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Discuss the games (no level solutions or off-topic, please).

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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:07 am

Wait, there were grue references in MOFI? Back then I haven't been able to get all that far, so I don't know... Anyway, xyzzy is from Colossal Cave Adventure, and grues are from Zork. There are also other things often referenced in various games, such as plugh, which is another magic word from CCA. These references are actually more common in other text adventures. :wink:
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:10 am

And TOWA.

In both games: 'It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.'~Exact quote from Zork displayed randomly in dark areas
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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:03 am

I only remember the exact quote appearing in an RTW custom level... and Zork itself, of course, but... what do you mean by TOWA? First Wonderland Adventures game?
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:52 pm

Muzozavr wrote:I only remember the exact quote appearing in an RTW custom level... and Zork itself, of course, but... what do you mean by TOWA? First Wonderland Adventures game?
The only time Grue is mentioned in WA is in that quote from when its dark though, correct? :?
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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:24 pm

I *have* walked around in the dark in WA and didn't see anything about grues... maybe there is something like that in MOFI?
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Post by Derp » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:46 pm

Its in one of the caves in the mushroom key area, I beleive.
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Post by Master Wonder Mage » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:02 pm

It randomly chooses between that message and the normal "It is very dark message" if you don't have a lamp or glowgem.
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:15 pm

The message "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a Grue." gets displayed in areas where the lighting is set to 0 0 0, which IS pitch black. Go figure.
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:58 pm

@Muz: It's not in a dialog box, it's on the bottom, like the messages 'You can't use this item here.' and 'It is very dark. You need a lamp.' and 'This is the wrong key for this gate, see?'[/nottheexactmessages]
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Post by Midnight Synergy » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:07 pm

Speaking of grues: A little dark today...
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Post by exhypercube » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:11 pm

WOW!
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:13 pm

There appear to be some sort of devices at the left.
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:16 pm

I edited the brightness and contrast to help us see better:
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Post by exhypercube » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:20 pm

The things on the left might need to be hit with a fireball.
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:22 pm

Yay, more pictures! I LOVE PROGRESS! :D

There seems to be some sort of holes in the pit at the right. Or maybe it's just part of the LevelTexture.

As for the thingies at the left, I'm guessing they're enemies of some sort? I don't really have much to prove that, aside from how they look very similar. They seem to be at different orientations or something.

Anyways, I edited the brightness and contrast to help us-DANG IT STINKERSQUAD!
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:24 pm

Emerald141 wrote:The graphics look a little weird right around the inventory and menu squares. Was that just a side effect of *.jpg, or a graphics glitch?
Side effect, I prefer .png over .jpg because of that.
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:25 pm

Emerald141 wrote:The graphics look a little weird right around the inventory and menu squares. Was that just a side effect of *.jpg, or a graphics glitch?
There's a 95% chance that it's a jpg artifact. I can't recall a time when a .wlv model has glitched.

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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:33 pm

Trolololololol.


As for the pod things, I am pretty certain that they are the same object, because they both share the little handle things, which the ones at their right appear to be identical. You can also see that the rim of that blue circle thing on the top one is visible on the bottom one. SUCH DETECTIVES WE ARE
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:39 pm

Maybe its just decor, like Rock1 and Rock2.
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Post by epicdude15 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:10 am

Image

Hopefully not a grue O_O
i know doesnt look like one :3
but im saying,
he might just add grues in...
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Post by TheThaumaturge » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:13 am

WOO PROGRESS


As others said, I can't see many new things except from the structures on the left. They might be turrets of some sort? Or maybe a message tube of sorts?
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Post by Nobody » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:17 am

I doubt it. Referencing grues is reasonable, but I couldn't see MS just adding Grues into Wonderland instead of coming up with his own enemy like he has in the past.
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Post by Derp » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:20 am

They look like daleks from Docter Who... :lol:
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Post by epicdude15 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:52 am

Nobody wrote:I doubt it. Referencing grues is reasonable, but I couldn't see MS just adding Grues into Wonderland instead of coming up with his own enemy like he has in the past.
he didnt make up the fire flower,
they are from Mario,
Unless,
This whole wonderland series was made before it
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Post by yot yot5 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:32 am

And I have to wait 1 whole year before playing this?

WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US PATRICK???
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Post by Qloof234 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:21 pm

yot yot5 wrote:And I have to wait 1 whole year before playing this?

WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US PATRICK???
Pah, at least he's giving us information, unlike a certain company behind the third entry in another well-known series...

*cough* Valve... I'm looking at you. :P
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Post by StinkerSquad01 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:50 pm

epicdude15 wrote:
Nobody wrote:I doubt it. Referencing grues is reasonable, but I couldn't see MS just adding Grues into Wonderland instead of coming up with his own enemy like he has in the past.
he didnt make up the fire flower,
they are from Mario,
Unless,
This whole wonderland series was made before it
Fireflower in mario: power up that allows you to throw fireballs.
Fireflower in WA: Dangerous beast that shoots fireballs.
Not the same. :roll:
As for WA being made before mario, *facepalm* :?
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