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Feb 1, 2023Liked by Geoffrey Golden

this was a satisfying game.

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Jan 29, 2023Liked by Geoffrey Golden

I wound up either getting rescued or abducted by aliens. I can only assume our protagonist tries to steal their spaceship.

I really like these Ink adventures! They really capture the vibe of old text-based adventure games.

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I was stuck in a loop for a few minutes, but then I worked my way out of it...and ended up in 1922! It was a fun “when” to visit.

I’d like to time travel back to see Pangea. I’ve always wondered what the single, pre-human continent might have looked like. It must have been pretty quiet, don’t you think? At any rate, it probably would have been a decent place to get some writing done. 😄

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I so wanted this one to work but I must have done it wrong. I just went around in circles... oh well. As for time tourism, I'd go back to the Neolithic in Europe and see how all those megaliths were really used and/or hang out with some barbarians around the 5th c. BCE :-)

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Jan 26, 2023Liked by Geoffrey Golden

Jigged a lift o' a ticker tack jump. Only didn't glean da gunk. Cogs and twisters cogg'n and twist'n. Used my nog 'n peeped the flickers. Got'em worked out and got it all grunkin!

...got nicked by da cosmic glinters. Light walkers come in all shapes. Even grey.

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Jan 26, 2023Liked by Geoffrey Golden

Woo hoo! Thanks so much for the gift card!

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Turns out hitting the brakes on a time traveling car sends you back to what I'm thinking might be the Big Bang. Or put you in a time loop. Either way don't do that.

If I can give some constructive feedback, I felt like this quest was a bit stiffer than others, not as much variance compared to other quests (including Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, so I'm not blaming Ink). For example most of the vials didn't seem to have any lingering effect beyond changing the dashboard symbols. Maybe I missed something, but finding different outcomes felt harder than usual and that's usually my favorite part, finding as many variations of the quest as I can.

Also when you click the link to the story, it just shows you the title page and you need to press 'reset' on the top menu to start the story proper. It's not the most intuitive, some sort of 'start' button under your name on the title page would be nice.

On a more positive note I liked that the brake ending varied based on how quickly you could get it to work, got both the 2023 and prehistory endings. That's a 'mechanic' from this story that I'm guessing was enabled by Ink and that I would be interested in seeing again. The presentation with Ink itself is good, and the ability to swap themes is something substack itself lacks at the moment while being a feature I've seen people request, so it's a good benefit.

As for the time tourist question, I'd travel back in time to the Aztec empire and earlier for research purposes. Get a good look at all the codexs and other things that the Spanish destroyed.

Substack + Discord is a combo I've been contemplating as well. Made a (currently inactive and unused) discord for my own substack and I've wondered if it'd really add something of value or if I should drop it. I'd give an Adventure Snack discord a try, which is probably what I already said on the survey. I have some experience as a discord mod if you go through with making it and want some mods to help.

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