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Unofficial Episode 2 easter egg thread

Started by kindofdoon, September 18, 2010, 11:59:33 AM

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KatieHal

Yay! I was happy we got to include some articles but wasn't sure many people would notice it. :) 

Katie Hallahan
~Designer, PR Director~

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dubird

[spoiler]Viewing the bonsai tree by the dock on the Isle of the Crown prompts a Narrarator comment about Japan.[/spoiler]

Damar

This isn't technically an easter egg, but it's part of an egg, and it made me feel warm and fuzzy and reminded me of my childhood.  So when you find the suffer, you can look at it in your inventory and it laughs.  That laughter is the exact same as this weird little laughing fuzzy monster toy my parents had when I was young.  You'd shake it, and this long stream of laughter would start, ending with the laughter you hear the suffer emitting.

Like I said, not really an easter egg, but that laughter was taken from something that led to a lot of nostalgia for me.  I wonder where that toy is now?  Probably packed away in a basement somewhere...

Haseth

Quote from: KatieHal on September 20, 2010, 05:15:58 PM
Yay! I was wondering if people had heard them at all or not. :)

They're all voiced by team members; the French guard dog is Richard Houle, one of our programmers.

My guard dog will come along in a later episode, I can't wait!

Does that mean we will be seeing female guard dogs in the castle?
"Be kind to this gentle land, be open-hearted to her whimsy, and protect her, if you can, from the harsh winds which might wish to blow in from the sea to steal her soul.  She is unlike any place I have ever seen, and she has stolen my heart."

atec123

Quote from: Haseth on September 23, 2010, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: KatieHal on September 20, 2010, 05:15:58 PM
Yay! I was wondering if people had heard them at all or not. :)

They're all voiced by team members; the French guard dog is Richard Houle, one of our programmers.

My guard dog will come along in a later episode, I can't wait!

Does that mean we will be seeing female guard dogs in the castle?
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Quote from: Haseth on September 23, 2010, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: KatieHal on September 20, 2010, 05:15:58 PM
Yay! I was wondering if people had heard them at all or not. :)

They're all voiced by team members; the French guard dog is Richard Houle, one of our programmers.

My guard dog will come along in a later episode, I can't wait!

Does that mean we will be seeing female guard dogs in the castle?
Unless Katie is impersonating (imdogating?) a male. ;D

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Haseth

Quote from: atec123 on September 23, 2010, 08:52:19 AM
Quote from: Haseth on September 23, 2010, 08:50:19 AM
Quote from: KatieHal on September 20, 2010, 05:15:58 PM
Yay! I was wondering if people had heard them at all or not. :)

They're all voiced by team members; the French guard dog is Richard Houle, one of our programmers.

My guard dog will come along in a later episode, I can't wait!

Does that mean we will be seeing female guard dogs in the castle?
ZOMG!  YOUR AVATAR!!!!!

;D

That's the result of suffering these many years.




"Be kind to this gentle land, be open-hearted to her whimsy, and protect her, if you can, from the harsh winds which might wish to blow in from the sea to steal her soul.  She is unlike any place I have ever seen, and she has stolen my heart."

KatieHal

It's a female guard dog, but you'd best not call her the b-word ;)

Katie Hallahan
~Designer, PR Director~

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix." Christina Baldwin

I have a blog!

Fierce Deity

Quote from: KatieHal on September 23, 2010, 10:19:49 AM
It's a female guard dog, but you'd best not call her the b-word ;)

If she's a guard dog at the Castle of the Crown, I don't know who in their right mind would even want to attempt that.  :P
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snabbott

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Lambonius

You guys ever think of actually trying to hide some of these "easter eggs?"  One-click actions like looking at part of the scenery or picking up water aren't exactly obscure.  And I don't think most players are going to appreciate 4-minute long fourth-wall breaking tirades when they accidentally do one of these oh-so-obscure actions.  Unless they are already TSL groupies, I mean.   ::)

wilco64256

Quote from: Lambonius on September 24, 2010, 10:52:11 AM
You guys ever think of actually trying to hide some of these "easter eggs?"  One-click actions like looking at part of the scenery or picking up water aren't exactly obscure.  And I don't think most players are going to appreciate 4-minute long fourth-wall breaking tirades when they accidentally do one of these oh-so-obscure actions.  Unless they are already TSL groupies, I mean.   ::)

"look in rock" isn't very difficult either.

And if you don't want to watch it, you can click through the dialogue and be done with it in less than ten seconds.  Finding the suffer was far from a one-click action.
Weldon Hathaway

Lambonius

No, you're right.  The hidden suffer was pretty good.  Right on the mark, I'd say.  I always just thought things like messages from the developers (particularly long spoken ones) should be the stuff of very obscure eggs.  That one was practically right out in the open.  I think breaking the fourth wall via easter eggs is fine and dandy.  :)  But if it's not hidden well, it loses its appropriateness, in my opinion.

wilco64256

Quote from: Lambonius on September 24, 2010, 12:01:03 PM
No, you're right.  The hidden suffer was pretty good.  Right on the mark, I'd say.  I always just thought things like messages from the developers (particularly long spoken ones) should be the stuff of very obscure eggs.  That one was practically right out in the open.  I think breaking the fourth wall via easter eggs is fine and dandy.  :)  But if it's not hidden well, it loses its appropriateness, in my opinion.

It's just another of those things that's entirely opinion-based.  Plenty of people who found the Suffer didn't know about the Easter Egg at the shoreline on the Isle of Wonder, and vice versa.  It just depends on how you play and whether you stumble across it or not.
Weldon Hathaway

Haseth

Now come on... Who in their right mind would go and pick up water without a container? Clearly someone who is not looking for a sensible answer, in other words an easter egg.  ;D
"Be kind to this gentle land, be open-hearted to her whimsy, and protect her, if you can, from the harsh winds which might wish to blow in from the sea to steal her soul.  She is unlike any place I have ever seen, and she has stolen my heart."

SilverBall10

Quote from: KatieHal on September 23, 2010, 10:19:49 AM
It's a female guard dog, but you'd best not call her the b-word ;)

She wouldn't take it as an offense, anyway, she's a she-dog.
:)

snabbott


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