What if Adrian is just a time traveler trying his best lmao
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Finished off all the (many, many depending upon the MC’s actions) text messages awaiting the MC once they’ve woken up from the Camelot dream sequence. Now onto the main part of Chapter 2.
Preview below…
Adrian's Guide to Bible Apocalypse Stuff!
I’ll be posting a couple more MC replies on the game’s development blog later.
Unfortunately I haven’t read/watched Artemis Fowl, so I can’t really say. Another big franchise that uses the entire “realities overlapping the same location” thing is Silent Hill.
You mean Merlin isn’t already as sus (if not more) than Adrian?
Yeah, OKS Merlin has a bunch of known aliases. And a bunch of unknown ones too. 
That’s why they’re pretty chill & simply amused when the MC just bald-faced lies about their name to Merlin’s face.
I added the vending machine to the end state stats that I’m collecting now. I want to see if people just aren’t using the vending machine or if they are and it’s still not enough first before making any more adjustments to Chapter 1. 
Regarding the bug fixes, I’ve updated Merlin’s Guide on my end but those changes (including the typo fixes) won’t go live until the next big update since that file now has a bunch of spoilers for Chapter 2.
The manipulative option doesn’t use m_hostile_external since (unlike the other options) it doesn’t make reference to any external actions, so the hostility can also be assumed to be only internal.
Well, he’s certainly trying his best, if nothing else. 
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You’ll have to cast aside your recent hostility and try to begin this ‘relationship’ anew. But in the end it seems worth it.
In that case, it would be strange for the MC to “have to cast aside” their internal hostility, since that shouldn’t prevent them from attempting to manipulate Merlin. It’s not like they know Merlin’s a mind reader.
Also, I spotted your cry for help in the guide preview.
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There’s just something about a stalker desperately trying to come across as the boy next door while handing us poison that raises more red flags than a vague and likely manipulative old wizard
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Well, I have been out of loop with IFs for a while now but damn… This is pretty damn good.
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This is a really fantastic WIP, and by some coincidence it feels like the spiritual successor to my old favorite Guinevere.
There were a lot of great moments here, but for some reason naming my cat really stuck in my head, even though she completely disappeared after the opening passages. I named her Jingxuan after the Ming Dynasty warlord nicknamed the “Yellow Tiger,” because my character struck me as that kind of nerd.
Two requests - can I get pu’er tea as my drink of choice? It’s basically the only thing I drink other than kombucha. And could we pick Palamedes as our preferred knight in the Merlin dialogue? He was my favorite as a kid because every other knight was Welsh or French or something, and then along comes Palamedes the Middle Eastern Muslim knight. (It also helped that he shares a name with my favorite hero of the Iliad…)
Fantastic work though!
Edit: Here are my stats from a quick second playthrough with the fencing club. I’d just like to say I can’t believe you Wikidropped Cath Palug and then didn’t add that to the cat name list. Dishonor!
Deets
Magic : 12 Physical : 25 Intelligence : 32 Charisma : 25
Bold : 149 Sweet : 34 Sassy : 77 Optimist : 76
Health(at Climax) : 88 Health(Final) : 87 Serious Injuries : 0
Caution : 6 Will : 9 Apathy : 0 Purity : 1 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 22 Denial : 5 Coward : 0 Silent : 6 Mute : false Pottymouth : 7
Serenades : 3 Interpretive Dances : 2 Lore Dump : 19 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 30 Medical : 0 Internet : 50
Club : fencing Talent : magnetism
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 15 Corruption : -1 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 87 Adrian Flirt : 2
Weapons :
Achievements : No Rescue Needed | BBQ Deferred |
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Sadly, I’m pretty sure your pet is already dead by the time the story takes place. You can still take your pet’s memorabillia with you when you’re packing your stuff though!
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I do hope we get more combat scenes in future dream sequences; my MC avoided Lancelot because she didn’t want to be at the center of attention, not that she wasn’t a competent fighter.
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Two runs
This had an early ending. I was possessed and then kicked the bucket shortly afterward.
This reached the end of the demo.
Post-Fencing Club. I hope this is helpful.
This satisfied many of my CSG desires, including ones I didn’t even know I had.
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So, was playing the fencing club, and i decided to keep to myself about King Arthur appearing in my dreams, however, when asking Adrian about how has been doing, u know the “enough about me”, he says: He shakes his head. “No weird noises and strange shadows in my apartment. No long-dead kings appearing in my dreams. The most exciting thing that happened today was me finding a toy in my breakfast cereal, like I told you earlier.”
how could have he know about that dream if i didnt say anything bout it?
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Adrian isn’t quite what he seems either.
Also, how do we ensure that Merlin’s dance is uninterrupted? I manage to chase away Maia and Lili (with a plant), but not the early twenties guy.
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uh, i normally either choose magnetism as my ability or bring with me a weapon to scare him off (being a security guard or the im a k1ller secret), or just ask him if he once was on a museum
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Dancing works too.
For the security guard, you’ll need the knife, have a pet pig in the past, or be a security guard.
