OoC Chat Box

Even if not, breaking things can be a feat of strength. There may be an argument that smashing a vending machine is not heroic… but Final Fight and Streets of Rage are known for having freshly cooked BBQ Pork in oil drums, whiskey nips in telephone booths, and rice balls in trash bins which are not even a little bit gross.

So for Pira, this is how you get food, and Thundra is down a couple 🩵s. (Helping a new friend/surprise ally/hot blonde regain health is heroic, ain’t it?)

It’s not really giving anything away to say @Dmbrainiac can eat the Hero Sandwich—or even half, if you want to be polite and share—and regain 🩵🩵. I’d much rather you solve the "puzzle" and not wonder about the food.

@PhoenixScientist,@Alepous, feel free to converse as you explore. You are not confronting any enemies (yet). I just want to keep your side of the world in motion so you (OoC) will have a better idea of where this scene is going.

Does it looks like a Metroid spoiler / reference coming up?

I get to hear Heads Will Roll on the way home from the store… love that remix. Spotify rarely picks it.

But this reminds me… those who couldn’t hear the tune: @FlyingSucculent,@Alepous, did the NES game music videos work? (Not that they were particularly interesting… but I meant to ask before,)

Yes, I had issues only with the first video.

Good to know. At least I can throw in the occasional boss music just for giggles.
There will be a little Metroid inspiration, but nothing overdone since I want all four players to face the Level 1 Boss together.

Here’s the real life Tokyo image that is inspiring the FEET OF RAAGE area you are in.

We DID agree to no death, so I hope we’re good with the Powerpuff Girls rule. Whenever something happens to a building, it just so happens nobody is inside it.

I suspect being dramatically flung from a building is an option too.

Yeah, I also only had an issue with the first one.
When it gets punched, you mean. >:D

Hopefully my coinsword slot text came out like this:Here’s a real arcade machine coin slot, for reference:

In case you haven’t played Streets of Rage 4, that’s a 2020 sequel to ’90’s beat-em-ups, and in terms of art, music and gameplay, it’s easily one of my favorite games ever.My brother sometimes brings his Switch on holidays, so video games are rare for me, but always co-op.

@Legendary_Sidekick Aaaah, Streets of Rage. I have the original on Mega Drive. The memories with my brother...

@Dmbrainiac This image is also cool. I like the previous one with the brown palette though.

I like that one too, but this one matches the player color better. :)

Yeah, well… once I called her "Barby Girl" her color had to be Aqua.

I know that I am a magic user but can Kurumi use, in a pinch, the mic with the cord as a meteor hammer?

Yes. You would roll Hero to attack.

I think I'm really not an arcade person after all, I'm really struggling with how fast the things are progressing (not in terms of posts, but in terms of narrative). :'D I hope it's just for action and getting us together and we do have some slower moments too.

Yes, there will be a moment to breathe. Though fair warning, Level 1 has a little more chaos.

Yeah, I didn’t want you all to be apart for long. I was going to have two different action scenes; one for each pair, but decided to cut that.

@FlyingSucculent,@PhoenixScientist
On second thought, since we haven’t used the roll-girl as a trigger, let’s not start that. I’m going to just have your number count as a success rather than trigger anything.

I figured out how to work the code so it supports that, too! (The trick is that it has to count as a miss when you roll anti-hero.)