"It was a simple game, downloaded by children with unrestricted internet access in an era long passed. Trends came and went, websites lived and died, and eventually Tricky Treats Online faded from the eyes of the next generation. The children who roamed the instanced streets of Tricky Treats were now adults, and this game -- frozen in time -- were the remnants of their childhood." -From the analysis video "The Real Game that Really Killed" You are Margot Merriweather, a woman of order who - despite being a child at the time - opted to play as a "Grown Up Ghoul" embracing the decoration and design of the in-game "Haunted Houses". After a decade of being away from the game, you decided to make a new character, just to peak in and relive those years for a few moments. Nostalgia was the only thing that seemed to pause your now busy life, so occasionally after getting suitably tipsy you dip into the past. Perhaps in reliving, you gain a further appreciation for the present moment, thus making the seconds more palpable; Or maybe it's pure delusion, and the reality is you're spending your weekend alone again, desperately trying to be a kid. As judgemental as you might feel towards your own desires, you allow yourself to be under this spell, log in to your old account, and add a new profile.Halloween is that one time of year where all the children conquer any social misgivings for the sake of mountains of sweets. This year - however - is different, because among the candy being given, there are sure to be some Tricky Treats!Tricky Inc. threw its hat into the candy business, and their product - Tricky Treats - exploded in popularity. Kids can't get enough, Adults can't get enough, and even the monster under your bed wants that Tricky taste! So what are you waiting for, get out there and do what it takes to snag a bag full!Choose your Class! : >Sugar Gobbler (Ring the doorbell, get the candy, ring the doorbell, get the candy... Wanna trade?) >Trickster (Cough up the candy, or some toilet paper might go flying..!) >Grown Up Ghoul (I HATE these Tricky Treaters!!!) >Rent-a-Cop (Protect and Serve! ... After eating some confiscated confectioneries!) >Minimum Wager (Working on Halloween? This sucks dude!)
>>6320159>Sugar Gobbler (Ring the doorbell, get the candy, ring the doorbell, get the candy... Wanna trade?)
>>6320165Back in the day, it meant so much to your immature mind to choose the structure of the Grown Up Ghouls, but now after a drink you figure - why the hell not. You used to see a decent amount of people playing Sugar Gobbler, and it looked fun despite how it always attracted the most annoying players.Sugar Gobblers specialize in extremely large quantities of candy. Though the quality may be dubious, as long as the candy contains sugar they’ll happily just eat the worthless stuff. Starting abilities:-Sugar Rush: Speed/Strength boost. 5 ACTION cooldown after use.-Adorable: (When costumed) Every hit causes an enemy to drop candy due to your adorable costume!-Bottomless Stomach: You can eat twice as much candy in one sitting before becoming Sugar Sick!So? Get dressed and get out there then! You need to choose your casual wear, and your costume! Don’t forget you can change your face and hair too! When you’re done be sure to give your character a name! (Do not use your real name or any personal information when creating a character!)((Music toonmenu.wav from the game files))https://vocaroo.com/1akQguWikF8l
>>6320188Unless a better one comes along
>>6320188
"The point of Tricky Treats in the LORE was to uncover the conspiracy behind Tricky Inc. with your friends. The point of Tricky Treats for - well - GAMERS *airhorns* was really the same as any other MMO of the time: Get gear, Level up, make friends, do raids -- the usual. Where Tricky Treats differed were the Haunted Houses, which were ostensibly player created dungeons. The appeal was limited for the min/max crowd, but if you were more of a designer type this might've caught you. You could build the path, decorate, place enemies, and honestly do everything you'd want to in a Haunted House builder. For the price and the time, it really was a robust little system hiding underneath the usual MMO trappings that just wouldn't exist today -- they even tied the whole thing into the main game loop.See, if you killed enough of an enemy you had a chance that they dropped a "Soul" specific to that enemy type. Having the "Soul" of the enemy means you can now place them in your Haunted House; And when I say enemy I mean literally every enemy in the game, even bosses that end up just awkwardly clipping through the walls. Look - I don't know how much effort it really takes to let you do that, but - I don't know - I kinda feel like half the dev team wanted to make this, the other half wanted to make an MMO, and this was like the shaky truce. It is ultimately a good way to tie it in to the rest of the game, but given the drop chance and effort, the value of these items were astronomical. Such high value items made Tricky Treats ripe for RMT, scams, and - well - you'll see."-From the analysis video "The Real Game that Really Killed"(( Vote on the costume! ))(( https://strawpoll.com/eJnvV5qqanv ))
Huh. Neat quest idea. I'm in.
Rolled 2 (1d6)>>6320188Just throw a dice andget overwithit, QM.
