You pass through Olstead, leaving the way the mayor told you about. At first, you don't notice anything particularly extraordinary. Then out of the corner of your eye, you see a rustling shrubbery. Your keen adventurer senses confirm it. This may be your chance to dispose of the elusive blue slime the mayor contracted your assistance for.\n*[[Rush in headlong]]\n*[[Hide and take a defensive position]]
A waft of humid air passes by you as you open the door to the Olstead Pub. The scent of yeast, barley, hops and other dance through your nostrils. You can see the bartender behind the counter drying some glasses and a few patrons sampling the brews.\n*[[Chat with the patrons|Contact]]
Mayor Oldman IV looks elated that you asked him about the quest.\n\n"Why, I thought you would never ask! You see, once a year I need an adventurer to go out of the village by a special back way and hunt the rare blue slimes <html><img src="./img/slime.png"/></html> for me. We use the glands of the blue, slimy creature and extract their delicious essence to create the best spirits that Olstead Pub has to offer. Also, it may or may not be my birthday soon and some of the hooch may be on the menu. So get out there and get me my hooch- I mean...fulfill your questing duties for the town!"\n\nOldman rather unceremoniously escorts you out of his hovel and reminds you about the special path out of town to the slime hunting grounds.\n\n*[[Start Questing]]
Oldman IV speaks, "I'm not entirely sure why you remove the "no spam" part when sending the email. I'm preferential to spiced ham myself. Why, did I ever tell you about the time that I was fighting an entire horde of goblins in the Danuervi Crevasse? It turns out that they were guarding a large shipment of the delectable spiced meats they had raided from a caravan of hapless merchants that passed by the road last Tuesday. Why, those were the days! Yes. . . adventuring . . ." He begins to snore and drifts off to sleep.
You see a sign,\n"Olstead - Population 5"\nAnother sign is hanging off by 2 rungs below it, \n"Ask me about Olstead history! -Oldman IV"\n<html>\n<img src="./img/olstead_map.png" usemap="#olsteadmap"/>\n<map name="olsteadmap">\n<area shape="rect" coords="85,215,185,275" href="#5.2" alt="Olstead Pub" />\n<area shape="rect" coords="210,230,265,270" href="#5.8" alt="Cheesery" />\n<area shape="rect" coords="310,230,360,270" href="#5.l" alt="Oldman's House" />\n<area shape="rect" coords="660,230,760,270" href="#5.f" alt="Ye Olde Weapons" />\n</map>\n</html>\n"Greetings adventurer<html><img src="./img/adventurer.png"/></html>, I am Oldman IV, <html><img src="./img/oldman.png"/></html> mayor of this fine town. \nIf you'd like to explore our humble offerings, pick an area from the map to travel to. \nOr stay for a while and warm yourself by the fire. Listen to my tale. You might learn something." \nHe reclines back slowly into his chair.\n* [[Listen]]\n<<silently>>\nset quest variables\n<<set $sword = false>>\n<<endsilently>>
"Dear friend, I had to go out an important errand to acquire more rock monster brand powder. Please use the quil and paper on the desk to leave a summary of your previous work for me so I can review it when I get back. I hope we can work together in the future. Awesomely, Oldman IV - Mayor of Olstead"\n*[[Leave a note|Resume]]
Oldman IV hands you something heavy, wrapped in cloth and tied in the middle.\n\n"Here, take this <html><img src="./img/chest.png"/></html> with you. It may be invaluable on your journey ahead."\n*[[Take Object]]
As you enter the Olstead Cheesery, your senses are assaulted by the fragrance of aging milks and cultures. Wheels line the walls, marked and dated, all different colors. There's a small counter in the corner with a bell.\n*[[Ring bell]]
<html><a href="./game/resume_quest/">Resume Quest</a></html>\nMy resume in text adventure form.\n\n<html><a href="./resume/resume.html">HTML resume</a></html>\nThe HTML/CSS version of my resume with a link to the .doc version for download.
