Grow - a chat session

I'm telling you - this game is like a good drug! Here is a chat session that I had with my friend last week. I got him to play the game, and I think I hooked him. Basically this is what transpires during the chat: I tell my friend about the game, he figures out how to play it in about 5 minutes, we discuss strategies, and at the end of it, he even tells another friend about the game. It was fun playing along with him - as I'm sure you'll see if you read below. Warning! Please skip this chat session if you are offended by curses and references to controlled substances.


Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:00PM
yodjcast: check out this game http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/RPG/index.html

princemenon: ive gotta install some shit

yodjcast: do it.  its fun

princemenon: ok
i dont get do i need volume cause ive got no speakers

yodjcast: no, you don't need sound.
it has some good sound effects though
I prefer listening to The Streets though

princemenon: theyre not letting me click on my last thing
now they did. now what
ok i get i now sort of

yodjcast:
just add each element, you'll see.  i got pretty far this time.  i maxed out in like 4 levels

princemenon:i lost im not sure why
im trying again

yodjcast: it depends on what you choose
its fun trying different strategies

princemenon: yeah im getting it now

yodjcast: see how far you can get

princemenon: i was fucking shit up the n got killed, theres not enough control, im gonna smoke a bowl and try again

yodjcast: nice dude.  maybe that will help you think of creative strategies
i maxed out in four again, but one of my buildings sank in the ocean.

yodjcast: got 65
i mean 5.

princemenon: yeah mine just got sunk i guess the main strategy is trial and error

yodjcast: i wonder what the right pattern is, and if it will work every time

princemenon: im thinking its a specific pattern that wins

yodjcast: i got this super big blue tree to grow.  it was phat.

princemenon: but actually i doubt it , the further you get the more your options are i got a blue tree once
what do you start off with?

yodjcast:either housing or some element
starting off with trees

princemenon: what do the levels mean some say 2 or 3 or max does that make a difference?

yodjcast: yeah, the more maxes you get, the better the hero fares in his quest

princemenon: dont star off with trees or water
cause then you wont get the blue tree

yodjcast: im doing well with tress so far, im about to get the blue tree, yo!

princemenon: ive got a mointain going up to a treause chest

yodjcast: so do i, plus the blue tree

princemenon: but theres a boulder blocking

yodjcast: i gotta log mill going on

princemenon: ive got all sorts of fucked up shit going on

yodjcast: i bet you do.

princemenon: yet i lost i cant get past level 3

yodjcast: i always end up using the stairs last
dude ive gotta get far this time

princemenon: that was the best my world ended up looking

yodjcast: damn.  i only got 4 this time
you probably gotta get shit that reacts with each other really well

princemenon: as soon as you throw water down that devil stops jumping right?

yodjcast: i guess so

princemenon: yeah i just tested it

yodjcast: im gonna try some unorthodox shit on him
start with loot first

princemenon:
im coming up with new strategies myself

yodjcast: damn.  i almost got a 5 story pagoda
man i sucked in that round

princemenon: i cant get past level 3

yodjcast: cmon man!

princemenon: send danny the link danos4200

yodjcast: you send it

princemenon: ok

Thursday, March 30, 2006
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princemenon: what does the blue tree do?
danny wants to know

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