Oh no how could I forget! 
Sincerest apologies to our robotic friend 
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Shhhhh… she doesn’t like to have us talk about her winning first place.
Did I mention she won first place! (she’s going to throttle me)
Back to seriousness: Did you have any disconnect with any of the characters?
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Ohhhh…I’ll make sure to whisper then…!
Hmm I am sorry but English is not my first language and even though I think I’ve become pretty good at it I still have trouble sometimes, sorry 
Could you possibly rephrase the question please? sorry sorry
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Sure.
When I say: [quote=“Zolataya, post:22, topic:18740”]
Did you have any disconnect with any of the characters?
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I’m asking you if you were not able to relate to any of the characters. You mentioned that BOOP! was a favorite of yours, so I was wondering if any did not catch your fancy… I hope that clears the question up for you.
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Thank you!
I’m thinking my hardest and I honestly can’t think of anyone I didn’t like, they were all very lovely, in my opinion.
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@Pace675 Thank you for the kind words! I agree, believable romances are very challenging. And I have stubbornly refused to read or watch romance driven books and films since childhood (except Catriona, because R. L. Stevenson), so I am a bit handicapped. That said, it’s a fun challenge.
Also ooh, next year’s romance challenge? You judges are terrible teases! Partly why CS Comp is so much fun.
@moonwalkerdragon I’m not very good at violence either. (I know, one is left wondering what I am good at. Obscure references to 1890s books and poetry, that’s what. Or 30s films, in this instance.) But practise makes perfect…at least, I’m hoping so!
@AAO Thank you! I hope you enjoy the next instalment as well!
@Shawn_Patrick_Reed I think I’ve managed to kill off my MC by mistake in every single game where death is even a remote possibility, thus far. That’s one of the reasons why I love @Lucid’s games so much–I don’t have to replay five times just to survive to the ending.
Besides, everyone knows that one only dies in cut scenes in any proper RPG…
Nicknames: there’s ‘the Coffin’, for one. And possibly not why one would think, either.
I thought about adding some term along the lines of ‘The Half-Penny Adventures’ or ‘Pulp Fiction’ but I wasn’t sure quite how to phrase it. Everything is meant to be 1930s themed (and an RPG/DnD parody), so there are aliens from various planets–they only arrived in the late teens and twenties, by the way–but there are also monsters (the Manufacts are Dr. Frankenstein-style creations) and mediums and spirits, as all that was still quite popular during the time period, especially in the U.K… I drew a lot of inspiration from period films and authors.
I was actually a rehearsal accompanist for a dance conservatory for three years, which is why I know dance. We had a number of people, of various genders, dancing there, and I was obliged to know the dances so I could select appropriate music to play for them as needed. That was actually one of my favourite jobs…eight hours of playing piano a day, whee.
@kicks Thank you! If you’re up for a bit of electroswing, I highly recommend Bart and Bakers’ collections and Lamuzgueule. Which bands were you playing whilst reading? I’d love to give them a go!
I’m so glad you like B00P-D33T!. Designing robot culture was very fun. I can picture a certain style of MC always wanting to throw a spanner at it. On the other hand, its mechanical exploits are quite fun. I did a bit of research and based the alarm system and several of the other BD innovations on newer inventions of the 1930s. It was nice switching from steam to electric for a bit for this story.
(Yes, @Blattella has the right of it–the second syllable is pitched higher than the first in B00P-D33T!'s name. Very key difference. But, it is very kind and forgives “flesh-crea-ture-flaws-in-in-ter-nal-pro-gram-ming” readily.)
@Zolataya No throttling. The theme was poison, after all.
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Hang on, I can’t get at the code anymore! How am I supposed to cheat my way to victory studiously look for bugs and errors?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I really enjoyed playing this! The cliffhanger made me want to know what happens next! Can’t wait until the next update!
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Oo electro swing is even better than regular, I’ll make sure to listen to these while I clean later thank you !! 
I was actually listening to this playlist: http://8tracks.com/theboxofnonsense/oldies-but-goodies good stuff!
you do a lot of research for your writing, I read a bit of your tumblr and there’s …so much…!
