God School: Assignment 5

[thinkslogically]

Assignment Five



ÔÇ£Come in, yes, welcome back! I hope none of you ran into difficulties with the transdimensional locators? You all found ArlesÔÇÖ dimension ok and everyoneÔÇÖs back now? Excellent!

ÔÇ£Now, this weekÔÇÖs lesson is all about copying someone elseÔÇÖs image and altering it using the simple selection tools (weÔÇÖll cover more of those next week) available to us. You may also notice that we have a guest with us today. This young goblin is... Um... Well, I forget actually. Mortals all blend in to one after a while. IÔÇÖm sure youÔÇÖll be able to give it a suitable name anyway.

ÔÇ£Thanks to the wonders of interdimensional replication technology we have been able to replicate this particular mortal several times, so you can each get one version of it to keep and do your bidding. Try not to kill it.



ÔÇ£Your task for this week is quite simple. We have recently learned the whereabouts of a particularly valuable magical item and we simply need you to direct your minions through the dangers to retrieve it. We have managed to open a portal quite close to where this treasure is being held, but unfortunately there is a powerful magic field in place which prevents deities from simply wandering in and taking it. Mortals can pass through fine though and Common Law of the Multiverse agrees that theyÔÇÖre so squishy itÔÇÖs only fair that theyÔÇÖre allowed some divine assistance. YouÔÇÖd be amazed how often that happens.

ÔÇ£ThatÔÇÖs where this little minion comes in. Get it through that door by any means you can come up with, and do it before next week. Try and tell us a story and remember to show us how you got your minion through. Any questions? Good! Off you go!ÔÇØ

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NOTE: We'll come onto poses and manipulating sprites in later lessons, so don't worry that you only have one pose to work with for now. If you want to try using some others, there are some more of my sprites in the Resources Thread, but you'll have to draw a new dress and match the colours (I don't want to see any naked or invisible sprites running around for no reason!). I won't tell you how to do it here (consider it a challenge!), but if you feel like trying to figure it out then have a go

[LAYF]

Here is my entry... total time 32 Min.

[BeanDip]

Hi there! My name is Doug!
I'm Jeremy, nice to meet you.
Jeremy? Not something like "Plaything-Of-Gods" or "Cloned Mortal"?



That's very offensive. Not every clan names their nurselings like that and it's racist to assume they do.
Oh. I had no idea. I'm sorry to be offensive. There's a ladder there... maybe you should go down it and be careful, ladders and ladder related accidents cause several thousand deaths every year.
Nice work changing the subject, racist.
I said I was sorry!



What's down there?
A hat and a bottle of something
OH GODS! DON'T PUT ON THE HAT! IT COULD BE POISONOUS!
What?
The hat. It might be poisoned. I'm supposed to keep you alive. It's happened before. Ralph Viner, age 35, dead from a poisoned hat.



...I'm putting the hat on.



Huh. You do look very dapper, I suppose.
Dapper for a monstrous Goblin, you mean?
I'm not racist! What's in the bottle?



Something called Instant Bridge.
That's convenient.



Okay. Go back upstairs and use that extendable rod I totally gave you before you entered this place. Use it to knock over that torch to melt the ice. Stand back too. Fire and ice can explode violently when mixed.
I am certain that neither fire nor ice work that way.
Jane Smithers, age 23, died in a fire-icesplosion.



Good now go use your exendo-rod to get the key.









Now go back and get the bottle of Instant Bridge and open it.



OH GODS! I KILLED HIM! I'M SO SORRY JEREMY AND MESSENGER!
Relax *cough* I'm *coughcough* fine.
Oh thank goodness.







Hey wait!
What?
Before you go change that sign to say something nice. It's really mean right now.
Seriously?
Yes. It's mean and I would prefer it be nice and happy and friendly. Please do it?
Fine. Weirdest God I ever worked for...

[I'mBob]

Hmm BeanDip, I can't see these pics of yours. Is it only me?

[BeanDip]

check again. just switched to flickr, still learning the ropes

there's going to be dialog between photos in a moment.

[M0rtimer]

Works fine now!

[BeanDip]

Dialogue is finished and the full assignment is complete.

[thinkslogically]

Brilliant, these are awesome!

