Iron ChIF: Pilot Episode (Audience Commentary)

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@otistdog

Years ago I was toying with the idea of a game where players would explore a Bloodborne-esque Gothic city. You’d be able to pick between different classes of character, each with different strengths and weaknesses. That was where I first came up with the idea of a male spider in a trench coat. But the project never went anywhere

A shame, it sounds wonderful. Also what was the long title for ATSS?

@otistdog

So whenever I got stuck on something in the code or design, I’d pick a topic, come here, and blather on about it for a while.

Writing by blathering on.

@otistdog

I leaned more on the latter. Dialog’s handling of text is much more elegant than Inform 7’s

What about the case where it can’t be so broken down?

@severedhand

The conclusion has the stranger finding their mate, and probably death,

At least it’s only probable… I can have my fingers crossed waiting for a sequel…

@severedhand

Even the coda continues the theme, showing the goblins as misunderstood.

Post-game bonuses are always nice—who doesn’t love Slouching Towards Bedlam’s appendices.

@severedhand

But the invisiclues were unable to address any of the problems I encountered when I first turned to them.

I mean the invisiclues seemed perfectly serviceable as hints to me. The difficulty of the game to me was that it forced me to resort to them in the first place.