Infection...

[Alta]

A group of bold, adventurous few,
Explore the mansion old.
To seek and find and travel through,
And find bright treasure's gold.

Empty corridors, empty halls,
Deserted old stairwells.
Devoid of tables, empty walls
Nothing but empty cells.

Abandoned house of anyone,
For many hundred year.
Adventurous spirit comes undone,
And is replaced with fear.

Shadows flicker at edge of sight,
Darkness begins to spread.
Encroaching doubt, encroaching fright,
The ever creeping dread.

The entrance once so welcoming,
Is locked and bolted tight.
Now they feel adventures sting,
It scares them into flight.

Confusion spreads once merry few,
Lures them until alone.
Till no-one is aware of who,
The seeds of death are sown.

A hunter lurks and finds it's prize,
Stalking through empty hall.
No hope of friends, no bold allies,
Infection claims them all.

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The purpose of this game is basically to survive as long as possible. There can be up to 10 people playing this game. The person who evades the infection longest is the winner.

You have 3 action points. You have a choice of options:

Action	Cost (AP)
Walk	1
Run	3
Open/Close door	1
Walk up/down stairs	3
Shout for help	1
Crouch	1
Lie down	1
Suicide	2

Overview of Actions:

Walk – Walk 1 square in any direction (N, NE, E, SE, etc…).

Run – Run 5 squares in any direction. If you run, you can’t run again for another 3 turns.

Open/close door – Opens or closes a door you are standing next to.

Walk up/down stairs – It takes 3 action points to get from the top of the stairs to the bottom, and vice-versa.

Shout for help – Lets others (including the infection form) become aware of where you are.

Crouch – You crouch down on the ground. If anyone or anything passes by there is a 50% chance they won’t see you. You miss one turn.

Lie down – You flatten yourself to the ground. If anyone or anything passes by there is an 85% chance they won’t see you. You miss two turns.

Suicide – Lets you take the easy way out by stabbing yourself (if you can find something to stab yourself with) / jumping out of a window (if you can find one) / etc. Note: if you are inactive for over a week without mentioning reasons you will be automatically assumed to have taken this action.

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The purestrain infection form has 6 action points. If it, or an infected character, touches you, you become infected. Your infected character has 5 action points and is controlled by me. All infection forms move in a randomly determined direction until they become aware of a character

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The Maps

Ground Floor:



First Floor:

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Characters:

• Dangeresque
  
• Polyphemus
  
• Hellbreaker
  
• Salamut
  
• Hosh
  
• Custodian
  
• Pixiequeen
  
• Vespid
  
• Julio
  
  
• Purestrain Infection Form
  

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[Dangeresque]

I'll bite... though how close do they have to be to be "aware" of you... and what's the point of calling for help?

[Poly]

A young Alexander Thorkel walks into the room brimming with excitement.

*loud crashing noise*

That's the last time I walk into a room without opening the door, that hurt!

[Alta]

If they have line of sight to you, they become aware of you.

Calling for help is useful becasue no-one knows where anyone is. If you call for help other people in the game will know where you are and you may be able to meet up...

I'll add your names to the list.

[Magical Baker]

I'm in!
Listen up you stupid zombies - party's over!

Cheers!

[salamut2202]

meh, why the hell not?

[Dangeresque]

Sept 12, 2010 8:24:06 GMT Alta said:

If you call for help other people in the game will know where you are and you may be able to meet up...

... aaaaaaaand do what?

[Poly]

...die in a group of course!

[Alta]

Ok, if you don't want to use it; then don't.

Magical Baker - it's not a zombie, it's an extraterrestrial creature that spreads it's spores which infect the host, slowly growing a new creature inside the host while driving the host to infect more...

I made some sprites and want your opinion on them:

Dangeresque -

Polyphemus -

Hellbreaker -

Salamut -


and...

The Infection Form -

If you want anything changed about your sprite, just ask me and I'll change it.

Also should we start now? Or see if more people are interested?

[Poly]

I approve enthusiastically.
We should wait, this looks like fun.
I don't want anyone to feel left out.
Let's give them a week to join, starting two days ago.
I also cry for help (prior to starting) to rally my brothers to me.
Not like a scared person, it's a brave call for help like Lion-o does.

[hosh]

ill join if we are still open for registration.

[Dangeresque]

Mmmmm... spritesque... me likey.

[spunk]

Sign this chica up.

[Custy]

IM interested... <.< >.>

Time to kick some zombie arse!

[salamut2202]

zombie? PILLS HERE!

[hosh]

one question. do the crouch and lie down bonus stay in effect during the lost turns?

[Alta]

Yes.

I've added your names to the list. What sort of character do you want to be?
Hosh I can just give him a cow head like his avatar, but I don't know about spunk or Custy...
Also what colour shirt do you want?

Also the infected aren't really zombies, well I suppose they are; but zombies that move almost twice as fast as humans...
And you can't hurt them, you've just got to keep on running...

[hosh]

OOH OOH red shirt red shirt me me me. Ox head will work although I plan on changing stuff around at some point in the near future.

[Alta]

Is this okay hosh?


As soon as custy and spunk get back to me about sprite design, we can begin...

[hosh]

Oh awesome. I look like an old Star Trek away member. Let's see if I can pull a Scotty.