[GathersIngredients]

Sorry for the lateness. This took a lot longer than I thought it would.
This is huge, so I guess I'd better spoiler it.

► Show Spoiler

Messenger: Ok, so here is your mortal, you have to get them through that door. Watch out, they are really squishy though. You may begin.

Sprite: Erm, ok, thanks I guess. Shouldn't I be getting some kind of manual or something?

Messenger: ...



Sprite: Hi there, my name is Sprite and I want to help you get through that door over there. What's your name?

Goblin: DiesALot.

Sprite: Erm. Ok, then. Are you ready to get started?

Goblin: Sure, I am.

Sprite: Ok, then, please walk to the right.

Goblin: Can do.





Sprite: Hey, this isn't so bad...



Goblin:whoa!

Sprite: ...



Sprite: Shoot!



Sprite: ...
Poor little guy. Or girl.
...
What do I do now?

Sprite: Erm, excuse me, entity messenger, please,...

Messenger: ... Yes?

Sprite: Erm, I have a problem. I think I broke my mortal. I am so very sorry. Can I please get a new one?

Messenger: ... Seriously? After I told you to be careful with them, too? Oh well, I guess so. Since you can't complete the assignment without it...
But be REALLY careful with this one, now!



Sprite: ...

Goblin: ... haven't I been here before?
*waits*

Sprite: Hi there, my name is Sprite and I want to help you get through that door over there. So please, let's try this again.

Goblin: Again?!

Sprite: Erm. Never mind that. Now, please walk to the right, and be very cautious, there is a gap on the ground a little ways away.

Goblin: Can do.



Sprite: Now, you'd best hold onto the ladder handles with your arms for safety and try to get across.

Goblin: Shouldn't I climb down? Maybe there is something important lying there.

Sprite:
Erm, no. We don't need you to go down there. Because, you know, the door is over there, so there's really no need to climb down...

Goblin:Ok, then. You seem to know what you are doing...



Sprite: Alright! Now, please keep on walking to the right...

Goblin: *yoink*



Sprite: Oh, shoot. Here's hoping they don't break anything.



Sprite: Aw heck. Oh no! And they caught fire, too!



Sprite:

Sprite: Erm, excuse me, entity messenger, please,...

Messenger: *sigh* ... Yes?

Sprite: I don't know how to say this... but...

Messenger: Don't tell me you need ANOTHER mortal.

Sprite: ...

Messenger: Ok, then, but this is going to be the last one, got it? There are other gods that need those, too. And they aren't that cheap, you know?

Sprite: ...



Sprite: Ok, little mortal, let's walk to the right, shall we?

Goblin: What? No. There's something burning over there. I'm afraid of fire and I don't want to go near all that smoke! Also, there is a gap in the floor and ice on the ground. And I have an immense fear of falling down!



Sprite: Fine. Screw that. I'm a freaking god, I don't need you to WALK around all those dangerous areas!









Sprite: There. How's that?

Goblin: That's great. Now how do I get through that door?



Sprite: Please, very carefully walk to the left, until you get to the edge. Lay on the ground there and reach into the hole. On the wall, there should be a hook with a key on it. Don't look down, though.



Goblin: Don't worry. I'm afraid of heights, too. I wonder why?



Goblin: *stretches out and reaches for the key* Got it!

Sprite: Now, very carefully, stand up, walk back right to the door, and unlock it with the key.



Goblin: There, done.

Sprite: Now, open the door and go through it.



Goblin: Thank you so much for helping me through this. Just imagine what could have happened to me, if you hadn't.

Sprite: Yeah, imagine...


Messenger: Finally. Took you long enough to realize that just TALKING to the mortals isn't enough.

Sprite: Wait, what? I thought that you would scold me now, for cheating the challenge.

Messenger: No way, silly. You did great in your last attempt. You don't need to limit yourself to following the laws of physics, logic and whatnot. Cheating is basically what we do most of the time. What, pray, did you figure you're a GOD for?

[thinkslogically]

Brilliant

Thanks BeanDip, Gathers and LAYF for completing this one! Your entries are all great and it doesn't look like you had too many problems manipulating the image to your own nefarious purposes

LAYF: Very nice sprite manipulation and nice and simple run through the dungeon. I like your use of the 3/4 facial view to show where the goblin is looking without having to change the whole sprite.

