Selfstuck - END OF YEAR 1

[Jaxord]

> Rob: Find Out What the Sprite's deal is

This I suppose.

[ThunderJolt]

> Lily: Freak out after noticing a real countdown has started on the cruxtruder!

[Recyth]

There is now a wiki page for this adventure. The last bits of this will be added tomorrow morning, and i will update it periodically, though readers are welcome to add to it, and i ask that you keep any edits as concise and relevant as possible. The OP will be updated to reflect this.

The scheduled hiatus is, as i've mentioned several times previously, due to me moving out of the house featured in the adventure into a new one. I will be drawing things in the meantime and updates will resume at the earliest possible moment in time.

RM

[Recyth]

->Rob: Find out what the Shrek head's deal is




Out the window, you can see something shining off in the distance getting closer. As it does, the Shrek head thing starts buzzing and flashing more and more.

Lily kindly passes you your telescope from your bedroom windowsill so you can get a better look.











































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You're no astronomer, but you're smart enough to realise that the icing on todays tiered cake of fuckassery and weirdness is hurtling towards your house.

This is not a particularly surprising development, but it is an alarming one.

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Have a cliffhanger.

RM

[Recyth]

Officially On Hiatus


Your regularly scheduled updates will continue when it is possible to do so.

Please take this time to discuss things about the comic you're interested in, or ask me questions in the meantime, as i will still be able to access the forums, if not upload images.

RM

[snuffysam]

Since when have there been regularly scheduled updates?

[Recyth]

Since forever. Unless circumstances/laziness dictates otherwise, i will put up SOMETHING every day. Which is playing merry hell with my sleeping patterns may i add, so part of the hiatus is for me to catch up on my sleep. Also so i can plan out [REDACTED] and the characters in [REDACTED]. I've pretty much got the EoA1 flash and the first intermission down pat, but i realised that i'm going to have to plan months ahead instead of weeks and days because my handling of chronology in Act 1 is pretty shitty. Thankfully, i'm thinking of ways around that issue which [REDACTED]

So much stuff i want to say but can't. Still got my computer and internet available until tomorrow, as it turns out, but hiatus will continue regardless.

Now if you'll excuse me i've got to figure out how i'm going to fit my bed in my new room.

RM

[snuffysam]

Oh. Well, because we live in different timezones, your "today" is not the same as mine.
And because you don't always update at the same time every day, there are some days where it looks like you update twice, and some where you don't at all.
So from my point of view, your updates have never been regularly scheduled.

[Recyth]

Feeling a little jittery not being able to update and it's not like i can sleep when i don't have pillows or curtains on the windows my bed is facing so you'll see updates resuming later.

SHORT HIATUS IS SHORT AND DEADS.

RM

[snuffysam]

> Author: Do a silly dance.

[Recyth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KIBHCPvRS8

No you can't see me doing it.

RM

[Recyth]

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Oh joyous of fucking joys. A flaming mass of space rock. Or a meteor in layman's terms. Alternatively, it could also be labelled as quite simply "Imminent Death".

Your arms drop to your sides. You aren't entirely sure how to proceed. From the vibration in your jeans pocket it is apparent that you're being messaged by Lily.

































->Lily: Pester Rob

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aC: I can see something out there but it's not close enough to get a good look. It's coming in this general direction. Probably just a glider. I mean, there's an airbase 4 miles away in it's path.
cI: It's buzzing more though!!
aC: Well, i don't know.
aC: I'll just wait a few seconds for it to come closer.

aC: Still can't see it, but i don't think it's a plane or anything anymore, the angle and velocity are too steep.
cI: Would you like me to pass you the telescope from your room??
aC: That would be helpful, thanks.


cI: May i ask what it is??
cI: Were you able to get a good look?
aC: Yes, i did.
aC: And i don't like what i saw.
cI: What was it????
aC: A large meteor headed straight for my house.
aC: And judging from the timer, it'll be here in around 3 minutes.

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Oh. Oh dear.

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cI: Shouldn't you run?!
aC: Maybe. But something tells me that i shouldn't.
cI: Forgive my abruptness, but what?!
cI: Rob, please you have to get away from there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D:>
aC: Lily.
aC: Just trust me, ok?
aC: I'm pretty sure i know what i need to do.
cI: What do you mean?!?!
aC: I'll explain a little later, for now we don't have time, there's 2 and half minutes on the cock
aC: *clock, ffs
aC: Just trust me, please. We need to keep playing Sburb, it's my only way out of this mess. The game is tracking the meteor, that makes it a gaming construct that i have to overcome.
aC: But that means playing thegame. I can't leave the 'map', it'll kill me off without a snd thought if i try.
cI: ...Ok. I understand.
aC: Put the Alchemiter outside.
aC: Then hep mdo whatvt
cI: Go yit

You are frantically praying to whatever forces may be listening that your new friend survives this. But you will be DAMNED if he dies without you trying to prevent it.

