The Drinking Fountain Whisperer
Jul 13, 2015
Here is your chance to have actual dialog you wrote appear in Thimbleweed Park. " Wow!" you're saying, "Does this mean I get to write the climatic scene with the killer?" Not exactly. "OK, then the pivotal interrogation scene where Detective Ray finally breaks him down?" No, not that either. "Oh, so I get to write a scene with the Quickie Pal clerk where he spills an important clue about the case?" Nope "Well what do I get to write!" you respond with equal parts confusion and frustration.
You get to help write the Drinking Fountain dialog.
In the City Hall (as seen in Mark's wireframe), there is a drinking fountain and we need something to happen when you take a drink. The boring choice is:
verbUse = function() {
sayline("Ahhhh... that hits the spot.")
}
}
But that would be boring and since I was in the middle of implementing the new dialog system, I though this would be a great opportunity to do a fun dialog with the drinking fountain. Not actually a dialog WITH the drinking fountain, but some fun dialog choices while you were drinking.
I spent 5 mins and hammered this out:
1 gulp gulp gulp gulp -> main [random]
1 gulp sip sip sip gulp -> main [random]
1 slurrrrrrp slurp slurp -> main [random]
2 sip sip sip sip -> main [random]
2 lap lap siiiip siiiiip gluuuup -> main [random]
2 sip sip sip sip gulp gulp -> main [random]
3 slurp gulp gulp slurp -> main [random]
3 gulp ooowk gulp ooowk gulp ooowk -> main [random]
3 smulp slurp smulp gulp slurp -> main [random]
4 glub swish swish swish pewee -> main [random]
4 gulp sip sip slurp glub -> main [random]
4 slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrp -> main [random]
5 Ahhhhhhhh -> exit
It's a fun little dialog to play with, but it could use a lot more funny slurping noise lines, so this is where you come in.
If you have any suggestions for lines, put them in the comments and the best ones will go in the game. The dialog could be even better if the choices branched off to other nodes and there was some escalation or even mini-story told through slurping. Feel free to go nuts. If it's funny, I'll add it to the game. The only thing I ask is there aren't actual spoken lines, it's all slurping (or other bodily function) noises.
The format for the dialogs is pretty simple. There can be only one 1 and one 2, etc choice, so the first one chosen is used and the others discarded. the [random] condition makes the odds of it bing chosen random. the -> label just tells the system where you go if the choice was selected by the player. You can refer back to this post for more examples.
I love playing with stuff like this. It's completely meaningless to the game, but they are quick and fun to implement and play. I've always felt odd detours is what gives a game it's real charm. It's also why I like making adventure games in an almost improv fashion. When I see ideas like this in a game, I know the team had a great time making the game.
It's also why I like creating using file formats like these .yack files. The drinking fountain puzzle might be really funny, but it also needs to be fast to implement. If you're writing a bunch of code and involving three other departments to make it happen, not a lot of ideas like this will go in the game. The time from idea to implementation should be measured in minutes.
Drinking fountain dialog puzzles also don't make it into design documents and if it did, they'd likely be questioned and challenged by the publisher/producer: "Do we really need the drinking found dialog?" It's a hard one to defend, but yes, we do need it. When you're adding quick little gags like this, you never know which ones will work or not, so you add as much as you can.
Done well, it's the kind of stuff you remember twenty years later.
- Ron
slurp sip lap *help i am trapped under the water fountain* slurrrrrp...What was that?
"AHHHHHH… Much Better!"
sluuuiirrrrrp *cough* *hack* hnggnhkfffpppf "wrong hole!"kregghhfffptptft *cough* *sputter* huuuuugeeggaaaspsssppp
Or the other great one is gargling while drinking.
slurp slurp gargle gargle "mmmm g-gg-g-g-grrrree-e-e-eaaa-a-aaae-et-e-e" slurp glug glug
"I hope the tap was disinfected"
"gurgle...gurgle...slip"
"Sip...clunk...sip...clunk.....sip...clunk"
"The water is bit brown, but if it doesn't kill me I guess it's fine."
"I hope there's a grog fountain somewhere"
or
gawgawgawgawgawgawgawG...uuuurrrrrrrp!
2. Burp.
1 slurp slurp hmmm.. slurp..
2 gulp gulp.. I’m thirsty..
fountain I don’t think you should drink that
3 ooowk ooowk… nonsense...
4 it gulp gulp..makes me.. gulp feel...
5 slurp slurp great..
6 slurp gulp smarter
7 gulp gulp more aggressive...
8 I slurp slurp feel like I could...
9 gulp gulp like I could...
10 TAKE ON THE WORLD!!
11 aahhhhhhh
What's about: "The water tastes a bit like poolwater with a radioactive finish... but I'm feeling full of energy now." ;-)
It's definitely missing:
yeeeup, gurgle gurgle!
