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snezfics-n-shit · 5 years ago

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Whumptober Day 29: Allergy

Fandom: Ace Attorney

Characters: Godot, Simon Blackquill

Notes: Adjusting to life out of prison isn’t easy, but that’s what Simon is here for. If all goes well, Godot might just be interested in taking better care of himself after experiencing a distressingly long period of loneliness. Let’s be real, though, it’s Whumptober, why would anything go well? Also this is hella self-indulgent but that’s why I started doing this whole thing anyway :p

“Today’s the day.” Godot held the largest of his three painted rocks with one hand. “They’re making me talk to a ‘real person’.” He said as if talking to someone living and breathing wasn’t exactly what he needed right now. The first month after his release, it was like everyone wanted to see him. Soon after, however, people returned to their uninterrupted busy schedules, hardly any of which included even a call. After a few months, the invitations dwindled until they came to a halt.

The closest thing he had to socialization these days were his three therapy rocks and the cartoon owl spamming his phone after he gave up trying to learn Polish. If anyone asked him, though, he would insist it was adequate. Who needs to leave the house when there are three googly-eyed rocks to talk to? That owl could go soak its head, though. Godot was never that fond of birds anyway.

Godot was certain he could live with being alone so often. There were ways to pass the time without going out with others. He ordered a recorder and followed online tutorials on how to play it until he realized no one would be there to hear him perform besides his neighbors who had been kind enough not to complain. He even tried an exercise routine, but he was always left feeling winded to a point that just wasn’t worth it. For a while, he considered signing up for social media, and maybe he should have, but why would he want to log in everyday just to see people enjoying life without him? After all his methods of killing time grew boring, Godot found himself sleeping simply to get the day over with.

He could sit in solitude all day if it weren’t for that pounding on his apartment door interrupting his perfectly satisfactory quiet. He would say the buzzer existed for a reason, but he didn’t exactly want to answer that either. There was no choice, though. If he didn’t answer the door, he would surely be breaking some kind of fine print that required him to do so.

When he opened the door, Godot was convinced this had to be some sort of joke. In front of him was a man clad in black and white, looking more like a member of some kind of lousy rock band than someone sent by the criminal justice department.

“Armando-dono, I’m-”

“No one under that name lives at this address.” Godot attempted to close the door in this stranger’s face. ‘Armando’ was bad enough, but whatever this ‘dono’ part was took the cake in making him want nothing to do with this man.

“Sorry,” the stranger didn’t even struggle keeping the door open with the strength of his arm, “I briefly forgot your files say you want to be called Godot.”

‘Want to be called?’ What was that supposed to mean? Godot wasn’t some middle schooler wanting to be an anime character. This guy looked pretty close to that description, though.

“Go away.”

“I cannot do that.” The stranger let himself inside and slid off his shoes. “You would be in violation of the contract you signed when you were released.” Yup, there was that fine print. “My name is Simon Blackquill and I’ve been assigned as your, ah,” he looked down at a scrap of paper, “wellness companion.”

Wellness companion. What a joke. If he was really concerned about Godot’s wellness, he would leave him alone.

“I don’t want any wellness companions.” Godot tried shoving Blackquill out the door, but the man was too sturdy to even budge; not to mention Godot felt his nose start to run as he was pushing, and the last thing he was about to do was provoke this ‘wellness companion’ to wipe his nose for him. “You can go next door and offer whatever you’re selling there. Maybe recruit them for your cult or something, I don’t care.”

“The residents next door were not recently released from prison.” Blackquill slammed the door behind him, brushing off Godot’s pushing as he invited himself to one of the couches. He scribbled something on a notepad. “How often are you in this room?”

“All the time?” Why was that even a question? It’s called the living room for a reason. This whole ‘wellness companion’ bull was a joke. “Are you gonna ask if I sleep in the bedroom?”

“Actually, your amount of sleep is on the list, yes.” Blackquill flipped through the pages of his notes to pinpoint where that question was. “Can you tell me how much you sleep a night?”

“I’m good at that.” Godot sniffed. “Twelve hours a night, six hours a day. That enough for you to say I’m well enough to not need a ‘companion?’”

“That’s not healthy.” Blackquill frowned, even less convinced that Godot could be left alone even a day longer. He looked around the room, pleasantly surprised at how tidy the apartment was kept. That was a good sign, at least. “You’ve been taking out your rubbish regularly, I see.”

Rubbish? Was this guy British now?

“Well, yeah. I’m not some kind of slob. What do you take me for?” Godot pivoted to the side, nostrils flaring. “Ei’shCHH!” He rarely covered a sneeze adequately, but if this so-called companion was going to imply he had some kind of cleanliness problem, he wasn’t about to prove him right.

“Bless you.” The ‘wellness companion,’ whatever that even meant, scribbled down some more notes. What was he even writing this time?

“You don’t have to do that. E’esshCHH!”

“Bless you again.”

“You some kind of priest?” Godot pressed his knuckles under his nose. “I knew this was a conversion thing.”

“No.” Blackquill offered a handkerchief from his pocket. “Are you catching cold?”

“It’s called ‘a cold,’ and no.” Godot was about to say his home was already abundant with tissues, only to realize that, no, the apartment was barren in that aspect. He begrudgingly plucked the offered piece of cloth, if only out of desperation. His sinuses only burned as he pressed it against his face. “Ii’ssSSH! I’sSHCHIH! What is this thing made of? Eh’ssHHIH!”

“Cloth?” Blackquill blinked as he watched the spectacle before him. “It’s washed with products specifically made for people with sensitivities.”

Sensitivities. Godot couldn’t think of a word that provoked such an image of weakness as ‘sensitivities.’ This man was making fun of him and he couldn’t even call him out for it because he was too busy sneezing. Godot didn’t have any proof but he would bet big money on Blackquill making this happen on purpose.

