VN Ren'Py Karlsson's Gambit [v0.8.2B Final] [Grym Gudinna Games]

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L7Bear said:
There's this way too common trope where writers (film, novels, video games, etc) have characters speak vaguely about things the audience can't know about yet - but the characters themselves presumably understand perfectly.
It's supposed to be cool and mysterious, but really it's just annoying. Especially if you do it more than once.
This game does that a lot.
This release does it waaaaaay too much.

There's also something I think of as "the J.J.Abrams rule" which I believe has been true for every series J.J.Abrams has been a part of that contained these sort of mysterious conversations. At least it was true for several of his projects. There's plenty of other cases that could be used as the example: The supposed "Plan" the cylons had in the 2004 Battlestar Gofuckyourself reboot for example.
The rule says that if the writer is deliberately vague - no matter how loudly they proclaim otherwise - they don't have a fucking clue what the mystery is and will likely botch it at the end when they're forced to finally come up with *something* to fit the hints they dropped.
Corollary to that rule is that the fans will almost always agree on a much better solution than what becomes canon, and the writers explicitly won't use that solution because the fans came up with it instead of them.

Love this game.
Hate this trope.
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Ah someone else fell into the trap of criticizing any aspect of this game, even after complimenting the game itself. Let's see what it was met with.... oh "you're wrong, you're whining, you're shitting on this game" hahaha classic.
 
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L7Bear, I agree with what kinkyshin and Maviarab wrote, I will only add that in the case of Tess - hidden meanings and hints in the dialog of characters - this is a separate charm of the game and an exquisite pleasure for all those players who like to solve riddles and by subtle hints and reservations to restore the picture of the world, which is still hidden from us...And I can say that we, the players, have succeeded in many ways in this, revealing what the average player, who enters this thread only at the time of release of updates, generally unknown.

And these mind games, these brainstorms give many of us great pleasure, we have new theories, assumptions, we compare facts, and it is really a very interesting process. Moreover, I will say that quite a few of these discussions are conducted outside this thread (but within this forum), otherwise you would go crazy (lol :p) to see all our theories, assumptions and analytics in their, let's say, “raw” form..

Tess is very meticulous about every line of dialog she writes (perhaps her literary background, where attention to detail and nuance is an essential necessity for any self-respecting writer has an impact).. And what's written in these dialogs really matters...It's not just text for text's sake. So don't deprive people of the pleasure of an intellectual thought process that is interesting in its own right. Have a nice day and enjoy the game..
 
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The Grym Gudinna™ advertising Tremmi again :BootyTime:.

I think I've seen their ads on at least 8 different Patreons, these guys are like those famous gambling sites that pop up everywhere and seem to have endless funds to advertise.

OK ma'am, you win, let's try it later :HideThePain::coffee:.
 
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Maviarab said:
Anais/Tess started a new TQA Spoilers channel.

For those interested in whats there currently:
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At least the DAO influence stops at origin stories. Any more franchises get tossed in this melting pot and we'll have a Dr. Pepper problem, so many ingredients that one doesn't stand out.

Almost spit my coffee out at "Luke Skywalker (non-Disney version)." The fact we now have to make a distinction shows just how far SW has fallen. Also as long as you have an amalgamation of John Wick and Commander Shepard, you don't need the rest of the names on that list. Just make sure the MC has a dog.
 
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jadepaladin said:
At least the DAO influence stops at origin stories. Any more franchises get tossed in this melting pot and we'll have a Dr. Pepper problem, so many ingredients that one doesn't stand out.

Almost spit my coffee out at "Luke Skywalker (non-Disney version)." The fact we now have to make a distinction shows just how far SW has fallen. Also as long as you have an amalgamation of John Wick and Commander Shepard, you don't need the rest of the names on that list. Just make sure the MC has a dog.
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Is it just me that I find it hard to understand what Anais writes?
 
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Silver_Crow117 said:
She writes unique… I’m use to it so I can understand her heh
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Yes, she writes very little compared to the bible that Tess writes every time she explains something, but I don't know if it's the shortness of her writing or the fact that she doesn't use commas, but I had to read her last post in the FAQ about four times :HideThePain:.
 
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PickerLewd said:
Is it just me that I find it hard to understand what Anais writes?
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Not a knock on Anais but I think they tend to be more technical or design focused and generally people like that write differently because it's like a stream of consciousness thing. I think Tess/Anais make a good team because Tess brings the writing and Anais brings the technical aspects and I'm sure they have helped either improve in what they are lacking.

Sometimes I slip into that too. I'll go back and re-read something I wrote to see if it makes sense on a pass through. Not 100% of the time though, otherwise I'd get nothing done.

Edit- Also we all know that if Tess doesn't go in super detail about something, she'll get asked to clarify it later.
 
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jadepaladin said:
Also we all know that if Tess doesn't go in super detail about something, she'll get asked to clarify it later.
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And yet answer in a very sly and veiled way that will keep you wondering for a long time what her answer meant, and whether it meant yes or no, lol. So Tess has a great skill at answering a question and leaving the questioner even more perplexed than they were before (not always, but it happens and everyone who has interacted with her knows it, hehe)..
 
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