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really queer Christmas posted:Extremely minor spoiler from future update: Axes really are the universal language. That, and marbles. Go deliver those marbles!
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Update 8 - Boy Meets Towel Cape Heroes These Grey Walls (hospital)  Thanks to our new found axe we were able to find: a pet frog, a marble, and a lot of cash. Now, it's time to set things up to find our first part of the song.  Immediately upon leaving the room, we see Winston talking to the doctor.  I'm very sorry bout this, Winston. I just can't believe someone would do something like this. Stealing a wedding band from a comatose woman... These are indeed desperate times. We will do all we can to try and find out who stole this from her. Thank-you for your help, Doctor. I understand how busy everyone must be right now, so this means a lot. Of course. And if you could spare some extra blankets, it would be very appreciated... I know they've boarded up the hole inside the bathroom wall, but there is still a very chilling wind coming through. I'm very sorry about that, Winston. We'll send over some supplies. Thank-you. I'll come by later to check on Gemma. In the meantime, please take care. Thanks to eavesdropping, we know that Winston's wife's name is Gemma, that her wedding band was in fact stolen, and that we have a place to use our axe! Who says listening in on other people's conversations is rude? Before we head to Sue's room though, the vending machine has restocked with some coffee! As we know, there was one particularly cantankerous man looking for some coffee.  You received  Hot Coffee.  Get out! Wait... is that coffee for me? Oh... well then... um... Thanks.We can now talk to Tony!  >What is your job? My job? Are you serious? I'm a retired pilot. I used to run a business selling airplane parts. I even built my own plane. I haven't been up in ages though...>What is your favorite food? I hate everything now. Nothing tastes good anymore. ... But I used to like crabcakes. With real chunks of crab, not that fake stuff.>Can I help you somehow? Help me? Kid, I don't think anyone can "help" me right now. ... Hah. You're not gonna leave until I give you something to do, eh? Okay then. You see that broken music box over there? You look like a budding engineer. See if you can fix it for me. That outta keep the kid occupied long enough...While it's clear Tony just wants us out of his face, he was earlier threatening to break our hands if we touched the music box. So he's at least trusting us a little bit.   Upon leaving, we can see that Cora has moved from her position. That's because she's over here now.   >What are you guys doing?  Oh hey! You moved! Yeah, some friends and I are working together to do something special for the people on our floor here in the hospital! We call ourselves, the Towel Cape Heroes... and we're on a mission! A mission? Well, you know how the old patient lounge got destroyed? Yeah... Not sure if you've heard, but... ... They've finally finished rebuilding it! Oh that's great news! Of course, it's pretty empty right now, so we're looking for donations so we can fill it with fun stuff. You can help us out by buying items from me, or the two guys standing next to me. They're pretty cool.  Since we bought the coffee, money is no longer required for the story! As such, all money gained is now free to be bought on optional items to fill the patient lounge with. You don't have to do this, and finding every item on a first go can be difficult, but it's cute as hell- so of course we're doing it!    Here's the list of items we can buy. I pick up the Bookshelf and Trees from Cora for now, but decide to save money for the future.   And here's the lounge. Completely barebones. Don't worry, we're gonna make this place adorable.  Here's the lounge with all the items we've collected so far. Items collected from here on out NOT for the story, are for the patient lounge. Let's head down to Sue's room to talk to Winston and, of course, Sue.    I'm sorry about all of this... Poor Winston... Oh! What is it, Mom? While we're here... Do you think Sue might like the  Cat's Eye Marble we got from Jacky? Good idea, Mom! I think she would!We are on the same wavelength mom. We've actually got two marbles to give, so let's hop over to her.  Oh hey, you came back... It's good to see you again. Didja hear? Somebody stole Gemma's wedding ring! Gemma? Oh, Gemma is Winston's wife. I share a room with her. Isn't that awful though? I mean who would steal something like that from a woman in a coma? I'm beginning to think the thief isn't a very nice person after all.We only know of one thief... did Uma take the ring!? That's a big blow to his character if so. You brought me something? It isn't much, but I remember that you collect marbles...You give the Cat's Eye Marble to Sue.Tiny Planets  Cat planet? Ohhh I really really missed this one! It really looks like a cat's eye, doesn't it? That's because this planet has LOTS of cats. But here's the surprising part... It has a lot of DOGS, too! There's dogs living there, too? Oh yes. People are always saying that cats and dogs can't get along. But that's just not true. People always think that if you're different, then it means you're bad. And then they treat you differently.   