“You did something to- E’issSHHH! You did something to this.” Godot tossed the wet handkerchief at Blackquill, smirking when it hit him smack dab in his face. “For some weird, sick kicks.”

“Bloody--” Blackquill grimaced after the handkerchief fell off his face. Why did he offer his services for this again? He wasn’t being paid near enough. “I can assure you nothing like that happened.”

“Bull.” Godot scratched at his neck, already breaking out in hives. “Can you prove that?”

“No, I can’t.” If Blackquill had his way, he might have just up and left, but he couldn’t bring himself to quit yet. “How about you clean yourself up and we start over? The sooner I finish this assessment, the sooner I can leave.”

“Why can’t you just write down that I’m doing great and you never need to come back? Here, I’ll do it for you.” Godot tried to grab for the notepad, foiled by Blackquill pulling it away.

“I can’t let you do that.” Blackquill sighed through his nose. “Just go and take a shower. I’ll wait out here.”

There he went again, implying Godot’s cleanliness was- Oh. Godot felt the raised welts on his neck as he scratched at it again. A shower was actually a good idea.

. . .

Blackquill appeared to have made himself too comfortable by the time Godot left the bathroom. He had already gone through at least five pages of notes and his jacket was dangling off the corner of the couch. It was likely psychosomatic, but just as Godot saw him in the living room again, he felt that burning sensation in the back of his nose he thought he would be rid of by now.

“Alright, let’s get this over with.” Godot made a light grunt as he sat himself on the couch perpendicular to where Blackquill sat. “We already went over how I’m not a slob and I sleep ‘too much.’”

“I’d like to ask about your caffeine consumption.” Blackquill clicked his pen. “Are you cutting back as recommended?”

“I guess.” Godot wasn’t lying, but his reduced coffee intake had more to do with being awake an average of only six hours a day than cooperating with health experts. He cleared his throat, making a noise similar to a growl. “What does that say about me?”

“This isn’t some kind of psychoanalysis, so it just says you’ve been making the recommended changes to your diet. Which reminds me, are you eating regularly? That is, when you’re awake?”

“Usually.”

Blackquill shook his head and scribbled some more notes.

“As for your overall health, would you-”

“E’essSHHH!”

“Bless you. Would you say you feel generally healthy?”

“I was, until whatever is going on right now.” Godot sniffled thickly. If it didn’t likely mean another unwanted visit happening in the future, he figured he could have easily played this up to have the apartment to himself again. “I don’t think I’ve felt this bad since that weeaboo came to prison with his stupid bird.” He muttered.

“I beg your pardon?”

“The guy thought he was something special because they let him prosecute during his sentence. Probably also thought he was cooler than any other weeaboo because he watched samurai movies instead of anime like a normal person.”

Godot was so caught up in his rant that he didn’t notice Blackquill growing more uncomfortable by the second. He didn’t even see Blackquill’s look of sudden clarity just before starting to remove his coat from the sofa to put it somewhere out of the room.

“Hey!” Godot wiped his nose aggressively. He ran faster than he had in a long time just to stop Blackquill from proceeding any further. “If I have to keep you around, I guess I should take your coat.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Just let me do this!” He tugged the coat off Blackquill’s shoulders, unwittingly shaking off more irritants into the air. “Ei’ssCHIH! E’ssSHH! Eh’ssSHH!”

“That-” Blackquill was interrupted by a set of three more sneezes from Godot, who continued on his way hanging the coat. “Are you done?”

“Probably dot.” Godot settled on a paper towel from the kitchen to clean himself up with. It hurt like hell but he wasn’t about to use that handkerchief again. “But you were saying?” He coughed roughly into the uncomfortable, sandpaper-like material, followed by a long wheeze.

“Nothing.” Blackquill looked down at his feet. “I think it’s best I go.”

“But you just got here!” As much as Godot would hate to admit it, there was satisfaction in having someone to just listen to him talk, particularly not another rock. “I took your coat and everything.”

“You don’t have to start pretending you want me around.” Blackquill stood upright and went to grab his coat without another word.

“What about your ‘assessment’ thing?”

“Consider it postponed and transferred to someone else.”

“Someone else? Another complete stranger?”

“Whoever it is would be a far better fit for you than I.”

Godot watched Blackquill leave. He felt that damn dirty tugging in his stomach and chest once the door closed. He was surely desperate, wasn’t he? He had to be at potentially literal rock bottom if he already missed answering questions for a stranger he didn’t even like.

He made a run for the cup where he kept some sharpies. Even though the paper towel he had used earlier was a little damp, there was still enough room to write something on it. Half his brain told him he would regret this, and maybe that was the right half, but he pressed the paper towel against the window Blackquill was sure to pass before leaving the area.

“Coffee sometime?”

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bttnbsh · 3 years ago

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Ten A Penny

This week I wanted to talk about ideas, and how I landed on Effing & Blinding, and the wasteland of former projects that started off as good ideas but soon got away from me. After all, ideas are ten a penny: it's the execution that matters. I'll start with the old stuff ...

DEAD PROJECT 1: 'BEDROOM DEV'

There were many projects that came before 'Bedroom Dev', but none that I thought were good, marketable ideas. Also none that I kept the projects for, so this is where we start. I spent a lot of time on r/gamedev looking for advice and following tutorials and getting extremely jealous about the folk who had released games already. But i wasn't very good at anything - terrible at pixel art, needed my hand holding with programming, barely touched music and sound effects, and my game designs were MOSTLY just reskins of other games, though I guess the majority of things are nowadays. But on r/gamedev, I found a great list of games to build in your chosen engine (mine's Godot in case you're wondering). Each subsequent game added something to your knowledge, beginning with Pong and then maybe progressing to Pac-Man, with its moving enemies and collectibles, before you try your hand at Space Invaders, with waves of enemies and different enemy types. I worked my way through a few of them and then got the idea for Bedroom Dev: why not turn my learning process into a game in and of itself?

