welcome to camp telophase

StoryNexus, a game-creation platform built on the same engine (for want of a better word) that Echo Bazaar is, is now open. And they commissioned a story-game from our very own yhlee that you can play now: Winterstrike: "A winter-locked city. Cold guns. Starship carcasses. And now, you."

I was one of the playtesters for it, so I can tell you it's good.

(Also, as a bonus: you no longer need to have a Twitter or Facebook account to play.)

I think I would be less frustrated with the storylines in Echo Bazaar like the duelling one or the thieving one, which requires you to build up a quality in order to choose between a number of other storylets, if the storylet that allowed you to build up that quality was placed at the TOP of the list and didn't require me to scroll down, down, down to get to it. My RSI-afflicted wrists protest!

So, does anyone else see "Telophase" in the two comments made last Friday here, or is it one of those "pick up your LJ name if you're logged in" scripts?

(Mostly because I just found this while Googling around about the Game of Knife and Candle in Echo Bazaar, and the coincidence is a bit odd. And now I'm wondering what Google Alert brought him there, and if he just accidentally clicked the wrong one? If that's the case, anyone making it here: while non-LJ journals can't comment on the LJ post, the Dreamwidth post takes OpenIDs and my contact info is on my profile page in both places. :D)

You've annoyed Jack-of-Smiles once too often! The knife-wielding maniac has carved a swathe through your friends and acquaintances. Some are en route to the Tomb-Colonies. Several others are recovering, but the experience of being repeatedly murdered has caused them to snub you quite rudely.

Hee! I wanted to know what happened when I got Annoyance to Jack-of-Smiles to 3. And now I know: a bunch of your Connected qualities drop. :)

If you issue an invitation to me for the purpose of laying nightmares to rest, and I don't take it up for a couple of days, it's because I'm fighting to keep my own nightmares down. :) I suspect everyone playing EB does the same thing and understands without me saying anything, but I feel vaguely like I ought to reassure people about that.

In other news. head mostly better today, but I'm still slow and tired and sleepy and perhaps not much good for anything today.