O.M.G.! - love love it. i think the earthbound tradition of functionally useless roguelike-y battle messages is the best thing, it's a tragedy games just left that behind collectively. using attacks to give enemies and characters personality... Porky starts off being kind of nasty and condescending, then you realize just how snivelling and awful he is when he's using you as a shield. then his little brother will actually help you out, even though he can't do much.
party snuck up on KARAKASA! karakasa's listening to something on a walkman with tears in its eyes. You waited! Bonzi waited! karakasa's singing under its breath. 200 degrees, that's why they call me mister fahrenheit! You waited! Bonzi waited! travelling at the speed of light, I'm gonna make a supersonic man out of you! You waited! Bonzi waited! karakasa's just sitting there. karakasa's looking increasingly bored. karakasa fumbles to change the song with its tongue. karakasa turned around! You attack! 25 damage! Bonzi attacks! 66 damage! Karakasa flaps open and pokes Bonzi near the eye! 18 damage! It poked him with one of its umbrella prongs! Aaaargh!! That's fucking awful! You think how much your life would be impacted by losing your vision. Bonzi attacks! 68 damage! Karakasa died! You get "WALKMAN", "BROKEN UMBRELLA", "PLATE OF MEATBALLS"! Party gets 2 DOLLARS! You tried to use the meatballs. You expected them to be hot, but to your horror, they were just karakasa's leftovers from last night. You just shovelled a plate of frozen meatballs into your dumb fat mouth. 10 HP lost...
Well, I'm just an old, old begonia... but I reckon I could learn you clueless kids something about "REALFOOD SYSTEM"! When you get some food, and you're feelin' real, real peckish... don't just eat it right away, come on! Come on, you idiots! If it needs to be cold, find a fridge to put it in. If it needs to be hot, find a microwave!! Sheesh! Talk about simple!
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not sure if y'all have seen this, this is Memory of a Broken Dimension, basically first-person puzzle thingy with CRAZY glitch hell nightmare greyscale busted vhs aesthetic
http://datatragedy.com/MOABD_PrinceOfArcade.zip