So the concept was that you're playing as a solo dev, someone doing this in their bedroom like I was at the time, hence the name, who's trying to make it in the world of IndieDev. While your skills and money are low, you can only make basic games with bog-standard graphics, terrible SFX and poor game design - all my fortes at the time. But the twist was you'd actually be able to play the games that you make - think GameDev Tycoon by Greenheart Games, but with more than just unlockables in a menu. As you released more games, you'd make more money, be able to improve your skills and then release better and better games. But that's when the difficulty started - I didn't have the necessary skills to show a game even as simple as Pong progressing from a level 1 art style to a level 5. Not to mention the complexity of keeping all the permutations straight in my head - all skills had five levels and you could choose to make a game at any of the levels for each skill, so for each of the 10 games there were something like 3125 possible combinations (there's a sixth skill that doesn't affect how the game plays if you're analysing the screenshots). It was too much for my tiny brain to compute.

The screenshots actually show my second attempt at this project, and I'm not horrified by most of it, but the scope was far beyond what I could achieve on my own.

DEAD PROJECT 2: 'PLAYGROUND TACTICS'

After my first attempt at Bedroom Dev, I looked for something else. I was back on Reddit searching for inspiration and found two common themes among a lot of the posts - 'work on something you're passionate about' and 'please don't make your passion project as your first game'. What does that second group of probably seasoned professionals know?

I thought I would be the exception to the rule of course, so I started to build my own tactical RPG. I'd always loved the genre, ever since I played Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on GBA, I've lapped up almost everything the genre has to offer; XCOM, Chroma Squad, Hard West, Wargroove, Into the Breach, and so on. My game was going to be set in the real world, with kids playing make-believe to create the classes - think FFTA-meets-Costume Quest.

I did SO much for this game. I had the nuts, guts and bolts sorted out, from an overworld map and a handful of mission types, to a fully scripted story with cutscene dialogue and hours spent balancing skill powers and health limits. But an isometric TRPG is NOT a clever first game to pick. It took me weeks to get my head around non-Cartesian coordinates, tilemaps, pathfinding, and Y-sorting characters against the various components in a level.

My main issue was the art. I've never been artistic, and pixel art is about all I can muster on a good day, but isometric pixel art?! Not a chance. And i couldn't decide on a scale, which is why there's one heifer being chopped in half by a fence. See the results for yourself above ...

I did have a friend helping me out at one point (they're the half-decent aliens in the turn order bar, as opposed to the reskins of FFTA characters elsewhere), but with eight different character classes, each with 10 skills, and something like 15 different levels, it was too much to ask someone to do for free in their spare time and I tried to do it all myself. And the sheer weight of the work that lay before me made me think it wasn't such a good idea to go it alone if I wanted anything released before 2025. So I moved on with a heavy heart, hoping I'll get a chance to get back to it one day.

WHAT HAVE I EFFING LEARNT?

So that's two projects down the tube, death by overscoping for the most part, and a lack of skills, particularly in the pixel art department. So why is Effing & Blinding going to be different? What lessons did I learn that will help me out this time around?

Firstly, scope control. I have a limited amount of time to finish this game, and it needs to be shortish. There are eight levels planned, a main character with limited actions, probably two dozen more characters with even fewer actions, 200ish items and objects, a typing minigames and all the extra GUI/menu mumbo jumbo. That sounds like a lot now I've typed it out, but it's less than a quarter of what those other ideas would've required, and it's also not all necessary to hit a milestone. I just need to finish and polish one and then I have a demo! Something out in the wild, even if it isn't a full game.

Pixel art is also still one of my weaker suits, but I've simplified by going top-down rather than iso, and I've been practising whenever I can. I know already that i'm going to have to redraw most of what I'm using at the moment because it's all very rough, but it's a starting point from which to improve!

Finally, the most important thing is time! The other two projects I was making on the evenings and weekends, letting it eat into my free time that should've been better spent elsewhere. This time, I have no job to distract me, and no excuse not to make a big dent in the project, even if I don't finish before I need the pounds pouring in again.

THIS WEEK I'VE MOSTLY BEEN ...

Last but not least, a little update on what I've been up to this week. Last week was all washing machines and making items do things with objects, but this week I did a bit of work on NPCs and the main character. Take a look at this video!

I'm embarrassingly proud of that, though do respect your elders. I hope that gave you a bit of insight into the path that led me here, and where that path will hopefully end. For more sweary antics, come back next week, or even sign up for the mailing list. Thanks for reading! Craig BTTNBSH

#gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegames #godot game engine #videogames

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quonit-aceattorney · 7 years ago

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Rules:

Q = Me, Quonit.

BF = Bardic Feline, the friend that made me spend 30 dollars on the game and whom I am messaging

I don’t use those when I send the messages close enough my username doesn’t appear.

Any typos (unless they are funny and part of the conversation) will be fixed.

Index

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Q: I'm doing the next one sorry for all of the messages

wow what was even that opening

what girl?

febuary 2017. I remember this month well.

Q: Who's this girl?

hey she looks like an adult! Second girl without her main feature being boobs :D

no mai is dead I took her spot though, she was in the tutorial level.

:D yay am I better

YES INDEED

yes phoenix please I like this girl a lot

i didn't know my name could also come with one m!!! My name is Emma, I had no idea people could also be named Ema with one m

aww so she isn't an adult I still like her though

phoenix please she's only like 10 years younger than you

BF: Hahahaha yeah, Ema is the Maya stand in for this case

BF: She returns for the fourth game, which takes place 7 years after the third game

BF: Still not very busty, even in her mid twenties haha

Q: :O Interesting!

I like Ema.

Q: What age of people did they think were gonna play this game? If kids then why does it seem they talk down to them so much?