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You can also stop the security guard with high enough charm without magnetism talent
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How can I get the Detective job option
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You can’t have any of the phobias that don’t make sense for detectives, such as the dark or blood.
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Thanks
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Magic : 16 Physical : 15 Intelligence : 21 Charisma : 40
Bold : 65 Sweet : 56 Sassy : 126 Optimist : 44
Health(at Climax) : 67 Health(Final) : 100 Serious Injuries : 1
Caution : 19 Will : 7 Apathy : -1 Purity : 1 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 40 Denial : -3 Coward : 0 Silent : 6 Mute : false Pottymouth : 4
Serenades : 4 Interpretive Dances : 3 Lore Dump : 7 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 10 Medical : 15 Internet : 10
Club : fencing Talent : lucid
Crazy Theory : mutant Crazy Theory Level : 5
Fear Level (at Climax) : 31 Corruption : -3 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 55 Adrian Flirt : 1
Weapons :
Achievements : BBQ Deferred |
here ya go
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I had a lot of fun playing this WIP! The writing and humor are fantastic, definitely going to play at least 3 times more lol
Here's my stats in the first run:
Magic : 20 Physical : 25 Intelligence : 36 Charisma : 25
Bold : 55 Sweet : 121 Sassy : 60 Optimist : 75
Health(at Climax) : 41 Health(Final) : 100 Serious Injuries : 2
Caution : 26 Will : 10 Apathy : 0 Purity : 2 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 12 Denial : 0 Coward : 0 Silent : 13 Mute : false Pottymouth : 0
Serenades : 1 Interpretive Dances : 2 Lore Dump : 32 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 55 Medical : 20 Internet : 40
Club : fencing Talent : magnetism
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 19 Corruption : -3 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 100 Adrian Flirt : 5
Weapons :
Achievements : for some reasons, all of my achievements disappeared when I got to the ending (that I highly suspect was caused by Chrome, because it happened once or twice before with other choicescript games), but my original list of achievements was:
- BBQ Deferred: Merlin danced until the very end. (1 points)
- One Small Step…: Short Term Goal #1 : Survive (1 points)
- So, You’re Possessed!: Do what the voices tell you. You know you want to. (1 points)
- Dead End #1 - Monster Under the Bed: There’s nothing really under there… right? (1 points) [I reserve a save slot for trying to be dragged to hell purposes]
- Insomnia: Can’t Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me. Can’t Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me. Can’t Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me. (1 points)
- Nepenthes: Balm in Gilead… Only this and nothing more. (1 points)
- Lore Dump Connoisseur: Picking Merlin’s brain for fun & profit. (1 points)
Also maybe a typo?
I don’t recall any character named Zane in the fencing club route
"ZAIN!" someone screams.
Is it you? Someone else? Someone who is l̷a̵u̷g̵h̶i̸n̵g̵
* I sprint to Zane's side.
Sorry about the format I can’t embed media files yet
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Hi. It me from tumblr. I said I was gonna toss this demo at folk and I now return with their (and my) stats
Sadly most achievements got bugged :\ I know I got the achievement from trying to turn off the TV too many times but it and others aren’t there. And there’s similar issues with my friends’ stats
Fencing Club:
Wrath Amnesiac 0 Survival Instinct !!Unpossessed!! Security Guard <-mine
Magic : 13 Physical : 55 Intelligence : 15 Charisma : 15
Bold : 169 Sweet : 134 Sassy : 19 Optimist : 75
Health(at Climax) : 68 Health(Final) : 100 Serious Injuries : 1
Caution : 11 Will : 15 Apathy : 0 Purity : -996 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 3 Denial : 1 Coward : 0 Silent : 7 Mute : false Pottymouth : 4
Serenades : 0 Interpretive Dances : 0 Lore Dump : 30 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 30 Medical : 10 Internet : 0
Club : fencing Talent : agility
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 13 Corruption : 0 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 98 Adrian Flirt : 5
Weapons :
Achievements : Sword Dancer |
Lust Cocky Plant Lover Fae
Magic : 13 Physical : 22 Intelligence : 36 Charisma : 23
Bold : 71 Sweet : 43 Sassy : 11 Optimist : 55
Health(at Climax) : 69 Health(Final) : 92 Serious Injuries : 1
Caution : 11 Will : 6 Apathy : -1 Purity : -1 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 3 Denial : 7 Coward : 0 Silent : 7 Mute : false Pottymouth : 4
Serenades : 0 Interpretive Dances : 0 Lore Dump : 7 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 10 Medical : 30 Internet : 40
Club : fencing Talent : eloquence
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 28 Corruption : 8 Mindcontrol : true
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 65 Adrian Flirt : 1
Weapons :
Achievements : Possessed | BBQ Deferred
Greed Sassy Jokester Flirt Imposter
