Comments on: Tomodachi Age 4 Anno

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:50:01 +0000

That is taking a rather Douglas Adams-ian (successfully developing an infinite improbability generator was deemed virtually impossible, but /virtually/ impossible things was just what the the finite improbability generator had been developed for), but I guess I’d have to agree. You and Flo are the only people entitled to any canonical knowledge whether crossing from Arkerra to Sepia World is possible at all, but in the other direction, this has been demonstrated.

Although, wouldn’t Shannah be the less likely Sepia World participant? The anti-fantasy journalist dating an MMORPG character? Although I’m not sure who would be the least likely counterpart. Ardaic, because he’s not even a player character? Sundar maybe, but he’s not on an A-lister.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:36:18 +0000

At this point in the story, though, I think it is absolutely too late for them to consider if they maybe started off on the wrong foot or something. At least I cannot imagine JJ saying anything in that vein without it being a horribly badly veiled threat.

By: BM03

BM03 — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:14:59 +0000

Oh that’s crazy haha, thank you for the insight!

By: T

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:30:04 +0000

We were definitely playing it by ear, with one exception: we established half-elves were a thing before we even scripted the first page. Honestly, though, I expect a lot of races are physically capable of interbreeding but just haven’t for cultural or historical reasons, and the few exceptions are often kept out of sight thanks to the same taboos. Not all races, though: the land sharks probably just spawn.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:50:38 +0000

> if we’re limiting ourselves to ships that could produce biological offspring

Did you and Flo come up with a full set of canonical in-universe rules on which races were and weren’t compatible, or were you just playing it by ear whenever it came up? Not important, just curious – I could see it going either way with regard to something like dwarves and gnomes, for example.