Like the sound Luke's running Tauntaun makes in Empire.
(Like Green Tentacle and the Pepsi)
slurp no..
burp.. hands!
Slorp slurp slurp schlup-schlup... glo-glug gulp? Schlup swish-swish, sip-schlup... ...Governor Marley! Slurrrrrrrrrrrp! Slurrrrrrrrrrrp! (schlup schlup schlup) Sip-shp gulp smulp— --Ooowk-- --LeChuck! GURGLE! Swish, lap-lap, Monkey Island™! *smack* *smack*
2 sip sip sap? sip
3 sap?
4 sip sap sip sap.... slosh
5 slosh slosh! slosh...sip?
7 sip SLOSH! SPLASH! FLUSH! SPLUSH!!! sap? sip
8 drip drip drip
2 slurrrp - wait, did my lips just touch the fountain?
3 sip - some people call this a bubbler.
4 perhaps there should be regional translations
5 gulp gulp gulp
6 Let's see if I can keep any water from going down the drain. SLUUUURRRRP.
7 Oh no, a succubus has appeared! I must start taking off my clothes.
8 Perhaps I should kick this water fountain?
9 I've had so much that the water is turning warm. I'll have to wait for the compressor to kick in if I want it cold again.
10 I need to spit, but I don't want anyone to see. I'll just casually pretend to take a drink, and let this load of spittle wash out of my mouth.
11 Great. If I wanted a sinus rinse, I would have asked for one.
2 Is that still water or even incontinence ?
3 In Paris they call water from the pipe " crispy " …
4 If it flooded everything , I'm Moses and share the water ….
5 "Sail away, you can fly. On this wings of freedom you can reach the sky.“
6 I hope my wife will be more beautiful when I drink this …
7 Ok, Pinot Grigio Time… Hua ha...
8 Prosit!
9 Ohhh ... a dog toilet … I don’t think that I can drink this….
10 The North Atlantic !! Hurrah!
11 American beer is a successful attempt to dilute water .
12 Which Pipe doesn't make „kikeriki" ? The Faucet! Buhahaha…
13 Says the cannibal cook to the prisoner : „whistle, when the water is boiling !“
14 "We'd go down to the river… And into the river we'd dive…“ Love Bruce Springsteen…
15 Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
16 What did the sink say to the water faucet?You're a real drip.
17 Did you hear the watermelon joke? It's pitful.
18 My girlfriend is so ugly, when she gets in the tub, the water jumps out….
19 Is it dangerous to swim on a full stomach? Yes. It's better to swim in water.
20 Aaaahhhh…. Cabernet Sauvignon…
21 Spoiler: When I drink this -> GAME OVER.
22 A Budweiser a day keeps the doctor away…
23 I will put paper inside and call the stewardess, like in "Zak Mckracken" …
24 In Monkey Island they call it Grog.
25 A Grog a day keeps Ron Gilbert away…
27 Have you ever the the rain!
28 The River!
29 Sitting on the dock of the bay!
30 Is that the Victorian style ?
31 Is this dpaint?
32 Cool. A pile of blue pixels !
33 This is a product of Catholicism … Where is the crucifix ?
34 "Ein Prosit, ein Prosit auf die Gemütlichkeit!“
35 Time for the six o’clock tea , James !
36 Old love does not rust …
37 Great! A SCUMM Bar...
38 Not even a grog machine in this game ! That's why they need Kickstarter ...
40 By the way... I'm selling this fine leather jackets!
41 There's a fish in the water: maybe I should talk to him... hello Putt Putt! Where's Freddy Fish?
42 Oh! Freddy Fish! Are you're friends drinking at the Scumm Bar?
1 Glug, glug, glug, glug…
2 blubberdiblubb
3 splash!
4 bushhhhhhh…..
5 ngk, ngk, ngk, ngk ….
6 aaaaahhhh… glug, glug, glug, glug … aaaaahhhh….
7 higs!
8 frrrt, frrrt, frrt … hfff….
10 blubbersuck, blibbersuck, bloggersuck …
11 slurp, slirp, slorp, slurp, slirp, slorp, …
12 splash, slurp, suck, splash, blubber, slurp, …
13 drink, blubber suck, slurp, splash, slirp, blibbersuch …
14 gluck, gluck, gluck, gluck ….
15 gluck, drink, blibbersuck, slurp, suck, splash ...
1 slurp
2 slurp slurp
3 slurp slurp slurp
4 slurp slurp slurp slurp
5 slurp slurp slurp slurp slurp
6 slurp slurp slurp slurp slurp slurp
7 sluuuuuuuuurhack hue hue hue hue (coughing/drowning noises) -> exit
...Sip.. sip sip siiiiiip! SIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!