<<silently>>\nMayor Oldman: We take great pride in the town of Olstead. It has a very rich history. Why the Olstead Slimestompers had gone 9-0 this last year and had been undefeated for five moon cycles standing! Quite the impressive feat if I do say so myself. \n\nAlso I do think an adventurer's cap could look good on you. You should go find one. There has to be one around here somewhere. I think I saw a slime carrying one. They like to hang out in the haunted forest near the Tree of Woe. The name? Oh no, it has nothing to do with suffering and torture. Why? Anyway, you should be off before these pastries cool. They aren't going to eat themselves... but I will!\n<<endsilently>>
You make a mad dash for the bush, guns-blazing, or sword-bashing as it were. With your best barbarian-adventurer war cry, you mangle the living daylights out of whatever was in there, and leave only a smoking pile of leaves and blue desolation, a crater of destruction where once life was. Smell that? That's success, pure adventuring at its finest, well and cold-blooded adventurer rage. Good job, killer. We'll make a hero out of you yet.\n\nYou pick up a small blue gland. And wipe some slime and leaves off your face.\n\n*[[Return to Olstead]]
"No need to thank me, kind young adventurer, I have thousands of these that I give away to every new adventurer that comes to visit me here."\n\nHe gestures behind himself to a corner where a pile of similar bundles of swords lies heaped on the floor.\n\n"Now, where was I? Oh yes, it's dangerous out there! Let's talk about what you can do for me. I have a quest in need of completing."\n\n*[[Ask about quest]]
Backpack Platformer tech demo\nAn early tech demo of a 2D metroidvania platformer I've put on hold. Similar to TLoZ 2.\n<html><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-YHbcx45E"><img src="./img/video_button.png"/></a></html>\n\nImpending Monsterscape\nMy first (semi)finished musical piece using the GameBoy Color sound hardware.\n<html><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcuwzZSX2os"><img src="./img/video_button.png"/></a></html>\n\nGamma World\ncustom player origins\n<html><a href="./dnd/gw_origins_part1.pdf"><img src="./img/doc_button.png"/></a></html>
You find a nearby double-wide adventurer's hiding tree and as silently as possible move into ambushing position. After a few minutes of careful observation, the telltale sign of a shimmering, blue, globular creature springs forth from the safety of the bush. \n\nUnable to bring yourself to kill the majestic beast, you slowly emerge from behind the tree with some trail rations in hand, offering it to the slime as a goodwill gesture. It seems startled at first, but once it gets a whiff of the high grade almonds, it rushes towards the good stuff and coats your hand in slime, making an ungodly squelching sound.\n\n*[[Return to Town]]
A stocky man with a facial scar and sooty hands in well-worn leather apron, ripped and burned from heavy use sits behind a counter moving around some metal wares. "Hey there, friend. See anything you like? We have a wide selection of arms and armor here at the weaponry. No use getting yourself killed out there!" He laughs throatily.\n*[[Peruse the selection|Games]]
[[Projects]]\n[[Games]]\n[[Resume]]\n[[Contact]]
The high pitched sound is dampened by the surrounding cheese menagerie, and after a few seconds a frazzled-looking woman, wiping her hands on her apron whirls around a corner, "Hello! Welcome to Olstead Cheesery! You must be new here. Did the mayor send you for something? Please take a look at our fine selection," She gestures to the shelves overhead.\n*[[Browse the selection of hand-made cheeses|Projects]]
electronically-enabled mail: \nm.j.antonellis[[NOSPAM]]@gmail.com\n\nA little robotic bird once Twittered softly in my ear that it can repeat just 180 characters for me: \nhttp://www.twitter.com/matt_antonellis\n\nMy Face is rarely but sometimes seen on an internet Book: \nhttp://www.facebook.com/matt.antonellis\n\nLinking my experiences together with others is how I get an In: \nhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/mjantonellis\n\nI'll sometimes show You my creations on a wonderful Tube device: \nhttp://www.youtube.com/mjantonellis
