Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Aug 6th, 2009 >

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A trap door in the ceiling opens and a rock falls on your head!

                    
                    
                    
                    
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o - a rock

                    
                    
                    
                    
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throw what? [b-e or ?*] r

in what direction? 8

                    
                    
                    
                    
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The potion of gain level shatters!

                    
                    
                    
                    
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Click! The hill orc triggers something. The hill orc is hit by a boulder! The hill orc is killed!

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11 Comments

#1	NobodySpecial	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:32:21
I also have boulders set to 0. It makes Sokoban a lot pleasanter.
#2	LayneRobinson	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:35:47
I would have voted higher if the format hadn't been 1 column.....
#3	ctaboir	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:54:37
LayneRobinson: agreed!
#4	slowpoke	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:24:15
So, a falling rock trap, when it gains a level, becomes a boulder trap? Just as a bigger, more dangerous trap because of the size? Or is there some further meaning to the joke? It just occurred to me that a "rolling stone" trap should involve a Mick Jagger reference or similar within the game. "The Dev Team thinks of everything." But I don't recall any such pun. A shameful oversight, if so. :)
#5	Slandor	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:35:37
Two good reasons for it to be one column -- the captionless panels don't mess up the formatting this way, and also it's 11 panels long so there's no good way to format it. Upgraded to E for letting Dudley triumph.
#6	Quint	Sat, 8 Aug 2009 00:35:30
WOW. THIS IS AWESOME. Darnit, why do all the good strips appear when I'm not around to catch them?
#7	anther	Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:48:00
Agreed, this one is awesome. Clever!Dudley FTW.
#8	mijae	Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:21:34
Nice way to reinvent the old (for this version of Dudley, anyway) potion-throwing gags.
#9	Sorceror	Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:46:14
Only killed one orc. Typical Dudley luck.
#10	DarthCliche	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:23:07
Oh, wow, I missed this. This is great.
#11	1b8	Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:20:12
What LayneRobinson said.

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