Remember how I said I was going to write something in haskell? Haskell won. So I wrote something in python in 3 hours. the game is a little poetic. Enjoy .
Managed to "win" on first try with optimal world, totally luck though. Liked the writing though and the game stands out on its own from a lot of the submissions. Tried a few more times to see what various combos would produce. Managed to make a "good" world and managed to die a bunch too. :)
I couldn't beat it without cheating. There isn't enough information to know the game mechanics. It is mildly poetic and entertaining. I like how it's just a python file =)
I like the game concept, but the game seemed rather arbitrary. I had once chance... to make no mistakes. And it doesn't tell me how the elements interact; I just have to guess. When I got it right on my third try, I opened the source file and was surprised to find out that there are actual game mechanics. I couldn't tell because I'm not given enough options in order to narrow down what I'm supposed to do.
This is a Grow game in text, as everybody else also noticed, but what disappoints me, especially given that there are only 4 items, is that there are a lot of ways to win! I kept looking for the 'really good' ending, since I had gotten the 'good' ending so many different ways. I figured it couldn't be the best possible. But alas, it is if my scanning of the code is correct.
"...all you have are scraps." "What do you add? >scraps" "scraps is not something you have."
Thank you for setting me straight on that one... Ahem. Text-based grow. Kinda nice. Nice and weird, and less rewarding than a graphical grow. I'm too tired right now to be playing it properly, and I doubt I'll have time tomorrow. Voting deadline is screaming closer! You will have to make do with this comment and a handful of N/A.
(woah, I just glanced "ninja pellies" in the random tag box to the right, and it came across as decidedly raunchy... I should definitely get some sleep)
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so, why do I win if I add fire to nothing, then a log, then a pebble which becomes the core of my planet, then tears?
But like Jach says, not bad for 3 hours.
Certainly poetic, though.
"What do you add? >scraps"
"scraps is not something you have."
Thank you for setting me straight on that one... Ahem.
Text-based grow. Kinda nice. Nice and weird, and less rewarding than a graphical grow. I'm too tired right now to be playing it properly, and I doubt I'll have time tomorrow. Voting deadline is screaming closer!
You will have to make do with this comment and a handful of N/A.
(woah, I just glanced "ninja pellies" in the random tag box to the right, and it came across as decidedly raunchy... I should definitely get some sleep)