The TR Adventure Game

[dug_down_deep]

The goal of this game is to create the experience of a pc-based adventure game.

Here is the game play:

1) Post a description of what has happened as a result of the previous poster's action.

It could be "You are in a dark room. There is a staircase directly ahead. There is a lamp on a stand beside the staircase." Or it could be "The gorgon retreats, leaving behind a bloody arm." Anything that you can find an image for, and that suits the action provided by the previous poster.

2) Post an image that fits the description.

It doesn't have to be a game screen, though it can be. Whatever matches the description.

3) Post an action.

It could be "Open the door and enter the room" or "Turn on the lamp". Anything you might normally do when confronted with the image and description you just provided.

PLEASE: Check the bottom of the page to see if other posters are working on something, in order to avoid cross-posting. And please don't turn this into a discussion about what you're doing this weekend, or anything else that isn't anything to do with the game. Thanks. :)

I'll go first:

DESCRIPTION: You are standing in a long Holiday Inn hallway. There are several photocopied announcements & posters on the wall to your right.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/97613568_4235274837.jpg?v=0

ACTION: Look at announcements.

[Magdlyn]

You tear down one of the notices bc you really hate Hagen Renakers.

http://images.inmagine.com/img/brandxpictures/x286/bxp135214.jpg

[Garrett]

Surprisingly, the paper catches on fire!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2623432211_2ae483ac19.jpg?v=0

Quickly drop the burning paper.

[jess]

So, what are you guys doing for Halloween?

[jess]

As you stomp on the burning paper, you notice some lettering being exposed.

There is a map under the ad!

http://www.cuttingedge.org/map.gif

you begin to read it...

[Garrett]

dug_down_deep: And please don't turn this into a discussion about what you're doing this weekend,

jess: So, what are you guys doing for Halloween?

Jess gives Doug the finger!

[Magdlyn]

dug_down_deep: And please don't turn this into a discussion about what you're doing this weekend,

jess: So, what are you guys doing for Halloween?

Jess gives Doug the finger!

(I already put her in LOSERS)

*whistles innocently*

[Magdlyn]

As you stomp on the burning paper, you notice some lettering being exposed.

There is a map under the ad!

http://www.cuttingedge.org/map.gif

you begin to read it...

But you cant make heads or tails of it bc you are wearing the wrong glasses.

http://justinbazan.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/st4074marilyn-monroe-glasses-posters1.jpg


Suddenly a 12 yr old boy runs up.

[dug_down_deep]

(Thanks, jess. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/fighting/fighting0004.gif)

At least you think it's a 12 year old boy, until you replace your glasses with a spare pair from your purse, whereupon you discover it is actually a 12 year old girl. She speaks in an accent that you vaguely recognize as Scandinavian, asking you to follow her into the woods, where her brother Erik is in trouble.

http://oppi.edu.ouka.fi/%7Ejamani00/jaana.jpg

Ask her what the trouble is.

[Matty]

Oh No. Erik was taken by some religious fanatics and they are going to sacrifice him to their evil gods.

http://www.nrk.no/img/394457.jpeg

[dug_down_deep]

*nudge* You still need to add an action at the end, Matty.

[Memoria]

Matty doesn't play well with others http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sad/sad0020.gif

[Matty]

oops sorry.

Then from out of nowhere a dark clothed man appears

[dug_down_deep]

Then from out of nowhere a dark clothed man appearsShould be an action you take, but that's ok. I'll go with it.

Then, after cleaning the finger smudges off your replacement pair of glasses, you realize that it's not a man, but a boy. That's not Erik on the cross, he says. I'm Erik. That man is a pretender - an anti-Erik! I am the holder of the sacred key. Not him.

His acolyte says nothing, but snuffles a bit each time the leash grows taut.

http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/Harvey_Jackson/jackson_collection/HCJ_images/HCJ072.jpg

Free the acolyte from the leash and remove his mask.