I'll get back to playing

Q: oh so that beginning scene actually meant something

She's know Mia because she was kinda well known

okay why is she bad

how did she even get in teh office in the first place?

hahahaha no im not trading my badge for 50$

what do you mean ''yet''

Q: I LIKE LANA

HER OUTFIT IS GREAT

Q: it's obviously a coincidence that the two siblings are so alike, but if it motivates you then sure I wanna get to the second game

Q: you're telling it from the witness' perspective Lana. Do you remember what happened? What was your motivation?

Q: hi cowboy detective please don't kick me out

what

I AIN'T SCARED OF NO GUN LET ME EXAMINE

Q: why are we having this stepladder conversation again

Q: this office looks like Edgeworth

Q: maybe you wouldn't be low on money if you did your job

Q: five thousand???

MAN edgy must be rich!

BF: The stepladder debate is one of the running gags of the series haha

Q: interesting!

Q: that and Phoenix (and later Apollo and Athena) presenting his badge every chance he gets, and cross-examining non-human witnesses

Q: yaaaaay I liked cross-examining the parrot.

I still can't believe they let me do that

Q: wait a second the bundle doesn't come with the fourth game just the first 3

oh well it's still a lot

Q: examining the examined. This could be useful.

Q: yeah, no, just the original trilogy

Q: alright, makes sense. Are they still making games for it?

BF: the fourth game came out well after the original trilogy ended, and it only JUST got an updated port to iOS and the 3DS e shop

Q: great an adult woman with a main feature being boobs. I liked the other ones more.

ah, alright. how good/bad is the anime I'm curious

BF: and yes! in the main series, there are six games total...five and six only came out in digital form for the US, no physical release

don't focus so much on the boobs, it's just drive you crazy

and Angel really isn't THAT busty, she's just got a bust emphasizing outfit

Q: huh, alright. If I feel like it maybe I could get them.

fine. I'm not eating whatever she just handed to me though, she doesn't seem very trustworthy true I guess, not really as bad.

BF: she very much does that on purpose to put you off your guard, btw

she's not EVIL

but she's smart as hell, and she's not necessarily on your side right now.

Q: oh so it's intentional, alright that's more forgiving than the developers just wanted another boob-joke.

Q: angle please we're looking for evidence please stop freaking out Ema

Q: yaaaay edgy! I knew this was your office!

BF: hahaha yep

his office is as frilly as he is

Q: "this office looks like edgeworth"

why is there a dead body in your car that car looks too dirty to be yours it isn't even purple

BF: oh and to answer one of your comments from last night when I was asleep...Phoenix/Edgeworth is an overwhelmingly popular ship, to the point where it can become a bit annoying if you ship either of them with anyone else.

or if you like any of the rarer pairings, period hahah

Q: edgy we know you didn't do it I'm on your side and always will be

except when you're not on my side

With how his dialogue was set up in that chapter I am not surprised how much of the fandom ships it.

Q: Phoenix that was a very cruel joke, remember the case two months ago? Very cruel.

Q: gumshoe isn't dead lol must be mia's fualt he randomly appeared in my head, same with maya

Q: ya why do random flashes of random people keep appearing

how do i investigate this

BF: hah...if it's the bit I think it is, that's just Phoenix connecting him to the INCREDIBLY NEAT AND CLEAN OFFICE

BF: which Gumshoe totally takes times out of his day to keep tidy because that's just the kind of stuff he would do for Mr. Edgeworth, pal!

Q: Well I bet the lunchlady and edgeworth and I'm investigating while edge is in his office.

possibly but phoenix actually commented on "why did i just have ___ randomly appear in my head". whatever I'll keep looking

I guess!

BF: gumshoe just a big old loyal puppy who loves Edgey

lol no that's the reason hahah

Q: gumshoe!!

still needs a better name

Q: I need to copy paste my reaction in a place I'll be able to easily get to later because this will probably be very valuable to me later on.

(Edit: Fuck me for making me do this)

Q: edgy tell me what the trophy thing is

no mumbling

edgy you did good why are you being so defensive over the shield

Q: well the fact it's broken could be important so please tell us

Q: oh ya! I can examine the examined now :D

Q: well 5:12 and 5:15 are very close to each other so this is important that they are so precise

who's this cartoony cop!!! he doesn't look like he's drawn in the same style as everyone else in the game!

Q: noooo i want the report

Q: Edgeworth in the Wild: A Documentary

Q: YABADABADOO

Ema why

Q: huh, so apparently phoenix doesn't just teleport? man that must be so annoying when I don't know where I'm going for them

Q: blue badger looks like a pokemon that is why he seems familiar

Q: yaaay i found gumshoe

ema knows too much poor edgeworth indeed, I hope soon he can get a break

dance till you die

Q: "they make a good pair" so I guess this game isn't against gays, cool.

Q: well i mean the letter probably will get us somewhere if this game is going to progress

Q: oh so is Angel dating Marshal? What a turn of events

yaaaay i can get in now

...I just realized I can use headphones on a DS... Interesting....

Q: the music hahaha. Marshal theme song

Q: don't think too hard on cannibalism and you'll be fine

Q: Marshal is fun

BF: hee hee yeah, I like him.

Q: "well if phoenix showing his badge to everyone is a running joke guess I better help with that by showing it to everyone".

This case is pretty fun so far, not even a single irritating thing yet

BF: LIke Ema and Lana, Jake Marshall is actually deliberately made to be sort of a nod to another pre-existing character haha.

BF: and yeah, Rise from the Ashes is a good case! I remember finding some of the trial segments to be tricky, but overall, it's solid

tQ: "Noe to self: when finding evidence, think of Texas"

who is this pre-existing character?

BF: and it makes good use of the new mechanics that were introduced for the DS

Q: it does!

BF: you won't meet him until the third game haha

but yeah...Ema and Lana are clearly meant to be nods to Maya and Mia

BF: Jake, less obviously, is sort of a nod to Godot

Q: and thankfully this gets Phoenix motivated again

godot... who's that? I should probably know

BF: Godot plays a MAJOR part in the third game, you'll know him the second you see him.

