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I won't be as crazy as to suggest wasting less saliva on discussing "how those guys should be punished", but instead "how to relieve that distress on the long term". That would be totally loco!

I thought we were discussing both at the same time?

[> Open door to N (with cue) and be prepared for another dead body]

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> Open door to N (with cue) and be prepared for another dead body

You spend several moments trying to get the door open using the pool cue. The attempt is quite unsuccessful, as the metal handle seems quite stiff and you just can't leverage it with the pool cue.



You decide to give up and open the door the boring way: with hands.
You take a deep breath, remembering that one scene on the tanker in Metal Gear Solid 2... wait, is that your memory or someone else's? Hmmm...

Anyway, you steel yourself and open the metal door.



You find yourself in a walk-in freezer, although it seems it is quickly melting at the moment, as evidenced by the profoundly ridiculous amounts of water pooling on the floor at the moment.

There are pale-blue storage boxes, probably for storing foodstuffs and frozen goods, scattered all over the floor and the metal shelves.

I keep designing floorplans first and only then do I start sketching in any actual gameplay elements. Thus I frequently end up with doors in all bloody directions and as always, having doors at the bottom of the screen is really confusing and hard to portray logically, so I just decided to flip the room and mention that almost every time the room is mentioned. 

By default NORTH is UP on the screen, but in the dining room NORTH is DOWN on the screen due to the placement of doors.
The current command is correct as the metal door is on the NORTH wall of the kitchen.

You are currently standing next to the door leading EAST into the dining room.

The swastika, red-black-and-white, the iron cross, Scwartze Sonne, the Vicroty Salute, the term "Final solution"...

These are all symbols and terms that can mean many things, but which most people are silly enough to still connect to the long-gone Reich. I do not see why this needs to be. I find it just plain silly how people are still scared of the symbols like they are the name of Voldemort from Harry Potter. "Shhhhh, Harry! You don't say that name or He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named will return with his silly mustache and murder all the Jews!"

[> Go west]

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> Go west

You head WEST, towards the kitchen.



It appears there is a small trickle of water coming from behind the metal door on the wall. The water slowly trickles down into the sewers.

[> Assume fighting stance with pool cue. Go north.]

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> Assume fighting stance with pool cue. Go north.

You hold the pool que like a mighty spear, ready to impale any enemy.
You head back NORTH and re-enter the dining room area. The faint sound of trickling water seems to be coming from the kitchen to the WEST. It's not that loud, but the fact that this whole place seems to be utterly empty and silent seems to magnify even the slightest sounds.

It appears my earlier definition of the two major levels of crime "petty crime" and "hard crime" has gone unnoticed in this argument. It's those "petty criminals" who are not quite a burden on society, as their crimes, as long as they are not repeatedly committed, can be punished by fines which *gasp* bring money to the government! Or if the subject is unable to pay their fines, they can be forced to WORK (you know, just like we do nowadays, its called community service).

And are you truly saying you have NEVER, EVER broken one single law? I doubt that very much.

AND FURTHER: are you also saying that anyone who has ever driven too fast on a motorway has automatically commited vehicular manslaughter? If we start accusing people of crimes that MIGHT HAVE happened but DIDN'T, then that would be troubling even by my standards.

And why does calling something a "final solution" make me an asshole? That's just as silly as saying anyone who raises their arm as a greeting is a nazi, because the nazi's did it! (What is commonly known as "Sieg Heil" was also used by the U.S. Navy, among others, as an official military greeting long before the Germans started using it)

This is my honestly, truhfully purposed final solution to the faults in our justice and prison systems. The name does not make it better or worse.

I didn't know you can get an extended prison sentence for speeding where you live, VWG. The prisons over there must be an even bigger drain on  tax money, or perhaps you live in some sort of paradise where crime simply does not exist!

I feel sorry for you... I honestly do.

However, the solution (if one exists) is not to just shoot them all and say "problem solved". Just like you wouldnt cut your head off to cure a tooth ache.

