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Voodude
Sep 17, 2003

Roll me through the gates of hell

St. Elvis posted:

You know what would be sweet? Is if you edited all the updates into your first post as well, that way we wouldn't have to go through the entire thread to read them. Great job on this!

Or, you know - some endless first post instead of just a normal progressing thread might be unnecessary and a waste of time for the OP.


Personally I like when threads like this just go on naturally. It's more like a story and you can follow it easier. Now that we have the little "posts since your last visit" button, it's not rocket science or anything to find your place back in a thread.

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MyFaceBeHi
Apr 9, 2008

I was popular, once.
I have just read through the thread and I have been impressed so far.

Should be interesting to see what happens. On one hand, the hypnosis might work and we can get the doctor to do what we wish or, we could be gunned down by robot.

Snow Job
May 24, 2006

The Voodoo Lady posted:

Or, you know - some endless first post instead of just a normal progressing thread might be unnecessary and a waste of time for the OP.

I think St. Elvis means to set up links to each individual update on the first post. They do that in a lot of screenshot Let's Play threads. Is this a requirement here? No. Instead, find a Thallium post anywhere in this thread and press the "?" button that's somewhere below her avatar. Ta-da, now have all the Thallium posts lined up back to back with no white noise.

EDIT: Which is apparently a broken feature at the moment. Sorry guys.

Snow Job fucked around with this message at 17:15 on May 11, 2008

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Search is down so often on these forums, it's hard to rely on those kinds of features. It'll be nice when they get the new search engine up and going.

Staggy
Mar 20, 2008

Said little bitch, you can't fuck with me if you wanted to
These expensive
These is red bottoms
These is bloody shoes


I just thought I'd say that this is an amazing thread so far, and I love the artwork. Good job, and please, please keep going.

The Ace
Oct 28, 2003
Always got an ace up my sleeve
Red. Mind control the guy and get some answers out of him, command him to tell the robot to hand over the gun.

Thallium
Mar 14, 2007

Nice thread. NOW WHERE IS OUR CHAINSAW ARM?
The good doctor must be atrociously arrogant, because the arm you swiped from his lab works very nicely on him.



At your order, he switches off the alarms. You ponder whether you should have him deactivate the robot or order it to serve you, but eventually decide that an un-evilled robot might be re-evilled further down the line, and it's not a risk worth taking.



Then you put your syringe to good use, because he was asking for it.



You search his pockets and find the following:



A gun - You're not sure exactly how to use this, and you don't like the idea of shooting somebody. Nevertheless, you put it in your pocket. Just because I am too lazy to draw pockets doesn't mean you don't have them.
The doctor's remote control - You can't make this work, maybe it needs voice recognition or something? But it's better for you to keep it than leave it on him.
The doctor's ID - Maybe this will help you get into places you otherwise couldn't.
A map of the ground floor.



Right now, we are somewhere between Robotics, R&D and the recovery wards.

Where now?

Since this isn't the usual R/Y/B choice, I'll leave longer for voting.

:siren: Votes that have not been bolded WILL NOT BE COUNTED :siren:

Stuff

Shiver posted:

I think St. Elvis means to set up links to each individual update on the first post. They do that in a lot of screenshot Let's Play threads.
I was planning to do this but I keep forgetting. Will do that now.

Thallium fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 11, 2008

PSUmpm2
Apr 13, 2006

He's just a boy, and i'm just a girl. Can I make it anymore obvious?
Staff Quarters, to finish off the rest of these nut jobs!

TigerMoJo
Mar 11, 2008

I'm tied between visiting R&D to try and get more information and high tailing it to the court yard/entrance.

Poland Spring
Sep 11, 2005
Patient accomodation! Let's get those other kids OUTTA HERE.

under evolved
Jul 25, 2004

Oh Johnny, can ya tell me what it's like to die?
Head over to Patient Accommodation and find more cyborgs to partake in your rebellion!

CancerCakes
Jan 10, 2006

Lets go to patient accomodation, release some child robot buddies and go kick some rear end!

