Editing Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate

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[[File:Roomisode-Triungulate-Steam-header.jpg|thumb|300px|Dangeresque returns in a "some-new" point-and-click adventure!!]]
'''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate''' is a point-and-click adventure collection, gathering the previously released [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]], the previously unreleased [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2]] and a brand new Roomisode 3. It was first teased in a {{prs|1460389521728618501|15|Nov|2021|alt=November 15, 2021}} [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet, and after a few minor updates and screenshots were posted, it was officially announced on {{prs|1661803493366136849|25|May|2023|alt=May 25, 2023}} with a [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Trailer|trailer]]. It was released on Steam and Itch.io via [[Videlectrix]] for $7.99.

'''Date:''' Friday, August 11, 2023 (PC and Mac); Thursday, March 14, 2024 (Linux); Saturday, May 25, 2024 (Roomisode X)

== Roomisodes ==
<gallery widths="200px" >
File:roomisode 1 title screen.png|<center>'''[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque|1. Behind the Dangerdesque]]'''</center>
File:roomisode 2 title screen.png|<center>'''[[Dangeresque Roomisode 2|2. The Intersection of Doom&nbsp;&&nbsp;Boom]]'''</center>
File:roomisode 3 title screen.png|<center>'''[[Dangeresque Roomisode 3|3. Keep My Enemies, Loser]]'''</center>
File:Roomisode X title card.png|<center>'''[[Roomisode X|X: Inspection Certificate on File in Building Office]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== Gameplay ==
[[File:Roomisode UI.png|thumb|The three interaction options: "Look at", "Talk to", and "Get/Use"]]
''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate'' is a {{w|Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games|point-and-click adventure game}}. The title, a [[portmanteau]] of "room" and "episode", refers to how the games are structured to take place in a single location rather than an expansive world (compare [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]).

Dangeresque is the primary playable character, though on occasion [[Renaldo]] or [[Dangeresque Too]] can be controlled. Clicking on an interactive character or item reveals three options:
*'''Look at''' (eyeball icon) {{--}} Dangeresque observes the item, commenting on its status (e.g. noting that a door is locked) as applicable.
*'''Talk to''' (chattering teeth icon) {{--}} Dangeresque starts a conversation with a character, or offers a humorous one-liner to an inanimate object.
*'''Get/Use''' (boxing glove icon) {{--}} Dangeresque will take an item if possible, or will otherwise physically manipulate it.

Items that a player "gets" are added to their inventory, which can then be re-selected and used on other objects in the game. It is not necessary to combine multiple inventory items, though items may frequently change status (a cup being filled or emptied, for instance) as the game progresses. In addition to "talk to" actions, Dangeresque narrates the actions he takes for [[Fourth Wall Breaks|the benefit of the player]].

Roomisodes typically begin by introducing several objectives the player must complete. Accomplishing these tasks usually takes the form of completing multi-step puzzles, taking several actions in a certain sequence or making use of multiple items to do so.

Although it is possible to fail the objectives, these "game over" states are brief. After playing a short video clip of the character's demise, the player is immediately returned to just before the losing action was taken. Some game overs imply that [[The Stunt Double|a stunt double]] took the fall for Dangeresque.

==Announcement==
'''Page Title:''' Please Insert Disk Tri of Ungulate!

{{newspage|color=3|dangeresque: the roomisode triungulate|image=<span class="plainlinks">[[File:dangeresque screenshot.jpeg|500px|link=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/]]</span>|text=
{{f|size=200%|t='''out now on steam and itch.io!'''}}

{{p|l=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/ <span style="color:white">Click here to get it on Steam</span>}}

[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate|<span style="color:white">Click here to get it on Itch.io</span>]]

Join '''Dangeresque''', the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop/secret agent/celebrity pharmacist, as he puzzles his way through '''3 bite-sized roomisodes''' in this classic-style point n' click adventure.

Turn the mundane into the... um, mundangeresque as he attempts to fake-solve a cold case to avoid jail time, deals with car trouble at a seedy intersection, and takes a side-gig consulting for his worst enemy!

What began as a Flash browser game back in 2008 has been remastered and expanded with all new graphics, animation, cutscenes, and '''full voice acting'''.}}

===Roomisode X Announcement===
'''Page Title:''' Roomisode X Starring Dangeresque Too, also, as well!