Bean: I thought yours was great and hilarious as always! Also the unimpressed face you use in panel 4 is probably my favourite sprite-expression ever so well done!

Gathers: This is brilliant! Super creative and totally unexpected solution to well, the entire room really! It's this kind of player response that makes playing & running games so cool in my opinion because I never, EVER would have thought to just switch the room around! Kudos for a great solution, and I foresee many a befuddled DM in your future

[M0rtimer]

I'm NOT late.

I wanted to get it done yesterday but my mother ended up needing me throughout the whole day... Hopefully I'll manage to do it today.

[thinkslogically]

No stress Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[Nerre]

Well, surprise. I was already thinking about dropping out of this as well, when suddenly I had some time to do this assignment today. Yay!

So here it is, have fun!













It already made me laugh a lot, though creators normally tend to be much more sceptical with their work than others.
The others were nice as well, especially Gathers which was very funny.

[thinkslogically]

Awesome Nerre! that's brilliant

[Nerre]

Awesome Nerre! that's brilliant

Thanks!

[LAYF]

Wow.. that is a really nice effort Nerre... 10 internets to you for that...
so far the best... in the school..

[Borys]

Mortal goblin, what is your name?
Ada┼ø
That's strange... I don't know where did I hear it before. Anyway I have an idea... Go down there.

Ok, I'm down, there is some book here...
Never trust books young goblin! Remember books can contain nasty things. That is totally not what we want here. My plan is different... see that ladder?
5 MINUTES LATER

Ok, that is what I wanted you to do. Well maybe these are quite short... but we have no other option.
But how am I supposed to jump in the end?
That is what we need that stupid hat for.

Ready?
I don't know, I've never done it before!
Don't panic, I saw it once when I was travelling west. Now go!

Now slowly, slowly...
No! You need to be fast, or you will fall!

Woohoo! It's awesome!
I knew it was a good idea, now we just need the key...

Argh...
Nevermind
Now, when I'm alone... what book is this?

No pictures... Shame, I would need to learn how to read. I will better go after this poor little guy, before he gets himself killed.

[thinkslogically]

Excellent! ...Though you're getting your submission marked down for calling the hat 'silly' (not that we have scores here)

A couple of minor points -
When your sprite takes the ladder rungs for 'skis', it would have been helpful to put a quick explanation in the text. I'm maybe really slow, but it took me a minute to figure out where the new shoes had come from. Also, the sprite making the jump looks a little demonic! If you added a pupil to the eye it would make the goblin look a little more 'Xtreme' and a little less Exorcist Really cool submission otherwise though - I like the humour and you've obviously got the hang of the lesson!

[Borys]

Tank you for all the nice words.
Calling hat "stupid" was supposed to show my god's character and so on. Like you now, he isn't appreciate fashion.
I added one extra sentence to dialog, I hope it will be helpful in understanding what are you supposed to look at. I also have this problem in many comics, not noticing details.
He was supposed to look overly fascinated by this jump. He is just reference to The best Polish Ski jumper, thus his name.
Anyway it took me too much time. I mean I think it was way harder (a least at the beginning), than drawing everything for yourself. I split it into three days, not to get too annoyed. That's why I'm posting it so late.
Anyway thank you for pointing me mistakes and complimenting, I'll go for the next assignment soon.

[thinkslogically]

Oh yeah, I got that he was concentrating before the jump, it was the next panel with the white eyes DURING the jump I was referring to. Sorry, that wasn't clear!

[Borys]

Yeah, I mean it, he is just so exited, almost possessed. That is supposed to look like this. Well maybe not that much scary.

[thinkslogically]

Ah cool! Then you've done a great job

[LAYF]

Hay Borys
Nice little run through there
I like how simple you fixed Thinks problem, by adding "My plan is different... see that ladder?"
That explain exactly whats going on and where the "skis" come from, so nice done

I can see that you used the rotation for the hat, nice

One thing that I think is missing, I can see you manipulate the arms several times... but the body and the legs keep to a vertical position, I know its a ski jump... but :S just a little thing

[Borys]

I know, I messed up with sprite. It was ok, as long as I was using just sprite from original pic, for the jump I needed different one, but I had to change face, arms and clothes. And effect is meh...