Slrp slrp gobble gobble slosh k-*brrraaAAAH*!!
Swab *belch* swab *belch* dribbledrizzle glub.
Ssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. (the word growing multiple u's)
Dibble dibble dopp burble frssssssshh!
Gargle gargle gargle gargle gargle *glug* ...
1 gulp gulp gulp
1 slurp swish swash swallow
2 galp guh.. glup *sputter* gulp
2 lap lap lap sluuurrp
2 glug glog glog guzzle
3 slorp glub sip spit
3 ghulg spuk glorp *hic* blech
3 blub blup swig oooh
3 lick lick lick smack gobble
4 sip sip sip sip sip slosh SPLAASHH!
4 splish slurp gargle gurgle mhhhmmm
4 spppbbtt guhh.. ack thhhupp
5 *wipe mouth* Ahhhhhhhhh -> exit
5 BUUUURRRP! -> exit
5 Oh.. Uuugh -> exit
2 gulp gulp SLURP! gulp gulp SLURP!
3 Gulp!.. Gulp Slurp Gulp!... Gulp Slurp Gulp!... Gulp Slurp aaaahh….
4 sip Gulp sipsip sip Gulp --now that’s a classic :-)
:main
1 sniff -> sniff
2 sip -> slurp
3 slurp -> slurp
:sniff
1 sip -> slurp [random]
1 slurp -> slurp [random]
2 sniff sniff -> sniff
2 sniff sniff sniff -> sniff
3 sniffle -> achoo
:slurp
1 sip sip slurp mmm slurp -> enjoy [random]
2 sip slurp slurp sip slurp -> enjoy [random]
3 slurp slurp yuck slurp -> cough
:enjoy
1 slurp slurp sluuuurp -> escalate [random]
2 slurp slurp sip slurp gulp -> escalate [random]
:escalate
1 slurp slurp slurp slurp sluuuurp sluuuuurp SLUUUUUUUUUURP -> splash
1 slurp slurp gulp slurp sluuuuurp -> splash [random]
2 slurp gulp slurp spkt -> cough [random]
2 gulp gulp gaaaah cough -> cough [random]
3 sluuuuuHIC -> hicup [random]
:cough
1 cough cough hark slurp HARK YEARGH -> main [random]
1 cough hark sluuurHEARGH cough cough sluuHARK HOARGH -> main [random]
:hicup
1 hic hic hic hic hic -> hicup [random]
1 hic hic HIC hic hic -> hicup [random]
2 hic hic slurp HIC hic -> splash [random]
2 slurp slurp HIC HIC HIC slurp HIC -> splash [random]
3 hic hic sluuuurp gulp snort -> achoo [random]
3 hic sluuuurp sniffle -> achoo [random]
:achoo
1 ACHOO ACHOOO ACHOOOO -> splash
:splash
1 SPLASH -> done [random]
1 SPLOSH -> done [random]
:done
1 hic -> exit
1 sip -> exit
1 slurp -> exit
1 aaah -> exit
1 phew -> exit
2 cough cough COUGH slurp hic -> hicup [random]
2 cough hic cough hic COUGH -> hicup [random]
You could add a 'swish' to this fine set of options. (again, not positive on the format)
:swish
1 swish swish *spit* -> [random]
1 swish swish gulp -> [cough]
2 swish swish gurgle gargle gulg glug spitooie -> [splash]
2 swish swish gargle spit -> [enjoy]
1. slurp sup-sip-sup-sup slurp sluuuurp
2. slurp sup-sup-sup-sup sluurp sluurp sluuuuurp
3. sluurp sluurp sip-sip-sup slurp sluuuurp
4. sluurp sip sliirp sliirp sleeeerp, sluurp sip-sip-sup-sup-sip sliirp sliirp sluuuurp
... and so on.
A careful mapping between slurp type and note pitch/length should be done. This would be a great audition piece for voice actors.
gluglugluglugluglerk
*inhale* gluck *cough*
laplaplaplaplap *smack*
blublublublublubluck
blooblooblooblooblop
May the great Iwata-san rest in peace.
:main
1 sip-a-dip -> dip [once]
1 sip-a-dip again -> dipagain
:dip
sip slop slop
sip sip slop slop
sip-a-dip //The upper part of the body immerges into the basin.
slop slop slop
Uh, how do I ...
*snuffle*
... turn it off?
slop slop slop
//water tap squeaks
//character emerges from basin now
pause 0.5
//siphon gurgles
Phew!
Let's keep this in private, okay?
If you took any screenshot, delete it immediately, please!
-> main
:dipagain
Never again!
I definitely survived that act just because this is a stupid computer game!
You have no idea, tuna head!
