VOLKE_LOCKE'S PROFILE

I am nobody. With the preceding sentence, I managed to escape from the cyclops.
I walk on two legs in the morning, four in the afternoon, and three at night.
Until the Midgard serpent comes, I'll be here to be your muse.
The Shift Saga: Esoteric
"Underneath all reason lies delirium, and drift."

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Amideous: Murder of James Cole Review

Thank you for your review.
I realize I am incredibly late in responding.
I'll explain by saying that I wanted my sister (who made this game) respond to your review, but she never ended up doing so.

I'm not at all sure what to say.

So, here's my response as the game's editor instead, I mostly fixed spelling.

I don't know who James Cole is. I'm sorry he died.

This game is part of an existing series of short stories that my sister wrote and some of which were published in local magazines and papers. It isn't her most widely published work. I fully understand why you don't get all the lost civilization stuff. You aren't part of this game's limited audience and I get that. It's kind of prequel. I can't help that you don't like the characters, this game doesn't make a good introduction I don't think.
I won't agree with you on charisma, as it would indicate that only certain kinds of people are worthy of having stories told about them. I may be misinterpreting what you mean by that, but normally when I hear something like that it tends to be from people who only like characters who are Space Dandy.
Even still, I would disagree that the writing is poor, just considering my sister's qualifications. It might not be of a style you like.

As for the gameplay, I have absolutely no idea how any of it works either. It took me 3 hours to play through it with help from my sister. The gameplay amounts to clicking on everything and talking to everyone in different patterns. I would agree with your review wholeheartedly here.

When this game hits 500 downloads (from all sites, not limited to RMN), I'm going to add a journal and new music to this game. I'll need to get permission (and help) to do this. I won't alter it without her permission. I don't understand how she coded the series of events, so I need her help anyways.
These are to alleviate your concerns and hopefully salvage it.
I think the journal would help with directing the player as to what to do next.

The space orb is part of an Easter egg, by the way.

I thank you for your review and your criticisms.

Swap in the Middle with You~

author=Frogge
Quick question, will our partners will be able to edit anything we made? I would understand that bug fixes/small changes/typo fixes would be allowed but I'm pretty sure they aren't allowed to completely remake our maps/dialogue, right?

I think they can. I don't think it would be worth their time.
I mean, if you're worried, just keep a copy of your half.

Neo Retro Super Mario Bros. Review

author=Ratty524
I didn't even anticipate World 6-4 being in the "That One Level" status. Now that I look at the thing, though, it doooooes kind of require that you make precision jumps a little too much.

Welp.

Anyway, thank you for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the game, volke.


Someday my training will be complete and I'll face the wonderful wizard of Kaizo to reclaim the 4 elemental crystals and save the world from the Ganon.

Neo Retro Super Mario Bros. Review

author=Addit
Ha, hilarious! We both reviewed the game on the exact same day. So much about being it to the punch - it looks like you beat me to the punch first. (Why am I so sloooww!?!?!?)

Hmmm…”worlds of fun,” huh? Tell me, what did you think of World 6-4? Did you die as many times as I did, lol.

Oh well, at least Ratty524 got his review and then some. Good job, mate.


If that's the one I'm thinking of, I wouldn't know, I lost count! I probably died around a hundred times, lol.
(Yeah, a hundred lives is only a "few" gameovers...)

If only I delayed exactly one more hour...

Swap in the Middle with You~

author=dragonsprit99
I dropped out. Didn't want Karnis to scar me for life or froggie turning my butiful game in a bloody horror fest. Bye forever.

Aww... that's too bad...

Swap in the Middle with You~

I'll be using MV and it's going to be a bit warped. I hope whoever get's it takes it and warps the plot even more....

Shadowgate ReBorn Review

Hey, Nintendo didn't make the original.
It was ICOM Simulations, Inc. and it was for the Apple Macintosh.
The NES version is just one of dozens of ports the game has been through.
They actually recently remade it...
http://www.zojoi.com/shadowgate/

Cheetahmen 52: Part Aries Review

author=CashmereCat
I edited my review! You gained a whole 1.5 stars!

Edit: Also, I'll admit. I didn't finish this game, but I think I played it for long enough until I was frustrated enough to throw my monitor from someplace really really high onto the concrete. I tried to jump a small gap very many times, going round and round in circles until I fell about 4 stories and just ragequit. Since this game has no save function, I reverted back to The Pit upon restart. I hope you don't mind.


Nah, I don't mind. This game was made to frustrate! I've only managed to beat the final level twice, so I rage quit my own game - and I know exactly what I am doing!
How far did you get? It sounds like you got to level 3 - The Tower, which is my second-to-least favorite personally. I think you'd like the next 2 or three levels. They rely on more of that Indiana Jones feeling, but also have a new background.

I did update the controls, so you can use a variety of layouts. When I set the keys, I was only thinking about what I normally use and I didn't think of what other people would use. I haven't updated the game page, but you can now use X,Z, and the arrows. I think I also made the number pad usable.
I also released a download for a flash version, which I think runs better.
But, I'll share with you a little secret.

You can use your mouse to click on the orbs and they'll disappear. Thank you Nintendo Power! This is technically cheating.


I'll probably be releasing a video walk-through soon enough.
Thanks!

Basic knowledge in concurrency with a centralized clock

I'm going to have to archive this for later. I'm a bit too tired for this at the moment. :)

If Magic Is A Branch Of Science

I think that magic and science have a lot of similarities;
- They both are methods for dominating nature
- They both exist as ways to seek out knowledge
- They can be indistinguishable in both practice and terminology to the uneducated
- They both require a will to mastery
- They both have a method about them and that method is them in itself.

I once described computer science with the word "abracadabra" on a test explaining that through the code I write I create. The use of language itself (or rather an interlingua) to exact commands on a machine. With every key press I am controlling the flow of energy along microscopic channels to do what would seem impossible to the majority of people who ever lived. I have the ability to say something aloud in my room and enact a physical change on the far side of the planet if I so choose. It's almost as humbling as it is an ego boost.

I would distinguish that magic by the common notion is very different in practice though to science (and I don't think it works as well either... does magic do anything that it claims to? I don't think so, but I don't want to transgress on people's beliefs here. I understand that there are a lot of views on the subject ranging from those who believe magic exists as a tangible force to those who believe that magic is a tool to explore oneself by forcing oneself to perform actions that require extreme self-discipline. I have been an avid reader on that subject and my current project I'm about to release is filled with such occultism.)

Finally, I'd say that I first encountered this similarity between science and magic in C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man which I vaguely recall being about the Tao, but focus's on how the progress of science will lead to science altering human nature (the last nature for science to conquer) so that we may no longer be known as human. He describes this post-human as being made in the image of his conditioner (the scientist(s) who decided what human nature would be changed to become) rather than the image of the our evolutionary past (nature, god, whatever.) He also talks about the sociological implications of human extinction and the problems of modern education. It's an interesting read, but it is aimed towards the intellectual aristocracy of the time and is not the easiest book to get into.