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Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« on: October 24, 2010, 05:44:44 AM »
Alright, this is gonna be my first adventure game thingy, so if you have some advice or if I'm messing up the game jargon, please tell me.

>You are a resident of Gensokyo living in a tent inside the Forest of Magic. You are a vendor, selling whatever trinkets you have to the residents of Gensokyo to make a living.
>Your operations are very limited, you do not have enough reputation to get people to come to you, so you must go to them. At the moment, you can only carry objects that can fit in your pockets and hands. And you can only store what can fit inside your tent.
>The tent is not very large, only big enough for you and a boxful of stuff.
>Although your danmaku skills are lacking, you may be able to hold your own against a first or second stage boss, or at the very least, pesky fairys who like to swipe your stuff.
>After a certain number of actions, the day will end and you will have to go back to your current lodgings and sleep.
>Your will gain more inventory by either random events or by going and looking for stuff in your surroundings which will take up a good portion of your day.
>Currency of the land is gold pieces.
>At the end of each day, 5 gold pieces will be spent for food.
>Your goal is to find a new base of operations and become a well-known shopkeeper like your competitor, Rinnosuke.
>Today is a clear day and excellent for travelling to sell your wares. Right now, you do not have a very good lay of the land, so you do not have enough courage to go exploring right now.

Accessable areas are:
Alice's house- Alice lives here
Forest clearing- Good for harvesting various plants, random objects occasionally show up

This is my first game, so do the mechanics seem like they'll work? Any flaws?
« Last Edit: October 24, 2010, 04:25:30 PM by Hanged Hourai »

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2010, 05:57:53 AM »
I'd say it actually works, even if the mechanics are like Roll to Dodge. Anyways...
>Go to Alice's house to see if she has any shopkeeper tips if she'll tell you, or see if she can use what you have as magic reagents.
« Last Edit: October 24, 2010, 05:59:29 AM by Magic Devil »
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2010, 06:12:09 AM »
I'd say it actually works, even if the mechanics are like Roll to Dodge. Anyways...
>Go to Alice's house to see if she has any shopkeeper tips if she'll tell you, or see if she can use what you have as magic reagents.

>You go to her house and upon arriving, you forgot to check your inventory. So you head back to your tent and see what you have.

10 gold coins
20 nails
5 lengths of string
7 pieces of colorful cloth

You load everything in your pockets and head back. By the time you get there, its around 11-ish.
You knock on the door and Alice answers it glad to see you. She invites you in and you sit down. you two have a good buyer-seller relationship because your trinkets are useful for making dolls. After idle conversation, you ask if she has any advice. She doesn't really due to living in the Magic forest away from most people. Even though your stuff is usually handy for doll making, she says she needs an enchanted ribbon for a special doll she's working on. She offers 5 gold if you can get one for her.

Accept or decline?

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2010, 06:14:12 AM »
OK, either I'm the fastest to play this or I'm the ONLY one to play this.
>Accept, I'll need the money...
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2010, 06:20:29 AM »
OK, either I'm the fastest to play this or I'm the ONLY one to play this.
>Accept, I'll need the money...

You accept and head out to look for a ribbon.

You go out into the forest and look around for a ribbon. You see trees and the occasional fairy.

Fight a fairy to see what they have or do critical thinking to find where an enchanted ribbon is?

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2010, 06:34:45 AM »
I HAVE FOUND A FLAW! This seems to be more like a 1-player game rather than other people can play it.
>Attack the fairies
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2010, 06:44:24 AM »
I HAVE FOUND A FLAW! This seems to be more like a 1-player game rather than other people can play it.
>Attack the fairies

How do you suggest I fix it?
Moving on...

You see a lone fairy picking some flowers and approach from behind.
Time to roll, you get a 2

As you approach, the flowers rustle under your feet and the fairy turns around and sees you. She takes off into the sky before before you see what she had. Oh well, could've been worse.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2010, 06:48:54 AM »
Hm... Fixing it... Ah, I know! How about multiple shopkeepers? And somehow this is turning out to be Roll to Dodge! now. Continuing...
>Resort to thinking, no matter how much it hurts.
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2010, 06:58:06 AM »
Hm... Fixing it... Ah, I know! How about multiple shopkeepers? And somehow this is turning out to be Roll to Dodge! now. Continuing...
>Resort to thinking, no matter how much it hurts.

Multiple? Each person has their own?
Back to business...

You sit down and stare into clouds until you come up with an idea.
Around 2-ish, you remember a certain enchanted ribbon belonging to a certain youkai of darkness. You also know that once you take it, she'll get extremely strong. You think more and come up with the idea for do it yourself ribbon enchanting.

Which option do you want to think more about?