{{newspage|color=3|bonus unlockable roomisode!|image=<span class="plainlinks">[[File:latest_roomxpage.png|500px|link=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/]]</span>|text=
Videlectrix has updated Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate with a bonus unlockable Roomisode starring Dangeresque Too!

Once you've completed the Triungulate, a new adventure becomes available! Can you get Dangeresque Too out of an elevator without dying in new and hilarious ways? Do you even want to?!

{{p|l=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/ <span style="color:white"><u>'''Get it on Steam!'''</u></span>}}

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==itch.io and Steam Description==
<blockquote>Join '''DANGERESQUE,''' the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through '''3 bite-sized roomisodes''' ''(plus a bonus unlockable 4th roomsiode!)'' in this classic-style point and click adventure.
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Each room is a separate, standalone mini-adventure with its own puzzles to solve, inventory items to collect, and other characters to interact with.

:'''ROOMISODE 1:''' Learn to fake-solve a cold case to prevent The Chief from sending you to jail! 
:'''ROOMISODE 2:''' Team up with Renaldo to deal with car troubles at a seedy intersection!
:'''ROOMISODE 3:''' Take a side-gig doing security consulting for Perducci! 

Sound mundane? No! Sounds mun'''DANGERESQUE!'''

<br />[[File:SBTireIronSwing.gif]] [[File:SB SpinSmile.gif]] [[File:SBPantsPut Barfbag.gif]] [[File:SB DartHit.gif]] [[File:SB_KickHub.gif]]<br />
 
What started as a Flash browser game back in 2008 has been remastered and expanded with all new graphics, animation, cutscenes, and FULL VOICE ACTING.</blockquote>

The itch.io version later added:

<blockquote>'''MAC Users:''' **We are working on getting Apple Developer Certification. Until then, the best solution Itch.io has recommended is to download the itch.io desktop app:
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https://itch.io/app 

and run the game from inside the app. This seems to solve the "this file is corrupted and should be trashed" error some users are getting. Apologies for the inconvenience as we navigate Apple Developer Funland!</blockquote>

== Steam items ==
Trading cards, profile badges, emoticons, backgrounds, and animated avatars were added to the Steam version of the game on January 10, 2024.

===Trading cards===
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Description
|-
| Dagger Skew || A former informer for Dangeresque, Dagger Skew "hides" steak knives in his headband so he can sneak them on city buses and clandestinely cut pieces off of other people's hoagies. He'll be stabbing you shortly.
|-
| Dangeresque Too || No one knows exactly where Dangeresque Too came from. He claims to have been on "the force" in the "inner upwest southwise" precinct but no one has been able to corroborate this. He can do a mean hurrican<!--[sic]--> kick and leaves a trail of first place racquetball trophies wherever he goes.
|-
| Perducci || Perducci is a master of sitting behind tables, desks, and countertops. Somehow this has led to him being dangerous and powerful. He owns a restaurant and an import/export business and is so rich he has one of those animatronic fortune teller things in his basement. HIS BASEMENT!
|-
| SCSI Newport || SCSI Newport is a bad guy that was created when a pile of outdated PC's fell on top of grumpy IT admin Sterp Derdtler. The electronics fused with his body (it was really gross! don't watch the security cam footage!) turning him into a partially-stoppable cyborg menace.
|-
| Sultry Buttons || Sultry Buttons is the roguish jewel thief and twin sister of Cutesy Buttons (though no one has ever seen them in the same place at the same time). She's into leather and machetes and is skilled in several martial and/or fiber arts. She wants to simultaneously get back together with and kinda murder Dangeresque.
|-
| Killingyouguy || Perducci's secret weapon and chief enforcer, Killingyouguy comes from a long line of Something-You-Folks. Prolly from the Old Country? I dunno. He began as a wee Pinchingyouboy and has slowly worked his way up through the years. I just hope there's a Knittingyounana somewhere.
|-
| Dangeresque || Dangeresque graduated top of his class at the Corrupt Police Academy but then mooned everybody instead of taking his diploma! It was so awesome! He infamously solved the kidnapping of The Wembles Baby by revealing that HE was the baby! I mean, what?! He remains the only person who can successfully fire and operate a nunchuk gun without experiencing death problems.
|-
| Baron Darin Diamonocle || Diamonocle is most likely the ultra-rich Baron of a cool castle lair somewhere. Or a villa? What's a chateau? Are those cool? Anyways, he's really good at trap doors. He wears a solid gold neck brace since Dangeresque dropped a train full of anvils on him. Sometimes, maybe onetimes, he deviously pets an animal.
|-
| Renaldo || Dangeresque first met Renaldo on a deep cover assignment in Parts Unknown when Renaldo pickpocketed JUST the Reesy Cups out of his Reesy Cup Meltshake. Dangeresque was so impressed that he hired him on the spot as his sidekick. Renaldo is a master of fiche: micro, macro, or fried.
|}

