Let's Play: MSPaint Adventure: GenGame!

[The Dark Fiddler]

poor shadowbear :(

>SM: give the shadowbear a NAME and promote him to LACKEY.

>SM: rethink harsh treatment of SHADOWBEAR

>shadowbear: hey! this is the corner of your room with the minibar! quickly stir up a couple of drinks and offer one to the strange woman.

>SM: blush and politely ask if he has any of the latest issues

>SM: make out with the shadowbear

Gicko, I know AP said it's a pretty lax rule, but uh... you do remember this, right?

...and you can only give one command per update each.

I mean, could you at least keep them all in the same post?

[Domochevsky]

That would be nice, yes. >_>

Meanwhile, i'm quite surprised (and terrified) by the sudden shipping breaking out here. Interesting to see what little things can trigger this. oO

Also, woot for Ascension reading and paying attention to events! Wulcome! \o/
...now post commands! *evil eye*

[AgentPaper]

Gicko, I know AP said it's a pretty lax rule, but uh... you do remember this, right?

I mean, could you at least keep them all in the same post?

Actually, I made that rule before I realized that quantity > quality when it comes to commands. I'd still ask you to try and keep it under control, so don't start posting 50+ commands for one update to try and get one used. (hint: it won't work)

As for keeping them in the same post, that'd be nice, but don't go back and edit them in hours later because more likely than not I'll just never see it.

And just to repeat myself, post more commands! There's a lot of the same few people posting commands each round. I know we have more than 5 readers! Even if you think it's a stupid command, just post it. Often what seem like the worst commands make for the best updates. And of course, discuss!

[Mewtarthio]

Often what seem like the worst commands make for the best updates.

Understood:

> SM: SEPPUKU
> MG: Attempt to start new, CRAB-THEMED religion
> BH: React to something off-screen, accidentally pushing several BUTTONS as you turn around suddenly

[Bucky]

>SM: Ask for Demand directions.

[Ascension]

Also, woot for Ascension reading and paying attention to events! Wulcome! \o/
...now post commands! *evil eye*

Well, since a good many people seem to have forgotten it, I'm going to repeat...

> BH: DEAL with ELDRITCH ABOMINATION FROM BEYOND THE STARS.

...because I'm quite eager to see how our intermittently competent spy will deal with a horrible looming shadow (which could actually be some sort of ADMIN here to reclaim its HARROWING HARASSER console).

[AgentPaper]

> SM: Use the CANDLE to light the TORCH on the wall.





There, now you can see the whole room, and all the dirty magazines that you should also confisca...oh there aren't any more. Maybe they're all hidden away. Well, good! That's where stuff like that belongs! You'd better find them and take them away anyways though, or who knows what this guy will do with them.

> SM: Investigate the CUPBOARD.

[AgentPaper]

> SM: Investigate the CUPBOARD.





Let's see, a ball of twine, two packs of gum, a pencil, an old music box, a rusty slinky, a few plastic gems, and a blank piece of paper. Not really the epic loot you were hoping for, but you guess you should have expected as much.

> SM: Realize too late that you were a little harsh on that SHADOWBEAR. Write an APOLOGETIC NOTE.

[AgentPaper]

> SM: Realize too late that you were a little harsh on that SHADOWBEAR. Write an APOLOGETIC NOTE.







Aw man, look at that face. He deserved every bit of your tongue lashing and paper thwacking, of course, but maybe you were a bit rough on him...

You hastily scribble down an APOLOGETIC NOTE and throw it at him to set things straight.

> SM: Take RUSTY SLINKY.

[HypoSoc]

> Shadowbear: Mention secret compartment quietly.

[The Dark Fiddler]

>SHADOWBEAR: What are these strange symbols on this paper? Not any language you know. That girl's probably yelling at you again ;_;

>SM: Hey look at that hole above the doorway! Why not climb through there for an escape?

>BH: Report status.

[Mewtarthio]

> SM: Play MUSIC BOX

Rule #116 of fantasy stories: The music box is always important.

[Gralamin]

> SM: Take Rusty Slinky
I don't know if the rest of you have ever heard the rumors, but there have been tales, some of which come from players such as Nowucme, that there is a secret room in Castle Bane that can only be opened with the Slinky. There isn't that great of treasure inside, but who knows, the reports on these rooms are rather scarce.

[BRC]

> SM: Take Rusty Slinky
I don't know if the rest of you have ever heard the rumors, but there have been tales, some of which come from players such as Nowucme, that there is a secret room in Castle Bane that can only be opened with the Slinky. There isn't that great of treasure inside, but who knows, the reports on these rooms are rather scarce.

Yeah. Way I've heard it, certain Stairs in Castle Bane are secretly doors. If you send a Rusty slinky down them, a hidden door will open somewhere nearby.

Of course, it's impossible to know which stairs, or if a door opened, or where said door would open, and since this is Castle Bane we're talking about, it is trying it's best to murder you the entire time.

[Draconi Redfir]

pfff. poor agent and Dom. we've been giving commands to enforce out SM/Shadowbear shipping, and they just want to continue the story so they had to make their own commands XD

>SM: look UNDER BED

>SM: check WARDROBE

>shadowbear: wonder if this GIRL will ever stop rummaging through your STUFF

>shadowbear: once again attempt to introduce NAME and PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC to separate you from other SHADOWBEARS and gain CHARACTER ARMOR

>SM: be MG

>SM + SHADOWBEAR: SPONTANEOUS MAKEOUTS!

>SM + SHADOWBEAR: shut up and JAM!

>SM: take SHADOWBEAR'S SECRET STASH and BOOK IT!

[Ascension]

> SHADOWBEAR: Unexpectedly DIE, revealing the CATASTROPHIC WEAKNESS of the SHADOWBEAR race, THROWN PAPER.