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 07:05:31 AM »
Yeah, like that, and people can help others. And it's gone from Gensokyo's new shopkeeper into Roll to Dodge... WAIT A MINUTE!!! Maybe this game can be like that, but separated into teams instead! And now that seems too familiar...
>I'll think of where she got it from, and then go to said place if I figure it out.
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 07:12:29 AM »
Yeah, like that, and people can help others. And it's gone from Gensokyo's new shopkeeper into Roll to Dodge... WAIT A MINUTE!!! Maybe this game can be like that, but separated into teams instead! And now that seems too familiar...
>I'll think of where she got it from, and then go to said place if I figure it out.

Shopkeeper teams... I like the idea. How do I go about it I wonder?

You think more about where she got it, but can't figure out who she would get it from.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2010, 07:16:03 AM »
Hm... Let's wait for one day in game time to pass and then start separating into teams.
>Wait, what's my power?
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2010, 07:18:01 AM »
Hm... Let's wait for one day in game time to pass and then start separating into teams.
>Wait, what's my power?

Basic danmaku skills, you would need to convince someone to team up with you to take on a stage 2 or 3 boss.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2010, 07:23:42 AM »
Damn, uhh... Uhhhh.... Oh!
>Attempt to enchant a ribbon. I do have one with me, right? Oh, wait. Damn, uhh... Oh!
>Find a regular ribbon, THEN enchant it
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2010, 07:36:23 AM »
Damn, uhh... Uhhhh.... Oh!
>Attempt to enchant a ribbon. I do have one with me, right? Oh, wait. Damn, uhh... Oh!
>Find a regular ribbon, THEN enchant it

You try to think of a way to get free ribbon and get an idea. Heading back to Alice's, you go through her trash and find a broken doll. Does it look exploded to you? On its head, you take off the ribbon and put it in your pocket.

+1 ribbon

But you don't have magic skills to enchant it, so you think of the strange witch that lives in the forest. Perhaps she'll do some enchanting for you.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2010, 07:41:24 AM »
Oh, Marisa?
>Go to Marisa's house and beg her to enchant it
Hi. Might put something new here but idk.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2010, 12:36:36 PM »
> Keep an eye out for any items along the way.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2010, 02:20:43 PM »
(I sense recettear...just without the sharkloan fairy, and LOL KOURIN COMPETITION)

> Recruit a Fairy and call it Tear. :3

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2010, 03:16:13 PM »
Oh, Marisa?
>Go to Marisa's house and beg her to enchant it

You decide to head over to her house and see if she's generous enough to enchant it for you.

New area discovered!
Marisa's house- Marisa lives here

> Keep an eye out for any items along the way.

On the way, you notice a strange mushroom sticking out of the ground. You pick it.

+1 questionable mushroom

(I sense recettear...just without the sharkloan fairy, and LOL KOURIN COMPETITION)

> Recruit a Fairy and call it Tear. :3

Also on the way, you see a fairy and decide an employee would be a good idea. You talk to her, but she'd never heard of you before so she declines. Apparently, you need more reputation before recruiting people.

You arrive at Marisa's house and knock on the door. She anwsers and you ask her to enchant it. She replies, "What's in it for me, ze?"

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2010, 03:34:03 PM »
>"Perhaps this?"
>Offer the questionable mushroom.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2010, 03:41:35 PM »
>"Perhaps this?"
>Offer the questionable mushroom.

You take out the mushroom and offer it in exchange for the enchanting. She eyes it greedily and accepts the terms. You give her the ribbon and she quickly mutters an incantation on it. You then give her the mushroom.

- 1 ribbon
+1 enchanted ribbon
-1 mushroom

She says to come back tomorrow and she'll have something for you. She hurries back inside with her new mushroom.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2010, 03:47:52 PM »
Recruit a Fairy and call it Tear. :3

That cracked me up, with my usual internet name being Tear :D

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2010, 03:51:25 PM »
> Capitalism, ho!
> Add quest: Obtain Yayifications.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2010, 03:52:37 PM »
> Capitalism, ho!
> Add quest: Obtain Yayifications.

Wut?

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2010, 04:13:29 PM »
> Head back to Alice's.
> Keep our eyes peeled for more items.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2010, 04:19:08 PM »
> Head back to Alice's.
> Keep our eyes peeled for more items.

You head over to Alice's, but no items seem to show up. You knock on the door and wait with the newly enchanted ribbon in your hands. She answers and is pleased to see you and the ribbon.

"Thank you so much, this would've taken up a lot of my day to go looking for one of these."

Do you want to haggle the price or accept the agreed upon terms?

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2010, 04:20:56 PM »
> Lets start off small.  Accept the terms.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2010, 04:24:13 PM »
> Lets start off small.  Accept the terms.

She pays you the agreed on 5 gold pieces.
"Thanks for doing this again, I appreciate it."
You leave the house and notice it's getting dark.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2010, 04:24:57 PM »
> Head back to the tent for now.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

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Re: Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2010, 04:30:12 PM »
> Look for more items on the way.