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Incredibly fun and well placed, also I love how you panned out the characters and the mc, can’t wait to see what you have next
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@Sneaks * pulls out the Natasha/Bullwinkle voice * Ve haf our vays, darlink.
@Nvswift I’m glad! Sadly the next update is additional material before the cliffhanger…but I hope you will still enjoy it!
@kicks Thank you! I’ll give that a listen when I’m working. When my five and six year old have half of a 12 hour playlist memorised, I know it’s time to introduce a few new songs, heehee…
And thanks! I love research…it’s one of my favourite parts of world-building, hence the historical fantasy settings. I promised myself I wouldn’t research with Beastie Watch initially, because of the time limit, and I only broke that promise once a day occasionally during the competition month.
I’m excited to be able to write about the Beastie Watch research. I had two months of really floundering for blog material, since I had to keep this under wraps and my work days were all 30s all the while.
@Alexa_Nicolaou Thank you for the kind words! I hope you’ll enjoy the next update as well.
All: I’m about to start a new battle scene…silly, cliche, tropey, or absurd monster suggestions welcome, if you fancy! If not, maybe I really will go with a skeletal xylophone swing band, hmmm…
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I will love for once a speech battle or a rap battle in a tavern… It is so rare this days it was more frequently in old 80s and 90s games. Like my old loved monkey island. Imagine fighting against a mob in a tavern maybe you cheating in cards or flirt with someone engaged and Speech battle.
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Battle of the bands is a 30’s phenom (spilled into the 40’s but began in the 30’s) so I’d like to see this.
An alternative - battle of the swing dancers, which is more of a 20’s thing but with the introduction of aliens it could have exploded twice over just as normal cultural movements were reinforced and built upon when they kept crossing the Alantic back and forth.
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Really? Sounds cool, and I hate music 
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Love it just hope for a saving system because I’m going have to read a lot to catch up on your next update. I don’t know why but I got confused towards the beginning and end I didn’t know the people or how to visualize them accordingly new people come up and I get confused with the plot a little ways in. But good WIP anyway
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@poison_mara That is an excellent idea. Thank you! I’d already planned for a drinking contest against the Mobster, and I had considered cabaret night, too. Anthony is an excellent singer, and of course there’s Nikki the Jazz Cat too. And Reg plays a mean riff.
But I very much like the idea of a poetry competition, heehee. Like Pirate Poetry Night in Kyrandia: Hand of Fate, for anyone who’s played those point-and-clicks.
@Zolataya Dance bands were all the rage in the U.K. in the 30s. So this makes sense. Phil would beat everyone though, haha.
@moonwalkerdragon You…hate…music? * sob * (I’m a pianist by profession, or was until I decided to go do other things. I still play professionally though from time to time.)
@jcsunshine_3 Thank you! The new update, which will go up as soon as it’s polished and ready, has a save system.
I’m also in the process of adding two additional chapters after the introduction, in the hopes of clearing up some of the confusion. That may also affect the save system, but at least people will be able to save until I have time to write the new material and break everything.
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I loved Kirandia too. All the three of them how great games they were!!
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two words: Billy Flynn.
The game clearly needs more scheming lawyer-types. O:-)
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Along with some questionable journalists for good measure? (;
Sadly Trevs is the only Barrister-class thus far, and he’s rather the Lawful Good sort. Barristers are a spoof of Cleric class, as it happens…multiple barristers might have to wait for one of @Blattella’s eleven sequels.
It’s an intriguing idea, though. Hmm, I shall have a think about whether it’s possible to work it in. Thank you!
@poison_mara I meant this to be a DnD/RPG parody originally, and it somehow evolved into looking rather like a point-and-click in certain sections. Maybe I should add some more point-and-click absurdities whilst I’m at it. “Oh no, don’t eat that pie! Otherwise we won’t be able to defeat the Tall Furry Surprisingly Large-Footed Mountain Monster!”
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Only if they’re disreputable journalists in fedora hats chain smoking cigars and writting tabloid trash about aliens with six heads.
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