Difference between revisions of "The Tale of Woe"
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==Participation== | ==Participation== | ||
{{construction|reason=incomplete}} | {{construction|reason=incomplete - merging from [[The Tale of Woe plot completion]]}} | ||
While participating in this plot, players took on the roles of the main characters, resolving the problems they face as the story developed. By participating, players learnt more about the events of the plot that weren't explored fully in the narrative. | While participating in this plot, players took on the roles of the main characters, resolving the problems they face as the story developed. By participating, players learnt more about the events of the plot that weren't explored fully in the narrative. | ||
When the player had completed each step but before the next step had been released, they saw a "To Be Continued..." message. | When the player had completed each step but before the next step had been released, they saw a "To Be Continued..." message. After the next step was released, this became an arrow labelled "Continue...". | ||
This plot featured a ''Quest Inventory'', a separate inventory where items relevant to the plot were stored. Items in this inventory could not be used, traded, or stolen like items in the user's [[inventory]] can. In previous plots like the [[Lost Desert Plot]], puzzle [[items]] that were discovered could be stolen like normal items, but retrieved again by revisiting the page that had given them. | This plot featured a ''Quest Inventory'', a separate inventory where items relevant to the plot were stored. Items in this inventory could not be used, traded, or stolen like items in the user's [[inventory]] can. In previous plots like the [[Lost Desert Plot]], puzzle [[items]] that were discovered could be stolen like normal items, but retrieved again by revisiting the page that had given them. | ||
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====The Swamp==== | ====The Swamp==== | ||
[[Image:Tow hissi.png|thumb|150px|right|One head tells the truth, one head tells lies.]] | [[Image:Tow hissi.png|thumb|150px|right|One head tells the truth, one head tells lies.]] | ||
In the first section, there was a [[Two-Headed Hissi]] blocking the path out of the swamp. When the user | In the first section, there was a [[Two-Headed Hissi]] blocking the path out of the swamp. When the user clicked on him, they were told that one of the [[Hissi]]'s heads will always speak the truth, and the other will always lie. This seems like a set up to a [[wikipedia:Knights and Knaves|knights and knaves]] logic puzzle, where the player has to figure out which head to trust based on a clever question. However, the Hissi was too busy arguing with himself to listen to any questions you give it, so the problem cannot be solved in that way. | ||
The user must find a stick in the maze, and click on it to bring it into their Quest Inventory. | The user must find a stick in the maze, and click on it to bring it into their Quest Inventory. They then must return to the Hissi and, by clicking on the stick in the inventory then on the Neopet, prod it. One of the Hissi's heads will deny that it was poked, so the other head must be telling the truth. This opens the way into the next section. | ||
====The High Woods==== | ====The High Woods==== | ||
[[Image:Tow | [[Image:Tow vines cliff.png|thumb|left|200px|Players had to improvise a rope to climb down a cliff.]] | ||
In this segment, there is a clearing somewhere in the woods where there is a break in the trees. The next section is at the bottom of the cliff in this clearing. | In this segment, there is a clearing somewhere in the woods where there is a break in the trees. The next section is at the bottom of the cliff in this clearing. | ||
Around the maze are five types of vine, six of each, which can be picked up in the same manner as the stick in the previous section. These vines must be braided together in a certain combination to construct a rope for a descent of the cliff. Each type of vine was given a particular strength between one and five, assigned at random for each player. The rope the player braided together had to have an average strength of above 3.5 to support everyone's weight. | Around the maze are five types of vine, six of each, which can be picked up in the same manner as the stick in the previous section. These vines must be braided together in a certain combination to construct a rope for a descent of the cliff. Each type of vine was given a particular strength between one and five, assigned at random for each player. The rope the player braided together had to have an average strength of above 3.5 to support everyone's weight. | ||
To make matters more complicated, the player had to make sure that the vines they combined were also long enough to reach the bottom of the cliff. Exactly how tall the cliff is was also different for different players. | To make matters more complicated, the player had to make sure that the vines they combined were also long enough to reach the bottom of the cliff. Exactly how tall the cliff is was also different for different players. If the player made it too long, a monster at the bottom of the cliff would grab it and pull it away, and the player would have to go back through the woods to find more vines. | ||
An effective way of determining which combination to use is to drop all vines at the clearing by clicking them in the inventory and clicking on the terrain, putting them into piles of type, and then trying with six of each in one's inventory until the user is shown a cutscene of the cliff, where the rope is too short. The user should add a vine from the next pile to the inventory, and continue doing so, testing after each vine, until the rope becomes too weak or the bottom is reached. In the former event, the last vine added should be removed, and a vine from the next pile included, with the process continuing. | An effective way of determining which combination to use is to drop all vines at the clearing by clicking them in the inventory and clicking on the terrain, putting them into piles of type, and then trying with six of each in one's inventory until the user is shown a cutscene of the cliff, where the rope is too short. The user should add a vine from the next pile to the inventory, and continue doing so, testing after each vine, until the rope becomes too weak or the bottom is reached. In the former event, the last vine added should be removed, and a vine from the next pile included, with the process continuing. | ||
Once the vine-rope reaches the base of the cliff, the three Neopets | Once the vine-rope reaches the base of the cliff, the three Neopets could climb down and begin exploring the Deep Woods. | ||
====The Deep Woods==== | ====The Deep Woods==== | ||
[[Image:Tow maze 3.gif|right|frame|Ilere's doorway.]] | [[Image:Tow maze 3.gif|right|frame|Ilere's doorway.]] | ||
In the Deep Woods, the player found the doorway to Ilere's residence, but needed to solve a magical combination lock to go inside. The lock was opened by seven [[Ghost]] [[Meepit]]s that the player had to find in this part of the Woods. | |||
When the user first encountered a Meepit in the forest, it would run away. In order to collect it, they needed to offer it Meepit Juice. The player had to send a score of 400 points or more at the [[game]] [[Meepit Juice Break]]. This placed a glass of Meepit Juice into the Quest Inventory. | |||
The next time a Meepit is encountered, clicking on the Juice in the inventory, then clicking on the Meepit, will offer the juice to the [[Petpet]]. The juice will splash through it, however, and the Meepit would run off again. Sophie realised that she could turn the juice into Ghost Meepit Juice, and maybe they could drink it then. When fed Ghost Meepit Juice, the Meepis became entranced and followed as part of the Quest Inventory. | |||
All seven Meepits had to be taken to Ilere's tree. The only way to lower the stone barricade was to put the Meepits on the seven spots of light in front of tree. Clicking on the Meepit picture in the Quest Inventory, then on the floor, would cause the seven Meepits to hop onto the spots. However, the each Meepit had to go to a specific spot - player could rearrange the Meepits by clicking on two of them to swap their positions until they got the right combination. A Meepit who was in the correct spot would dance, a Meepit that was one spot away would look happy, a Meepit that was two spots away would stare, and a Meepit that was three spots away would look sad. | |||
When all the Meepits | When all the Meepits were dancing, the stone door will move and Ilere's home will be open. | ||
==Prizes== | ==Prizes== | ||