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Hi, my name is Leonid Pilchin (@LeonDaydreamer). I created/wrote/designed/animated this unconventional choose-your-own-adventure type game. Check it out, let me know what you think and whether it’s more fun or more annoying.  :)

Did someone ask for:

* 90 unique-ish endings?
* 30 profound-ish life lessons to learn?
* Sock puppet humor and violence galore?

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The Story of Socks

Serena

“This isn’t even the worst place I’ve been locked in.
* sigh * We don’t think about that, Serena.”

What would you do if you were trapped somewhere for a long time? Put A Sock In It! dares ask the question: How far would you go to entertain yourself? With all her coworkers gone for the weekend, no way of contacting the outside world, and no hint of rescue in sight, Serena will discover that maybe, just maybe, her best friend is actually herself. And these puppets she just made from her socks…

You play the game by selecting each pair of characters, for a total of four combinations: Princess x Wizard, Ghost x Stable Boy, Wizard x Ghost, and Stable Boy x Princess. Each pairing gives you control of the situation and relationship from one of the characters’ point of view. For example, in the Princess x Wizard pairing, the Wizard has abducted her and you play as the Princess, guiding the story with her reactions—do you hate him, or could this be love?

Princess Franceska

Hobbies: Being happy, exploring, upkeep of castles, keeping tabs on neighboring princes.
Dislikes: Stuffy high society, imprisonment.

Evil Wizard Nefario

Hobbies: Being powerful, subjugation, kidnapping, stealing, hexing, destroying enemies, summoning magical creatures.
Dislikes: Disobedience, paying for things.

Ghost of Ambiguous Identity

Hobbies: Being spooky and mysterious, haunting, revenge.
Dislikes: Traitors, killers.

Stable Boy Georgie

Hobbies: Spending time with animals, pitchforking things, dreaming of princesses.
Dislikes: Non-vegetarians, the dark past.

Summary

Having locked herself in a stairwell, Serena is quickly beginning to run out of distractions. Thankfully, she has two colorful socks and a penchant for amusing herself. So, to pass the time she will weave short, humorous skits based on your selections between characters of your choice, with storylines ranging from romantic melodrama between princess and stable boy to violent quarrels with an evil wizard. This game features one setting (Magic Kingdom) with four characters (Princess, Ghost, Evil Wizard, Stable Boy), altogether coming in at a little over 27, 000 words with all the variations.

* The game has sock puppet violence, and some suggestively risqué dialogue on the odd occasion.

Genres

* Comedy
* Slice of Weirdness
* Romantic Misadventure
* Tragic Nonsense

Team

* Writing: Leonid Pilchin
* Character Art & Animation & UI: Leonid Pilchin
* Background Art: Alexander Kaloyan
* Programmer: Istvan Orosi
* Music: Various Wonderful Contributors

Questions

* How did you like the game (and what about it)?
* Who is your favorite sock character?
* What were some of your favorite endings/developments (use the spoiler tag please)?
* What did you think about the lessons (did you learn them all and finish the game)?

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Not sure when I’ll have time to play it but I *LOVE* the idea behind your game!

     

CaptainD - 05 October 2016 04:54 PM

Not sure when I’ll have time to play it but I *LOVE* the idea behind your game! :)

Thanks CaptainD! It was fun to work on. Let me know what you think of it when you get the chance to check it out!  :)

     

Haven’t had a lot of time but went through one complete story, started another but ran out of time.  This is a fun idea and out of the 4 characters I’ve seen so far I think the Wizard was my favourite, he’s just so utterly gullible! 

I hope more people give your game a try, I’ll probably play it with my kids later too.  Nice one.

     

Haha, thanks CaptainD!
I’m glad you liked it. Tiny disclaimer though - it’s totally safe for children, but some of the humor may have mature connotations.  :P

     

THE WALKTHROUGH TO PUT A SOCK IN IT!

Put A Sock In It! got an amazing review from PC PowerPlay Magazine.
This is officially the first time something I worked on was published in print (with the exception of certain scientific papers I may have edited).

The lady who wrote the review is one of the rare few I have heard of who actually played the game all the way through. So to celebrate, I thought I would release:

THE WALKTHROUGH TO PUT A SOCK IN IT!

Check it out if you’ve been discouraged by the seeming aimlessness of the game in the past, and let me know what you think!  :)

     

PCPowerPlay finally published their awesome review of Put A Sock In It! on their website!  :)

Check it out here! [Link]

     

Oscar - 20 February 2017 05:58 PM

I missed this thread. I played the game a while ago and thought it was one of the funniest I’ve played recently. Nice work!

Haha! Thanks Oscar, I’m glad you enjoyed it.  :)
Did you actually finish it? I think only a handful of people had the patience to finish it without using a walkthrough.  :P

     

Oscar - 21 February 2017 02:27 PM

That surprises me. Yes, of course I finished it! I just had to help Serena learn all the valuable life lessons.  :)

Haha! I’m glad to hear it. :)
I don’t know, I really do hope more people finished it. That was my impression of it though, as only a few people told me they completed it all the way through (not that I heard from that many of them).

Oscar - 21 February 2017 02:27 PM

I am however disappointed that your next game will not be a comedy. Will there be a follow-up to Sock someday, or perhaps a spiritual successor?

I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the amount of humor in A NEAR DAWN. I mean, this is a minor character… :P

The subject matter does get quite dark, but I still want to have fun with it and make sure the player has fun with it. I couldn’t stray too far from a Broken Sword type of tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic wiseguy commentary feel.  :)