-> main
a. swish swish swish swish
1. gargle gargle gargle
a. <rest>
1. bllgh blllgggh blllllgggghh
2. swosh swosh swosh
3. gggggggggggugggguurggrle
b. <look left>
c. <look right>
. a. SPIT
b. SWALLOW
This is neat: http://www.writtensound.com/
1. "A-sip-swish-a-loo-gulp, a-lomp-bom-slurp!" (Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti")
2. "Slurrrrrp, ba-glub-ba-lap-slurp!" (Scatman John's "Scatman")
3. "Mmmmmglop, ba-duba-glub, glaa-du, slurp, ba-gluba-gulp!" (Hanson's "MMMBop")
4. “Gloop-glub, g’joop, g’goo glub, g’jurp!”(The Beatles' “I Am the Walrus”)
5. "In-A-Glurppa-Da-Slurpa!"(Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida")
6. "Slurpee slurpy, slurpy skleee! Glurpeee, glurpy, glurpy, gloooo!" (Cab Calloway's "Minnie The Moocher")
Pbpbpbpbpbpffffffffffffff
YAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
maow maow maow
thpppppppt
crunch crunch crunch
♬ tweebletweebletweebletweeble *whistling with water* ♬
1 tinkle tinkle sluuuurp tinkle
1 thwoop thwooop thwoooop hic
1 splutter gurgle splutter
1 glug glug glug aaah
1 chug chug chug chooom
I have no idea.
leslush slurpee leflush burpee lehush
1 Sluuuuuurp
2 Slurp slurp slurp slurp
3 Slurp slurp
4 Sluuuuuurp sluuuuuurp
5 Sluuuuuurp slurp slurp slurp
6 Slurp sluuuuuurp slurp slurp
7 Slurp
8 Slurp sluuuuuurp sluuuuuurp
9 Slurp
10 Slurp
11 Sluuuuuurp slurp slurp
That's "Thimbleweed" in morse code. Although it might seem weird as several letters in "Thimbleweed" are present more than once. Words with unique letters could be: Park, Ray, Monkey, Island, Sekrit, Gilbert, Copyrightable, Water...
2 Sip. Ever wondered where this water has been before?
3 Gulp. It could have been part of a dog's testic... "BURP" disgusting.
3 OTHER THOUGHTS
3 OTHER THOUGHTS
...
// insert enough variations here to encourage players to keep coming back and build up air and
// water intake
1 Sip -> polite [random]
1 Ffffp -> polite [random]
1 Swoosh -> polite[random]
2 Slurp -> slurp [air_intake == 0]
2 Slurp slurp-> slurp [air_intake == 1]
2 Slurp slurp slurp-> slurp [air_intake == 2]
2 Slurp slurp slurp slurp-> slurp [air_intake == 3]
2 Slurp slurp slurp slurp slurp-> slurp [air_intake == 4]
2 Burp -> deflate [air_intake == 5]
3 Gulp gulp gulp -> greedy[random]
3 Chuck-a-lug > greedy [random]
3 Globble glob-> greedy [random]
4 Shhhllllurrrrrrrp shhhhip shhhhllllurp lap lap lap lap lap -> animal [water_intake > 5]
5 Sip ip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip-> bladder [actor == Delores && water_intake > 5]
6 Mmmmh! [random]-> exit
6 Aaahhh! [random]-> exit
:polite
!water_intake++
-> main
:greedy
!water_intake++
!water_intake++
!water_intake++
-> main
:slurp
!water_intake++
!water_intake++
!air_intake++
1 Sluuuurrrrrrrp-ah! -> main
2 Slurp sip slurp sip slurp sip sip sip sip slurp-> dry
3 Shlurrpy shlurrpy sip sip -> main // chirpy chirpy cheep cheep (Middle of the road)
4 Shlim shlim shiree, shlim shlim shiree, slurp slurp-pidday
-> main // chim-chim chiree ...(Mary Poppins)
5 Sip-a-dee-doo-day -> main //
:animal
!water_intake++
!water_intake++
!water_intake++
!air_intake++
!air_intake++
1 Floop shwoop glooop -> main
2 Shhhhllurrrrp sip slurp sip slurp sip sip sip sip slurp-> dry
3 BWAAAAARRKK -> deflate [air_intake > 7 && water_intake > 10]
3 BUUUUUUUUUUURRPPP !!! -> deflate [air_intake > 5]
3 Burp -> deflate [air_intake > 3]
:deflate
pause 1
{actor looks left/right with red cheecks}
!air_intake=0
-> main
:bladder
actor: Mmmmppfffff !! -> exit
//insert small animation hopping from one leg to the other
:dry
!water_intake++
!air_intake++
!air_intake++
actor: Slurp squiggle slob slob ffffffflllllprrrrrr
fountain: {sputter} {sputter}
actor: Gulp !?
pause 0.5
actor: {cough}
pause 0.5
actor: {gasp} {gasp} {gasp}
actor: Ugh ugh ugh ... huuuuuuuuu ... ugh // {gasp} {gasp} {gasp} {deep breath} {gasp}
-> main
// I hope I got the syntax right. E.g. the animal option should only become available after drinking a few times.
