There is a (colour: red)[woman] entering your home.
She loves you but does not respect your carpet.
There is a woman in your house and it is unclear why she always 'forgets' to take her shoes off.
She is the sort of woman who plays invisible games.
There is a woman approaching your stairs and it is unclear if she is playing a game.
She is your Grandmother and you love her.
She is your Father's Mother and this is your Father's house that she will disrespect.
She always plays to win.
Are (colour: green)[you] playing a game?
[[START->Preflight Checks]]
[[ABOUT]]
(set: $game to "off")
(set: $reminders to 0)
ARE YOU PLAYING A GAME?
(colour: green)[Yes,] [[This is a battle for dominance over her respecting this is a shoe-off house!]]
(colour: green)[No,] [[She is just forgetting even though her house is shoes-off.]]
I started writing 2 hours after this happened to me and it seemed like an excuse to learn how to add a variables, basic if/else functions and text input boxes.
It took 3 hours to make the first draft then another few to understand and fix the errors.
My family is not exactly this and I love them. I just don't aways understand them.
Find me on Twitter @voidnotes or with my friends on [[voidnotes.com->vncom]]
More information about this game [[here.->gamepage]]
Aimee M
x(set: $game to "on")
This is a game of her creation. The most important rule of these kind of games is to never acknowledge competition.
Deniability is vital.
[[She is approaching the stairs, shoes on.]]
There is no invisible game.
Chill out.
Constantly playing mind games would be weird.
[[She is approaching the stairs, shoes on.]] Your $nan is starting to climb the stairs, with her shoes on. Your Grandfather is taking his shoes off.
[[Say nothing.]]
[[Remind her]](if: $game is "on")[''Your Dad is not home yet so you have not lost. $nan is winning every moment she is not challenged'']
$nan goes up the stairs and heads to the kitchen to look through the windows.
You follower her to put the kettle on.
(set: $trueend to 1)
(colour:red)["Oh, $name, there's a cat on the fence"]
[[Make small talk until your Dad get's home->But the game is not over!]]
[[Make small talk then pretend to notice her shoes.]]There are witnesses. She may not like other people hearing her be told she is wrong.
[[Say nothing.]]
[[Gently remind her.]]What do (colour: green)[you] call your (colour: red)[Grandmother]?
[[Nan]]
[[Granny]]
[[SHE]]
(set: $nan to "Nan")
You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home.
[[Your name?]](set: $nan to "Granny")
You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home.
[[Your name?]](set: $nan to "Grandmother")
You are not going to caller her SHE. She deserves better than that. You know this.
She is your (colour: red)[$nan].
You want to get $nan to remove her shoes before your Dad gets home.
[[Your name?]](set: $name to (prompt: "Don't put something rude:", "Dear"))
Hello $name
I hope you are ready to play.
[[Let's play!->START]] You talk a little then act surprised.
(colour: green)["Um, er, $nan, you know Dad doesn't like when people wear shoes in the house?"]
She seemed surprised then began to take off her shoes.
(colour:red)["I always forget, you need to remind me"]
(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''You protected her ego by doing this once you were alone. She took her shoes off with a graceful cliam'']]
(set: $reminders to $reminders + 1)
(set: $trueend to $trueend + 1)
[[But the game is not over!]] (colour:green)["$nan, would you mind taking your shoes off"]
She seems surpirised for a moment then says:
(colour:red)["I was just putting my feet on the step to take them off"]
(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''This is not a full loss for her as she was able to retain some level of "being right" even though everyone there knows she was not going to take them off'']]
(set: $reminders to $reminders + 1)
[[But the game is not over!]]
Dad comes home and $nan goes back downstairs again to look at something in the garage. She will have put her shoes back on to go outside.
You are in the Kitchen.
Do you float around the stairs to remind her(if: $reminder is 1)[again]?
(if: $reminder is 1)[You have already done your part so [[Just make tea...]]]
(if: $reminder is 0)[[[Just make tea...]]]
[[Hover around.]]You make tea for the whole family then join them in the living room.
$nan is wearing her shoes.
(if: $reminder is 1)[Again.]
(if: $game is "on")[''$nan has won. Though you lost nothing. The carpet already needed to be hoovered.'']
(if $trueend is 2)[(colour: red + white)[''True End found.'']]
[[END]]
You hover around the front door, pretending to take an interest in the contents of your garage.
$nan walks back in the house
[[Say nothing.->SayNo2]]
(if: $reminders is 1)[[[Smile weakly and remind her.->Smile weakly and remind 2]]]
(if: $reminders is 0)[[[Remind her.->Remind her 22]]]Whether or not there is really a game going on the real looser in this game is the family who has to play.
(colour:gray)[''You all lose'']
(colour:gray)[''$name lost'']
Playing 5D chess over dinner is exhausing and also boring.
See you next round.
Back to the game [[START]].
Back to the actual [[first page->Intro]].
[[ABOUT]](colour:green)["um, You said to remind you..."]
(colour:red)["Yes... I did"]
(colour:red)["Thank you $name"]
You don't know if your "um" was to sound defferential or was real uncertainty.
(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''$nan has lost. But what have you gained?'']]
[[END]] (colour:green)["$nan, would you mind leaving your shoes downstairs"]
(colour:red)["Yes of course I was going to"]
(colour:red)["I know your Dad prefers that"]
You all know she was not going to take her shoes off but to say so would break the rules of a game you are certainly not all playing.
(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''$nan has had to do something she did not want to do. You have won? What did you win?'']]
[[END]] You walk upstairs with her and go make tea for the whole family.
$nan is wearing her shoes.
(if: $reminders is 1)[Again.]
(if: $reminders is 1)[(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''$nan has won. You would have had to ask twice and that is just too much. You are defeated. '']]]
(if: $reminders is 0)[(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''$nan has won. Though you lost nothing. The carpet already needed to be hoovered.'']]]
(if: $game is "on")[(colour:gray)[''The carpet already needed to be hoovered.'']]
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