Audrey 2015/08/02(Sun)21:17 No. 659954 ID: a32d59
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You watch in mortification as your randomly generated heroine's arrow of light does a whopping "1" damage before being one-shotted by the heavily armored devil. Then she ragdolls and clips through the floor, tumbling into the endless grey void. You'll need to address that too. You sigh in aggravation.

Everyone left hours ago, you're hungry but you've eaten the last hot pocket in the office fridge (NOTE: Buy more hot pockets), your eyes burn from staring at this damage-calculation code for so long, and worst of all you're pretty sure Tabletop Night started thirty minutes ago. You promised Emily that'd you'd make it on-time this time, but here you are, yet again plugging away at a deceptively simple bug while everyone waits for you to show up to DM. They're probably playing some video game or something instead of traversing your carefully-crafted dungeon.

You sigh again. There will be time for that later. Just need to fix this bug.

Audrey 2015/08/02(Sun)21:17 No. 659955 ID: a32d59
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You glance sideways to your rubber duck, who's sitting on his perch atop a pile of recently-consumed energy drink cans. Sometimes you talk to him while you're debugging. They say talking through your code with a rubber duck helps you figure out what's wrong with it. Mostly you just end up blaming the duck for whatever you're having trouble with.

You've named the duck Job. All the abuses you've heaped on him, and he's still the most faithful assistant in your office.

Audrey 2015/08/02(Sun)21:18 No. 659956 ID: a32d59
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Look at that smug face. You know he has to know something.

A) Yell at him! This is all your fault!
B) You've had enough of his nonsense! Throw him out the nearest window!
C) You need to calm down. Grab and go outside and get some fresh air.
D) Actually try walk through the code with him. You're sure if you just talk it out, you'll get to the bottom of this.
E) <Other, Please specify>

1) Take Duck
2) Place Duck Between Legs
3) Use Thighs To Decapitate Duck

C. If you're tired and not making progress, that's when you need to walk away from a problem.

>>659956
A, D. Yell at him to calm down, then talk through the code with him and point out anything you find and blame him for it. TOTALLY HIS FAULT.

glare at the duck before going with option C.

>>659956
D.

>>659959
Audrey is the tri-state watermelon crushing champion. Her thighs are a thing of legends.

>job: tell audrey to go home, she's been working too hard

>Just as a little forewarning, this'll be getting NSFW.
My favorite.

>while everyone waits for you to show up to DM
DM's writing a quest about a girl that must go and DM? Shits gonna get meta quick.

Anyway, start yelling at duck about problems in the code, realize you just found problems in the code.realize they're completely different problems from the one you're trying to fix

E) Sweet-talk the duck, butter him up so he'll be more forthcoming with the secrets of his coding.

>>659956
D.

Combination of A and D.

Yell your way through the code. Make sure to remind him that a one armed orangutang could write better code, no offense meant to Carl of course.

C. Go C and be careful not to *cough*cough* accidentally let *cough*cough* something happen to Mr. Ducky.

*cough*cough*

C. Go run tabletop night, get a decent meal and at least six hours of sleep, poke at the damage bug more in the morning.

Option C

D.
As bad as this is, losing your cool does not get you out of here faster.

D. Code with that rubber duck.

CUTSCENE Audrey 2015/10/02(Fri)14:10 No. 674440 ID: a32d59
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You decide to go outside for fresh air...

...Then proceed to spend another hour trying to fix the bug anyway. You find at least five or six more bugs, none of which are even slightly related to the one you're trying to fix.

You briefly contemplate trying to use your thighs to decapitate Job, but you won't because that would be stupid. Seriously, how would that even work? He's made of like… soft rubber or something. Weird intrusive thoughts are weird.

Audrey 2015/10/02(Fri)14:11 No. 674441 ID: a32d59
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Maybe getting some fresh air would be good. You grab Job and head downstairs, walk straight out the door, and plant yourself on a bench under one of the outdoor lights.

You look down at Job in your hand. He's no help. Why is game development so hard? Every time you fix something, ten more things break. You've swear you've been plugging away at just the damage calculations and balance for the last week at least. You don't know. It's all started to kind of blend together.

You wonder if it'll be ready to ship by the time the Kickstarter money runs out. You hope so, but with how slowly at lot of the core features are getting done, you're not so sure. You guess if it isn't you could always hit up Early Access, but the Kickstarter money was supposed to cover the entire development budget! The backers are gonna be so mad!

