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(text-style: "bold")[In the year 50,000BP]
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/intro.gif" alt="intro">
While gathering food for your tribe in an uncharted area...
[[Next->Intro2]]
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There are an abundance of bush berries in this place.
By the cliffs over the river. It is a warm day
There are some rustling in the bushes.
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/rustling.gif" alt="rustle">
I think i will...
[[Go gloser to investigate..->Investigate 1]]
[[Run Away..->Run Away 1]]
[[Stay Still..->Stay Still]]
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<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/title.png" alt="Title">
[[Start Game->Intro1]]
(set: $investigated to 1)
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The sound. It is no man.
I remember stories from the hunters warning about a fearsome beast in this area.
That spears will not save you from it.
(set: $flame to 1)[Only the mystical warmth of the glowing bush will scare it]
I am just a gatherer.
I do not wish to face it.
[[I run..->Run Away 1]]
(if: $staystill is 0)[[[I stay perfectly still..->Stay Still]]]
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(if: $investigated is 1)[I see it. Its orange fur and huge fangs.]
The hunters told stories about a beast who slayed a dozen men, I will not be one of them.
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/beast.png" alt="beast">
I ran as fast as I can towards the direction of the village.
I hear a growling coming closer.. and closer
[[I run even faster->Run Away 2]]
(set: $staystill to 1)
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The movement in the bushes.
It's moving.
Circling around me.
It's getting closer.
I have never encountered a beast before.
I've heard stories from the hunters.
How they tear through man like rock through leaves.
(set: $pouch to 1)[I am just a gatherer. With only a pouch and inside are some berries.]
I do not wish be struck down.
[[Run away!->Run Away 1]]
(if: $investigated is 0)[[[Investigate..->Investigate 1]]]
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The growling is even louder!
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/run.gif" alt="run">
I cant keep up!
[[I turn around->Encounter]]
[[I keep running->Encounter]]
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It was quick.
It leaped on me, pressing me down with it's claws. Sinking deep into my flesh.
I finally saw it.
It's fangs
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tiger.png" alt="tiger">
It's so big
I have never seen one so close before
I have never seen one alive before
I'm pinned
My body! It's not moving!
[[Grab a rock on my left]]
[[Grab some dirt on my right]]
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I jumped off the ledge into the river.
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/falling.gif" alt="falling">
I never jumped from this height before
I hit the water
[[Then nothing->Awake]]
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I woke up by the river.
Water is falling from the sky.
It's cold.
It is almost nightfall.
I must have washed down the river
Where am I? I don't recognise this place.
I feel a chill down by back
The beast. It's watching me.
It is following me.
[[I look around->Look Around]]
(set: $panick to 1)[[[I run away from the river into the woods->Go into the cave]]]
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Near the river.
I see a cave.
It looks like I can be safe in there
{
(if: $rock is 1)[I see some rocks by the river
I pick up some rocks]
(if: $pouch is 1)[I see my pouch nearby, the berries washed away
I pick up my pouch]
(if: $dirt is 1)[The river is shallow yet I cannot see the bottom
I put my hands in the river and grabbed some wet dirt]
(if: $flame is 1)[There are old tree branches nearby
I remember the elder villagers making the glowing bush useing tree branches.
I pick some up]
}
[[Look around again]]
[[Go into the cave]]
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(set: $rock to 1)[I grabbed a rock and throw it in it's face]
The rock bounced off it's face.
It roared in pain and backed up, I am free!
[[I see the ledge->Jump]]
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(set: $dirt is 1)[I grabbed some dirt and throw it in it's face]
The dirt blinded it. But not for long.
It is blinded and backed up, I am free!
[[I see the ledge->Jump]]
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There are no signs of the beast.
You see birds flying away from a distance.
(set: $prepared to 1)[It must be there, I know where it is]
[[Go into the cave]]
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<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/cave.png" alt="cave">
(if: $panick is 1)[I see a cave nearby, I run inside]
It is dark and cold.
I rub my hands together. It is warm
The light outside is fading.
The sun is setting.
I need to kill the beast to survive.
How do I do it?
(if: $panick is 1)[I don' know. I am just a gatherer]
(if: $rock is 1)[What do the hunters hunt with again?]
(if: $pouch is 1)[My pouch is no weapon,
Maybe if I put something harder than berries in it?]
(if: $dirt is 1)[What if the beast can't find me?]
(if: $flame is 1)[My hands are warm..the glowing bush is warm.
No. It is hot. It burns]
(if: $panick is 1 and $pouch is 0 and $flame is 0)[[[I hear it! It is coming for me!->Death]]]
(if: $rock is 1 and $pouch is 1 )[[[Maybe I can combine the rock and pouch..->Make a sling]]]
(if: $dirt is 1)
(if: $rock is 1)
(if: $flame is 1)[[[Am I able to start my own glowing bush?->Make a fire]]]
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I see the beast coming towards me.
I am un armed and unprepared.
Is this the life of a gatherer.
To be slayed by beasts?
It pounced towards my neck.
I feel the arm blood flowing down my body.
Everything is dark
Everything is cold
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Restart?
(click:"Restart")[(reload:)]
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I remember throwing a rock at the beast.
It didn't do much.
And I can only throw one at a time.
Maybe if I can repeat it without the rock leaving my hand.
(set: $sling to 1)[I put some rocks into the pouch and swing it around.]
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sling.gif" alt="sling">
It feels heavy.
I hope this works.
[[I see the beast approching.->Fight]]
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(if: $sling is 1)[I spin my rock-pouch round and round
It seems to be gaining speed and strength
I hit the beast with it with all my might]
(if: $torch is 1)[I took my glowing bush and swing it at the beast
A few tries and I managed to hit it]
It screams in pain
I do it repeatedly, again and again.
It cries out and ran off.
I did it!
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/win.gif" alt="win">
Man has finally conqured beast!
I lay in the cave for the night.
Hoping that tomorrow I can find my way back
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Restart?
(click:"Restart")[(reload:)]
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My hands are warm when I rub them.
Will it be the same for the glowing bush?
I took two branches and rub them.
I do it again and again.
Then
A light.
The smell.
The smoke.
I did it!
<img src="https://jeremyooi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tourch.gif" alt="torch">
(set: $torch to 1)[I summoned the glowing bush.]
It is bright and hot.
[[I see the beast approching.->Fight]]