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Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:53 pm
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Zolen says...



If you like this, and want to be alerted when a new post is made, pm me, and I will add you to the ping list.

How this works for anyone who does not know what a Forum Adventure is:
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This is effectivly a forum game, I present a scenario with a mix of pictures and words, -In this case the story of Potluck- then you the readers will give suggestions on what the protagonist can do to get through the area, or solve whatever presented problem arises. Through this, you can be involved in the creation of a simple comic. A choose your own adventure story of sorts. In order to allow frequent updates these sorts of stories often rely on sprites and other shorthands, allowing a lot of freedom with how the author reacts to comments, without making the whole process take days between updates. In the case of this forum game, I will try to update at least 3 times a day, assuming people reply enough.

Example:
[picture of a figure standing in a field with a pumpkin]
Here is bob, lord of the fairys, wondering what he is going to do today.

commen section
Person 1Pick up the pumpkin
Person 2Eat the pumpkin
Person 3 Dance like a fairy

[quote of what person 1 and 2 said]
picture of bob looking over and the pumpkin no longer there
What pumpkin?

[quote of what person 3 said]
Simple gif of bob dancing.
Bob dances in rate at the missing pumpin.
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Now assuming I explained this all well enough, lets get on with the game


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You are a hobo, like most homeless people, you are wearing rags and frequently at risk of dying of exposure. When that is not happening, you are mostly starving. So when a bearded stranger mentioned a legendary gate, filled with rooms and puzzles that if you can pass, would give you anything you wish for.

So you decided you might as well check it out.
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So here you are, in front of a gate with a weird hole that says, "insert two items."

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Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:56 pm
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Mageheart says...



Take off your shoe and put it in, since you only have one left anyways.
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TheBlueCat says...



Put your hat in
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Winged067 says...



Put your own self in and see were you go.
  





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Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:36 pm
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Zolen says...



Put your own self in and see were you go.

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Welllllll....You do know the author drew a fancy fall sprite already, so that is a possibility, but you don't really know what's down there. Lets put that idea in as a solid maybe.

Put your hat in

Take off your shoe and put it in, since you only have one left anyways.


Yeah! Screw proper arch support! Bare foot is how REAL hobos explore the outdoors.
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Oh right you locked clothes so you don't randomly strip in public. Seeing all these items the auhtor realized he didn't properly explain, you start to wonder if you really want to start stripping.

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Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:34 pm
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Mea says...



Put the cutlery and the pie in - maybe someone down there is hungry.
We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

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Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:38 pm
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PrincessInk says...



Put the pencil and the pie in, in case the fall is deep.
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Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:20 am
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Zolen says...



Put the pencil and the pie in, in case the fall is deep.

Put the cutlery and the pie in - maybe someone down there is hungry.


Welp...the jury is out.
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No more tasty, hobo head warmed pie.

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May your deliciousness appease the stone gate gods.

You hear a click and quickly step away to a appropriate distance from the magic hole. Only to see MORE magic stuff happening, you are very impressed on how the author spent his animation budget on pie falling instead of this magic door opening scene.

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Reading the perfectly normal text you have determined it says "25 stolen Pie + 0 trash can pencil is greater than Gate value 21". That pie was clearly worth 100, and maybe, probably not stolen.

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"Lying gate" You grumble as you walk through. Braving the unknown because you no longer have tasty -not stolen- pie to feed you if you fail. Amazing planning has set you on your path of magical adventure.

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Yes this is a adventure, and nothing will stop you, who cares about the pie! You can steal find another! Nothing can stop you n-

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...What was that? You quicly turn back to the gate you just went through,

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Nothing can stop you now!

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....What do you do now?

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Just so you guys know, more then 2 replies is a good thing, the more people suggest the more I can do per post. Liking post does not help me as much as hearing your suggestions. Either way thank you for reading.


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Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:30 am
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Lightsong says...



Find something useful on the ground that like give you a direction to where you should go.
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PrincessInk says...



Get the apple! You want to replace the pie you dropped.
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Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:52 pm
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Zolen says...



Get the apple! You want to replace the pie you dropped.

Good idea you congratulate yourself, all of those survival books you found in dumpsters tell you that the first thing you need to do to survive in the wild is secure food.
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WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SMOOTH!?

Enraged you throw the heaviest thing in your book bag.
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...

Find something useful on the ground that like give you a direction to where you should go.


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Looking around you noticed that while you can't seem to climb anything, the barrel and box are movable and openable, and there is this part of the wall that is obviously breakable, but your MANLY HOBO ARMS are not strong enough to break it without a tool of some sort. There isn't really much here, while you can see off into the distance, everything sort of just gets weirdly flat after a while with nothing really outside of this square space.

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Sorry for the slow post, I had to draw 4 more sprites to account for everything. Please accept these cheap animations as an apology.


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EternalRain says...



Open the box and see if anything is inside
“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”

-- Lemony Snicket


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Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:46 pm
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Zolen says...



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@Lightsong @TheBlueCat @saentiel @Mea @PrincessInk Please comment soon, I need more then 1 comment to do anything, the more comments and the more detailed the suggestion the better it is for me. I can only keep attention on this for so long, so please comment soon.
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Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:57 pm
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Mea says...



(Sorry, I've had a hard time commenting because my current wifi is crappy enough that the images often won't load.)

Smash the barrel against the breakable section of the wall.
We're all stories in the end.

I think of you as a fairy with a green dress and a flower crown and stuff.
-EternalRain

I think you, @Deanie and I are like the Three Book Nerd Musketeers of YWS.
-bluewaterlily
  





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Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:44 am
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PrincessInk says...



Open the barrel and look inside.
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