What you describe is nuking the city where a criminal is caught, and even I would call that an overblown reaction.
What happens in real life is that the dentist identifies the tooth, realizes it is rotten and pulls it, to relieve the pain and keep any possible infections from spreading...

Sounds like my final solution, doesn't it?

Some further testing and self-testing and the results are in!

THE DEMO IS READY!

Ferrara, the guy making the music, informed me that he will have an updated version of the demo music done by weekend, so I believe I can safely say there will be a release on SATURDAY!

*dances*

[> Walk S on green carpet]

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> Walk S on green carpet

You walk as far SOUTH as possible, literally rubbing your nose against the cool concrete wall to the south of you.
While standing there, staring at the barely visible wall in the middle of a dark hallway, you realize you can hear the distant sound of trickling water from the NORTH, that you couldn't hear a while ago.

[> Go to door B2. Enter 668428 on the keypad]

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> Go to door B2. Enter 668428 on the keypad

You step to door "B2 - Newell / Newell" and start entering a passcode to the kaypad on the door:

6-6-8-4-2-8-green button
The door panel lets out a short buzzing noise followed by two short beeps. You have no idea what that means so you try to open the door. It remains steadfastly locked.

But I guess all is well as long as you don't found a party or something.

Hell, in Finland there is this thing caled "piraattipuolue", which is basically a party for software pirates who "defend people's rights".

LINK: http://www.piraattipuolue.fi/english

I know one of the guys leading a group here in Tampere, he's actually hoping to get RID of copyright laws as "they hamper peoples freedom, man". A man actively participating in a legit party in Finland is seriously saying "we should not have to pay for Windows".

Also, one of the candidates of this party for the cabinet is a pornstar who actually filmed and distributed an election porn flick on the internet (google it if you dare: "vaaliporno 2011", it's so ridiculous its funny!).

Me starting a political party in this country doesn't seem that far fetcheched now, does it? I'll have to look into that in a few years.

> Shrug
> Follow river upstream instead

Heck, it's the only landmark we have!

[criminals are the same species as you and me]

Let me remind you, once again, that criminals are the same species as you and me.

We agree to disagree on this point.

Hey, this picture pretty much explains what I was trying to say!
We waste money pampering criminals, when that money could be used to educate children and improve society.

Prisons are housing, built and maintained by governments using taxpayer money, and it is in prisons that even MORE taxpayer money is used to "better the lives of criminals to help them adjust and rehabilitate them into society". What a crock of shit!  

Finland: yes, children get free healthcare and dental care.

HOWEVER: the government is looking to, again, cut the money provided to parents through childcare support to cut on spendings. They have been nipping away at the funds which are used to support the elderly. It was just on the news too: public healthcare is looking at some cuts, so that those who are "less sick" will pay for all of their own medicine, whereas they used to get a portion of their medicinal bills paid by the government. Gee whiz! I could NOT have thought of a better place to cut spendings!

HAVE A FUCKING GANDER HERE!
http://unlockingamerica.blogspot.com/2008/08/finland.html

That story is not a bleeding joke there! That is REAL!

Either the night has worked wonders on our concussion, or my theory on directionality of the forest was correct.

> Wash hands in stream
> Drink water from stream using cupped hands
> Realize you have no need to drink your own urine after all
  > Breathe a sigh of relief and push Bear Gryllis out of your mind

My suggestion on action following a refreshind drink is:
> Follow the water's path downstream, hoping to encounter either a larger body of water or a village/town

My testers have been quite silent for the last couple of days, and I am inclined to think that this means the demo is feeling good and proper to them... Or maybe they got bored of my motivational messages and requests for "more effort".

Oh well, if nothing strange happens, I will try to put in some last minute work on tuesday and wednesday and will attempt to move forward with releasing the demo on THURSDAY 08.09.2011!

Disclaimer
This is not the final date, but its a "best case scenario" date!
/Disclaimer

> Go to door B2. Enter 668428 on the keypad

I'm surprised you didn't suggest entering 5318008!

I see what you did there! 
Will post the results of Ponch's secret code tomorrow, now I sleep.