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Hello, everyone!

Alex Poysky, creator of Pixel Piracy, has generously given Bay12 a full fourteen Pixel Piracy keys to celebrate the Steam release.  Alex is pretty busy with development, obviously, so I'll be hosting.  And, in case you hadn't heard the good news--Pixel Piracy is up for an Indie GOTY nomination, so come check it out!

Prize drawing will be held on the 31st of January 2014, at noon (-8GMT).  I've got the keys themselves, so I'll PM you if you win, and there's no need to link your account

Requirements to join:

1. Must have joined Bay12 before January 1st, 2014.
2. No escaped lunatics!  Please don't be shy--there's a lot of great people here with fun stuff to talk about.  Head down to General Discussion and make some friends.
3. Make up a pirate name for yourself and post it!  Or maybe describe the figurehead of your ship.  Something like that!

Take care, folks, and I wish you smooth sailing.

Hello, everyone!

In order to thank the community for all your incredible support over the years and celebrate our opening, Victory Garden Games is holding a giveaway of the following awesome titles:

Long Live the Queen
La-Mulana
Eversion
Papers Please
Fez
FTL
Super Hexagon
Savant - Ascent
Trine
Papo & Yo
Sine Mora
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Gunpoint
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
The Swapper
Gone Home - Thanks, Cheeetar~!

And, because we'll be keeping an eye on flash sales, price drops may mean that we can offer even more games without going over budget!  The drawing will take place on January 1st, 2014 as the new year turns.  The drawing will be done individually, rather than batched, so come sign up for what you'd like to play :]

Games that are still available on the 1st will be passed to the Let's Make It a Better World Giveaway.

Requirements to join:

1. Must have joined Bay12 before December 1st, 2013.
2. No escaped lunatics!  Please don't be shy--there's a lot of great people here with fun stuff to talk about.  Head down to General Discussion and make some friends.
3. Feel free to sign up for whatever you'd like, but please only sign for things you really do want for yourself--so others will get a chance at something they'd love to play.
4. Along with your list, post a type of character that you'd like to see more of in games.

As of 1/1/2014, you can see the results here!


Happy holidays, everyone, and keep comfy!

Deer Sygphred,

The kween is ded.  Shee made a cownsell of "people of nobility and talent, to rule in my stead should I perish--to cement the stability and life of this great country" but sumthing is rong amung them & Norway is mooving in the North.  They say it is becuz the Goddiss is angree.  She wonts the land bak.

It haz bin 5 years.  Wer r you?  I no they wud be talking about this evrywer so I am wundring if u herd anything.  I herd u wer werking in a tavurn but u disapeerd & I feer ur cuntry wil disapeer with u.

I cant stay heer much longer.

--HH


This is a BYOR Kingmaker with a flavor twist.  The story continues from The Lonely Prince, but no prior knowledge of that game is necessary.

As this is a BYOR, you will be asked to PM a coat of arms to Webadict, Solifuge, and myself (Vector), from which your role will be constructed.  This consists of colors and symbols that would appear as part of your role's family heraldry (see here for more information than you could possibly want), from which Webadict will create your actions.  You don't need to make a picture--words are fine.

As this is a flavor-heavy game, you may also submit a short description of something you think would be cool for your character role.  Furthermore, you may submit flavor night actions if you wish, interact with characters during the day, whatever.  I will be using this information to craft a story.  You are, of course, portraying one of the dead queen's council.

Things you may want to keep in mind: 1. You may not play as any character from one of my previous games, though your character's story will likely be woven in with theirs; 2. I am pretty flexible, but if it flat-out does not fit the tone (example: spacecraft), I will find some way make it fit the tone (myth-and-legendish early 1500s Denmark with a thing for Shakespeare--whatever your challenge is, I accept it :I); 3. The themes of this game are Faith, Fate, and Governance; 4. You can find previous games linked in my sig, if you're curious about what they were like.

There will be a lot of flavor.  It's a BYOR!  Bring what YOU want.  It might just get tweaked a bit to fit the story :]

As Solifuge is a mensch, he will be making images of your coats of arms.  These, along with your role name, will be publicly visible throughout the game.  Please remember that character description and discussion of symbolism should be sent only to Webadict and myself.

As this is a Kingmaker, a single person will be selected as Kingmaker, who then selects someone to be King for a day.  Only the King has a vote, and once it is cast, that person is executed.  The king will be announced at the start of each day, and may or may not be on the side of town.

This game will be pretty complex.  I will not accept any raw beginners, but folks with little experience may still be accepted upon review.

For those familiar with The Lonely Prince, you may be interested to hear that the Princess Amendment is not in place.  However, I will still ask that you not be cruel to each other.

You are not in this game until all three people mentioned above--Vector, Webadict, and Solifuge--have received your role.