Writer Cath
Apr 1, 2007

Box. Flipped.
Plaster Town Cop
Patient accomodation Even if they can't help you escape/attack, having all kinds of cyborgs running loose will certainly keep the staff busy while you escape.

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Go to R&D and see if we can't find a better battery for Adam or something. We don't know if the other kids will be able to do anything - if they're anything like him, they won't be able to help us yet.

Clockspider
Oct 10, 2007

Staff quarters! We might be hungry and there's totally gonna be vending machines that your robarm can smash open.

Ulthar
Aug 14, 2007

My parents are deeaaaaaaad!!!
Patient Accommodation! The more the merrier, right?

tehspiekguy
Aug 13, 2002
Press X to flip tehspiekguy
Patient Accommodation, free your fellow patients and start the robotic revolution!

Stump Truck
Nov 26, 2007
Why? Yes
Go to R&D since it's on the way to patient accommodation. We'll need all the tools we can find and maybe we can find some things that we can use to arm :rimshot: the other patients with

Sexual Lorax
Mar 17, 2004

HERE'S TO FUCKING


Fun Shoe
Patient Accomodation to organize the Great Cyborg Kid Jailbreak of '27 or whenever this is set, via Research & Development, to see if we can gank anything to improve Adam's endurance...if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Adam won't be any help to Pigtails if his legs stop working halfway across the parking lot, people.

Edit: ^^^^ What he said.

Snow Job
May 24, 2006

You guys know the little girl can't teleport, right? Head for Patient Accomodation. Travel through the Recovery Wards rather than R&D. R&D is more likely to have jerk robots in it that we can't deal with very effectively.

Liberal_L33t
Apr 9, 2005

by WE B Boo-ourgeois
Jeezy chreezy Thallium, you're like some kind of hyperefficient drawing cyborg! How on earth do you manage to make these beautifully illustrated panels so drat quickly? And more to the point, how did you get to be so awesome?

(Also the main character's expression as she's kicking the unconscious Dr. Stratford is very :neckbeard: )

Anyhoo, in story terms we're in great shape! Now that we've got the guard robot's laser(?) pistol, we are no longer helpless against fully robotic enemies. We won't need it for human or cyborg enemies, but if its powerful enough it could be useful for shooting the locks off doors and containers.

I don't recommend we go for patient accomodation, as it's probably heavily guarded and we may be faced with other cyborg children turning against us (they're just as confused as we are and likely to think we are an enemy, especially if they see us using mind control).

I say we head for Research and Development, as it will allow us to overcome the one major weakness we have now; we still don't know what the gently caress is going on.

Arse Porn Cage
Oct 9, 2003

Stump Truck posted:

Go to R&D since it's on the way to patient accommodation. We'll need all the tools we can find and maybe we can find some things that we can use to arm :rimshot: the other patients with
I agree with this guy. R&D first, then Patient accomodation. Also, the frame of the girl kicking the doctor is awesome and well deserved. :3:

The Ace
Oct 28, 2003
Always got an ace up my sleeve
R&D We need to know more about what's happening before we do anything else.

IroncladTomato
Oct 29, 2007

"Let me tell you the story of a henchman named Speedy..."
Go to Patient Accomodation because it seems like a good place to find robot-legs betteries, or maybe some other friends, or both.

Also if there's anywhere that you could find a boss fight, it'd be the courtyard. Avoid passing through there for now.

Talas
Aug 27, 2005

Go to Research and Development, we still need more information and more weapons.

NutShellBill
Dec 4, 2004
I AM SPUTNIK'S PARACHUTE ACCOUNT
To the first floor, or exit if we still can.

No reason to stay, and we seem to have all the tools necessary to escape.

Andraste
Oct 22, 2005
R&D we can't magically walk to any room guys, we have to go through other rooms to get there. and R&D looks the most interesting..




OP, What happened to the robot?

Did the doctor dismantle him, turn him off, kill it?

boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

Voting R&D.

You never know what kind of goodies you can find there.

