Hey.

So what town are you in?

I'm in this town called Pushy Peak

(I am on The Dead Coast, it is day 3, and I am infected, addicted to drugs, hung over, and surrounded by zombies.)

@sjohnston: QXS44ZBS

register at die2nite.com

Currently we're on day two; I'm just auto-searching for supplies.

@mana has anyone in your town gotten a head injury?

and then posted on the forums?

or gotten drunk and done the same?

Not yet

because the result is amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing

Yeah, I can't wait to see it happen

I locked 6 people out from the town gates yesterday

with only a minute to spare before zombies

one guy decided to be a drama queen and posted on the forums calling me a murderer

I did that on our day 1 to 7 people.

hahahaha

I love the social dynamic the game promotes

"These six innocent souls died last night, murdered by SecretofMana who locked them out and refused them entry. They were left to be devoured by the horde, all because of this one sicko."

"I'm pretty sure I'm committing suicide right now because of all this guilt."

well done.

Yeah, the social aspect of the game is amazing

@Mana thanks!

no problem bro

if you have any questions just ask

(on gaming.stackexchange duh)

pffffffffffffffffffft

"I have taken a member of your community, Snake, hostage in the Beyond by tricking him. He has your planks, and will not be able to return without me aiding him. Soon, the horde surrounding Snake will be crunching his bones unless my demands are met."

amusingly enough, one of his demands is for the construction of a gallows, which hasn't been implemented yet

@Mana what.

is this somebody RPing or something?

pretty much yeah

we all just said "cool story bro"

since once we told him that his demands were literally impossible to meet at this time he just said "Then I'm leaving Snake to die!!!"

and I mean there's not really much you can do about that

you could banish him

for being an extremist

then you get to loot his house in town

it only takes 8 votes to banish

he already got banished yesterday

it's hilariously easy to get some serious mob justice going

so how exactly this Snake guy got tricked by him is beyond me completely

@tzenes, @ardaxi, you guys want in on the fun?

Yeah :D

I have two invites left

(Gotta leave in 5 minutes though :( )

cool

@Arda: 7P66SGJ4

@Mana Thanks! :D

:D np

This game is confusing

Fun though

If you are confused, ask questions!

It's just confusing

I'm now stuck in the desert

My map keeps saying "You're going to die tonight". It's probably right.

Water/Food restores your AP

if you're surrounded by zombies, call for help on the forum

Only once.

it's an inherently social game

drugs also restore AP, but you risk addiction

I'm alone, zero on AP, unable to restore it.

Don't have access to drugs.

you gonna die.

Figured.

If I could just do it myself I could start over :)

@LessPop_MoreFizz There's one chance, if I manage to find drugs 40 minutes from now (gigantic long shot there)

you could put out a call for help and ask someone to bring you drugs (or food if you haven't eaten)

social game!

I did put call for help on the map

but the atmosphere on the forums is not good

In the forums I mean.

ah, our forum is actually pretty active and people are coordinating well in my town

we elected a mayor!

this game looks pretty neat.

It's a lot of fun. I hope I get more invites tomorrow

The annoying part is the waiting

waiting to die, that is

That's the genius of realtime browser-based games, you spend a lot of time thinking about it even when you aren't playing.

I remember playing this old game called U-Planet in junior high, all my friends were totally into it

there was this huge rivalry between us and the korean players

or, at least, what I was told were korean players

and later on in high school there was this game called Archmage

good luck convincing high school students these days

they were all pretty similar games; you'd get a "turn" every certain number of minutes, and spent it on armies/economy/tech

if it's not instant, it's not happening.

@ArdaXi hasn't farmville proven that this formula can be extremely popular?

there are large numbers of students who play that

For a couple of weeks, at most

And that's really optimistic

There are large numbers of PEOPLE who play that.

There are more FarmVille players than there are Twitter accounts.

wow, lots of people in my town seem to be getting stranded. How hard is it to keep track of that AP number?

I'm new, okay :(

I thought I'd be able to eat two cookies without getting full.

Oh, I could make twinoid 500mg, so I will die outside under the drugs...
Farewell to all community citizens who tried to save this town.
Burn in hell all who cursed this town!
You will not see me anymore, but I will see you from outside, when your flesh will be slowly devoured by zombies...

Oh wow.

Posted in the forums regardless. 2 hours till death.

Hey @Mana

Yo.

My character may be slightly drunk, but he did it for a good cause.

Mine will Die2Nite

:)

I need cyanide, but people won't even get me that.

* poke

:D

@Brant: 034KS6MS

Thanks.

no problem bro

There's a field for "sponsor nickname", is that you?

SecretofMana

and yeah that's me

I'm now a resident of Deep Camp of Skulls. This isn't going to end well at all.

bahahaha

it's fine bro

there are lots of newbies there with you, the important thing is to use the forum a lot

our town stopped communicating on day 2 and now we're screwed

In in Misty Mansion, or rather, about 3 km from the gates.

Hmm, is there an item list anywhere?