// I am not quite sure how to write it, but it would be nice if the more impolite paths are reserved for
// Ransome, whereas Dolores might be the only one to have a small bladder.
// I also assume that every dialog line you select is actually displayed before given the next dialog options.
// I have no idea why I am putting these comments as code comments. Just in case you copy the whole thing ad verbatim.
Code review...
Use
!water_intake += 3
You can tell is if it's playable character using the [ray] or [delores] or [ransome] conditionals.
-> labels can only appear after choices or on a line by themselves.
Yay!
"It looks suspiciously like an urinal"
"Wait"
"It is an urinal!"
(Throws up (in the urinal))
- how many characters are expected to be drinking from that fountain?
- - if more than one are they all going to follow the same script or will it be a different dialogue script for each?
- the dialogue scripts, do they have to be static or can they be automatically generated based on some other element(s) of the game?
Side note on the topic of water: in 1989 "the Abyss" was released
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/
It's another element that can help with "immersing" oneself into those years mindset :-)
(Note: This is a Tintin reference to the Syldavian word for Damn, but also refers to an actual plug as a silly pun. Ref here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syldavian)
Slurp... zsalu? szplug??? plug!, szcht! szplitz!
*Translates:* Slurp, Hello? Damn?, a Plug!, -Silence-, Damn
*Reads like:* Slurp, surprised gibberish, Plug??? PLUG!, <certain swear word>, Spits!
Almost entirely comprised of words used as Syldavian in (at least) the English translations of Tintin
(A.k.a Cookie Monster)
1. Sip
2. mmmmmm...
3. Slurp slurp
4. Sluuuurp schfluuuurpf
5. Burp
6. (2 second pause)
7. Sluuuuuuurp gulp gulp gulp gurgle
8. Smack, aaaah -> exit
2. Plop Plop Fizz Fizz Ohhhh
3. Mmm…Mmm….Good
OK, there might be a few legal requirement attached to these.. :)
2. Well, if you insist, though im not thirsty
3. Its cheaper than a soda
4. I can bottle this liquid and sell it for crazy high prices! I will be rich!
5. My bladder will explode if i keep drinking. I should stop
6. Drinking water will not help to solve the case faster, you know?
7. Yup, that hits the spot, nothing like good ol' water, now let's get to work
8. Wish i get paid to drink water all day. Oh wait... i am! No im not, lets get back to it, shall we?
9. Boom! There goes my bladder.
10. Damn! I hope the water stain dries really fast, otherwise it will be akward to explain where it came from (blushes)
11. I wonder if this water supply is limitless. Maybe if i keep clicking on the fountain...
12. Well well well, what do we have here? Oh, its just water.
13. I can keep drinking all day. Oh, wait, that didn't sound well
Sorry if i made gramatical errors Ron, im from Argentina. Fell free to change any of it though.
Ron, does Boris already get working drafts of written dialog or does the translation happen in bulk at the end of the project?
However, i'm happy to play TP 2 times in a row. yay. burp/rülps
Im sorry to say it but your are so much more straight forward these days :)
1 gulp gulp gulp gulp -> main [random]
1 gulp sip sip sip gulp -> main [random]
1 slurrrrrrp slurp slurp -> main [random]
2 sip sip sip sip -> main [random]
2 lap lap siiiip siiiiip gluuuup -> main [random]
2 sip sip sip sip gulp gulp -> main [random]
3 slurp gulp gulp slurp -> main [random]
3 gulp ooowk gulp ooowk gulp ooowk -> main [random]
3 smulp slurp smulp gulp slurp -> main [random]
4 glub swish swish swish pewee -> main [random]
4 gulp sip sip slurp glub -> main [random]
4 slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrp -> main [random]
5 Click! -> broken [random]
5 Guahh guahh... -> weird [random]
5 Drinkitty drankitty -> main [random]
6 Ahhhhhhhh -> exit
:broken
1 Clickitty... -> broken [random]
1 Clackitty... -> broken [random]
2 Clickitty... Clack...! -> broken [random]
2 Clackitty... Click...! -> broken [random]
