It's kind of like that! Though those were all made to be mobile games that you could play on the go. This was made back before games were portable, so you'd just have to sit at a computer for a few hours. The graphics were also wayyyyy lower quality back then...
[ clicks... ]
Hmm, do you want to be a banker, a carpenter, or a farmer? The banker has the most money to start with so he can buy more supplies for the journey... I guess the carpenter's probably better at wagon repair or something?
[ he doesn't know wtf the benefit to being a farmer would be when they can't stop to plant anything... maybe the oxen would like him better. ]
[ eric i'm sorry cyoa kicked my ass so bad i thought i responded to this, cries
none of that first part registers as meaning anything about anything to him. what even is a graphic. has anyone taught him what a computer is. mobage......
basically what this means is that he just nods along and looks at what the prompts are. ]
Oh! A carpenter. I enjoy architecture. [ close enough. ] Though—are you and I in this game?
[ HELP ME. SIDON THINKS THIS IS A GREAT LIST. NOTHING COULD GO WRONG IN "OREGON." ]
Oh—yes, just after winter ends! An excellent time to start a new journey.
[ afterwards, they're greeted to a store list and their budget. they can buy oxen, food, clothing, ammunition, and spare parts. the way i opened up oregon trail for this. ]
Hm... well, I don't need any clothes. And—we can make repairs ourselves?
[ me spelling viktor's name wrong because i was thinking about xillia 2 earlier fgjkd but HONESTLY it's ic for him to fuck up names so it stays!! he just went ahead and typed "y" to the question about the names being right before sidon could correct him and now they have to live with it.
i love us both just playing along with the actual game here. ]
Probably?
[ is there actually a carpenter bonus, who knows.
he doesn't think the game is going to take sidon's not needing to wear clothes into account, but he also doesn't remember how much clothes matter in this context and they wouldn't be cute anyway so he'll go ahead with 8 sets. next... ]
[ the number of times i have almost typed victor in a tag is leaping out. victor is here now. it will soften the blow when he inevitably dies along the journey. ]
We can't leave them!
[ THEY HAVE TO BRING ALL THE OXEN!!!!! no curfew man left behind except shouxue who is actually better off not included. anyway he has never used a gun so he's useless for the ammo bit, and they can grab a few extra wagon bits and pieces. ]
If we follow the game's suggestions, we still have money remaining... Maybe we should bring extra Dilucs?
[ will they even get far enough to spend their surplus. ]
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"Oregon Trail"...?
[ some prompts come up. ]
Is this like one of the I.R.I.S. games?
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It's kind of like that! Though those were all made to be mobile games that you could play on the go. This was made back before games were portable, so you'd just have to sit at a computer for a few hours. The graphics were also wayyyyy lower quality back then...
[ clicks... ]
Hmm, do you want to be a banker, a carpenter, or a farmer? The banker has the most money to start with so he can buy more supplies for the journey... I guess the carpenter's probably better at wagon repair or something?
[ he doesn't know wtf the benefit to being a farmer would be when they can't stop to plant anything... maybe the oxen would like him better. ]
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none of that first part registers as meaning anything about anything to him. what even is a graphic. has anyone taught him what a computer is. mobage......
basically what this means is that he just nods along and looks at what the prompts are. ]
Oh! A carpenter. I enjoy architecture. [ close enough. ] Though—are you and I in this game?
[ watches todomatsu set them up to die ]
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anyway carpenter it is! clicks. ]
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you name everyone in the wagon, so we can name them all after people here!
[ makes himself party leader... adds sidon as number 2... ]
Okay, so two others besides us. Who do you want to take to Oregon?
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he does not know what an oregon is but it sounds nice. ]
What about... Owner?
[ he is just picking someone from the bathroom curfew. he does not know that two of them will be dead this week so this is just dumb luck. ]
You can pick the last one!
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and honestly bathroom curfew was also his natural impulse so i'm going to make this tragic ]
Diluc-san can be the ox.
[ he's not going to subject shouxue to this wagon full of dudes ]
When to leave... [ sees what the Ask For Advice option has to say ] ...April, probably? That's like, early to mid spring.
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Oh—yes, just after winter ends! An excellent time to start a new journey.
[ afterwards, they're greeted to a store list and their budget. they can buy oxen, food, clothing, ammunition, and spare parts. the way i opened up oregon trail for this. ]
Hm... well, I don't need any clothes. And—we can make repairs ourselves?
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i love us both just playing along with the actual game here. ]
Probably?
[ is there actually a carpenter bonus, who knows.
he doesn't think the game is going to take sidon's not needing to wear clothes into account, but he also doesn't remember how much clothes matter in this context and they wouldn't be cute anyway so he'll go ahead with 8 sets. next... ]
Ugh, this is so many oxen.
[ DILUC, BE FEWER OXEN, YOU'RE EXPENSIVE ]
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We can't leave them!
[ THEY HAVE TO BRING ALL THE OXEN!!!!! no curfew man left behind except shouxue who is actually better off not included. anyway he has never used a gun so he's useless for the ammo bit, and they can grab a few extra wagon bits and pieces. ]
If we follow the game's suggestions, we still have money remaining... Maybe we should bring extra Dilucs?
[ will they even get far enough to spend their surplus. ]