SwampVenture (New RimWorld-ish game thing) - BFJ the Wizard

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:49 am

Continuing the tour of Swampville, there's a new section added to the south where we find the city docks.

Here's Nonlinear, captain of the S.S. Bonaire, who can transport us to the locations of special quests:

Also seen by the docks:

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:50 am

Back to the town center, where we'll take a look at some more of the town businesses.

wlu_lax runs the general goods store, where he has accumulated a large eclectic mix of items:

Now we'll head to The Sybian's Emporium of Elaborate Mechanical Devices:

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:50 am

And now let's check out elflaco's Apothecary and Spiced Jams. This leads to my first attempt to program a small proper quest in the module. elflaco wants you to use his newest sauce to take out a troll in his basement.

Head down to the basement where sure enough we find the troll:

Equip the sauce from our inventory:

And give it a quick heave:

With the job done, we report back to elflaco who rewards us with a fe more jars we can use on other trolls we might run into.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:07 am

genuine laughter to start my day.

Thanks carwash, for this.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:27 am

Over the top form. I think the UcL should be fine.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:43 am

This is the best.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:52 am

Lolz

Could you toss some at the Dominican Guy por favor k grac adios

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:58 am

Hell yeah. SS Bonaire is DOPE.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:01 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:58 am Hell yeah. SS Bonaire is DOPE.

I can only assume DiS's boat is bigger.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 9:25 am

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:07 am

This is amazing! Do you write all the conversations, or is there some AI involved? Genius!

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:09 am

Epic!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:33 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:07 am This is amazing! Do you write all the conversations, or is there some AI involved? Genius!

If AI is writing lines like the troll going from growling to asking for some spicy jam to be shared, we really might be fucked.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:59 am

Thanks for the feedback everyone, glad you like it. I'll have some more updates in the coming days and beyond.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:07 am This is amazing! Do you write all the conversations, or is there some AI involved? Genius!

Just me.

Crowdsourcing time - I'm looking for ideas for:
- the name of duff's blacksmith shop
- a name for an island where a quest takes place
- any other ideas for quests, places, etc. or anything else you'd like to see in the game

Ideas that are Swamp-related references would be great, but anything else is welcome as well.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:52 pm

Epstein Island

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:51 pm

Duff's Buff Stuff

elflaco2 · Post by **elflaco2** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:24 pm

this deserves a couple of jars of hotjuansauce!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:29 pm

Duff's Forgery and Notary Public

Two anvils, one Duff

The OFFICIAL Blacksmith Shop

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:32 pm

(Fuck) Duff Smelter.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:53 pm

Duff’s Hammering, Peens and Tongs

RBaller3 Island

A quest to find the end of of the various aborted SWAMPCRASH seasons and/or the top selling midsize pickup of 2011 or whatever it was, or to find TT’s lost admin credentials, or the front page and/or scores, or…. Gonna go drink and see if I can think of anything else along those lines.

This is great shit dude. Though I’ll resent you so much if I end up not just buying a game to play this but a PC powerful enough to do so. Unless I can get work to cover it.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:54 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:53 pm This is great shit dude. Though I’ll resent you so much if I end up not just buying a game to play this but a PC powerful enough to do so. Unless I can get work to cover it.

The game is 20 years old so it should run easily on any PC (including laptops) you may have around. I also tested it on the mobile version and it seems to be working fine.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:57 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:54 pm
rass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:53 pm This is great shit dude. Though I’ll resent you so much if I end up not just buying a game to play this but a PC powerful enough to do so. Unless I can get work to cover it.
The game is 20 years old so it should run easily on any PC (including laptops) you may have around. I also tested it on the mobile version and it seems to be working fine.

Well hell yeah

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:51 am

Flaco's shop should be called Scoville Ballet

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:04 am

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:52 pm Epstein Island

Epstine- totally different guy.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:05 am

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:39 am hilarious

(Rush i feel like in a setting like that you'd request Caress of Steel instead...)

Always Caress of Steel.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:22 pm

Random suggestions:

Guglie Island
Ignore This Blacksmith Shop
The Seal-Fisting Olympics
Ye Olde Cabbage Soup Shoppe (can be located next Scoville Ballet)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:31 am

Thanks again for the input, everyone. I've been working a lot on a few different things which I hope to share before long. In the meantime, here are some odds and ends.

A few more custom portraits have been added, along with some character descriptions:

AB will eventually have his own quest, but for now I put him as the bouncer at the Yacht Rock tavern who accosts you if you try to talk to Chris and Mike.

cerrano is the captain of the guard who maintains the Swampville town gate and won't let you in without the right pass phrase (which you learn from a quest).

And to show I'm listening to your feedback:

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:44 am

I'm going to listen to The Fountain of Lamneth in honour of this.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:58 am

Tiger Woods Is Lacking Tibia Stability

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:32 am

I'M the yacht-rock gatekeeper?

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:38 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:32 am I'M the yacht-rock gatekeeper?

Just stand behind rush and rough him up every time he requests Rush. Easy coins.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:39 am

rass wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:38 am
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:32 am I'M the yacht-rock gatekeeper?
Just stand behind rush and rough him up every time he requests Rush. Easy coins.

Wait...wasn't that the heavyweight championship match? Tension building I guess in the Swampaverse.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:06 pm

The first main quest I'm working on and hope to share before long is when you're first making your way through the wilderness towards Swampville. bengal is the first Swamper you'll meet. Here's a dialogue teaser:

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Wed Apr 19, 2023 9:35 pm

If I’m the gate keeper, *T*hen *W*ho *I*s *L*ikely *T*o *S*erve as my key master?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:31 am

Alright, here we go. This is my first real attempt to program a more involved quest in the game. This will be the opening sequence of the game as you start off in a forest on the outskirts of Swampville, with your goal being to navigate your way to the town. Things seem peaceful enough at first, however you soon come across the remnants of a merchant caravan that has been attacked and looted:

The culprits reveal themselves as you are ambushed by a small group of goblins. This is a tough fight for a beginning character, but you should be able to handle it if you are prepared:

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:31 am

With this first group of goblins dispatched, we advance further down the path and encounter our first Swamper, bengal:

Here's an example of how the game gives you multiple options. I'll select the second option and tell bengal to buzz off:

We can continue on toward Swampville, however when we reach the town gate we encounter Guard Captain Cerrano, who lays out the situation:

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:31 am

Since we don't yet have the password, might as well head back and see what bengal has to tell us:

If you accept, bengal joins up with you and the quest advances to the next stage.

bengal further explains that the goblins are led by three notorious chiefs: Chief Mahomzz, Chief Kelzee, and Chief Riiid:

In a few days I'll be back with Part 2, as we see what happens when we team up with bengal to infiltrate the goblin base.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 6:56 am

First, the goblins. Then, the gobblin'.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:09 am

That Chief Riid is disturbing.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:52 am

my monday just took an immeasurable turn for the better