3 Clickitty... Clackin'... Clump! -> broken [random]
3 Clackitty... Clickin'... Clomp! -> broken [random]
4 Climpitty... Clumpitty... Squeek SqueeEEek... Slushhhh!!! -> main [random]
4 Clunk!... Sqaaawk SqueeEEek... Slooshhhh!!! -> main [random]
:weird
1 Hhhh... brrrrrraaaAaawk... mMMMmaaawk!!! -> weird[random]
1 Hhhh... gurrrRrRrRrgle... gurgurgurg... -> weird[random]
2 Gump gump gump... whoosh! -> weird[random]
2 Buagh buagh buagh... gurgle gurgle! -> weird[random]
3 SluuuUrrrp! mmm... -> main [random]
3 GrrrrughhP! mmm... -> main [random]
Not sure i have the scripting all figured out but just had to jump in on this golden opportunity to dish out my "exquisitely fine"™ writing skills ;)
- Beethoven's 5th Symphony
- Happy Birthday
- Jingle Bells
It would be perfect to have supporting background sounds :D
:main
1 b-b-b buuuuuurp -> main [random]
1 b-b buuurp buuurp buuurp buuuuuurp -> main [random]
1 b-b buuurp b-b buuurp -> main [random]
2 b-b-b buuuuuurp -> main [random]
2 b-b buuurp buuurp buuurp buuuuuurp -> main [random]
2 b-b buuurp b buuuuurp -> main [random]
3 b-b-b buuurp b-b-b buuurp b-b-b buuuuuurp -> main [random]
3 b-b buuuuuurp buuuuuurp b-b buuuuuurp buuuuuurp -> main [random]
3 b-b buuurp b b-b buuurp -> main [random]
4 b-b-b buuurp b-b-b buuurp b-b-b buuuuuurp -> main [random]
4 b-b buuuuuurp buuuuuurp buuuuuurp buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp -> main [random]
4 b b-b bu-bu buuuuuurp -> main [random]
5 Oh, was that me? Sorry... -> exit
2 slurp slurp zzzzzzzzzz *gak* cough slurp slurp
3 sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip cough cough sputter
4 mmmm slurp!
5 buuuuurp slurp sip sip
1 - Fluourp, fluourp, fluourp... refreshing ! With all this fluoride, I am certainly less smart now.
2 - Slurp, slurp, slurp... tastes like a rotten corpse is stuck in the city water filtering system ! (clue ?)
3 - ♪♪ toilet flush sound ♪♪... thirst flushed away...
4 - Clink, schilk, toooing, schlik... metallic bad taste...
5 - Ah water, source of life...sip, sip, sip, slurp, slurp, goloup, goloup... burp... source of disgust too...
666
Not sure how the voice actors are going to pull that off, but hey, that's what there paid for! :D
(bad predictive keyboard)
:main
1 gulp gulp -> main [random]
1 sip sip -> main [random]
1 gulp sip -> main [random]
1 sip slurp -> main [random]
2 sluuuuurp -> main [random]
2 slurp sip slurp -> main [random]
2 sluuurp sip sip -> main [random]
3 gogle gogle slurp -> main [random]
3 gogle gulp siiip -> main [random]
4 guble guble slurp -> thirsty [random]
4 bubbly bubbly sip -> bubbly [random]
4 sloppy slappy blarg -> wtf [random]
:thirsty
1 sluuurp luuurp slurpy -> thirsty [random]
1 lap lap lapity lap -> thirsty [random]
1 gogle gooogle glack -> thirsty [random]
2 siiiiip siiiiiiiiiiip siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip -> thirsty [random]
2 shuuuuuu shuuuuuuuup shuuuuuuup -> mouthfull [random]
2 bagly baaably baaaaabgluy -> thirsty [random]
2 bleeeeech bleech bleeeechyblech -> thirsty [random]
3 ashup ashup ashup -> main [random]
3 glub glub glub -> thirsty [random]
3 gararara gararara gararara -> wtf [random]
bubbly:
1 bulubulubub blububub -> thirsty [random]
1 aguluglub aguluglub -> bubbly [random]
2 bubble bobble bubble -> bubbly [random]
2 blug blug blug -> wtf [random]
3 blob bob ob b -> thirsty [random]
3 bolobyliblubblyblobeblob -> mouthfull [random]
:wtf
1 bluggy boggly blobyy -> bubbly [random]
1 uruburublug uruburublug -> thirsty [random]
1 argahagara agrghrhgaa -> thirsty [random]
2 sipitybubblyty sipitybubblyty -> main [random]
2 asperger asperger boglity -> wtf [random]
2 blergity awky awk ggggg -> dying [random]
3 goooooorggg gaaaaaarggggg aggg? -> mouthful [random]
3 fee-fi-fo-fum uhmmmm....? -> thimbleweed [random]
3 ........ ............. ........... -> dying [random]
:mouthful
1 bllbllglgg blllglbbl blllllgglglglgg -> bubbly [random]
1 ghhhgggggg gggghhgggh gghghghghghg -> mouthful [random]
2 brrrgggg brrrrrrrrgggg brgg -> thirsty [random]
2 wkkkkwkwk kwkwkkw kwkwkwkw -> wtf [random]