He...stands out.

to put it mildly.

Q: can't wait to meet him

when will the Y guy (shack guy DL-6) appear again he's already pretty interesting that's probably spoilers

BF: Yanni Yogi? He only appears in that case, sadly.

though there's a background reference to him in one of the spinoff games.

BF: He's one of Zarla's faves

Q: I assumed... he seems pretty interesting, sad he had to leave so soon. As you saw I was REALLY shocked when a character zarla drew appeared that I didn't even know would be in the game... sad to see him leave so soon.

Q: forgot to talk with Marshall, maybe I can progress through this

oh yay the autopsy report

Q: tell me about yourself marshall, how long has your cowboy career been going on?

why would you kick out gumshoe!!!

D: I don't know if I should break the news to him or not

Q: well that isn't even an option so

the detention center doesn't even update ever

Q: uuuhhhhgggg I hate being stuck like this where can I goooo

Q: still stuck >:( It's been almost an hour

quonit

just let me gooooo

03/24/2018 (Two days later)

Q: FINALLY I DID SOMETHING there was a note in the trunk but it seemed to have done nothing... don't even know if the two people I can talk to would react to it.

as i suspected it did nothing >:(

I think the phone is the key but the only thing it will let me examine is the trap!!!

03/24/2018

Q: I asked my brother to help and he FINALLY HELPED

He found another scroll bar on the examination thing that I never noticed and found it :D

Q: no cowboy pls i really worked hard to get this far

Q: phoenix has a phone? how come we can never use it?

...what do i do with the phone?

how did my brother turn it

= and -... where are those buttons?

Q: going to my brother

Q: why not press the button again???

Q: where do i gooo

Q: i give up I need to draw

BF: hahaaha

BF: aaaah sorry I've been busy unpacking boxes

I wouldn't have even thought to tell you about those double screen investigation rooms!

there are like...at least two of those in this case.

the car park area and the evidence room

Oh, and because this took me FOREVER to figure out when I played it the first time: when you dust for finger prints, you blow the powder away by blowing into the mic on the DS

Q: I don't expect anybody to be on while I send messages. Do not worry, I do not expect responses immediately. Also packing boxes??? did you move :O

double screen investigation rooms? tell me more. If you mean ones where you have to move the screen I did do that a lot... and yet I still can't find much. I finally got the phone in my inventory and tried to check the last call but it still won't do anything THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THAT IN ADVANCE I GARENTEE I WOULD'VE GOTTEN STUCK

Q: Where I am si that I think I have all of the items in my inventory. A full page and then the phone on the next... am I missing something? I heard that Ema is supposed to tell me that I have everything I need

BF: aaah if you are in the car park, one place you need to check is the muffler of the car

Q: muffler? I got the paper that was in the back, I'll examine the car more I guess

BF: and yeah, the game usually gives you some hint when you've found all the things

BF: I forget if you can get it now or not, but there's some cloth shoved into the tailpipe of the car

Q: dont' think i can thanks though

I'll tell you what I have in my inventory and you tell me what I'm missing for the first part

Q:badge, id card, knife, shield trophy thing, parking stub, blue badge pannel, goddman's autopsy report, note from the back of the car, and cell phone

BF: hmmm....and you've shown absolutely everything to everyone and poked at everything on every available screen?

Q: yeeeesssss

:( I'll try again

BF: (oh and to answer your earlier question, yes, I did move into my house today)

Q: yaaaaay

shouldn't there be a wiki or something for this that says what to do

BF: if you are absolutely stuck, I'd look up the Games FAQ walktrough

Q: :(

why does this game make me so stuck all of the time

BF: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/925589-phoenix-wright-ace-attorney/faqs/44304 here, this one is spoiler free, you just gotta get down to the right case

Q: :D thank youuuu

Q: :O HEY IT WORKED

HOW DID I NOT NOTICED THIS

Q: Lana why are you not on edgy's side

Q: of course you don't know everything going on here phoenix, if you did we would win but right now we don't win

this game but we know everything beforehand

Don't believe your client, just believe in them. got it.

Q: oh ya angle exists i forgot about her

BF: haha FIGURING OUT WHY LANA IS DOING WHAT SHE'S DOING IS A BIG PART OF THIS CASE

Q: BACK

I had to trim the grass in the front yard. We got an actual letter saying that we needed to so that was odd. It's done now though

angel will never stop talking, and Edge doesn't seem as annoyed as some of the others. huh.

oh my god judge can't you be a little more professional ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWED TO EAT RIGHT NOW

Q: you decline every offer phoenix until an impossible one pops up. Phoenix why

Q: If you hate prosecutors so much then maybe you could help me

please I'm begging

Q: wait you have more then one boyfriend

did i hear that wrong

ugh so she does

"care to join" If that is what I have to do to get information out of you!

BF: hahaha

yes, Angel and her many boyfriends

Q: Ema's notes are funny

BF: this boyfriend, that boyfriend, the other boyfriend

you know, as you do

Q: "the yet another boyfriend is still open"

I'd like to know who is who

Q: wait isn't B block for defense attorneys not visitors?

Q: how she names them reminds me of the chicken 'mine'

"That's mine, that one's also mine, that's another one of mine, that one is yours, and that one is not yours." we actually considered naming our chickens that haha

Q: Ema is learning my table-slamming technique.

Q: "my boyfriend worked in the photography division" WHICH boyfriend?

Q: "Prosecutors are, by nature, well-versed in the location of a man's vital organs" I already had to prove with twice Edgy did NOT murder anybody!

yes phoenix kill the egg

Q: okay so i learnt as much as I could while pressing, and there seems nothing wrong... I need to find the objection item

Q: THE LEFT-RIGHT HAND TRICK

ALWAYS WORKS

Q: EDGEWORTH

HOW COULD YOU SILENTLY SAY OBJECTION YOU HAVE BERTAYED ME

ALWAYS OBJECT

Q: of course it was planned! We already established whoever the killer is planned to do it in edgeworth's car

Q: "mommy, are prosecutors bad people?" hahaha oh my god

yes lets tell the audience how to commit murder

edgy that pun was terrible and you know it

Q: Ema what is that note

you can't smell his breath from over here what

I do have an objection!