[Autodidact]

The acolyte reveals his true visage, as well as his light blue jumpsuit.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i291/PsychoContra/Funny/UglyMidget.jpg

Interview the acolyte.

[HAMMER]

The acolyte tells you that neither of the fore mentioned men are erik! He tells you: "that from the moment you checked into the hotel, the little girl that lured you into the forest, my master and myself have all been fooling you and now you will be hung on the cross with the other infidels!!" http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/stasys-eidiejus/an-old-wooden-cross-photographic-print-c12040086.jpeg
Quickly try and run away

[Autodidact]

Pursued by the acolyte and his master, Erik and the little girl, you run as fast as you can until you come to a fork in the road.

http://margotmystic.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/fork-in-the-road.jpg

Go left.

[dug_down_deep]

You turn to the left, but the acolyte grabs you by the pantleg before you can get away. You quickly escape by tossing the acolyte at his master. You turn toward the forest and begin running again. But the three strange beings stay in pursuit, and are beginning to gain on you, when you suddenly catch sight of a somewhat hidden cave opening.

http://lh6.google.com/vyper4/RTCzU9UqABI/AAAAAAAAADc/NSE0bL_7yGs/cave.jpg

Enter the cave.

[New Age Hippy Chick - Halloween Sock]

You enter the cave and head as far back as you dare.
http://www.boudillion.com/SpiderGates/SG_cave.jpg
The sounds of your persuit fade into the distant forest and you are left alone in the dark.

You jump as you hear a growl close behind you.

[Matty]

the growl belongs to a human, but one unlike any human you have ever seen before. His whole body covered in light green fur, and he is at least 6ft 6in tall. As your eyes adjust to the light you realise this cave is his home. When the creature lights a candle you realise also that the cave goes back much further that you first thought and branches off in many directions.

The growler beckons you to follow him. You do so.

[Autodidact]

After squeezing through a small opening, the cave opens up. You see light ahead. You hear voices. As you advance into the large, well lit room, you see that a party is in swing:

(large)http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Xb4-GlZlYU0/SAWRvo7YMgI/AAAAAAAAAXc/0jxvz1rkAho/DSC00119.JPG

Ask for a beer.

[ofro]

They point you towards a table in the back where a game is being played:

http://www.weeklybeerpong.com/GoodBeer.JPG

You decide to join them.

[Garrett]

The people at the table look at you suspiciously. One of them speaks.

"You better have brought the map, or you won't get out of here alive. Give us the map!"

Remembering the secret map you found, you pull it out of your pocket.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/2437602912_8320c7ff02.jpg

Realizing you left the map on the floor by the bulletin board at Holiday Inn, you begin to panic.

[Matty]

as you do so the largest of the people surrounding you reaches out a gnarled and woody looking hand, and grabs you by the shoulder. As he does so there is the smell of burnt hair and he drops to the floor unconscious.

everyone else stops in surprise

you run.
http://lh3.google.at/Dr.Gerald.Schmidt/R3kuo2wCCAI/AAAAAAAABIY/f2uY5oz8YjA/s400/run_balticwinter_teaser.jpg

[Gagundathar Inexplicable]

You run for a long while closely pursued by the furry green giant and his minions when you turn a corner and come to another fork in the road.

http://www.mikepaulblog.com/blog/media/Ethics%20Real%20Fork%20in%20Road_02.jpg

You grab the fork (which only LOOKS huge) turn to face your pursuers and brandish the fork menacingly.

[dug_down_deep]

The crowd of monsters halts suddenly and cowers and growls in an arc just beyond the reach of your weapon. Then, there is a murmuring from the rear of the flanks, and the crowd begins to part, allowing an odd champion to emerge.

It is another fork, but a fork that is both weapon and warrior, a fork man. You are shocked by the sight, then a moment later, equally shocked to feel your own weapon leap from your hands and face the fork warrior as an equal. En garde, says your fork.

http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/fork_art.jpg

Given this distraction, look for an escape route.