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>Say to sister "What happened in every single horror movie we ever watched when they split up? One by one, they got split up!"

I should have time tomorrow to finish mine. But I will be some hours past the deadline if that's acceptable. Too much laying around eating and drinking over Christmas and New Years.

Re: The Night Falls - A Community Roleplaying Game
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02 Mar 2023, 04:46
> Try looking behind the mirror if it's not screwed to the wall. If it is, use the multi tool to unscrew it.

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Copy/paste from the above-mentioned thread.

I think the date shows the problem.

The game is only missing speech for one last female character: Ida. 
It's not a big job, just 40 lines of text. As the game is freeware, it's an unpaid task.
Who can help me out? 

I will ask another friend. Could you send me a character description and the lines via PM?

What do you see as the Dan Brown connection? He's not known as a writer of detective mysteries, is he? (Oh, I suppose you mean the puzzle boxes. Were you sorry they did not play a bigger part?)

Spoiler

Dan Brown's books always start with a murder investigation and end with the solution. It's just that there is always the complexity of something bigger which distract but, at their core, they are murder mysteries.

As for the connections in Glass Onion: Yes, the puzzle boxes but also:

The tiny bit of fuel that is unstable and can blow everything up is straight out of "Angels and Demons". The Elon Musk/Steve Jobs personality-cult figure was done in his recent book "Origins". The Mona Lisa being right at center stage was an obvious wink for me. The setting on the rich "genius's" super futuristic base is quite a Dan Brown trope: some super high-tech facility with grand, soaring architecture usually shows up, (and maybe blows up, like in Glass Onion). The murder via allergy was done in DaVinci Code, although it was peanuts in that.

There were quite a few other nods I remember noticing at the time but would have to rewatch to remember. And I do plan to rewatch it soon.

And also gonna go back and see the "dancing bear" effect from that scene. I totally did not notice!

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Yup, I loved Glass Onion, although I thought it more an homage to (and some playful poking at) Dan Brown than Christie. I felt more of a Christie vibe with Knives Out. I got the feeling that they might be theming each movie after the style and tropes of a different mystery writer and, if so, then I'm very excited to see where it goes next.

Started on mine... hopefully it gets finished this time.

> Grab the hat off from the rack and put it on and then do a soft-shoe dance step to make your sister laugh

Merry Christmas!

I voted. sorry for the radio silence, but I have been both organizing Santas for children's Christmas parties and taking on the role myself over the last few days. Busy time of the year. Thanks for waiting for me.

> Walk straight in, your sister behind you, and shine your headlamp around to take in the full room, especially any further exits.

Sorry, guys... I'm quite ashamed that I asked for the extension and didn't produce a story but it just wasn't going anywhere much. I hope someone else takes advantage of the extension though.

You step over to the door. The lock looks positively ancient to you, like it's from the 50's or 60's, scratched and weatherworn. It looks like easy pickings.

NICE ONE!!! 

So, how are these stories sliding along? Are they slithering towards the goal, or are they frozen stuck?

2 days and a bit left!

I haven't really felt much motivation to finish my story. Could be just that there was some other stuff going on though, which is now kind of resolved. Would an extension of a few more days be possible? Until the 14th or 15th perhaps? I'd say I could get finished by then. If not, that's all good too.

I think you can remap all the hotkeys. Or did I imagine that?

I think the crazy bastards might be releasing it for free. EDIT: Nope... it's about $30 just got it.

the amount of grown adult people who think that the story of the song is that the kid's mom was really kissing Santa Claus is just astounding.

and if you say "The song is through the eyes of a child who doesn't know that it was his dad dressed up as Santa Claus." they'll say "Where does it SAY THAT in the song?!"

Of course they aren't gonna SAY that directly in the song because little kids will also be listening to it. It's a wink-wink thing for the adults to have a chuckle about because they should be able to imagine what the real situation is.

lol I'm getting so worked up over people not understanding a Christmas song.

But at least I'm still surviving Whamageddon, fingers crossed.

> Kneel down next to the door, smile up at your sister while you pull out your multitool, and then put on your serious face and get to work picking the lock.

> Check inventory

Great theme! Made a start on mine last night.