>>6320427(( Good idea, Froge it is ))
Having made your character the only thing left was to figure out a name. You lazily clack out ‘Candy’.This name is currently in use! Please choose another.“Yeah - figures,” you shrug.What about … ‘Carol’?This name is currently in use! Please choose another.‘Caroll’?This name is currently in use! Please choose another.‘Carolllll’?This name is currently in use! Please choose another.You suppose a lot of Carols must play the game – at least more than five… You snort, taking another sip of your rum and coke.‘Candarolly’Welcome to the infinite suburbs of Horriburg!The game loads into the starting area for the Sugar Gobblers. It seems to be fashioned as a kid-created, cardboard bootcamp. As you only ever played one class, this was entirely new for you. Back then, if your parents knew you were playing this game, they would’ve dismantled your computer; But even though they didn’t, in your child brain being the ‘responsible’ class made it a comfortable transgression.You take another sip of your drink. Responsibly. ”You see candy corn, you eat it!”A young boy wearing some kind of military garb is shouting at a row of costumed children, including your character.”Tooty rolls, Fairy stix, all the bottom of the bag stuff will keep you ALIVE!””The goal’s the same! TRICKY TREATS! But while everyone else is sucking their thumbs at bed time, that sugar will be our BLOOD!”It’s fun, silly, whimsical even. The tutorial has you perform basic movement tasks under the guise of the whole boot camp thing. It’s a shame that once the tutorial ends all the NPCs here will be reduced to quest giving, cardboard cutouts.”ALRIGHT GOBBLERS! Get out there and make me proud!”The game loads into another scene, this time you can see someone moving erratically. You must be in the actual game world now, and that must be another player posing for the cutscene camera. You weren’t a very talkative player as a kid. You weren’t supposed to be playing the game, so on top of the whole stranger danger thing was an excitingly pacifying guilt zipping your lips.>Disobey your parents from ten years ago and talk to the stranger>You’re a creature of habit. Ignore and get to grinding.>Try to message the one friend you had on here back in the day.>Trade all your goodies from your legacy character to your new character. Screw grinding.
>>6320494>Disobey your parents from ten years ago and talk to the stranger
>>6320494>Disobey your parents from ten years ago and talk to the strangerWhat could possibly go wrong?
>>6320494>>Try to message the one friend you had on here back in the day.
>>6320494>Try to message the one friend you had on here back in the day.
>>6320494Ey, QM. Can you use the spare designs for important NPC's? I think it would be great.
(( https://vocaroo.com/1bg4sjAeMe4F - newbiestreet.wav ))As you approach the other player you notice they seem to have no gear equipped outside of a hat and are attempting to climb onto some geometry that clearly wasn’t designed to be climbed on.“What are you doing?” you ask.
>>6320585The player – named ‘Blakezilla10’ – turns and slowly walks toward you before abruptly stopping.>“Im lookin for thw fento”>“fent”>“fentanal”>“lol”
What a deeply unserious person. Though, those thoughts are probably what makes you such a drain on anyone you spend more than ten minutes with — You down a notably larger sip of your drink.“WTF are you talking about?”>“the game its in the lore”>“they put fent in the candy”They don’t put fent in the candy.“I don’t think that’s how it goes. Wasn’t it some kind of magic ritual thing?”>“fent is a magic”“It’s an illegal drug.”>“demon fent”NEW MESSAGE: Account Warning!Your recent chat message “It’s an illegal drug.” was picked up by our automated systems and as a result we’ve put a warning on your account. You are not restricted from continuing play, but if you get three strikes you account will be suspended. Please watch what you say! >“u get hi?”“Omg no, you just got me in trouble.”>”i dont either im streight edgg”“I got a warning!”>”lol”As pleasant as your conversation with BLAKEZILLA10 is, you feel like maybe you should leave him to his delusions. >(A) Ask blakezilla to party up and do a dungeon or something>(B) Forget blakezilla and continue on your own way>(C) This feels like a waste of time - better off seeing if your old friend is around.>(D) You'd rather go your own way. Meet some new - more serious - people.
>>6320589 (( oops forgot to delete D -- treat that as a write in I guess. ))>>6320580(( Already planning on it ))
>>6320589If my Runescape experiences have taught me anything this man is probably extremely powerful>A
>>6320589>(C) This feels like a waste of time - better off seeing if your old friend is around.I want to know how Anon is doing. I bet he's still into that little girls website, "Fourclovers" or something like that.>>6320590Great then
>>6320589>(C) This feels like a waste of time - better off seeing if your old friend is around.
>>6320589>(C) This feels like a waste of time - better off seeing if your old friend is around.>start setting up another email for a new account just in case this account gets banned
>>6320589>C) This feels like a waste of time - better off seeing if your old friend is around.