===Badges===
#Private Eye
#Crooked Cop
#Secret Agent
#Celebrity Pharmacist
#Mighty Oak
'''Foil:''' Criminal Projectivator

===Emoticons===
* :dangeresque:
* :dangeresquetoo:
* :gunchuk:
* :renaldo:
* :stuntdouble:

===Backgrounds===
*Dangeresque Lamp
*Gonna Have 2 Jump
*Renaldo As Well

===Animated Avatars===
*3D Dangeresque Runnin
*Dangeresque Runnin

==itch.io Development Log and Steam News Hub==
===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/573694/launch-em-ups|Launch em up's!]]===
'''Date:''' August 11, 2023

<blockquote>
Greetings from Good Graphickateers Central! Videlectrix has just launched Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate, a remaster and expansion of a 15 year old point n' click-em-up that is playable (and payable!) on modern PCs! 
{{clear}}
What better way to enter the modern age of videogamery than by dusting off an old game, dousing it with WD-40, blowing into its cartridge slot until you're blue in the face, and adding advanced graphics and 3D-rendered cutscenes!

Videlectrix has been teaching itself the latest tools and systems and the hope is that this little game is just the beginning.
</blockquote>

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/573736/steamins|Steamins!]]===
'''Date:''' August 11, 2023

<blockquote>
ALERT '''(UPDATED 8/11 8:22pm)'''  - If you purchased and downloaded the game before '''8:22PM Eastern Time U.S.''' you should re-download before playing again. It contained some leftover Steam-specific scripts that were causing the game to crash. Videlectrix has attempted to remove all of this Steaminess and so far the game is now working properly on our end. 
{{clear}}
Apologies if this causes any loss of save data or game progress. 

Please let us know in the comments if you are still experiencing this issue. Steam belongs in saunas and dry cleaners, amiright?! Not viderogames!!
</blockquote>

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/577742/sounds-dangeresque|Sounds Dangeresque!]]===
'''Date:''' August 21, 2023

<blockquote>
Soundtrack now available to anyone that purchased the game! 
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Featuring music from the game AND extended re-arrangements by the incredible Rich Trott (https://palacefamilysteakhouse.bandcamp.com/)!

34 tracks! Available in WAV or MP3. Have at it!
</blockquote>
{{seemain|Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Soundtrack}}

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/580773/v101-update|v1.01 update]] / [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2442020/view/3672176343897140956 Cocktail Mixin's & Bug Fixin's]===
'''Date:''' August 27, 2023

<blockquote>
v1.01 Update
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Some New Li'l Things

*1 new death easter egg
*3 new easter eggs (including 1 jingly egg) in bonus section
*added watchable game deaths on main menu (upon completion of each roomisode)
*Uploaded free soundtrack (mp3 and WAV available)
Bugs Addressed<br>
<nowiki>**</nowiki>NOTE - Some bugs may persist if loading a savegame from the previous build

*Save/Score bug that caused player to no longer gain points after loading a savegame file
*Removed redundant sound components from Roomisodes 2 and 3
*Room 1: coffee/stamp disappearing on reload
*Room 2: meltshake bug that messed up full/empty status of meltshake cup
*Room 2: Flippin' sewer cap visibility bug
*Room 2: After solving toolbox, the TALK action item option would disappear
*Room 2: Streetlight hotspot would disappear when loading an earlier game after smashing streetlight
*Room 2: Arcade Guy animation playing incorrectly after loading an earlier game
*Room 3: Terminal bug that caused softlock and double Waitre D's if you dragged orders off the screen
*Room 3: Saving and loading a game from the wall photos closeup would result in Perducci having no head
Thanks for playing and helping us find these bugs. We will keep searching and fixing and improving and probably adding more dumb stuff!