I've found a patch, a plank, wire mesh, iron, and an empty revolver

I'm 3rp away from town and I don't know what I should leave behind

You mean AP right?

Oops, yes.

Yeah, the game really needs an item list

although the distinct lack of one is what leads to some surprises

I think that's part of its charm. Having information like that available readily would kinda ruin it.

You're supposed to figure out things yourself.

Yeah.

Although it is frustrating to eat that meaty bone and find out that you get an infection

The best thing any town can do is get coordinated and BUILD A WORKSHOP A S A fuckin P

yeah we tried that

the problem is it takes a lot of planks, and people like to steal them to upgrade their tents to hovels. :/

only people were idiots and decided to waste planks on this primary catapult which we haven't even completed

Isn't there a way to get together with a bunch of GSE people in one town?

We should start our own town.

that too, they build things that they shouldn't.

@ArdaXi Can't until someone can get Hero Mode

Does your AP get restored at midnight?

which is achieved by being the sole survivor after day 5, or p2p once it's implemented

AP gets restored at 5 PM EST

when the zombie attack happens

If you're out of town when said attack happens, you die

@ArdaXi Yeah, you can form a coalition

@LessPop_MoreFizz You can start a town?

and as best as I can tell, Hero mode isn't ready yet.

@ArdaXi No, but you can forma coalition of people that go into a new town together

Oh, nuts, only heroes can form coalitions

And you need hero mode for that?

@ArdaXi Hero mofe as P2P is not implemented. You can 'earn' hero mode by being sole survivor if I understand correctly

when one person in a coalition joins a town, all other available members follow (as long as you have at least 5 members in the coalition)

Well, last chance for me to survive if I find some alcohol or drugs in 54 minutes.

Otherwise, I Die2Nite :D

I feel like I did it all in one day.

Wait there's an API? Ooh. New project idea.

die2nite.com/m/main

Rudimentary mobile site btw

never mind

@LessPop_MoreFizz C'est surtout Français...

So game-midnight is half an hour from now?

one and a half

@ArdaXi twinpedia.com/hordes

French die2nite wiki

It's not game-midnight, it's Central European Midnight :)

Go go translate for us

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm not French... My knowledge is rudimentary at best.

die2nite.wikia.com/wiki/Die2Nite_Wiki English wiki, far less comprehensive, mostly copypaste from ingame help at the moment

Oh, I learnt something from that French wiki

"As soon as a player amasses more than 100 soul points, all future lives will begin in towns inhabited by players who also have over 100 points (allowing the best players to play together)."

Oooooh.

So heroes are P2P

I hate micro-transactions

You can also earn hero status by being the last person left alive.

And... erm... eating citizens? Am I translating this right?

> anisi qu'en dévorant des citoyens lorsqu'on est devenu une goule

@Brant By being the last person to be killed.

> Il faut mourir dévoré dans son lit lors de l'ultime attaque , celle qui détruit la ville.

It is necessary to die by being eaten in bed during the ultimate attack, which destroys the city.

There's a game clock in the far top right corner of the page. The nightly zombie attack starts at 23:00.

Oh goody. I'm dying in only 15 minutes.

aww

The gates are closed and we have 6 people outside. :(

So, which towns y'all in?

Or out.

I do have a fridge to hit zombies with.

Deep Camp Of Skulls

> The nights are freezing cold in the desert... A thick dust cloud engulfs everything and you can hear mournful groaning all around you. Occasionally you make out an indistinct figure moving in the shadows. let's hope that it's just your imagination...

T-1 minute.

haha, I like the button

I see the same thing

turn off your flash block, it mangles the page

You should see this:

the two options are randomized, and if you click them, it just gives two different random options

Cry Nervously / Hug a Broken Guitar

I see that now too.

Maybe there really was a site problem for a couple minutes there.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Chrome.

So we come back in an hour?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hug a Crying Guitar

Ah well. Time to throw Android on my iPod Touch in the mean time.

How long's the attack take?

Oh, never mind

The idiots left the gate open...

what does this even mean:

"dont they to negociate, they are always right." i love that bit. but its good to see you stand behinde your game. some develipers that have high grafics like sants row 2, they dont reely stand behinde there product its been out for quite a wile, lots of bugs and no patches for thim. but its good to see there are good game programer's out there like the one's for die2nite. it gives more of a realistic aspect on if there was a reel zombie apocolips.

wut?

How do you get more AP?

More max that is.

Wow, this town is good

where are you now?

Tense echo of the anonymous

But.. can you somehow increase AP beyond 6?

Also, is there any danger to staying in an empty (no zombies) spot overnight to search?

Just hopped in a sec before you linked it :)

zombies can spawn there if you're not careful

This sounds really fun

but if you're smart, you'll see it coming

just check in every few hours

and no, you can't increase AP beyond 6, but realistically, you have 18 ap/day to work with from food/water, 24+ if you drink/use drugs

Psh, Euro-exclusionists.

@JavadocMD CET actually works perfectly for EST office-slackers javadoc.