Magic : 0 Physical : 37 Intelligence : 10 Charisma : 25
Bold : 188 Sweet : 35 Sassy : 89 Optimist : 51
Health(at Climax) : 88 Health(Final) : 92 Serious Injuries : 0
Caution : 20 Will : 6 Apathy : 0 Purity : 0 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 5 Denial : 1 Coward : 0 Silent : 10 Mute : false Pottymouth : 7
Serenades : 0 Interpretive Dances : 1 Lore Dump : 9 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 10 Medical : 0 Internet : 10
Club : fencing Talent : agility
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 20 Corruption : 6 Mindcontrol : true
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 81 Adrian Flirt : 6
Weapons :
Achievements : Possessed |
Sloth Fae Emo Flirt
Magic : 11 Physical : 22 Intelligence : 25 Charisma : 25
Bold : 101 Sweet : 82 Sassy : 88 Optimist : 56
Health(at Climax) : 75 Health(Final) : 100 Serious Injuries : 1
Caution : 5 Will : 3 Apathy : 0 Purity : 2 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 12 Denial : 4 Coward : 0 Silent : 10 Mute : false Pottymouth : 8
Serenades : 3 Interpretive Dances : 1 Lore Dump : 16 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 10 Medical : 10 Internet : 30
Club : fencing Talent : magnetism
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 14 Corruption : -1 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 94 Adrian Flirt : 6
Weapons :
Achievements :
Sloth Cranky Misses Family Fae
Magic : 13 Physical : 32 Intelligence : 26 Charisma : 25
Bold : 91 Sweet : 24 Sassy : 59 Optimist : 30
Health(at Climax) : 78 Health(Final) : 100 Serious Injuries : 0
Caution : 31 Will : 4 Apathy : -1 Purity : 0 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 2 Denial : -1 Coward : 0 Silent : 50 Mute : true Pottymouth : 8
Serenades : 0 Interpretive Dances : 1 Lore Dump : 32 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 10 Medical : 10 Internet : 10
Club : fencing Talent : agility
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 27 Corruption : 1 Mindcontrol : false
Vending : 6
Adrian Affinity : 90 Adrian Flirt : 4
Weapons :
Achievements : BBQ Deferred
(No Summary Given)
Magic : 16 Physical : 29 Intelligence : 41 Charisma : 20
Bold : 62 Sweet : 40 Sassy : 66 Optimist : 26
Health(at Climax) : 74 Health(Final) : 92 Serious Injuries : 1
Caution : 16 Will : 11 Apathy : 0 Purity : 0 Cloudcuckoolanderness : 11 Denial : 6 Coward : 0 Silent : 4 Mute : false Pottymouth : 2
Serenades : 1 Interpretive Dances : 1 Lore Dump : 9 Lore Dodge : 0
Tech : 60Medical : 10 Internet : 10
Club : fencing Talent : luck
Crazy Theory : None Crazy Theory Level : 0
Fear Level (at Climax) : 22 Corruption : 6 Mindcontrol : true
Vending : 7
Adrian Affinity : 78 Adrian Flirt : 0
Weapons :
Achievements :
And
Also, bugs, typos and stuff
- Maybe add a link to Dissociative Amnesia? Feels like it might be a useful link to have
but on your way home for work you’d stopped at an all night drive-thru for a midnight snack/early breakfast
- shouldn’t it be from work?
A stab lances each stride. You were most certainly not supposed to be running on it this soon.
- Feels awkward to have an it without the injury having been brought up recently in this screen. The it doesn’t feel like it’s related to anything
And then you notice him standing in your doorway. Just a shadowed form barely touched by the light of the moon. His eyes are wide, the whites showing even behind the gleam of his glasses. One hand is raised before his lips in a ‘shh’ gesture. And another trembling finger is pointing…
- Something seems to have gone wrong and it doesn’t specify that it’s Adrian in this scene while others do
Merlin briefly glances over at your sabre. “No, that won’t due for anything more than training,”
- do instead of due
You’re both in this together, after all
- missing . at the end
- “Didn’t get grabbed but last option still talks about rotten leg”
- tiny error with the formatting in phobophobic
- “i went flashlight → cars → storefront, and when leaving the pub it describes you taking off your mask but then the dialogue i assume is you looping back to the choice references you having your mask on”
Also, also random fan comments
“oh, gosh, the number of variables @@”
“Ok yeah I see why this is cool”
“I can’t believe you can actually go around wearing a plague doctor mask, this game is amazing
And a gas mask omg”
“Jdjfmsbflsmdjalsndka this is gonna be tasty” (at meta)
“the difference in Levels of Horny between the adrian-as-a-friend description and the adrian-as-romantic-interest description is sending me”
“oh my god i can have a rainbow sword??
well of course i have a rainbow sword then”
“Honestly the forbidden options still being shown just makes it some much better/worse, like it’s the actual Thought ls happening”
“This is Fine”
“this is fine.”
“this is so fine, dude”
“This is fine :)”
“it’s fine!”
(Hellhound eyes)
“Tis a kitten”
(Hellhound description)
“tis not a kitten :c”
“God there’s so many variables in this game that it seems like we’re all playing different games haha”
(and in general lots of laughter and hype. The Hellhound and the bathroom scenes were fan favourites)
my boyfriend would particularly like to inform:
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