babelfishwars
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3/12/2018
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Hello, my people!
Really should have posted this sooner. Since some of you find my writing tolerable, I should let you know about Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. I did quite a bit of writing for it last year, it came out a week or so ago, and it's a narrative heavy game in a very different way to Failbetter's games. But in a complementary way?
Anyway, if I'm not amazing enough, it's got a Failbetter regular doing one of the main stories, Emily Short. She's a little bit good.
Humble: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/447120/Where_the_Water_Tastes_Like_Wine/
Things that were hard:
- remembering to misspell words (bloomin' American  )
- trying to work out what phrases were 'British' when they sound like normal speech to me
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Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Jolanda Swan
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3/12/2018
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Yesterday night, I spoke to a friend after quite a long time. First thing he said? Buy Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. Do it now.
Just saying.
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Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play.
http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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babelfishwars
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3/12/2018
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Oh hooray! That's excellent.
The developer is essentially a solo indie dev - so if people do like it, it would be really lovely if they could let him know? https://twitter.com/johnnemann (I have no ulterior interest in people liking narrative games none at all.)
Jolanda Swan wrote:
Yesterday night, I spoke to a friend after quite a long time. First thing he said? Buy Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. Do it now.
Just saying.
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Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Diptych
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3/12/2018
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I've been recommending it to everyone. Like, even to people I've never spoken to before. 'sreally good.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Ginneon Thursday
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3/12/2018
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I reconnected with my cousin for the first time in 18 years this past weekend. I told him about Fallen London - he told me about Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.
edited by Ginneon Thursday on 3/12/2018
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Ginneon Thursday: Revelrous Professor of Benthic
Departments of Mycoenology, Lepidoptery
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Gonen
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3/12/2018
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Looks good!
Acquiring a key... now.
Thank you for pointing the way.
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 The Ashen Anesthesiologist - Paramount Londoner
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.
The long journey to eccentricity:
On March 10th, 2018, reached 15 on all quirks, simultaneously. The Quirky Anesthesiologist
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qwints
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4/3/2018
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I found the postmortem quite interesting: https://medium.com/@johnnemann/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-postmortem-211a1f9d791a
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Barse
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4/3/2018
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Been away from the forums for a bit but I'd just like to add my ringing endorsement to the many already here - it's a beautiful and profoundly affecting game.
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 The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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