But Cat Planet is different. The cats and dogs get along just fine. The cats and dogs make the food together? Yeah! It's really good, too. They have pink donuts and coconut bread! I love coconut bread! ... Hey, can I ask you something? Sure. Why do you keep snooping around our bathroom? Is there something cool in there? Can you keep a secret? I won't tell anyone! I think there might be a door down there... a special door. Where does it lead? To a place called Morizora's Forest. I'm trying to wake up the Guardian of the Forest, so he'll grant me a wish! So you have secret worlds too! I do. So you might not be able to look around for your door... Unless! Here, give her one of these...Sue gave you  Peanut Chew Chews. Thanks, Sue! She loves these... Good luck!Thanks to Sue, we can get the Shift Leader away from that blocked up room. But we still have another marble to give. You give the  Amber Marble to Sue. Treehouse... ... Teahouse? Yes that's right! Inside the tree, there's a room where flower-creatures serve you the most delicious tea ever... But that's not even the craziest part! The tea room... ... is UPSIDE-DOWN! Upside-down??? Yeah! You can walk on the ceiling! You even drink tea upside-down, and it doesn't fall out of the cup! Wow...!! One of my favorite things to do is drink tea with a good friend.  Sometimes she didn't have enough food so I would share my lunches with her. But we always had a good time. God these scenes are so freakin adorable. While the Cat's eye scene was mandatory, the Amber scene was not. Now, while we could go in to the bathroom and advance some story... There was also a boarded up door in Kisuboro's room too. Let's see if we can sequence break.  Oh, there's a doctor standing right in front of it.  We're trying our best to patch things up after what happened, but we don't have the best materials right now... As you can tell, there's still a cold breeze coming through the boards behind me. If the patient in this room would stop trying to sneak into the area behind here, maybe we could get this wall fixed... He keeps taking construction supplies to go digging in the mud outside. I think he's looking for buried treasure.Hmm, sadly this doctor prevents us from going through here. Though we did get a bit more information on Kisaboro for later, as he is one of our "targets". Anyway, let's head to Sue's bathroom and check if there really is a door in there.  Nurses are in charge of wall repair now?  Man, they weren't kidding... this draft is chilly!Lets offer her the candy bar. Oh man, you don't know how badly I was craving one of these! I LOVE Peanut Chew Chews! I guess I can go take a fiver to eat this. I need to regain my energy if I'm gonna be doing construction work. Thanks a lot, kid. With her out of the way, let's chop this barricade down and see what's behind it.  Uma?  Ooooh what a pretty ring! ...Uma? Oops, time for me to run!  Uma!! And so we follow after Uma... 
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Okay, I love that money basically only exists to bling out the patient lounge. That's pretty great. What's not so great is Uma. You can walk into a magical kingdom of peace and plenty, duder, why you got to rob from the sick?
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Update 9 - Winston Meets Boy It's the lowest point of the game! Fun times! Tomorrow will be better, I promise- if only because things can only go up.
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So when you go through a door from the Rakuen book you end up in the world, and when you go through a door in the world you end up in... Psychonauts...?
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Do you have to pull that third lever to progress?
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Really Pants posted:Do you have to pull that third lever to progress? No. In the recorded footage, I waited until after we did the underwater excursion to pull it. And when I had to replay to get some more footage, I never pulled the 3rd lever and still got through this part.
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Update 10 - Winston's Love... Today we get a bit thicker into Winston and Gemma's story.
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If you get all the way through that first note in the Envoy room, it says something like THEY'RE BEHIND YOU. And then the Envoy gets ya.
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Update 11 - ...And Gemma's Light We complete the first part of the song. Polsy stretches the video if on desktop, if quality is an issue for you, you can watch on youtube using default player for better quality. Though you risk spoilers on the side bar.
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So... why are they called Winston and Gemma? I know it's not uncommon for Asian folk to take up English names in english-speaking countries, but it looks like they never got the chance to move away.
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really queer Christmas posted:Update 5 - Boy Meets Jacky This is really far back but the links to the "Dark Heart" song are set to take you to the slow version of Tiny Planets. And gosh this game is really strongly emotional for me, but I'm a sucker for anything with this kinda positive atmosphere 
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Tenebrais posted:So... why are they called Winston and Gemma? I know it's not uncommon for Asian folk to take up English names in english-speaking countries, but it looks like they never got the chance to move away. That's a good question, tbh. We've met Kisaburo, who clearly has an Asian name. So I don't know why the devs gave these two English names, unless there's something I'm missing. Gloomy Rube posted:This is really far back but the links to the "Dark Heart" song are set to take you to the slow version of Tiny Planets. Doh! No wonder that video didn't have any views  I don't know how to edit the Test Post after it's been posted for so long, so here's the song for those curious. It's pretty basic but gets the atmosphere across. https://polsy.org.uk/play/yt/?vurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0c6ZeqcrW5A
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I think the only way is to create a whole new test post and replace your update links here in this thread.