( LONELINESS -12, SCIENCE! +10 )

































->Rob: Brace For Impact






Your HEAD is POUNDING, your LEFT EYE STINGS like crazy from staring at the strobing Shrek sphere, you're playing a game with a COMPLETE STRANGER who has control over your house and you're about to be hit by a METEOR.

This is the most FUN you've had in YEARS.

->Rob & Lily: Accelerate.

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Can you feel the tension in the air, dear readers?

I can't. I'm too tired.

RM

[Recyth]

No update tonight because there's just way too much work to be done on this next update, maybe not tomorrow either, i'll see what i can manage.

As a point of interest, are there any broken images on page 7 or is it just me? Because i find my inability to see correctly linked panels disconcerting.

RM

[snuffysam]

Not as far as I can tell

[Recyth]

->Rob & Lily: Accelerate

->[S]Rob: Gaze Into The Mirror

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This update has taken me far too long to get done, and is probably the most complex to date.

But unfortunately for me, i've got to make a FLASH now! HOORAY.

Very nearly made this one, but instead i'm just making up the [P-S] tag and slapping it on. It stands for Pseudo-Sound by the by.

I'm going to let this update sit for a day or two then track down a working copy of Flash since my Trial copy of CS6 has expired.

The EoA1 and Intermission 1 ( Which will mark the revival of the Suggestion Box which you all seem to have missed me closing a little while ago. ) are coming soon, folks.


And yes, Rob flipped that meteor the bird.

RM

[Lieutenant Fish]

->[S]Rob: Gaze Into The Mirror

[snuffysam]

> [S] Rob: Be incredibly ugly.

[Recyth]

Progress Report

Ok, so this is proving to be a pain in the ass to prepare for since i cannot acquire Sburban Countdown without going for illegal stuff. Which in turn i can't do because a) It's fucking illegal and b) Torrent sites are blocked by my ISP. I'd just buy the album except i really am that broke. I think there's like £3.58 on my debit card, and i don't have a credit card because i don't have a job or spend enough to warrant getting a credit card.

I'll have to get creative with this, but something i've been thinking of has been affirmed by this corner i've gotten myself into. I am simply unable to rely so heavily on outside sources for audio, and it'll be a lot easier to just use audio specifically made for the purposes of this adventure. I can't make heads nor tails of the software involved though and i'm not really all that skilled with the writing of music ( Where unlike with drawing where i've got latent undeveloped skills, i just don't have any at all blah blah blah ).

With that in mind i'd like to recruit any interested musicians out there to work with me on this. It will be a volunteer only basis since as i said before i'm broke. Work will be credited where used and you will retain creative ownership of material you create to do whatever the fuck you want with.

What i ask of volunteers is:

-You can make music that is of a high enough standard that both you and myself are comfortable releasing it.

-You are able to get the tracks done in a timely manner ( I won't be too strict with deadlines, but i will get agitated if you vanish for weeks without notice for example )

-That any details about forthcoming updates related to the tracks i ask you to work on are kept confidential. No leaks about plot twists or what have you.

-You are capable of collaboration, since i will be happy to have more than one person working on sweet tunes.

-You are aware that you do not have to chain yourself to me, nor i to you, this is ultimately a partnership. Which means we'll be working together for as long as all parties are content to do so.


All private correspondence that you do not wish to be public on this thread concerning this, please email to recyth@yahoo.com or send via PM on this forum to my account. I am happy to discuss anything you might want to talk about concerning this.


I'm still going to be drawing the flash in the meantime and trying to figure out how i'm supposed to get a hold of the track, so keep an eye on the Progress Percentage in my signature. There will come a time where i can't be clever about it though, so this is really important.


Thanks,

RM


Edit: Acquired Sburban Countdown track.

[Recyth]

-> [S] Rob: Gaze into the mirror









































END OF ACT 1

->Begin Intermission

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2 complaints about this which i'm putting on the "To Fix At End of Act 3" list. The fact that the ending feels rushed and the alignment issues between frames. It'll do for now.

When i put up the intermission tomorrow, the Suggestion Box will return for a brief while.

RM

[ThunderJolt]

Don't worry, I think it was fine the way it was. I liked Rob's hero mode pose at the end.

[Recyth]

Years in the future, but not many...





A NOMADIC ADVENTURER meanders across sandy dunes in the waning noon sun.

[snuffysam]

> NA: Dig away sand with mouth.

[Jetroid]

>Do a little dance.

[Recyth]

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You are now the Nomadic Adventurer. You have been wandering around for hours and the initial excitement of exploring a new world quickly fell off when you realized there was nothing here. Imagine your surprise ( You don't need to imagine it, you still feel it ) when you found this peculiar structure. The hatch was already open and you have invited yourself in. Hopefully you don't encounter a disgruntled occupant.

What will you do?

->New Orders Required

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Jumping the gun there you two.

RM

[Jetroid]

>Eat some of those delicious crayons.