Surfacing from coding without starbucks

[vendettastool]

Yoon-sung Lee 02/05 near Recolle

There's two things to report this morning, three if anyone wants a list of just how many times my PA beat me during our morning martial arts training. Item One: What kind of crazy details would you love to see in a game dedicated to the antics of lawyers solving impossible puzzles? Item Two: I'm not ruling out military grade coding but from what methods I've got I can't figure out what was used to create this program or how it works. That said, it seems benign. No usual activity I'd expect from a virus or any other harmful program SO FAR. There might be more to it, but I've gone through every test I can think of and nothing is coming up. It's like it doesn't exist at a certain point. If anyone has anything else to report on this program, just let me know. Sometimes more then one head helps working out a puzzle. Oh. And three: Giant chickens? Someone explain this to me, please.

Comments

[clear_eyes]

Has anyone suggested investigative work and interrogations yet? For the game I mean.

[Rachel is trying not to talk about the chickens.]

[vendettastool]

I think that's going to be part of the plan. But we're looking for ideas on weird stories that a lawyer may get called in to work on.

[clear_eyes]

Well, I guess you can count out civil cases!

But hm. That requires a bit of thought...

[vendettastool]

Unless we use one for the training case, you know to show off how the rest of the game works.

Exactly. Hence why I'm kind of asking about it here.

[clear_eyes]

Well, let's see. What if you did a case about someone stealing something valuable, like a diamond or a rare card or something, and framed another part for it?

Except the person who was framed is a thief themselves, and the one framing them is someone everyone trusts, like a detective or a police officer?

[vendettastool]

That's an interesting little twist. I kind of like it.

I'll pass that one along, thanks!

[clear_eyes]

Really? Ha ha, it needs a bit of expansion and probably refinement, but I'm glad you like it!

[vendettastool]

It doesn't need to be murder and mayhem to be interesting. We can use all sorts of little tricks in that kind of case and then unload heavier ones the further the story progresses.

Thank you for the idea.

[clear_eyes]

Most people tend to prefer the big violent ones. It creates a sense of severity. Personally I think it loses its impact if you overdo it.

But thank you!

[vendettastool]

Another reason why to start out with something small and then build up to the dramatic cases.

You're welcome.

[clear_eyes]

Pacing is the key to a great story, I think. I hope your project goes well.