2018-10-05 20:12:19 +00:00
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Q: Is this based on a true story?
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2018-10-31 04:00:21 +00:00
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A: Yes, though I took some artistic liberties.
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2018-10-22 04:19:34 +00:00
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For example, the real Froggysue wouldn't be caught dead in a dress.
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2018-10-31 04:00:21 +00:00
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Also, Susie would have chewed through the phone cable inside,
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and ran off at 100mph outside (rather than following me).
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2018-10-05 20:12:19 +00:00
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Q: Why is the e-mail in German?
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A: I like German.
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Also I thought it would let me use some umlauts, but it turns out
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you can either get lowecase "o" or umlauts but not really both.
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Getting "o" also means you can't get dotted i and j either, which
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is a shame. In theory I could try to alter the timing per-line
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but that would be more trouble than it is worth.
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Real-life Froggysue does not speak German, alas.
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2018-11-02 12:34:33 +00:00
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2018-10-05 20:12:19 +00:00
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Q: Why is Deater's spaceship parked so far away from his house?
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A: Zoning laws? Maybe the neighbors complained.
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2018-10-22 04:19:34 +00:00
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Q. What sort of creature is Stealth Susie?
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A. Stealth Susie / Little Girl was an American Crested Guinea Pig.
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She has her own website: http://www.deater.net/susie/
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2018-11-02 12:34:33 +00:00
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Despite apperances, she's not one of those slime creatures from
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the beginning of Out of this World / Another World.
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Q. Why isn't Susie visible when you get off of the large bird?
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A. Typically she preferred riding around in the darkness of my shirt.
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2018-11-02 12:34:33 +00:00
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Q. What language is that weird text in the "starring" part?
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A. Tengwar
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Q. Did you fully implement everything you wanted in this demo?
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A. No, I had some plans for a lot more subtle sub-animations.
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Also, the Apple II in scene 2 was supposed to scroll in from the top.
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Q. Why are the mid-screen mode flips glitchy?
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A. Because you really aren't supposed to be doing them.
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If I had more time I'd try to minimize the glitches. They don't
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appear under emulation and I waited too late to test things on
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real hardware.
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Q. What is the Rasterbar field around Saturn supposed to represent?
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A. It's a metaphor for US Route 15 through Pennsylvania.
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2018-11-02 12:34:33 +00:00
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Q. Has the real Froggysue seen this? How did she respond?
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A. She said "Weren't you supposed to be applying for NSF grants?"
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