3 8181181818 888881888188188 88181818 -> wtf [random]
3 thmblwdblblblbl thmblwdblblbll -> thimbleweed [random]
:dying
1 awwwwwwkkkkkkk....... kkkkk ...........!!!!! -> dying [random]
1 gghhhhhhhhhhh gggghhhhh ggggggg -> dying [random]
2 blggggg blggggg blgg blag -> bubbly [random]
2 agkkkk hic hic!! akkkkkkkkkk...... -> dying [random]
3 bgrhgbhgrhbrgrhrhrghbhbrrhrg -> mouthful [random]
2 goooorkkk bleeeeeeeerk gulp! -> main [random]
:thimbleweed
1 baaaaakkkk baaaaccackk baaaaackkkkerrrs -> main [random]
1 gaaaaarrrrkk garrrrrr gaaayyyy Gary! -> main [random]
1 maaacc maaaanccccccc maaaaaaniacccccc -> main [random]
1 roglll roooooooogllllln roooooooobllll Ron! -> main [random]
1 maakkkk mak aaaaarkkkkk Mark! -> main [random]
1 ooooonk oooooonky moooonkey..... -> main [random]
2 STOP THIS MADNESS!!! -> main [random]
3 This is not madness....THIS IS THIMBLEWEED!!! -> soliloquy1 [random]
:soliloquy1
1 .......ok, you did it, you run out of dialogue choices, happy? -> soliloquy2
:soliloquy2
1 No, seriously, no choices left. Do you think I don't have better things to do? -> soliloquy3
:soliloquy3
1 Right, keep trying, no way I'm gonna give you yet another dialogue choice! -> soliloquy4
:soliloquy4
1 Poor kid, no life, no purpose, just clicking and clicking waiting for a normal life..... -> soliloquy5
:soliloquy5
1 Ok, ok! Click again and I will give you a dialogue choice. -> soliloquy6
:soliloquy6
1 DIALOG CHOICE -> soliloquy7
:soliloquy7
1 Ok, ok! Click again and I will give you a dialogue choice. -> soliloquy8
:soliloquy8
1 DIALOG CHOICE -> soliloquy9
:soliloquy10
1 Ha!! I freaked you out! You thought you were in a loop! -> soliloquy11
:soliloquy11
1 Ha!! I freaked you out! You thought you were in a loop! -> soliloquy12
# This can be repeated several times
:soliloquy90
1 Fine, fine. I give up you win!! This is the end of the game!! Hooray!!! Congratulations!!!! Now the credits:
# Play credits.....or abort.....or autodestroy game......whatever!!!!!
END!
- Ask me something about loom
- Ken sent me
Or something from the swordmaster Fighters.
Or Leave it. That tickles
"Gurgle-gurgle ptooie!"
"Swoosch swoosch ahem..."
"Gubble gobble aa-haa!"
"Blurp, gack!"
"Slurp slurp gulp gulp"
"Dammit, now I have to pee!"
H 2 the izz-O
1. sip-glub, da-ba-di, da-ba-dam, slurp-da-ba-di, da-ba-glub! (Eiffel 65, "Blue")
2. glub-ba-glub-ba-glub, eh-eh, slurpa-slurpa, eh-eh... (Shakira, "Waka Waka")
3. Slurrrrp glub-bee-do, sippa-glub-ga-ga, sippa-glub-gu-gu, sippa-glub-ga-ga (Queen, "Radio Ga Ga")
I think this is a very funny idea!
Or just doing every noise once, and then having this played back by a sequencer XD.
2. No, I don't want to drink more of this stuff or I'll sprout another set of arms.
3. EH EH EH EH HHHH I WANNA TAKE OVER THE WORLD... Just kidding, relax.
Sorry that this isn't what was asked for, just an observation.
That's said, there have been some really good ideas here. I'm going to steal a lot!
*gasp* slurp slurp *gasp* slurp slurp
chug chug chug chug
*WATER BUUUURRRRRRPPPPP*
2. It's going to overflow!
3. Hmm. 1939. A very bad year.
4. Water, water everywhere, and every drop to drink!
5. Somebody's poisoned the waterhole!
6. Who'll stop the rain?
7. Why am I only happy when it rains?
8. Just a box of rain.
9. It's hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain.
10. But I love that dirty water, oh, Thimbleweed, you're my home!
11. H2 whoa!
12. Let's make the water turn black!
13. Water? I HATE water!
1. So this is the Dihydrogen Monoxide everyone's been warning me about
2. This stuff tastes like it could melt metal
3. Water in the hole!
4. Out of the two, I definitely choose high water
5. That fountain has more money than I do
6. And so, my ascension to Reverend Mother begins
7. It's not the same without my rubber ducky
8. I hope it's organic, gluten-free water
9. Fountains remind me of that one murder case... On second thought, I'm not thirsty anymore
10. I don't drink water. Fish mate in it.
2. Slurp, slurp... Burp.
3. Glug glug Glug, Blub blub Blub!
4. uh.. aw.. ugh.. owe...