<nowiki>**</nowiki>MAC Users! We continue to attempt to get Apple Certification for the game and continue to have the files rejected for various reasons. Apologies for the delay with this. We will continue to try!
</blockquote>

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/636534/holidangeresque-discount|Holidangeresque Discount!]]===
'''Date:''' November 16, 2023

<blockquote>
If you never did grab up this trio of roomisodic point n' clickery, now's your chance to do so for even less few bucks than before!
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Now through prolly the holidays, Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate is on sale for $4.96.

Remember grandma's old saying: Under Five Bucks, Doesn't Sucks!
</blockquote>

===[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2442020/view/7356139324004924634 v1.02 Update + LINUX version!]===
'''Date:''' March 14, 2021

<blockquote>
'''Linux Version Available NOW'''

'''v1.02 update'''
*Linux version now available
*Bonus Objectives menu now updates with your progress! Completed objectives get crossed out.
*Fixed 'keep gettin stamp' bug
*Fixed a couple UI bugs (score display/version number on title screen would disappear)
*made fullscreen mode happen by default
*Now you can press ESC to bring up the pause/options menu
{{clear}}
'''Community Items!'''<br>
Back in January Videlectrix finally added Community Items and [https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/app/2442020/ Points Shop Stuff]!
*Puppety Trading Cards featuring ne'er 'afore seen characters!
*Dumb badges n' allat
*Emoticons, Gifs, Backgrounds, and the other bare minimum stuff they make you make!
</blockquote>

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/737511/bonus-roomisode|Bonus Roomisode]] / [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2442020/view/4146205208844054718 Unlockable Bonus Roomisode!]===
'''Date:''' May 25, 2024

<blockquote>
Dive back in to '''Brainblow City''' with Dangeresque's confusingly-named sometimes rival/sometimes partner '''Dangeresque Too'''!
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Complete the 3 original recipe Roomisodes to unlock this '''bonus Elevatorsode'''!

'''Dangeresque Too''' is trapped in an elevator by sinister forces! Can you help him escape the building?

'''Featuring:'''

*Um, more puzzles
*Uhh, more cutscenes
*More entertaining ways to die
*Single click interface!  Dangeresque Too doesn't mess about with Talk and Look!

[[File:elevatorsode ad cropped.jpg|200px]]
</blockquote>

===[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2442020/view/4146205208849813295 Boring Bug Fixes v1.2]===
'''Date:''' May 26, 2024

<blockquote>
Apologies from Videlectrix for launching a buggy Roomisode! Maintenance will continue. Bugs will be eliminated! Graphics will be goodinated!
{{clear}}
Seemingly Fixed Bugs:
*Game properly resets after you win (no more Slide Around Town Clown Homestar)
*Dead4Dead Achievement should properly be... um, achievable
*Added a couple dialog responses where there were none
*Fixed bug where Homestar talked like Strong Bad
*Added conditional responses to a couple interactions (i.e. use Washer on Dangeresque Too)
*Fixed SOME save state issues (still in progress)
</blockquote>

===[[videlectrixitchio:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate/devlog/739751/v121-bug-fixes-n-more|V1.21 Bug Fixes n' More]] / [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2442020/view/4147331471339732497 More Boring Bug Fixes v1.21]===
'''Date:''' May 29, 2024


'''V1.21 Bug Fixes n' More:'''
<blockquote>
* Fixed known save bugs (items/progress not updating properly)
** Continuing to look for more and replicate and repair
* Fixed Game Reset bug that resulted in Slide Around Town Clown Homestar
* Added some new nonessential dialog, jokes, and clickins to try and make up for bugs.
* Added a cheat on the titlescreen for folks who have already played and uninstalled or lost Roomisode progress to unlock Room X without having to replay all 3 Roomisodes. Just pretend it's 2005 and you're searching for Easter Eggs in a Sbemail.
</blockquote>


