April 30, 2002

1:02 AM

Progress QuestFor the RPG player on the go. Its satire and a game (minus gameplay) at the same time.
posted by skallas (11 comments total)

i found the idea of this interesting and ran it a couple of months ago. however the guilt of running a game with no gameness at work got the better of me, and my head couldn't handle it. had to scrap it.
posted by Frasermoo at 5:38 AM on April 30, 2002

All of my friends are playing it now, and it's amazing how competitive we get -- even though it's not even up to skill or playing ability.

Oddly enough, the alpha player in our group is doing quite well.
posted by fnirt at 7:24 AM on April 30, 2002

Ah... nothing like sitting here with a a cup of coffee while effortlessly seeking the Magnificent Corset. Look, ma! No more carpal tunnel!

Awesome silliness. Thanks for sharing.
posted by kittyb at 7:36 AM on April 30, 2002

I was trying to catch up in PQ, and tried to buy a character on eBay but the final price was too high...
posted by Argyle at 7:40 AM on April 30, 2002

From the download page, the best software terms of use I've yet seen. I should show this to my employers...

Meanwhile, the terms of use of all versions of Progress Quest software are presumptive. As such, the following conditions hold:

• There are presumed to be terms and conditions of use of Progress Quest, and they are further presumed to be exactly what they may reasonably be presumed to be by you, the user, and myself, the developer.
• Where there is a difference between what the user and myself presume in this regard, my presumption takes precedence.

posted by normy at 8:25 AM on April 30, 2002

This reminds me very much of Statbuilder, the ultimate CRPG
posted by Dillenger69 at 10:58 AM on April 30, 2002

It amazes how many people have been running this program for extended periods of time. Seeing how its meaningless other than a way to show how much electricity one has wasted on cpu cycles....
posted by Darke at 12:48 PM on April 30, 2002

Darke : SETI@Home and other suck distributed computing program ought to learn from this.
posted by sikander at 2:13 PM on April 30, 2002

Obviously none of you have enabled ProgressQuest's 3D mode! It makes a huge difference in gameplay.
posted by anser at 2:45 PM on April 30, 2002

Darke: Go have an ice cream cone.

Geez...
posted by Su at 3:19 PM on April 30, 2002

Darke and sikander, If you're both so badly in need of meaning why not run United Devices/Intel's cancer screensaver?
posted by skallas at 3:41 PM on April 30, 2002