#1291; The Budget Traveler

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[[FUGO visits SCHRAMINGTON at his manor. The area around Fugo’s eyes is paler than the rest of his face.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: You’ve got a weird tan line on your forehead there…

FUGO: Oh, yeah. Probably from my VR headset.

SCHRAMINGTON: Playing VR in the sun?

FUGO: Well, kind of.

FUGO: You’ve been to my place? You’ve seen its size?

SCHRAMINGTON: Sure. A hovel that a rat would call repulsive.

FUGO: Indeed.

FUGO: I wanted to spruce it up, so I painted the ceiling and all the walls Chroma key green. Then I recreated the geometry of the room in 3D–except I replaced the walls and ceiling with the airy wings and patio of a palatial tropical estate!

[[We see Fugo, wearing goggles, a simulated paradise around him.]]

FUGO: The headset passes through most visuals normally–my furniture, kitchen sink, and so on–but replaces the GREEN surfaces with the most beautiful beach CGI can provide, rendered in stunning 4K stereographic resolution. Accentuated by surround sound speakers, of course…and I’ve even rigged up fans, air fresheners, and sun lamps to attain the full sensory effect.

FUGO: The sun lamps you know.

[[We see Fugo in his green-painted home.]]

FUGO: Now, I can sit every day and watch the ocean from a MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BEACH HOUSE I BUILT MYSELF for the cost of paint, 3d textures, and a GLADE PLUG-IN.

FUGO: It’s AMAZING, man. When I got to bed, I close my eyes and THEN take the headset off. When I wake up, I keep my eyes CLOSED until I PUT IT BACK ON.

[[We return to the real world.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: Huh. So you’re saying… You’ve escaped the reality of your cramped quarters by inventing a big, beautiful place…that you can look at but never touch? A house with a hundred room, but you can only step foot in one?

SCHRAMINGTON: I dunno. You’ve never felt like you’ve devised yourself a PRISON?

FUGO: Well I HADN’T until you PUT it that way!

#1291; The Budget Traveler transcribed by in

[[FUGO visits SCHRAMINGTON at his manor. The area around Fugo's eyes is paler than the rest of his face.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: You've got a weird tan line on your forehead there...

FUGO: Oh, yeah. Probably from my VR headset.

SCHRAMINGTON: Playing VR in the sun?

FUGO: Well, kind of.

FUGO: You've been to my place? You've seen its size?

SCHRAMINGTON: Sure. A hovel that a rat would call repulsive.

FUGO: Indeed.

FUGO: I wanted to spruce it up, so I painted the ceiling and all the walls Chroma key green. Then I recreated the geometry of the room in 3D--except I replaced the walls and ceiling with the airy wings and patio of a palatial tropical estate!

[[We see Fugo, wearing goggles, a simulated paradise around him.]]

FUGO: The headset passes through most visuals normally--my furniture, kitchen sink, and so on--but replaces the GREEN surfaces with the most beautiful beach CGI can provide, rendered in stunning 4K stereographic resolution. Accentuated by surround sound speakers, of course...and I've even rigged up fans, air fresheners, and sun lamps to attain the full sensory effect.

FUGO: The sun lamps you know.

[[We see Fugo in his green-painted home.]]

FUGO: Now, I can sit every day and watch the ocean from a MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BEACH HOUSE I BUILT MYSELF for the cost of paint, 3d textures, and a GLADE PLUG-IN.

FUGO: It's AMAZING, man. When I got to bed, I close my eyes and THEN take the headset off. When I wake up, I keep my eyes CLOSED until I PUT IT BACK ON.

[[We return to the real world.]]

SCHRAMINGTON: Huh. So you're saying... You've escaped the reality of your cramped quarters by inventing a big, beautiful place...that you can look at but never touch? A house with a hundred room, but you can only step foot in one?

SCHRAMINGTON: I dunno. You've never felt like you've devised yourself a PRISON?

FUGO: Well I HADN'T until you PUT it that way!

OF COURSE it has accurate day/night cycles! What do you think this is, a SCREENSAVER

#1291; The Budget Traveler

— February 7th, 2017

[ Tags: technology, travel ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1291/

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In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.

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#1291; The Budget Traveler

— February 7th, 2017

Event alert!

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