'''More Boring Bug Fixes v1.21:'''
<blockquote>
*  Addressed more save bugs (conversation progress, visibility of some items not saving), will continue to replicate and repair more as they are found
* Added a Cheat to unlock Room X for those who previously completed the whole game but since uninstalled it.
*:<span style="color: black; background: black">On the main title screen, do the same thing you woulda done in 2005 to [[Easter_egg#Finding_Easter_Eggs|locate easter eggs]] in a Strong Bad email</span>
* Added some new nonessential dialog, jokes, and clickins to try and make up for bugs.
* Looking into Cloud Saves to see if it's feasible

Thanks for your continued patience!
</blockquote>

== Credits ==
Original Flash version by:
* [[Jonathan Howe]]
* [[The Brothers Chaps|Matt & Mike Chapman]]

Unity version by:
*Matt & Mike

Additional Programming:
*[[Colin McInerney]]
*Ben Hines

Voices:
*[[Matt Chapman]]

Music:
*Mike & Matt Chapman
*[[Rich Trott]]

"[[The Theme from Dangeresque II|Dangeresque 2 Theme Song]]"<br/>
By Matt Chapman/[[Y-O-U|Peter Olson/Nick Niespodziani]]/[[Mike Chapman]]/[[Y-O-U|Matt Sonnicksen]]/[[J. Christopher Arrison]]

"[[You're Gonna Have 2 Jump]]"<br/>
By [[Strong Bad]] feat. [[Larry Palaroncini]]

Roomisode 1 written by:
*Jonathan Howe
*Matt & Mike Chapman

Roomisode 2 & 3 written by:
*Matt & Mike

Playtesting
*Wanda Trott
*Rich Trott
*[[Jez Swanson]]
*Dan Mackenzie

Special Thanks
*Tulley Rafferty
*Emily Morganti
*Erin Yvette
*Jake Rodkin
*[[Alex Hirsch]]
*Chuck Jordan
* Jonathan Sgro
*Owen Watson
*Adventure Creator Forum

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*''{{w|Odd-toed ungulate|Triungulate}}'' is a rarely-used scientific term used to describe animals with three toes.
**It could be considered a [[malapropism]] of "{{w|trilogy}}", as this release consists of three games.
**It could also be a play on ''{{w|triumvirate}}'', a group of three people holding power, or ''{{w|triangulate}}'', meaning to divide an area into triangles in order to measure or map it.
* The [[index page]] [[Index Page Messages|announcement]]'s [[page title]], "Please Insert Disk Tri of Ungulate!", refers to the [[Numbered Disks|multiple, numbered floppy disks]] used for installation and gameplay of the sort of older PC adventure games that ''The Roomisode Triungulate'' is designed to resemble.

===Trivia===
*The shortened itch.io description (seen on [[videlectrixitchio:|Videlectrix's page]]) reads "Join the world's best private eye/crooked cop as he puzzles his way through this short point n click adventure."
*The shortened Steam description reads "Join Dangeresque, the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure."
*The "More information" box on itch.io lists the status as "Released", the platforms as "Windows" and "macOS", the author as "[[Videlectrix]]", the genre as "Adventure", and the tags "Comedy", "dangeresque", "homestar-runner", "Mystery", "Noir", "Point & Click", "Retro", and "strong-bad".
*Many of the people thanked {{--}} Tulley Rafferty, Emily Morganti, Erin Yvette, Jake Rodkin, Chuck Jordan, and Jonathan Sgro {{--}} formerly worked for [[Telltale Games]].

===Remarks===
*The Steam storefront is copyrighted as "©2023 [[Harmless Junk Inc]]".
*Dan Mackenzie is credited as a playtester. He may be the same Dan Mackenzie whose animations were featured on the Weekly Fanstuff in [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-11-29|2007]] and [[Weekly Fanstuff 2009#WF-2009-06-04|2009]].

===Real-World References===
*The cursor resembles those of the Windows 3.1 era of operating systems.
*One of the songs that Dangeresque Too sings while kicking the Desque is to the tune of the Addams Family.

==External Links==
*[[videlectrixitchio:{{#URLFormat:}}|"{{PAGENAME}}" on itch.io]]
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/ "{{PAGENAME}}" on Steam]
*[[hr:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate|read announcement]]
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