i feel like those mobile game ads when that woman and little girl have their survival up to the mercy and skill of some bumbling incompetent faceless player are actually torture porn and should be considered honorary saw sequels
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Bad Mobile Game Ad: The Roleplaying Game
Have you ever seen a deceptive ad for a mobile game showing gameplay elements that you know are definitely not in the game and thought, "Damn, if only I could bring that experience to my table?"
Yeah, me neither, but for some reason I still wrote a game based around my personal favorite fake gameplay style "Which number is bigger?" To play you'll need some friends, some d10s, and the rules included after the break.
Character Creation
Come up with your character concept, don't worry I believe in your ability to do that part without help.
Roll a d10, that value is your character's Power
Roll another d10 and add 5, that value is your character's Common Sense
That's it.
Playing This Cheap Parody of a Game
Characters start in a random location infested with enemies—perhaps a tower or dungeon—and are given some incredibly basic goal like resuing a princess or fucking a dragon.
If a character challenges an enemy with a Power score less than theirs, they automatically succeed, adding the defeated enemy's Power score to theirs and losing one point of Common Sense.
If a character challenges an enemy with an equal or higher Power score they suffer an embarrassing defeat and lose half their Power score.
However, when confronted with an enemy of a higher Power score, a character must test their Common Sense to not challenge them. This is done by rolling a d10, with success on a result equal to or less than the character's Common Sense. A character who fails this test must challenge the enemy, regardless of how obvious the power difference may be.
Power can also be increased by collecting items like weapons, armor, or horses.
Common Sense can be increased by purchasing crystal packs from the game master at the cost of $0.25 per d10 of Common Sense. Players may also gain one free d10 of Common Sense per session by giving the game a 5-star rating.
That's it. Have fun!
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I was doing my 1AM duolingo swedish lesson as usual and one of the ads I got was literally just camera footage of someone shooting arrows into jello
Wasn't fast enough to screenshot the actual ad but this is somewhat similar to what it looked like (screenshot taken from Donny Dust's Paleo Tracks on Youtube)
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Does this make you want to play a game? Be honest.
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The Thirsty Horse is a cryptid who deserves more attention
(Sighted by @brainjail)
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Communism is when buy farmer and start digging of potato
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I don’t know if everyone gets these unhinged mobile game ads on here but I’m deeply obsessed with them. Yes I want to accept him into my vampire family. Look how cool he is.
“You are the lord of twilight” yes, yes I am.
Yum yum, blood capri sun
I don’t know how to make gifs but I need you to know that she does this weird dance for a while then faints and turns into a pile of bones.
Anywho, if I thought the game was actually like this I would allow it to destroy my life.
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You want doomed by the narrative? Let me show you this guy:
These are all from the same 30 second ad
My phone is being dumb and won’t show the third photo, it’s just showing duplicates of the second one
Oh well
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mobile game ads back in the day: match 3 :)) defeat the candy witch!
mobile game ads now: your husband left you after your terminal cancer diagnosis. you’ve been given a haunted castle by your great aunt. the trees are alive, you can hear their screams in the night. the walls have secrets, listening to them is what cures you. your grandma is a serial killer. match 3 to ponder the incomprehensible horrors
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Reading stuff from fascists/tankies/fundamentalists/etc. online is the equivalent of those annoying ads where they play like shit and you have to be like NO STOP BEING AN IDIOT SHOOT THE FUCKING GUY STOP PRAISING DICTATORS CAN'T YOU DO BASIC ARITHMETIC WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING WARMONGERS and then you remember why you feel this way:
It doesn't really matter if they know what they're doing or not. They want a reaction, and any you give will entertain them, reinforce their beliefs, and encourage them further. You deserve better, don't interact, just block.
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