<html><a href="./game/LoA/">Legends of Awesomeness</a></html>\nEmbark on a tale of legendary legends and awesome awesomeness.\nThis started as a joke game and as practice to learn another language.\nI decided to release it as-is instead of polishing it endlessly.\n\n<html><a href="./game/desk_adventure/">Desk Adventure</a></html>\nA desk adventure is sort of like a text adventure, except with heavy emphasis on the desk aspect of things.\n\n<html><a href="./game/resume_quest/">Resume Quest</a></html>\nWho wouldn't want to hire me after playing an awesome textual adventure game such as this? (Rhetorical Question!)\n\nBug Bash v0.3 (zip/Windows)\n2D platformer, arcade game. Reminiscent of early NES release games, circa 1985. \nMac, HTML5, iOS, Android version(s) to follow. \n<html><a href="./game/bug_bash/bug_bash_v03.zip"><img src="./img/download_button.png"/></a></html>
Matt Antonellis' Amazing Web Site Adventure
Knocking on the door, it appears that Oldman may be out, but the door is open so you enter after announcing yourself. \nYou return to Oldman's modest abode realizing there is no one home. It appears there is a sealed letter on the small table he was sitting at when you first met, and it's addressed to you.\n*[[Read the letter]]
As you march back to town victorious, you can see Oldman on the outskirts of the town border, probably awaiting your return.\n\n"Good, I can see that you have defeated the dreaded Blue Slime and it looks like you have something for me. Well done, adventurer!"\n\nYou drop over the squishy, slightly moist, and still warm blue glandular object into his wrinkly hand.\n\n"Here you are, I believe this is your's." The mayor drops a small pouch of what seems to be a bag of coins into your beginner-adventurer-gloved hands, "Don't spend it all in one place, hehe. 50 Olstead copper <html><img src="./img/olstead_copper.png"/></html>. Join me in the pub. We'll celebrate your victory and discuss future plans."\n\nQUEST COMPLETE! - Blue Slime Hunt\n+100 XP! \n+50 Gold!\n\n<<silently>>\n<<set $xp = $xp + 100>>\n<<set $gold = $gold +50>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\nEnd of Chapter 1
You hold out your neophyte adventurer hands, trembling with overwhelming anticipation with the joy that only a young child on their birthday can muster. With baited breath, you pull the twine and unfurl the cloth to reveal a majestic...\n\nCongratulations! You've acquired:\n+++Wooden Sword+++\n<html><img src="./img/wooden_sword.png"/></html>\nWooden Sword has been added to your inventory.\n\n*[[Thank Oldman]]\n*[[Toss the sword aside]]
As you approach the outskirts of Olstead with Slimey in tow, you can see Mayor Oldman just inside the town, hunched over and squinting at your arrival.\n\n"Gah! What is that? Get it away! I'm too young to d- I...oh. I see. Tamed, you say? Well, I guess that works too. I should still give you something for dispatching the beast even if your methods are rather...unorthodox."\n\nThe mayor hands you a small pouch of which sounds like coin, "50 Olstead copper <html><img src="./img/olstead_copper.png"/></html> from our coffers. We were going to use it to build a pretty freakin' sweet fountain of me in the center of town, but we already have that one of Oldman III with the shark pool around it, so I suppose it can wait," he looks a bit despondent, "Oh, but anyway, we still do have some blue slime tequila in reserve left over from last year's birthday bonanza. Join me, adventurer, and um...leave your friend at the stables or something."\n\nHe turns and walks toward the pub.\n\nQUEST COMPLETE! - Blue Slime Hunt\n+100 XP! \n+50 Gold!\n\n<<silently>>\n<<set $xp = $xp + 100>>\n<<set $gold = $gold +50>>\n<<endsilently>>\n\nEnd of Chapter 1
You stare in disbelief at the splintered piece of shoddy wooden swordsmanship cradled in your once grateful palms and throw it as ungratefully as possible aside, you hope into a fire or at least a trash heap of, at the very least, dire slime leavings.\n\n"Oh no, we can't have you unequipped. That just isn't part of the game. You need at least one weapon on you at all times, and this is the finest sword in all Olstead. Why, I made it myself."\n\nHe proudly displays his bony, shaking old-man-hands, pushing his palms quite literally into your face. As you stumble backwards, you end up with the sword in your hands again, as if some magical, geezerly force is at work here.\n\n"Now then. When you're good and ready, I have a quest I need you to complete for me. I may or may not reward you. Now doesn't that sound enticing?"\n\n*[[Ask about quest]]