5. Eww.. BUUUURRP!!! ..Whew..
A short poem for °Ransom the clown
1 Pfftsh -> main [random]
2 Phnngulp -> main [random]
3 Ph'nglui -> part2 [random]
:part2
1 mmmfhh -> part2 [random]
2 mgwah -> part2 [random]
3 mglw'nafh -> part3 [random]
:part3
1 Uhm -> part3 [random]
2 Mmmlh -> part3 [random]
3 Cthulhu -> part4 [random]
:part4
1 Yeaahh -> part4 [random]
2 Wlyeesch -> part4 [random]
3 R'lyeh -> part5 [random]
:part5
1 gah -> part5 [random]
2 gah'n'gulp -> part5 [random]
3 wgah'nagl -> part6 [random]
:part6
1 fffsch -> part6 [random]
2 hnnggh -> part6 [random]
3 fhtagn -> part7 [random]
:part7
1 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn ->part8 [random]
:part8
// slight pause of reflection here
1 Ha! That almost sounds like it means something. -> exit
2 Did I just hear something? I hope I didn't wake up grandma. -> exit
3 Hmm. I must be getting the flu. -> part8 [4]
4 Hopefully nothing worse! -> exit
5 I feel like I was thirsty for eons! Now I'm awake again. -> exit
Optionally there could be like a Sierra death screen after Cthulhu has been summoned and therefore the world is doomed now in death & despair. But that requires some extra work of course. Thought It might be a fun reference to the Sierra cliff scene in Monkey Island. Or maybe a bit too forced after all.
1. A weissbeer fraulein! Stop! When I learned German?
2. Ohhhh yes it's... <CENSORED>
3. This fountain contains 30% bacteria, 30% germs, 30% viruses and 31% drinkable water. Should be safe, if I don't miscalculate.
4. This is not the fountain you looking for....
5. A fountain? I need a RESTROOM!
6. Must be one of the fountains of paradise.
7. Finally something to drink. Gulp Gulp, Gulp....
8. Did you know? I'm able to drink water 10 minutes long. And I'm not drowning!
Are drinking fountains are shorter than they used to be?
Fresher than grog on Tuesday...
This tastes like melted Sasquatch ice...
Mountain fresh.... With a hint of Oricalcum..
Fresh like the fountain at Snuckey's...
Tastes like its runoff from Coreley Motors...
Aaah, refreshing H20, nectar of the gods.
Hmm, nectar of the gods…what does that even mean?
Does it mean they freshly squeeze gods for juice?
Am I drinking essence of Thor right now?
Hmm, it kinda tastes funny, maybe it's Loki.
Also
Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp*squirt*Aah
I Can't Believe It's Not Toxic!™
Almost as good as the Thirst Quencher 3000.
I think there is a secret code in the water....nope, just cholera bacteri.
What was that about the memory loss water experiments? Hey, a water fountain!
"Man, I haven't felt like this since Woodstock!"
"Oh dear, the walls are melting again" (Simpsons reference)
"Yuck! Never go for tap!"
Yup, thanks., I should be all set for my colonoscopy tomorrow
Ok, I've had enough.
No, really, I'm very hydrated at this point.
Please, stop. There are no usable bathrooms in this game and you're not even half way done yet.
If you click on the drinking fountain one more time this game will automatically delete itself from your computer.
Thank you for purchasing Thimbleweed Park, a cutting edge water drinking simulator.
You know what might help me solve the case? Drinking from this water fountain 87 more times.
However, as I grew up and learned more about game development and played a larger variety of games, I noticed that a lot of games are developed like any other piece of software, where every detail is designed by committee and small ideas like this get cut because there is no rational way to justify them.
But, like you said in your post, "yes, we do need it." It is part of the soul of a game, and having the ability to just throw a random idea in without much of a time cost can make the difference between a bland game and a memorable experience. I am very glad that you're among the few still making them this way.
It would be so cool to have a collaboration on something like that, and very fitting given the nostalgic throwback that the game is!!
I would definitely contribute!
"Shoop shoop shoop shoop, yeah"
yoink
gloop
*gargle*
ub-blub-blub-blub-blub
lap-lap-lap-lap-lap
lip-lip-lip-lip-lip
schlup
schlup-a-dup-a-dup
munch munch munch munch munch
farley! farley! farley! farrrrley!
schwee
*chomp*
glurgle
nomp nomp nomp nomp nomp nomp
yyyyyyyyyugh