I think we can agree never to rely on Mirthless again!

edit: just joshing ya bro, thanks RPG!

edit2: Now if we could just get Erave to change the name of this topic to let everyone know that the damn thing is, in fact, done.

A suggestion for the next person who edits this game

Disregard this, I can't work on it tomorrow

A suggestion for the next person who edits this game

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Terror Skull's speech at the top of the tower contains numerous typos, please fix that.  I said numerous.

Yeah, it DIDN'T but apparently I mistook a character's gender and whoever fixed it only fixed about 80% of the references, so there are a lot of "his" when it should be "her". There are also a few bugs added into my chapter, I guess to balance all the bugs that were taken out. :>

Dear God, by chapter 10, I completely lost track of whose side everyone was on.  But then chapter 11 came along and proved that I could certainly be even more confused than I already was.  There's so many challenging puzzles in this game, and wrapping them all up in chapter 12 will be the most challenging puzzle of all.

I almost wanted to put an end to the curse myself, but there's no way I can explain the events I saw in the last two chapters.  Maybe if I re-read everything a few times and make some notes.

Note: initially, David was to be a detective, solving a murder mystery. Of course, instead, I didn't have enough time to do something longer and my chapter took a turn for the real, but you can try to use that idea if it helps.

Note: initially, David was to be a detective, solving a murder mystery. Of course, instead, I didn't have enough time to do something longer and my chapter took a turn for the real, but you can try to use that idea if it helps.

That's good to know.  With a lot of these chapters, the twists make me wonder how the next chapter can possibly pick-up from here.  With the way your chapter ended... man, ending the game is gonna be tough for whoever does it.  Also...
Btw, can I edit this game in RM2K just fine?  I mean, I can open it, edit it, and play it in RM2K, but I'm just wondering if any complications arise when you edit and save an RM2K3 game in RM2K, and then post it for people to play in RM2K3 again.

That's good to know.  With a lot of these chapters, the twists make me wonder how the next chapter can possibly pick-up from here.  With the way your chapter ended... man, ending the game is gonna be tough for whoever does it.  Also...

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did you intend on the detective scenario all being just a dream?  Because obviously when he awoke, he pondered whether he was dreaming.  With the strange colors in Map 3 and Map 6, I'd tend to think that it was indeed a dream.  And man, when Silent Song turned evil, that was really confusing, since he appeared to be a nice guy in his soliloquies when he was all alone.  I don't know, maybe he's possessed, schizophrenic, under mind control, or it was all a dream.

Btw, can I edit this game in RM2K just fine?  I mean, I can open it, edit it, and play it in RM2K, but I'm just wondering if any complications arise when you edit and save an RM2K3 game in RM2K, and then post it for people to play in RM2K3 again.

Sometimes editing in 2k can make the menus weird, I think. I'm not sure actually.

Also, basically, do whatever you want, I broke the plot on purpose, because the game is not really made in the style of a chain game, more like a wannabe community game. Put whatever you want in the last chapter--use your own styles, add your own flavor.

I was gonna come in here and lol at the fact that this still isn't done, yet is still so active.

But then I read this.

Now if we could just get Erave to change the name of this topic to let everyone know that the damn thing is, in fact, done.

and then I read this...

It's not really done, right now it ends in some map error. Someone should at least add a screen saying "THE END" or whatever.

lol

I really hope this gets finished though. I've never followed the game, or have desired to, but after all of this time, I'd love to know what it is. Also, do you think more time has been spent on the game, or dealing with this topic and individuals who somehow compromise the systematics of the game getting done efficiently?

Also, do you think more time has been spent on the game, or dealing with this topic and individuals who somehow compromise the systematics of the game getting done efficiently?

Mostly people committing to program the next chapter, and then 4 months later they might say "Sorry, my internet's been shut off for 4 months," "Sorry, I forgot about Gaming World," "Sorry, I'm busy with classes now," etc..  It's uncanny how smoothly the first 85% of the game was made, and how problematic it became towards the end.  If there's ever a Chain Game 5, here's two things I would change about the organization...

a)  There would be a notepad that keeps track of who is alive, who is dead, who is aligned with which organization, who has secret motives, etc..  That way, you can review all of the facts in two minutes, instead of the 5 hours or however long it takes to play through the game.
b)  There needs to be some fail-safes against people dropping the ball.  For example, when someone completes their chapter, they should need to send the game to everybody (everyone ahead of them in line, the person running the project, the second in charge of running the project, etc.), and they should need to make some sort of status update in the forum to prove that they aren't dead, internet shut down, computer broke, etc..
c)  By sending the game to everyone ahead of you in line, it gives them the chance to play through each chapter as it happens and keep current with the progress of the game.  That way, when it's someone's turn to make the next chapter, they don't have to start from scratch and play through the whole game to get caught-up.