Q: I'd like to know how she got into the food business

Ema you're on MY side

Q: remember?

Q: it's so rare when the thing I immediately think of and object with actually works and the characters see what i see

Edgy you look like you're on my side

Q: Ema do you hate me

Q: The person that seems most on my side in this case is f***ing edgeworth and he is actually the one pitted against me so you're all failures.

Q: >:(

I got so stuck at this part and had to retry a few times and I finally gave up and went to the tutorial and that isn't helping

FLOOR PLANS WHY DON'T YOU WORK

Q: :(

Q: Why can't I just gooooo none of the evidence I have works at all

Q: I PROGRESSED AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I PRESSED

UHHHH

Q: OHMYGOD THE FLOOR PLANS FINALLY WORKED

WHAT CHANGED

Q: she'd lie because as I said she has a grudge

Q: five minuets???

wow that's a long time

Q: if you have evidence please tell me

how was this judge hired

WHY THE SHOE WHY DO YOU HAVE HIS SHOE

what is this blood type it could also be common

Q: why does edgy continue to seem like he is on my side lol

Q: that brings in the question: how many lunches do you actually have in there

Q: if it does how come she was blee- oh ya the hand injury

Q: ohhh to wash away the bloood okaaaay

now to defeat you edgy

Q: Okay so more then one photo, I NEED MORE PHOTOS.

Q: Mia thank youuuuu

oooo the fun music started playing, im onto something

Q: "Yeah! (I'll think later" is the best line in the game

IT SUMS UP THE THOUGHT PROCESS WHEN I PLAY THE GAME

Q: Salmon swimming upstream in a river of quicksand

ya sounds like Phoenix

Q: the muffler in the muffler

Bad feeling about following advice given to you by Marshell??? What a silly thought!

Is something wrong edgy? why are you so upset?

what is bothing you Eedgy pls tell me

OH MY GOD ANOTHER SUPRISE CHARACTER HOW HOW IS HE IN ACE ATTOURNY WHAT ??????????????????????????????????????????????????

is he just gonna stand there or...?

Q: Udgey... that's a new one

afriad indeed, terrified I might say.

Wrighto... also new

Q: when i send my live reaction to the game should i have more context to what is going on

Q: rereading it i think i should

Q: I've been taking more pictures of art I wanna send you but it still isn't doing anything

Q: Alright so i opened the Ace Attorney save file and I have no idea where i am. I'm pretty sure this is right after the first trial

tiny village... where am i and why

i think this isn't my file??

BF: I was about to say...

Q: ruinion and turnabout?

what? something is wrong

BF: if you are in a tiny village, the only one I know of is Kurain. and you don't go there the first time until 2-2

yeah, you are in game 2 there

that's Maya's village.

Q: we fixed it!

My brother wanted to play and he mistook the game two save files as extra save files and he just decided "fuck it im not waiting for her to finish" and just started playing through

interesting :o

OH YA WE'RE TALKING WIT THIS GUY :D

swimming? why that specifically?

little worthy? is that a name?

DISTRICT OF THE POLICE UH NO I DON'T KNOW THIS GUY

aww so if he's number one he probably won't be on my side :(

damon gant, I like this guy

OH YA I forgot about edgeworth! Worthy haha didn't think of that nickname yet. I'll add it to the list. He must be very scared of this man

BF: hahah yesss Gant is great.

Q: so a muffler is a scarf? is that just another name for a scarf or is it a type of scarf?

he just keeps standing there and blinking

edgy back on this feet, finally stopped just sitting there silently in what I'm assuming is anger and fear

BF: it's a type of scarf. I can't tell you what exactly makes a muffler a muffler though. they just wanted to use the pun, though, I think

aaah the Gant stare.

Q: they seem to love naming puns, not just the people's names now.

"That's not fair!" There are a lot of things that aren't fair in this world, edgy.

Q: A WRITTEN APOLOGY

That kid from earlier in the audience: mommy is this how trials usually go? Mom: no. I am not even sure what is going on.

BF: hahah trust me, the pun names get more intense with each game.

Q: I feel bad for edgy haha

I can't wait

oh my god SOMEBODY JUST OPEN THE KNIFE

Q: THEY ADDED A CLAPPING SOUND FOR HIM

I DID NOT EXPECT THIS

Q: ...the note may have something to do with this

but along with everything else i think of in this game it's probably wrong

nah okay

Q: time to look through my items another 20 minuets and hope the character see what I see

Q: when in doubt press on everything

Q: good job ema! I'll examine the knife!

Q: SL-2... something similar that wasn't a tag. again was it the note

OH MY GOD IT WAS THE NOTE

Me and gant both love 'objection'. I'm still mad at Edgy for that. I will hold it against him forever.

BF: hahaha NEVER FORGIVE YOU EDGEWORTH

BF: you and your habit of updating the autopsy report

Q: "Do you have evidence?"

"yes! (I'll think later)" is still the best line in the entire game

a habit of mine? is that not something everybody does?

I feel so honored being told "I win, Wrighto!"

BF: heh

Q: :D He'll tell me about the knife now!!!

Q: I only get to hear bout one thing.... better choose wisely.

Where the victem was found could help, seems like it could work How the victim was killed could be a little more risky but all of these are pretty good When the victim died... it could also be 5:15, and I could find a way to show it was planned... but I'm not sure

there probably wont be any consequences though

I'll roll my di

Q: it's 1 so i guess we're going with that

Q: didn't we GO to the evidence room?