I don't actually wish malice upon the poor bear, but SM's position is looking pretty grim unless she has some more advantages over the Shadowbears (and this advantage would be particularly amusing). 'course, with my luck it'll turn out that RUNES cancel out CATASTROPHIC WEAKNESSES.

[Domochevsky]

pfff. poor agent and Dom. we've been giving commands to enforce out SM/Shadowbear shipping, and they just want to continue the story so they had to make their own commands XD
...

Wot? We make it a point to only twist commands that have actually been made recently. (These particular 3 were from BRC. That lined up nicely.)

[Ranielle]

>Remember that you have a mission to complete.





ps: someone please draw somefanart on SM/Shadowbear shipping.

[flabort]

If we're shipping them, who on earth Genworld are THEY shipping?

>Take a piece of gum. Help mask that breath of yours. After all, the shadowbears have only been trying to kill you because of that smell, right?

[T.G. Oskar]

SHADOWBEAR: > Become SM's Moirail, or reasonable facsimile in Genworld/Gengame. For science. You monster.

...I have nothing else to say. Fear what excessive boredom and a willingness to do archive binges can do...darn hooking webcomics-that-attempt-to-not-be-webcomics...

Though, MSPA certainly wasn't that long...it took me two and a half days to update, with Flash animations and everything, compared to the monster that was Scary Go Round, or binging Goblins twice, or binging El Goonish Shive; it's not THAT long...

[Gamerlord]

>SM: Deicide that perhaps you should ATTEMPT DIPLOMACY WITH THE SHADOWBEAR EMPIRE, starting with THE NEAREST SHADOWBEAR

[The Dark Fiddler]

Though, MSPA certainly wasn't that long...it took me two and a half days to update, with Flash animations and everything, compared to the monster that was Scary Go Round, or binging Goblins twice, or binging El Goonish Shive; it's not THAT long...

Problem Sleuth took me about five hours. Massive headache, and a pissed-of girlfriend.

[T.G. Oskar]

Problem Sleuth took me about five hours. Massive headache, and a pissed-of girlfriend.

Oh, I meant Homestruck...and Jailbreak and Bard's Quest. Haven't bothered with Problem Sleuth, aside from the link in the Intermission. Noir mystery isn't exactly my cup of tea, you know; only as a novelty, and if strictly necessary.

[Domochevsky]

Huh, but Problem Sleuth is so much more than that... i didn't bother to read it for quite a while, but once i started in flat out binged it. Heavy stuff, but gets better quite rapidly. (apart from the lots of dallying around that is luckily not that much of an issue when you can binge it.)

[AgentPaper]

> SM: Take RUSTY SLINKY.





Of course. This will undoubtedly be of great use against the MASSIVE HORDE OF SHADOWBEARS that you're definitely not trying to avoid dealing with.

> SM: Remember that you have a mission to complete.

[AgentPaper]

> SM: Remember that you have a mission to complete.






Of course! Can't go getting sidetracked when you've got an important task at hand! You quickly scour all of the likely hiding places. Nobody has just ONE POLITICAL MAGAZINE after all. Right?

Hm, nothing under the bed...just a pile of broken clocks, a radiator, and an ancient looking torch. Nothing out of the usual. Must be in...the wardrobe! Damn! Just a rack of a couple dozen RAZOR RAPIERS. Those could come in useful, but they're not what you were looking for.

> SM: Take TORCH and RAZOR RAPIERS.

[smuchmuch]

Oh, I meant Homestruck...and Jailbreak and Bard's Quest. Haven't bothered with Problem Sleuth, aside from the link in the Intermission. Noir mystery isn't exactly my cup of tea, you know; only as a novelty, and if strictly necessary.

Personnaly, I'd say you missed absolutly nothing with Problem Sleuth but I can tell you that despite first apparence, it has nothing, but realy nothing to do with noir whatsoever. It's more like 'waiting for Godot' the internet game with puzzles and video games gameplay jokes threwn in

.. okay it's a very bad description, but really, Probem Sleuth just isnt that intersting in my opinion.
Usualy I like random and absurd humour but here it j_ust feel like an overly long repetition of running gags. I think the main problem with me is that the logic behind most of those gags seems based on private 'you had to there to understand' kind of joke (i'm thinking the whole key/weapon joke for esxample, where the hell did that came from ?)

Anyway,

>SM: enough with that dman magazine already, just go out and kill something with that swords of yours.

>DB: We sure haven't heard about you in a while. keep doing whatever it is you are doing.

[The Dark Fiddler]

>SHADOWBEAR: Reveal love of and skill at SWORDSBEARSHIP.

>SM: Take a RAZOR RAPIER and the ANCIENT-LOOKING TORCH, then ask SHADOWBEAR where the other POLITICAL MAGAZINES are.

[Mewtarthio]

Okay, guys, it's pretty obvious what Domo and Agent Paper want to do next, so we might as well say it:

> SM: Completely ignore the SHADOWBEAR. He is dumb and ugly and probably full of COOTIES. Completely refuse to acknowledge his existence. In fact, you don't even see any SHADOWBEARS around here. What is a "SHADOWBEAR" even supposed to be, huh?

You monsters.

[Draconi Redfir]

>Shadobear: finally decipher NOTE

>SM: take TORCH and RAZOR RAPIERS

>shadowbear: HUG SM

>SM: break down into tears at lack of POLITICAL MAGAZINES

>SM: consol the weeping woman and show her your SECRET STASH stowed in a hole in the roof

>SM: take the SHADOWBEAR’S SECRET STASH and BOOK IT!

>SM + shadowbear: SPONTANEOUS MAKEOUTS!

>SM: examine POSTER

>SM: examine FORTH WALL