General rules:
   1. The execution must be in red and bold, and in this format: Execute Playername.  There is no unvoting--once cast, it is final.  If you are not the king, do not post in red.
   2. The day will last until an execution is decided, while Nights are at least 24 hours.  The night time span does not includes weekend, though I may end weekend-spanning nights after 24 hours if all night actions are in.
   3. Never edit your posts for any reason, including typos.
   4. Do not PM other players.  Players with private chat access will be given a topic on QuickTopic where they may post freely.
   5. Never quote any PM from the mod.  You may give a general summary (for example, a roleclaim), but do not quote directly.
   6. Please put my name in bold if you would like to get my attention.  This goes double for actions posted in a QuickTopic--I WILL IGNORE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT IN BOLD.
   7. A deadline will only be enforced if I deem that the game is stalled.  I will give a minimum of 36 hours notice if I enforce a deadline.  If there is no decision by the deadline, the king will be executed.
   8. Dead players may post one “bah post” to comment on their death, but it may not contain any relevant game information.  After that, dead men tell no tales, so please do not post.
   9. Please make an effort to post at least once daily.  If you do not post for 36 hours without reason, you will be prodded.  If I don’t hear from you within 24 more hours, you may be replaced (in particular: do not disappear if you are the king).  If you think someone needs a prod, please bring it to my attention--I can’t guarantee I will notice everyone who is not posting.
  10. There may be post restrictions.  These should not interfere with gameplay.
  11. I cannot answer questions about player's actions unless that player's actions are available to be seen. I cannot answer questions about your actions in-thread. I can, however, answer generic questions. I will simply ask you to rephrase the question, if I deem the question is bad.
  12. However, a lot of information on flavor will be publicly available.
  13. Short-term absences need to be stated before you become absent, or I will not be able to take them into account.
  14. If you can no longer post, you may Request Replacement. If there is anyone in the replacement queue that person will replace you. If not, you will remain in the game until this happens.
  15. Never underestimate your importance, have fun, and always play to win!

Game-specific rules:
The game will start on Night 0 with the thread locked.  Only the Kingmaker may act Night 0, though the scum may start talking in their scum chat.





My thanks to LNCP, Toaster, and Webadict, from whom I took most of the rules.

The Queen's Counsel [players]
Jim Groovester - Mark II of House Magnus - Dropped from a great height Day One
Imp - Cille Edithsdatter
Persus13 - Gwenhwyfar
makeinu - Viggo Valentinsen
Cheeetar - Ansgar Danielsen
Caz - Vivianus of Austyn
Urist Imiknorris - Rød Grønsdatter
SuperBlackCat - Kisa Albertsdatter
Tiruin - Giovanna da Venezia
TolyK - Tadeusz Brzęczyszczykiewicz
Toaster - Maren Jørgensdatter
zombie urist - Louisa von Solenheim

Distant relatives [replacements]
RangerCado
TheWetSheep
Could be you!

No, seriously, this is important: I need to learn how to draw.

However, I usually see the advice to "just go draw things."  This is not what I want to do, since I have done that for a great many years and the results have been... not fabulous.  I am pretty convinced, at this point, that I just don't see things the right way.  So--does anyone have a more systematic suggestion, where we learn in terms of simple cumulative exercises or something and it's more clear as to what we're going for at each step?  I don't have a problem with imagination, I've got a problem with technical skills, and "just go and flail around" really doesn't help that much with those.

And it doesn't help much to just be told "draw something and we'll criticize the snot out of you," since I know I'm not very good artist, and being told "look at how WRONG you are and how much BETTER my stuff is, just imitate what you like" has never done much for me.  I have tried it more than a couple of times, though.

So.  Tl; dr: does anyone have access to resources that teach drawing in the same way that one teaches math, music, or programming?

Mafia: A Useful Tutorial
If you're new to the forum or struggling to understand the basic rules, come over here and take a gander.

Games Threshold Discussion and List
We keep track of all games currently running, planned, and in signups here.  If you want to run a game, please come by and let us know.  The same goes for if you're really sick of/would like to see some gametype, or if you think more games need to go into signups because you can't find anything to play.

Notable Games Archive
A list with links to all the best games that have appeared on this forum, whether for scum gambits, town play, flavor, or amazing modding.  If you've just finished something amazing, come let me know so I can put it up!  Similarly, if you're a newbie trying to find out how we do things here, this is the best place to start.  You can find out the ways in which everything goes horribly wrong later.

Mafia Gametypes
If you have a great modding idea but are not sure about how you'll pull it off, come here to talk it over.  It's also the right place to find people who can help you balance setups.

The Web LurkerTracker
A modification of the utility invented by Zathras, modified and polished by our very own Think0028, then worked over by ZombieUrist.  The perl script tracks all of the posts a player has made throughout the game, and suggests which players should be prodded.  More streamlining is always great, though, so if you have any suggestions, just come by and give us a holler!

Yeah, that's right.  You heard me.  Vector calls for happy crap.

I want a list of stuff you've seen or read or played recently that is both heartwarming and positive, but which earns the right to be so despite legitimately steep odds.  So basically: idealistic main character in a crapsack world.  The world may be more or less crapsack, but the lead must be idealistic not because they are made that way, or because everything keeps going right for them, but because they choose to be.  There must be a legitimate acknowledgement of difficulty.  I'm not looking for saccharine, I'm looking for strong.

Or, perhaps, simply media where the world is rough on people and they haven't all flattened out into growly emotionless or angry/frightened people.