(third verse added to The Long Kill, since I hadn’t really referenced anything game-specific before)
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It makes for wonderfully sombre bit of prose, and encapsulates a good deal of my intentions writing the game in a much more efficient fashion! Thank you.
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How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title
Prince Quiz journeys off with a knight;
His dad hopes he’ll learn how to fight.
As Valkyrian’s squire,
Things may sometimes get dire
But we know that he’ll turn out all right.
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Thanks, Tabitha!
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Death on the Stormrider by Daniel Stelzer @Draconis
A body’s been found on the freighter!
Your peril has only grown greater:
Your brother’s been named,
But you’re sure he was framed!
Take action: this can’t wait for later!
Who’d commit such a dastardly deed?
Your brother deserves to be freed!
Was it Qarrad the gunner—
A contraband runner?
Though surely she would have no need!
But Bashti, the young engineer…
His behavior’s been less than sincere.
He’ll jump, and he’ll wince—
Wait, you’ve found fingerprints!
Tell Kasap! The culprit is here!
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I love it. Thank you so much!
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Trail Stash by Andrew Schultz @aschultz
The treasures that you’re meant to find
Aren’t the ones that will stick in your mind…
It’s the smile-without-stopping
First consonant swapping!
Where a blobbed rind could get you robbed blind!
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CODENAME OBSCURA by Mika Kujala @MikaKujala
Count Schwarzberg the crook’s on the go!
Quick, down him by boomerang throw!
Sure, it’s an “old” parser–
The command set is sparser–
But the game can still put on a show!
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Magor Investigates by Larry Horsfield @Lazzah
In land where the lizard-folk dwell
(Named the Xixon as far’s I can tell),
Old Magor takes rest
With the owl he loves best
And a newspaper puzzle as well.
King Kelson with Blackmoon arrives!
And he’s sent to consult the archives.
But there’re first things to do:
Stinker’s gut needs his brew.
After that? The surprise of their lives!
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Surprised this got bumped down so much after just 6 days. I guess the board has been pretty active.
Hawkstone
The map and walkthrough for Hawkstone
May seem just a bit overblown
But this provides space
For several ace
Dad jokes that made me smile and groan.
Artful Deceit
New eight-bit games? Nah, dude, no more.
Text adventures, too: things of yore,
I pined once. Now? Fun
Stuff here once we run
An emulated Commodore.
Hired by a future murderee
To heed his demands, you’ll agree
And find clues that give
Motive and method
And, of course, opportunity
A chap who was not murdered yet
Called in a detective to get
Assurance if he
Were packed off, there’d be,
For the murderer, a dragnet.
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I wanted to see how much coverage we had. We’re at 43 of 75 so far after the one below!
FIX YOUR MOTHER’S PRINTER
Your mother’s complaints, she will log
To you: printing problems may bog
Down her presentation.
Will you give elation
Or spurn her, despite her cute dog?
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Spreadsheet, nice!
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One for Last Valentine’s Day!
Your relationship’s come to an end,
but the laws of time you will bend
to process this loss,
accept you’re not the boss,
and let broken hearts start to mend.
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Oh yay! That’s a good one, both for content and for covering one I thought might be tricky.
Dare we dream to cover the entire collection before, say, the end of the month? Some entries seem tricky. But it would be a fun stretch goal to work towards, once we have IFComp withdrawal.
Virtue
Of perverts, this block must be rid!
They’ll pay for that thing that they did!
So ask, pharisee,
Who could the perp be?
Not someone low-class, but your kid.
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Fun to imagine, but I don’t know how much help I’ll be post-comp. I might possibly get The Witch done…
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All right, I do love a challenge, so here’s another, and likely more to come…
GameCeption
Pair up for a video game;
you could win money or fame.
Until it takes a dark turn—
games aren’t just games, you will learn—
and Ziyan is not just a name.
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In the Details
Someone made a deal with you—
music skills bring you money; fame, too.
But this dream cannot last;
now that life’s in the past
for Beelzebub will get his due.
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A Thing of Wretchedness
What to do with this wretched thing?
All your efforts have failed to bring
your poor husband back.
With no will to attack,
you must resort to poisoning.
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Two more entries I wouldn’t have got to! The third, well, I had an idea.
Oh, and I had something for one not covered, yet.
Gameception
With a rival turned friend you’ll team
Up to write games. It’s your big dream.
But lack of cash flow
Means, on a game show
With high stakes, you will need to scheme.
My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition
Too often we sadly must face
Picayune complaints babblers trace
A tougher subject
Here’s shown, with respect
For each visitor’s time and space.
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My last one for now!
The Whale’s Keeper
You’ve been swallowed up by a whale
But that’s not the end of your tale.
Learn to live in its gut;
of your old life, be shut
and with new friend Jonah prevail.
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