Also, I want to say I'm jumping on this bandwagon because it's been fun to read so far, and the art is simply wonderful, props Thallium.

maketakunai
Jan 11, 2006

What do you mean,
"it's only a game"?!

Liberal_L33t posted:

I don't recommend we go for patient accomodation, as it's probably heavily guarded and we may be faced with other cyborg children turning against us (they're just as confused as we are and likely to think we are an enemy, especially if they see us using mind control).
Going by the map, we came from either Surgery or Recovery Wards (left = exit, right = R&D and Robotics), the latter of which is more likely, which is interesting, since it means that Adam recently went through more surgery. Can't be his legs though, otherwise how would he know they had very limited battery power?

Patient accomodation does seem likely to be guarded (Adam says that they aren't allowed to leave for months), but I don't think the other children would turn against us.. Adam didn't make any mention of hostilities, and if they saw their captors being mind controlled or what not, I shouldn't think they would be ungrateful.

I would say R&D then revisit Adam at (assuming) Recovery Wards to see what else he can tell us about the guards, his recent surgery, or anything else, and give him the battery if we happen to find one, before going over to Patient Accomodation, but I think I'm alone in this statement, compared to the flood of people who are saying R&D->Patient Accomodation.

..also I think revisiting Adam would be nice since Thallium specifically stated "you may be able to revisit this area".

R&D -> Recovery Wards -> Patient Accomodation (there's even a nice little corridor connecting the Wards and Patient Accomodation)

Son of Rodney
Feb 22, 2006

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

This is definitly one of the most fun adventure threads I've read, the art is good and the color systems works very well!

As a tip for those who don't read a thread like this often and are just looking at the updates, if you click on the ? a bit downwards of the OPs avatar you will just see what he has posted in this thread, so you won't have to search for them :)

Talorat
Sep 18, 2007

Hahaha! Aw come on, I can't tell you everything right away! That would make for a boring story, don't you think?

Sexual Lorax posted:

Patient Accomodation to organize the Great Cyborg Kid Jailbreak of '27 or whenever this is set, via Research & Development, to see if we can gank anything to improve Adam's endurance...if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Adam won't be any help to Pigtails if his legs stop working halfway across the parking lot, people.

Edit: ^^^^ What he said.

Agreeing with this vote

maketakunai
Jan 11, 2006

What do you mean,
"it's only a game"?!

Son of Rodney posted:

As a tip for those who don't read a thread like this often and are just looking at the updates, if you click on the ? a bit downwards of the OPs avatar you will just see what he has posted in this thread, so you won't have to search for them :)
Actually, it won't, at least not for this thread :(

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Robin Goodfellow
Apr 25, 2008
R&D so that we can get more nifty stuff.

Roger Explosion
Jan 26, 2006

THAT'S SPECTACULAR.
R&D

Go track down that other woman and mind-control her to do your bidding.

Brain in a Vat
Apr 9, 2007
Throwing in my vote for R&D and Patient Accommodation. We need to help the other kids, but we also really need to try to figure out what the gently caress is going on in here.

Ghetto Wizard
Aug 11, 2007
Research and Development, very obviously and then Patient Accomodation

Wolfman
May 9, 2003

Silver Bullet?? I GOT YER SILVER BULLET RIGHT HERE!!
R&D we need more bad assery. She might even find an upgrade for that mindfuck arm

pointingdevice
Jun 10, 2004
Great thread! Very fun stuff!

First off, put Dr. Sleepycreep in a closet and lock him in it. Then explore R&D on the way to Patient Accomodation.

Mindfuck anyone trying to get you back in to the vice-grip of the man, or if they ask where Dr. Fuckstart is.

WhatEvil
Jun 6, 2004

Can't get no luck.

Going to hop on the bandwagon and say R&D.

Also I'd just like to say Thallium, your art style is fantastic. If I ever write an adventure game (Which I may well do, considering I'm doing a games programming degree) you'd be the first person I'd ask if they want to do the artwork for it.

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inkwell
Dec 9, 2005
Edit:
Surgery and get that kid.

Also, this is SO awesome.

inkwell fucked around with this message at 19:01 on May 11, 2008