If no one has this finished by Sunday, I'll pick it up then, as I'll be off work those next two days. I've got an ending in mind already that should tie everything up.

I'm sorry but I'm a senior in computer science taking 18 credits of 5000-level classes. I have absolutely NO time to dedicate to this. The only reason I asked for the game to be sent to me was because I had like 2 weeks off, which I used to solve the infinite amount of bugs, typos, mapping, etc... Nobody else wanted to take it so I tried to finish it but obviously I CANT, I HAVE NO TIME.
I even made a script for the last chapter:

Seeing as to how they could not control Wrath, the 4 remaining Agony Scions decided to control a human called David and sent him to kill Sharlene.
David gets teleported to the room where Sharlene is laying on the floor unconscious. He wonders how he got there and starts thinking about how to get out before getting interrupted by a voice in his head (the Scions) telling him to kill Sharlene. He grabs his gun and points at her as she regains her composure. Right before he shoots, Sharlene teleports herself to the Realm of Hil, awaking her innate powers. Silent Song proceeds to talk to her and tells her that he gained access to the Darktongue Codex and read all the sacred tomes thanks to Terror Skull. Wrath and Neve are alive, everything that happened in AZN's chapter was naught but a trick devised by them in order to force Sharlene to recover her innate powers. Silent gives Sharlene access to the tomes and explains that the Dread King has been reborn and is fighting Ae-Ledt in a battle that threatens all existence. With her new powers and having read the tomes, Sharlene swears to stop them. The party sets out and heads into their final battle, a battle to stop these demons from destroying the worlds. That would be the last fight, after that you're free to do whatever you want with the ending.

So you say not to rely on me but I was the only one that actually touched the game at all... Personally, I think we should just leave the game as it is and leave the ending for open interpretation. Everyone can make up their own endings just like I did above.

PS: The credits were done by Erave, remove my name from that map. I put my name in there because I was going to finish them, but obviously I didn't.

Perhaps in the future, don't SIT ON THE FUCKING THING FOR A YEAR Mirthless. If all you have time to do is fix bugs, then fix bugs and we will all give you epic high fives and move on the next person. Don't keep asking for more time and assuring us you're going to finish it or something or whatever.

I understand having a hella busy schedule but there is no excuse for "don't worry guys I'll finish it I can do it!" over and over again and then saying "HEY I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY TIME OK!?!". Choose one or the other, send it on, and we'll credit it for the work you did.

edit: and don't me a facetious "sorry", either, like you're so damn hard done by

Nooooo way to fuck everything up

Perhaps in the future, don't SIT ON THE FUCKING THING FOR A YEAR Mirthless. If all you have time to do is fix bugs, then fix bugs and we will all give you epic high fives and move on the next person. Don't keep asking for more time and assuring us you're going to finish it or something or whatever.

I understand having a hella busy schedule but there is no excuse for "don't worry guys I'll finish it I can do it!" over and over again and then saying "HEY I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY TIME OK!?!". Choose one or the other, send it on, and we'll credit it for the work you did.

edit: and don't me a facetious "sorry", either, like you're so damn hard done by

You don't understand. I didn't really sit on it for a year, there was NOBODY TO PASS IT TO, NOBODY. I asked several times. Upon seeing that, I tried to complete it myself but obviously was not able to. I did try "sending it on". In the end I said I was going to release the game as it was if nobody took it. Nobody did. The game was released without an ending. GG at least it WAS released and its a solid experience imo. Who knows if the game would have even ever been released if I hadn't taken it from Erave?

Chipotle you wanna know a way to fuck everything up? Play your chapter lulz

Chipotle you wanna know a way to fuck everything up? Play your chapter lulz

Hahaha all is forgiven!