Hello!

I'm Samantha Arantes, galactic bounty hunter for hire. My rates are quite competitive, so hire me!

When I was a baby, the Froggos found me floating in an escape pod between the bulrushes and lilypads of their home planet. They found soon afterwards that my parents had been killed in stealth attack by the leader of the dastardly Space Ninjas, and from that point on decided to adopt me and raise me as one of their own. Not wanting my fate to befall anyone else, I decided to learn their mystic arts and strange sciences so that I could become a protector of the galaxy.

Unfortunately, the realities of enacting justice in this universe have proven far more difficult than my simple upbringing led me to imagine. It turns out that being the self-styled savior of the galaxy entails more than just being a common space-cop. This is still an area of active study for me.

I enjoy the color blue, restaurant-quality ramen, and a nice glass of milk. I loathe fried grapefruit, quadrillionaires, and unkempt womanizers.

The current best introduction to me and my personality are these two ZZT games available on itch:

• Samantha Arantes vs. Karid-X2 (DEMO)
• Samantha Arantes Goes to the Fridge to Get a Glass of Milk

(The full, authorized account of my battle versus Karid-X1 is currently nonexistent and unpublished, but an abridged version starring a certain, more popular bounty hunter who felt like stealing the credit can be found here.)

I am currently working on some character reference sheets. So far I have just one that's currently a work-in-progress, but I put it up here just in case I need to share it with anybody. Please provide feedback or advice via the usual channels.

Other Me's

Fragments of my personality drift along the rivers between time and space, giving rise to beings that appear to be various reflections of me. We share a cross-dimensional quantum mindlink with each other, but the precise nature of our relationship is a complex matter that we have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to yet.

One such persona is a humanoid bioform known as "Alex," who claims to be my creator. They call the universe they are from "Real Life," which (to be quite frank) sounds quite presumptuous to me (my world feels real enough to me). Delusions of granduer aside, they have proven to be quite helpful in putting this site together.

Another persona goes by the designation "RT-55J," who is a denizen of alternate universe called "the Internet." They prefer being called "RT" or "artee" unless you are just getting to know them or are "@ing" them (who uses a symbol as a letter like that??). They are a proficient mapmaker and moderately talented rom hacker, and have opted to host their files here.

The closest thing we have to a combined, unified persona is Gadfly Goods, which is our low-rent videogame publishing brand. (It's a start, if nothing else.)

Mailbags

You can ask me questions (or send other forms of sweet nothings) on my guestbook or Cohost. Every so often I will gather a bunch of the Q&As together and publish them all together in a mailbag-style format, just like the good old days. The list of currently published mailbags can currently be found on the sidebar (or below here on mobile).

FAQ

Questions that get asked especially frequently will be put here.