)

Ranked by total trophies earned:

Metal Gear Solid 3 (34 trophies)
Metal Gear Solid (32 trophies)
Metal Gear (30 trophies)

Ranked by total trophies earned, relative to the total available per game:

Metal Gear 2 (21:2)
Metal Gear (30:4)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (34:5)

Out of all 55 trophies, there were only 3 that nobody earned

Total Platinum trophies earned: 9
(4 of those were Evil Eagle lol)

it is estimated that Evil Eagle now owns 80% of the world's trophies

mbt posted:

mgs2 vr missions and what else?
did anyone get metal gear nes or the dont fall in pits one?

mbt posted:

mgs2 vr missions and what else?
did anyone get metal gear nes or the dont fall in pits one?

mbt posted:

mgs2 vr missions and what else?
did anyone get metal gear nes or the dont fall in pits one?

elf help book posted:

i downloaded an if interpreter as recommended by that site and windows says it has a virus and i cant open or delete it