Audrey 2015/10/02(Fri)14:12 No. 674442 ID: a32d59
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You grit your teeth and look back down at Job. Still nothing. What the hell is his problem! A fix like this should be simple! Where are the ANSWERS, Job! This is supposed to be your passion! It's not supposed to make you miserable like this!

…Job looks back up at you, smiling vapidly.

Audrey 2015/10/02(Fri)14:12 No. 674443 ID: a32d59
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He squeaks pitifully when he bounces off the pavement.

DM 2015/10/02(Fri)14:13 No. 674444 ID: a32d59
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…Yeah. You're going home.

Next update will have actual interactive content, I swear. Feel free to provide comment in the meantime...

grab something to eat on the way home so you're not so hungry when you wake up. Plus some food might help take your mind of things.

>>674444
Paste snippets of code online to some kind of help site, maybe a fresh pair of eyes will find the bug.

Hmm...
>>659954
>You watch in mortification as your randomly generated heroine's arrow of light does a whopping "1" damage before being one-shotted by the heavily armored devil.
Are you sure the problem isn't in the random generation, or the devil's stats?

Good.
Sleepy code is sloppy code. Code you're going to have to fix tomorrow.

>>674444
Drive safe. You're not exactly at your sharpest right now, and it would be dumb to let careless driving kill you.

So what is this code supposed to do? And why not work at home if your workspace looks like a teenager's video game PC?

Don't worry, you'll figure this problem out after a good night's rest (or a long night of drinking)

(cutscene) Audrey 2015/12/05(Sat)21:02 No. 687233 ID: a32d59
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You step into your car, put the key in the ignition and start driving. You think for a little while about possible solutions to the bug. Maybe post snippets online? You contemplate triple-checking the stats on the devil. Your eyes dart to Job, scuffed a little bit from bouncing off the ground. You sigh and decide to try not to think about it for now.

You wonder what everyone's doing right now, given that they've probably given up on you actually showing up at this point. Hopefully nothing too ludicrous. Things get sort of… wild when everyone gets together and you're not there to reign it in.

Eh, you suppose they're probably just playing video games or something. You pull into the parking lot of your apartment complex.

Audrey 2015/12/05(Sat)21:02 No. 687234 ID: a32d59
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Snatching Job off of the dashboard of your car, you scale the stairs to your and Emily's Apartment, and insert your key. The door unlocks with a satisfying "click".

Audrey 2015/12/05(Sat)21:03 No. 687235 ID: a32d59
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As you open the door, you hear someone gasp in shock.

What in God's name…?!

Describe the situation carefully in your head until you can think of a rational explanation. You HAVE been desperately tweaking code, after all.

what, did your roommate bring a date or something home?

Throw the duck at it.

Holly cow you came back yay!
Ask to join the orgy.

Hernando, my long lost half-brother! I thought you were dead! *dramatic organ music*

>>687240
This sounds like a job for Job!

>>687235
With a melon?!

>>687235
oh christ, how'd it get on the CEILING?

"I never knew we all had the same fetish!"

Apologize profusely, quickly leave, and shut the door.

>>687235
Dangit guys, this is what you have bedrooms for. You're not supposed to use the front room!

>>687235
Is it a surprise birthday party and you just forgot that was today? Honestly, with how hard you've been working on code that refuses to, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.

For the record, I adored the last set of suggestions. They were hilarious.

Emily: "Well, I don't think it's nice for her to obsess over work when we took the time for her tabletop session, but we can't judge her for having her own life.

We could play our own 'minigames' and then convince her to factor in our results. That way we still get to play and get some progress out of it."

You'll just have to play something else until she gets here. Something fun but won't take long and that you won't get too invested in.

How's the video games front? Or board games?

>>700476
truth or dare?

Maybe if we perform an arcane summoning ritual she'll appear.
So, who wants to donate the virgin blood?

>>700480
Truth or Strip

>>700497
Seconding this. Let's get some action going on.

maybe idk CALL HER?

Don't say anything. Just pick up a sofa cushion and start a cushion fight.

It's not fair when you guys have a time paradox on your side. How's my faith in my girl supposed to hold up versus that?

>what do
We should probably just do something to keep people having fun. Play a different game, or do a sidequest while her character oversleeps, or something.

Is there any alcohol in the house? BOOZY Truth or Strip.

>>700558
>>700497
>>700506
I prefer dare or strip, much more exiting.

Make a bigoted remark about mammals in retaliation.

>>700480
>>700558
>>700594
I prefer Strip or Strip.