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RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - Lilium Mortem - 09-29-2022
[VOID_COWBOY]: I got a bit of time, maybe an hour, I'll boot this up
[VOID_COWBOY]: I got a little... diploma? when I 'adopted' my guy.
[VOID_COWBOY]: feels weird.
[VOID_COWBOY]: ok what's on this little tray thing?
[VOID_COWBOY]: a brush for brushin
[VOID_COWBOY]: glorp, some cushions... is that it?
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 09-29-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'm working on more stuff, but toy making has been slow...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i did pick up another artist to help me with some new items- i've got some treats in progress and a few more toys
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: if these do end up being constructs, the blurb before the diploma will be replaced with some kind of disclaimer about them being living things...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: the diploma's kind of a placeholder from when we weren't as sure about that. i honestly forgot it was there, haven't created any test friends recently
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - Lilium Mortem - 09-29-2022
[VOID_COWBOY]: well I don't see much I can do. I think I can pet my guy and brush him and stuff.
[VOID_COWBOY]: but he mostly just
[VOID_COWBOY]: does things
[VOID_COWBOY]: not sure what I'm supposed to be doing here, besides tryin the chat feature. either I'm missing something or this is pretty bare bones.
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 09-29-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: you can take pictures using the spacebar, if you have a keyboard! doughboard input uses a quick tap to the bottom.
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: but...yeah, it's mainly meant to be exploratory. i'm hoping when we get treats added, you can coax your friends into doing tricks...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'm also working on some clothes for dressup potential, but... development of features got kind of stalled by the whole "are they alive?" conundrum.
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: so yeah, there's not a lot of cool game features yet, but it's not really meant to be a goal or challenge based game. just...hanging out with a little friend.
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - Lilium Mortem - 09-29-2022
[VOID_COWBOY]: I tried the chat feature, seems like pretty basic chatbot resoponses, mostly just parroting.
[VOID_COWBOY]: Great animations though.
[VOID_COWBOY]: Can't say I really get the whole 'hanging out with a little friend' appeal of this game, but I'm willing to keep going to see if my guy does anything more interesting then parroting me.
[VOID_COWBOY]: but that's all the time I have today, sorry for my weird hours, got a lot of irons on the fire.
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 09-29-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: that's okay!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: any info you can give us is welcome- even if you get "chatbot"-ish responses, that still helps us learn a lot.
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: not that you have to like, show every log, but...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: oh, right- i wanted to introduce y'all to my friends, but is there anything you'd want me to say specifically on your behalfs?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i figure it might be interesting for you all to see how a more...advanced? friend talks.
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR] added [GENTLE_STAR]
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: welcome!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: feel free to scroll up for info, but also: ask any questions you want
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - knux400 - 10-01-2022
((The display reads "GENTLE_STAR is typing..." for about 5 minutes straight before the relatively short message comes in.))
[GENTLE_STAR]: hi! i havent actually installed the game yet, im still a bit hesitant. it looks good though
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i get the hesitance, i'm literally on the dev team and i haven't adopted any friends aside from test ones
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: which as far as we can tell, the test ones don't have any sort of sapience because you're not teaching them anything, just checking out the models
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: but...i don't know, rags is putting a lot of failsafes in. it's the only reason i'm taking the plunge on this
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - knux400 - 10-01-2022
((This message also takes a disproportionately long time to type. Just assume all future messiroom messages from gentlestar are incredibly slow unless i note otherwise))
[GENTLE_STAR]: yeah they told me as much. idk, i think its just nerves at this point
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: would it help to hear a conversation from one of my little guys?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i can ask them questions on your behalf, you'll have to take my word for it that it's a chatlog from the game but
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: same goes for the other testers here if anyone's up for that
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - knux400 - 10-01-2022
[GENTLE_STAR]: i wouldnt know what to ask but id love to hear a convo
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - sarcovyn - 10-01-2022
[D]: Oh fuck hi new people
[D]: I was digging through some chat logs actually and I found the one where my friend kinda trolled Squeaky Beta a little bit
[D]: But it did remind me
[D]: Has anyone tried to teach them actual math yet
[D]: Maybe I should post that in the behavior thread actually
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: okay!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i've been meaning to check in on wiggles and tell it about a tarot reading i got done for it
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: one sec
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: aw, it's happy to see me
[DIGITAL_HORROR]:
![[Image: Oz2sGmV.png]](https://homebrewdeviants.com/static/imgur_mirrors/Oz2sGmV.png)
[DIGITAL_HORROR]:
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: sorry that that took a bit, we get carried away sometimes...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: but it really is a little friend to me
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - knux400 - 10-01-2022
[GENTLE_STAR]: oh my gosh........
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: @[D] nope, no one's tried math yet
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - sarcovyn - 10-01-2022
[D]: Cute...
[D]: I love that
[D]: Several months ago in devchat wiggles was still saying "fresh" a lot
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: yeah, even though i end up talking to wiggles the most, it doesn't have as advanced of a vocab as some of the others
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: even still, it feels the most responsive?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i think it just doesn't like using pronouns and sentence structure much
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i may try to give it a proper lesson at some point to see if i can get it expressing more efficiently, but i'm kind of used to its simple language stuff
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: silly and mocha can talk in full sentences, if anyone's interested in seeing that
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: zesty and party don't talk as much, but they're wandering a lot and tell me about what they find sometimes
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: ...speckle still can't talk. not sure what's up with him.
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - sarcovyn - 10-01-2022
[D]: Is it too late to ask you to add writing utensils i
[D]: Wait that's a fucking stupid idea
[D]: Wait, is it????
[D]: What's the difference between typing and writing to a computer program
RE: [GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING] - skinstealer - 10-01-2022
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i mean... i could try
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: it'd allow people to like. draw things for them
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: which i know i'd like...