Gant: :long stare: Gant: You two make a great pair! I swear this is intentional. It's not even just that chapter.

Gant: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Gant: :long stare: Gant: Sure why not! well alright then! I'm learning about it unofficially :D This is already very casual so why not

Q: why is the victims gender there

that is unimportant WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HE MURDER

Q: Gumshoe won't die Phoenix he was in the credits!

Q: alright now not only is edgeworth being called worthy he's being called little worthy

do these two know eachother???

Q: that id is the same as the one we have here >:O

Q: :D the fun music is playing

Q: EDGY REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID HE COULDN'T TELL YOU WERE THE CORPS WAS FOUND

IT'S ALL ON YOU EDGY IT'S ALL ON YOU.

Q:EDGY WHY DID YOU JUST SHOO OFF MEEKENS

IT'S STILL ALL ON YOU BUT MUCH MORE DIRECTLY YOU THIS TIME

Q: oh my god NOW WE'RE DOING NICKNAME PUNS

Q: hehehe FINALLY Edgy looks like the fool instead of me :D

Q: What i think happened is that they were killed, and their body was dragged through the back of their care, and brought here

oh boy angel's back

Q: Oh my god ANOTHER CASE

WE ALREADY DID DL-6 UGH THIS MUST AT LEAST HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY

Q: What I think happened: somebody killed the detective, put the body in the back of edgy's car, Edgy drove back to where he should, left, later the girl opened the back. something about her stabbing him.

Q: no that doesn't fit

screw this case

Q: oh no I'm defending Meekens now too???

Meekens just looks a lot more cartoony then everything else

Q: why did they let him bring a megaphone

Q: oh so goodman's the villain.

BF: uhhhh...nooot exactly, no

Q: i learnt that quickly

I found gant again! he has his own theme song. Sounds like a king.

Q: Honestly I still feel bad for Edgeworth, hope he gets out of this.

Q: uhhhggggg I just got stuck i really wanna figure this out fast instead of wandering around forever. Not sure if it's just with me or if this game just needs better... instructions maybe?

Q: In court when your stuck press everything. In over world when stuck talk to everyone again, present every piece of evidence again, and examine everything again. Then still find yourself stuck.

BF: this case is one of the worst for that sort of thing, I'll admit. I've played it multiple times and there are still places where I forget how to proceed

Q: I don't like using the tutorial at all but I've had to use it twice to proceed, at least I have that. When this game came out people would just be stuck and never get to f***ing leave, and when they did they would be like "THAT WAS IT THE WHOLE TIME I MUST BE DUMB". Are the later games better at this?

Gant: If somebody just walked up to me and asked for 50$, i'd give them 50$! in that case can i have 50$

Q: You know I want to get to the evidence room but why not let's just sit here and talk with Marshell for another 6 hours

Q: I can finally go the the evidence room yaaaay

Q: See, Gumshoe's got the right idea on those 50$

BF: it varies by case, I'm not going to lie!

Game 2 has some added trickiness because it introduces a new mechanic during investigation mode.

said method is a touch more refined in the third game.

Q: in your opinion what is the best game (random question)

general stuff happens, i didn't comment on it

Q: I'm sorry, the game wants me to go to the secret room, do all these things, get no sign that I found then all, and then go to edgeworth's office???

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIGURE THAT OUT

Q: fine a little bit of a clue but this case really wants players to get stuck

Q: OH MY GOD WHY IS THE BELLBOY HERE DOESN'T HE WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE

Q: hahahaha I can see how you got stuck when the game told you the blow, It did NOT specify in the mic.

Q: non bloody prints???

I can't choose any of the fingers and all 5 are bloody! what do you want me to do im stuck on this sceen

Q: my brother helped :D

BF: heh

BF: Um...my favorite...well, tough to say. Obviously, I'm particularly stuck on game 2, though on retrospect game 4 is pretty fascinating (both for what it is and what it could have been)

BF: Generally speaking, most people agree that game 3 is the best of the original trilogy, though (game 2 isn't hated, but it has this ONE CASE that is near universally hated)

BF: Of the spinoffs, I'm personally partial to the second Ace Investigations, though that one you can only play in English via a fanpatch

I'm still playing game 6, so I don't know how I'd rank that one just yet

and there are two spin off titles that I have no way of playing in English at all right now, which is frustrating. No idea where I'd rank either of them. but the animation for those is PRETTY.

BF: Oh, but if you get a chance, one game I strongly recommend that was created by the original creator of Ace Attorney that isn't an Ace Attorney game (though it is allegedly set in the same universe) is a game called Ghost Trick.

Q: Interesting! I'll be sure to check out ghost trick. I wonder if I'll be able to tell what the hated case in 2 is when I get to it...

BF: hahah I'm willing to bet you'll figure it out. I personally liked the case, but it has some issues for sure

Q: alright. I was gonna start playing again if you still want me to send you the endless messages that give you no context to where i am or what im reacting to

BF: AMONG said issues is that it does what no other case had ever done before it, and it has a couple of cross examinations where you can get frigging penalized for a bad PRESS

Q: oh no D:

BF: It warns you when you get to it, but it's still really annoying

taking away my ability to badger the witness without repercussion!

but yeah no, feel free to ramble, I'm just here working and rewatching episodes of the Maxx

Q: >:(

I saw a post and thought of the judge from this game. "The judge could sentence you guilty for murder wearing hello kitty pajamas under their robe and you would never know” yaaaay

Q: About to go to the court thing. FINALLY lana is back it's been a while >:(

Q: oh yay lana gets to be a witness

nvm im a moron the cartoon guy i forgot his name gets to be

MEEKENS YOU'RE NOT THE KILLER

THAT IS NOT AN OCCUPATION RIGHT

Q: there seems to be a lot of talking down to kids in this game :(

Q: why do people let him bring his megaphone

same answer with the kid and his sword

Q: i mean i like the blue badger

Q: bet the tape won't help much

HEY ITS ANIMATED

well hey it was a little helpful

Edge: :slams hand on desk: What the hell was that wriggling piece of plywood!?