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Fantasy Racism clearly modeled after Specific Real World Racism but watered down to WE DON'T LIKE X leaves a bad taste in my mouth, so I can't say I'm really all that upset that this arc is over.
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Update 12 - Boy Meets Korshals A short breather update today. Speaking of, how's the update schedule been? I didn't plan on doing daily updates after the first couple... but now I've got a massive backlog and can continue doing that. Has that been working for you guys? As well, update 5 has been redone with the correct link for Dark Heart.
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I'm fine with daily updates if you're able to keep them up without burnout.Leraika posted:Fantasy Racism clearly modeled after Specific Real World Racism but watered down to WE DON'T LIKE X leaves a bad taste in my mouth, so I can't say I'm really all that upset that this arc is over. Given some of the quotes I'm wondering if they wanted to imply some of the reasons for why people would feel that way without actually stating them. It fell really flat if that was the case, though, and honestly most (all?) fantasy racism allegories are real bad so even if it was somehow good (it's not) it'd have to fight against audience distaste.
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Sure, they might have, but this probably wasn't the best background choice to make for a bland RACISM IS BAD statement (especially when the characters [as people have noted] aren't notably Japanese or Korean, and could, in fact, have been stand ins for any number of other groups). It's like Romeo and Juliet, but the reason the Capulets hate the Montagues is because war crimes.
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Leraika posted:It's like Romeo and Juliet, but the reason the Capulets hate the Montagues is because war crimes. I mean, you're not incorrect, but the way you phrased that makes it sound like Korean-Japanese racism is justified It's deeply ingrained stuff, but on the other hand it happened three generations ago and it's hardly reasonable to blame some kids for their cultural history.
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cant cook creole bream posted:I mean, you're not incorrect, but the way you phrased that makes it sound like Korean-Japanese racism is justified This is true (and woops, phrased it badly - I apologize), but it's still not a super great thing to hang your fantasy racism story on.
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Update 13 - Tony's Forgotten Memory Let's see how the mean this grumpy old bear actually is. Leraika posted:This is true (and woops, phrased it badly - I apologize), but it's still not a super great thing to hang your fantasy racism story on. The Winston/Gemma arc is really weak imo. Not just the gameplay but the writing, isn't bad, but just kinda meanders in mediocrity. Hopefully Tony will be a much better arc for people.
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really queer Christmas posted:
Man, the Vikings were way off.
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Leraika posted:This is true (and woops, phrased it badly - I apologize), but it's still not a super great thing to hang your fantasy racism story on. Well, you gotta remember that this is probably supposed to be -real- racism since as far as I can tell the stories of the forest creatures is supposed to mirror the real life stories, especially with the notes found in the spooky area. If they showed those scenes happening to the real life versions, it'd probably feel better to you.
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Update 14 - Tony's Family Let's just rummage through Tony's house for no reason.
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Christina is probably one of the best parts of this game. Such an adorable little cub.
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Update 15 - Tony's Children A bit late today but we continue exploring Tony's house. What do you think is hiding in the attic?
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I'm scared for Benny. 
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I missed that cat in my playtrough. Ogee is a dumb name.
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Update 16 - Tony and Christina Today we head into the attic and see what Tony is hiding up there. unending sadness 
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Also, I like how it looks like the Boy gives his mom a hug when you get control back after the scene where you give Tony the letter.
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Update 17 - Boy Meets Christina A short one to get our bearings in order.
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Dawwwwwww. Strange we don't see Christina's husband, though. Not the strangest, but just a bit strange. Yami still flips from kind of cute to a little creepy. Nice Tony is best Tony, whether human or bear.
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Update 18 - Kisaburo Meets Kazuko We move on to helping an old couple reconnect... by heading to the sky.
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This update is just 100%  from mom out-nerding the nerds to the glorious return of LIL BUDZ.The first arc was pretty rough but maaaan it got better.
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Leraika posted:This update is just 100% It’s why I tried to push through to Tony’s arc as quick as I could. The start of the game is fine, but Winston’s arc drags in an LP format. The rest of the game, is real good though.
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Update 19 - Boy Meets His Cousin Today we meet our cousin, get a job, and discover new and exciting things about our mom.
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Update 20 - Boy Meets Monsieur It's time for the tea party. Be on your best behavior, you wouldn't want to be an uncouthDUD would you?
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I was kind of thinking that Kazuko would end up actually being the dragon herself and testing us, but nope, that didn't happen. Oh well.
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