>>6320589>>(A) Ask blakezilla to party up and do a dungeon or something
“Well, good luck… doing whatever it is you’re doing.”>“Imma get out the map”“Yeah.”Riveting interaction, that. Really, the peak of human connection. God do people really have to entertain you like some despot? Are you that full of yourself? The fuck is wrong with you? Things were a lot better when you didn’t have all these doubts about being fucked up. An empty glass touches your lips. Usually these thoughts trail off, but tonight they seem to be especially egregious. You look to the spot where you used to lay the only piece of jewelry you ever wore. All this time and it’s still fresh in your mind. What a joke.Candarolly was the name of a contemporary character belonging to one of the more prolific haunted house builders in the game’s heyday. It’s not entirely clear why she came back ten years later, but her presence must have tipped them off at some point. There’s not much information on just how they found her; The rumors go wild with theories of stalking, doxxing, tapping phones, hell there’s even one positing they had a man right outside her window peeking through the blinds… I think that last one is a little unrealistic given their capabilities. We’re not talking about the NSA here… OR ARE WE? No. Probably not.You open up your friends list and look to the one name that always populated it. You haven’t spoken to her in years, StarlightWitch. Without the game the two of you had nothing in common, and after a time of boiler plate niceties, the friendship faded. What are the odds that she’s still playing? What are the odds that she’s online right now? It says offline, but the two of you always set your statuses to offline, like the little anti-socialites you were…There’s actually an open trade from her… From 5 years ago.StarlightWitch wants to Trade!Her offer: 1x Soul of Elite BubbleGhoulIn return: Nothing!”dunno if u still get on but I finally got one XDDD its urs!!!A laugh escapes from your rigid visage as your eyes grow misty. Just another reminder you’ve always been like this. It’s time to fill that empty glass.(( From what’s believed to be Candarolly’s music playlist: ))(( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87ilJONnFiM& ))(( Actions available ))>A) Reply to your friend.>B) Reject the trade.>C) Accept the trade.>D) Continue exploring other instances.
>>6320744>A) Reply to your friend.
>>6320744>A) Reply to your friend.and>C) Accept the trade.If possible!
>>6320834+1 to the combo. Let's see if she wants to play.Drunk and divorced on Halloween? Some escapism THIS is, kek. Carol is just like me frfr!
>>6320744+1 for >>6320834>>6320874>tfw I'm probably 5-10 years older than Margot and still a wizard
>>6320992>MargotOh, right, I somehow forgot that was our real name because we tried so hard to get the username Carol. kek
“OMG thanks!!! Sorry I’ve been gone, but I really do appreciate it! You were always a great friend to me and I appreciated you always playing my haunted houses!”You send the message… Wait - you used ‘appreciate’ twice? All out of synonyms are we? What does it matter? It’s not a job interview, but it’s also not casual. This was your friend, why do you feel so stilted? Just be a normal human being for once in your miserable — *Wait*, she’s typing…!…She stopped typing. What the hell do you do now? This was a bad idea.”WTFF!!! You’RE ONLINE!!!!! HELLO!!!!!? EHLLOOO!??!?!?”A wave of warmth washes over you.“Yup! Haha I’m surprised you still play? What are the odds we’d be online at the same time!””Well YEAH. It’s the best MMO STILL. Doesn’t matter how old it is!”“It’s the only MMO I’ve played - so yeah, I definitely agree lol””YOU DEF should make a new haunted house!”“I dunno. I feel too lazy for that stuff these days desu. Those things take a lot of work!””With your skills the DEVS should be paying YOU.”You scoff, “I was hardly making games or anything, I just like decorating spooky stuff.””YOU’re the BEST at it tho. You’re ALL OVER the WIKI.”“Seriously? There’s a wiki?””ARE U KIDDING OF COURSE OMG””How else did you think I found the best spots to farm for souls”“Ah! And here I thought you just had all that knowledge in your head! I was seriously amazed by how much you knew about the game””... There is no wiki, don’t look for it, it doesn’t exist, it was all me~!”“Ahahahhahaha”“Hey, you still found all that stuff! I never could. I was afraid of popup ads back then. I used to have nightmares!”SERIOUSLy tho if you want a big ego boost go look at the comments some time a lotta ppl love your stuff.“Maybe I’ll take a peak lol”“So, how have things been going?””WELL they STILL don’t have any new content or anything”“I meant with life in general.””It’s going alright.””How about you?”“I got dumped lol”Before you register it, you send the message. Guilt instantly starts applying pressure, piercing through the tipsy haze. You just couldn’t wait to let someone else know about your troubles, huh? What is it that you want out of this? Another shoulder to cry on? Except you never did much crying, did you? If anything you’ve used it almost as an excuse. A free pass to be a ghost. You are all of your problems, but it’s so irritatingly comfortable to be like this.“OMG YOU GOT LAID?!?!??”“omg”“wtf lol”“What does he look like so I CAN BEAT HIM UP?”“um. I’d rather not describe a person I’m trying to forget lmao”“u rite”
>>6321161Ask her if the game has changed much since we left.
>>6321235She said there weren't really any updates... But maybe there's new user created content?>>6321161+1 to the other anon.