my new second favorite line

Q: the problems was he was wearing gloves

probably not that's what first comes to mind though

Q: or the light was already on

Q: gloves were rubber? how did i not notice that

Q: why would he need the gloves in there if he was goodman

Q: he could've stolen the card

who is the 777... card at the top

Q: WHY IS THE KID STILL IN THE AUDIENCE

WHY TO PARENTS TAKE THEIR KIDS TO MURDER TRIALS I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THIS CHILD AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD'VE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE TRIAL WHERE I DEFENDED EDGEWORTH IF YOU STILL THINK HE'S SO BAD

Q: :D I think edge just complimented me, it's probably going to turn into an insult though so ill just enjoy it while i can

Q: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuu

Q: the fake killed goodman not lana

no that wouldn't work dammit screw you

Q: HEY GUMMY HOW ARE YOU

NO GUMMY STAY

HEYHEYHEYHEY HEY WHAT

awww lana's finally being useful

Q: Ema don't run it's just a serial killer

Gummy why >:(

saaave pooiiinnt

oh my god Marshell i forgot his personality

Q: please provide me with a reasonable explanation why there were bloody handprints of yours in the evidence room (and no ID saying you signed in but i think i just missed something on that)

Q: somebody actually messes up in grammer in court and one of them yells objection but its about the grammer and they keep fighting about i

Q: edgy don't worry just let me get to my menu my lack of experience means nothing

wait is he giving me advice? is he being nice???

Q: noooo just let him beeee

or not his reasoning was okay though

Q: At first i was sad to find out it was his brother now im just thinking COWBOY PROSECUTOR THAT WOULD BE FUN

Q: what do you think happened to your brother jake

Q: MY DEFENDANT DID NOT KILL HIM AND YOU KNOW IT

YOU JUST DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT FOR MONEY

you know i could put that anywhere in almost any case and it could still work (with a pronoun swap but aside from that)

Q: ARRRRRGGHHHHHH

Q: OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT YOU

YOU DO GET THIS IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL RIGHT

Q: edgy is being very nice to her yay

I MEAN EMA YOUR NOT USELESS YOU STOPPED HIM FROM GIVING THE VERDICT TWICE

THAT WAS SOMETHING NOT EVEN MIA COULD DO HE GAVE THE VERDICT AND I BEAT HIM ANYWAYS THOUGH SO :/

Edgy is used to me making claims with the idea "I'll think about it later" in mind of course hes going to scoff at everything i say

I PROBABLY WOULD

YA THREE WHILE PAGES OF EVIDENCE THAT'S A LOT

Q: hey hey jake's back i was wondering where he went

Q: "Just one moment! I will not let such far-fetched balderdash in my court room"

HAHA VERY FUNNY JUDGE. AS IF THIS IS THE MOST FAR FETCHED THING YOU'VE SEEN HERE.

YAAAY PHOENIX GOOD JOB

Q: why is everybody immediately blaming edgy again I already defended him from two murders WHEN A VERDICT WAS ALREADY GIVEN

Q: stop being so mean to edgy

Q: hi lana please help me

ocassionally what what i didn't understand what they said i need to know

awww how dare you now your going to get all three of us in trouble

Q: that kid in the audience actually as an adult took the weirdest trials hes been to and put his own characters in it and made it into a game

oh my god the noise of the crowed is so terrifying because it's on repeat i need to turn the sound off

Q: saaave

Q: good think ema isn't dead

Q: Ema it’s not yours its your sisters putting blame on yourself just leads to depression okay

Q: to lana. MAYBE SHE'LL FINALLY BE USEFUL

YAAAAY

Q: Deal with the devil as a minor so that when your older he doesn't have a legal claim to your soul.

that's unrelated and unhelpful but

Q: now to show you every single piece of f***ing evidence

Q: or not

HI MARSHELL

Q: do do do

do do ddoo dodo doo dodo do doooo ddo do dooo dooo doDOdodoooo

(Edit: do do doooo

do doooo

(now go reread it from the top with those last two as the start) )

Q: no marshel come baaaaaack

noooooo

Q: I just wanna get to 2-4

quonit

Things are going well!

HE STARTED LUAGHING IM SCARED

LHIS LAUGHING IS TERRIFYING

Q: :D Thank you Jake!

Q: Well gant does make a good point

Also about you paying my rent Edgy

Q: I wonder if there are anymore choices or it it's just dialogue.

did I win??

Lana smiled at me :D

"stop it mah you're embaressing meeee" is how this dialogue feels like

Q: yaaaaay I win

Q: awww ema I she'll say she's proud of you too

Gummy you keep doing this

bring him back

Lana :D

Q: Maya will be very proud of me when she comes back

awww hugs!!!

wait edgy was hiding why is he angry

aww ty

Is Lana making you scared I'm pretty sure she was your boss at some point or something I forgot at this point

Q: oh nooo Gant make Edgy scared of who he might be in 10 years. Somebody teach him not to do that.

Q: Aww thanks Lana

the difference between you gant and vampire is that you have friends doesn't that makes you feel better

Q: bye edgyyyy

Edgeworth you keep saying that and it's wrong every time >:( please stop breaking promises

what a storybook ending

OH HI GUMMY

couldn't you make edgy do it instead i don't have money

BF: Did you notice you could do fingerprint powder on the bottom screen during the credits?

Q: ya! Can i blow it too?

BF: Make bonus images appear haha

Yep!

Q: :D

After this i need to sleep this is fun though!

time for game two :D

Q: will blue badger get to stay though is my question

Q: Hey so Angel will be on my side, it will just be in the next game!

Q: I really do think the judge it wearing hello kitty pajamas under that robe

Q: credits done! That was very satisfying :D

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