Each game 'day' ends at 5 PM!

I'm an MST office-slacker. :(

so it ends at 3 PM

Which means the day starts before I'm awake, yes? Is it twelve hour cycles?

12-hour day, 12-hour night?

no it's a 24 hour cycle

'night' lasts about 30 minutes and is basically the reset.

Oh I see.

← 10 messages moved from Bridge

Took 20 minutes today

I'm a good guy. Honestly.

So this game's referral key only beta?

@FallenAngelEyes As of now, yeah.

Need a key?

If you have an extra, that would be awesome :D

Can we play together?

As of now, only if we luck into the same town.

86Q96DBQ

use that key

What's your nick here? I'll put you as my sponsor

Feist

and it's down again

Do you play as a character in this game? I know it's kind of a weird question, but I usually use a character name if that's the case for stuff rather than just a username.

For me, Arda Xi is both

@ArdaXi Yeah, it always goes down for about 20 minutes for the invasion, and then on the next hour mark for about 10-15 minutes for maintenance or something.

I really like the game though, now that I'm in an active town.

Like for Urban Dead, I used a character name.

@FallenAngelEyes Kinda. There are definitely elements that encourage some RP-ing for those so inclined.

Okay, thanks, I'll use a character name then. :)

We should have a pinned message with the people that have invites to share.

Seems to me that if we keep inviting within GSE, invites should stay available readily.

Well, I'm out again.

Every new char gets three I think?

but yeah, they seem to hand out invites dailyish, 3 at a time

@Brant Cures Terrified btw , if you haven't found out yet.

Hm hm, what profession to choose...

Can you attack players by the way?

@FallenAngelEyes Resident ;-)

What's the Hero thing mean?

Oh, I can't be any?

@FallenAngelEyes You can't choose anything but Resident until you unlock Hero mode.

Gotcha

Hero mode is the P2P option

though you can also unlock it by being the last survivor of a town that lasts past day 5

@LessPop_MoreFizz Do you know if you can attack players?

@ArdaXi no, don't think you can. But you can banish them and take their stuff.

you can also lock them out of town...

Can't do much until tomorrow though. 6 AP is seriously low.

@ArdaXi but it's not really 6

food and water

@LessPop_MoreFizz 18 is also quite low in practice.

Considering you lose 2 to upgrading to a tent

18 is plenty when you consider that it's a collaborative game. You need to coordinate your efforts to accomplish anything

True. I've spent most of my APs on rescue missions.

What town are you in @fallen?

Wood of Autumn

name is AuroraNightshade

Oh hey, I'm in town with you. (just respawned)

Awesome!

Not quite sure what to do at the moment. People have decided we want to build a Workshop first, apparently. I upgraded to a Tent and got my water ration. Now I'm just clicking about reading stuff.

Workshop is v. important.

You should upgrade to a tent, get your water, open your welcome kit/doggy bag

deposit anything that isn't food in the bank, and then go out and scavenge!

Check, check, check and check.

Gotcha!

Actually, deposit anything in the bank. Just make sure you take one food and one drink with you when you go out.

so the Pharmaceutical Products in the bank too?

Unless you have two.

Always combine them to purifier.

ah okay

@ArdaXi they don't always become purifier. THey become something random

also, if you find zombies, DO NOT TRY TO RUN

Excuse me.

you'll get injured, and then infected, and then die.

send out a call for help on the town forums, and somone should be able to come and get you out.

Every action uses AP, right? If I search a place, that'll use AP I assume?

only actions that are designated as costing AP cost AP

searching does not

search every square

Oh okay.

and pick a square and just sit on it and auto-search overnight

you'll find a new item every 2 hrs that way

So attacks are only at midnight?

True. They start at 2200 GMT

Oh god zombies D:

I can't read my position because the text is too small...

How many zombies is it?

6

I'm uh. Kind of terrified atm.

you're at 0/-2

oh whoops, posted my message just as you did

It's nice that it tells you how many AP away the town is.

Got one more person to join me, so if you head down, we'll be free!

Are you still there?

I'm one square over, and I don't see you on the radar, don't want to walk into the horde

I'm still there

as is Amassingham

There

grab the stuff on the ground

head home by going straight north

you'll be caught by zombies again

and I'll bail you out and repeat

I... don't see you here

nevermind

I just killed 4 zombies!

o_o

the zone's not depeleted, so I would chill here for a few hours for free searches

Sounds like a plan.

I'm heading to bed in a couple hours, what should I do then?

just head into town?

You could auto-search if the zone's not depleted

@Mana You can auto search even if it is depeleted

you're just less likely to find stuff

yeah

so long as you'll be able to check back in before the next attack, you should find someplace safe to auto-search

which I guess is okay if you're going to bed

and attack is 23H ingame time?

Yup.

Okay, yeah I can definitely check back before that.

When does AP renew?

So

when zombies attack you are unable to access the site for a short period of time

when you are able to access the site again it's a whole new day.

so if you're drunk you become hungover, or if you're infected you could die of an infection etc. etc.