Wait, how many randomtest iterations are you checking?
Is 10 000 not enough anymore?
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I was paranoid because this particular thing (obscure friendship/romance breakups) has been a thorn in my side so I thought āhaha Iāll do a really long set of seeds just to make sure while I do something else in the afternoonā. Now I have regrets. I could have lived in blissful ignoranceā¦
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Yeah, as a complaint thatās weird. It doesnāt really affect anything, other than a few seconds of extreme concentration trying to make sure you pick the right one 
. Though I will admit that Iām always surprised when thereās a choice for gender and pronouns, separately. My intitial thought is alway ādidnāt I just tell you that?ā
Itās a little clunky, and hard to imagine. I think I would say something like āhe put his elbow through the strap of his backpack, using it like a slingā
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How are you supposed to say things like ācan I help you?ā if you disregard pronouns completely? It has two!
Back to drawing board then. The idea is supporting both elbows inside the loop of their respective shoulder straps when you have your arms crossed. Itās something I do regularly myself, but I donāt know how to describe itā¦
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āNeed/want help?ā
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Imagine doing that all the time with everything and trying to separate āmy keysā from āyour keysā.
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Easy. All the keys are mine. Your keys do not exist.
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Names and object that was the original way to describe property it is very cumbersome because if you donāt know who own X you are screwed
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Investigation sequences where you can go back and revisit people and clues with new evidence have so many variationsā¦ why did I do this to myself?
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Because youāre a masochist.
Exhibit A: You play League. 
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Iām pretty sure Iāve fixed this very stupid and obscure bug. Itās not likely that a human player would want to/manage to trigger it, but it was that a certain set of choices required not having fully alienated all of the characters. RandomTest somehow did it, so there were no options available.
All the characters looking at the RandomTest āplayerā:
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Well now, donāt underestimate the playersā willingness to alienate everyone.
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Iām pretty sure Iām the player that wants to alienate everyone.
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Youād really have to be strategic to trigger this particular alienation bugā¦ But now, thankfully, itās no longer a problem!
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There should be a hidden achievement called āI canāt believe youāve done thisā¦ā tied to that specific outcome since itās both difficult to get and also makes everyone have the attitude of āWtf dudeā¦ā
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Iāve already had one playtester whoās committed to betraying as much of the core cast as possible.
And this thing is barely half written.
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Honestly, that sounds incredibly useful.
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Iāve done horrible things to characters I loved, in the name of beta testing.
Iāve even asked authors to make it possible for me to do (semi-)horrible things they hadnāt planned on to characters I loved. (Forgive me, Asher, forgive me!)
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Iāve destroyed games in the name of testing.
Iām reporting in to say: I have completed my first draft of the Halloween Jam entry!
I kept my focus on completing the game in under 30,000 words, and I have completed that stretch goal as well.
Now, for the rest of the month, I will be refocused on my first edit-pass for Patchwerks
I donāt think I will finish it entirely, but I am happy with the pace I am keeping on it.
I relate, both as an author and a tester. 
Sounds fun. I canāt wait until turn-in date, so I can play your entry.
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Iām not actually going to come out and say that Iām the most assiduously dispassionate beta tester who will stop at nothing, not the utmost depths of depravity, for the greater glory of interactive fiction, but ā¦
Iām playing Honor Bound tonight and I
shooed
THE
CAT
That is all.
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