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Mike Caron

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4 - Not a Chance
« on: July 09, 2007, 01:00:02 AM »


The best thing to do in this type of situation is to assume that you won.

Also, you may notice that over the last four comics, I used three different means of showing motion ("ghost" shadows, a line and an action statement). I was experimenting at this point, and wasn't sure which method I was going to use. In the end, I decided on the actions.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2007, 01:14:35 AM »
I remember when I first played the game I was trying to figure out how to shoot, since apparently it's a shooter... then I commenced to die repeatedly by running into spikes... yay.  I suck.  :-D  But he probably did win in some former adventure thus gaining the right to awake in a cave with no memory.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2007, 01:42:03 AM »
Or he lost and the evil monster decided he was too weak to waste its time killing him.

Just out curiosity, why the action text? I personally liked the shadow, but that could get confusing with more than a couple characters on the same panel.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2007, 05:45:36 AM »
Keep in mind that many of these comics were made a long time ago, even before the last thread you mentioned it in.

On the other hand, I've always been a fan of the action text.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 07:19:43 AM »
I think the action text works best. It also depends on the situation. Certain actions require different means of conveying them. For jumping, a simple *hop* suffices.

Having no weapon would get in the way of defeating an evil monster wielding vast power.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 04:00:59 PM »
...maybe Quote knows Kung Fu?
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2007, 05:41:42 PM »
Quote from: RandomEd on July 09, 2007, 04:00:59 PM
...maybe Quote knows Kung Fu?

It's funny that you mention it. Although you won't know why until the end of July.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2007, 05:45:38 PM »
I definitely prefer the text action as well.  It works very well, and, umm...there isn't any confusion as to what's actually going on <_<
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2007, 10:41:29 PM »
I couldn't believe there was so much confusion, but in the interest of also not being a lot of work for you... hoorah for action text.
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2007, 07:30:00 PM »
Cave-fu?

Anyhow, I second that hoorah.  Now we can nitpick about other things in the comic!  (Not that I have anything to get nitpicky about right now...just saying that I'm open.)
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Re: 4 - Not a Chance
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2007, 09:10:36 AM »
Ah, the infamous "Third-Panel-of-Silence" gag. His expression in it is good, though.
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