It puts you in the mind of Igor, a scientist, who is working on Teleportation.
Through Igor's streams Of consciousness you will have to think for Igor and choose what he has to do.
How to play : Please click on the colored thoughts (orange, yellow and blue ones) to explore one of igor's thought.
A few details : The game is in english and is based on very young html5 standard (SVG and canvas). It means you should use Chrome 4+ to try it.
I am sorry about that. However, it works on firefox (3.5+) but most effects are disabled... I didn't try it on Safari, IE or opera yet.
I hope you'll enjoy the experience (because it is special... ) And if you play on Firefox and like the game, please consider switching to Chrome for a better experience.
(no I don't work for big G ;))
All source is included in a (very long) javascript file. All the library used are included as well (jquery, raphaeljs, cufon)
the intro is really long (maybe a bit slow on my laptop - not sure). I waited around for a while, until the 'dear emily' but, then stopped. I'm using chrom v 8.0.552.231 on osx
This is a fascinating concept. I have had similar ideas. Unfortunately, I had a very hard time determining when the game wanted my input and when my input had any effect. I have no idea why I suddenly lost.
Well, It's a kind of "Fighting fantasy book"-like game. But withouth the dice. ;) There are several paths to follow and different endings. So I admit it's more an interactive story than a game... Anyway thanks for your comment : I had a great time creating the content !! I'm happy you liked it :)
Sorry, this just goes way too slow for me to be able to play. I found my mind screaming "TELEPORT ALREADY!" at the unnecessarily long parts. I tend to like games like this, where it goes however you interpret it, but the questions asked ("Who am I really?") were a bit dry and uninteresting.
I see where you're going though, and I think if you were to ask some more thoughtful ("interpret-friendly") questions it'd turn out really well.
Thanks for your comment. I understand your point. I think with more time and more sleep I can make something better and more balanced. However, one question : did you went through the whole game ?
I agree on the fact that it is still a young technology and quite webkit related. But I would recommend this article : http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2010/03/22/ which gives interesting data. However it was still interesting to try to see if I could come with a game. And I believe in a few years it may render faster in every browser.
Timelapse next time (need to see how i can do that on ubuntu though).
Anyway, I understand that I completely failed at making people understand how to play the game. I should have changed my priorities. It's a good lesson though. My friends told me the whole Week End that I should make the player know how to play.
As for the game concept, well it was a true experimentation of ideas I've had in my head for a long time.
Next time, I will try to make things clearer and funnier :) Thanks for your comment :)
I found this enthralling. Perhaps I had better luck than others, though. Sometimes, I didn't even know if my choices mattered, or my clicking was having any effect. Nonetheless, an interesting exploration of viewing a stream of consciousness - well done.
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Increpare : I coded it on a AthlonXP64 (quite old) but it worked. On my eeepc it is slow though
stevejonhnson: I agree about the input system. It is quite bad... :( Text before game over should indicate why you lost.
Thanks to everybody for trying the game :)
I will not rate it to avoid influence the rating because I didn't understood the game or something.
There are several paths to follow and different endings. So I admit it's more an interactive story than a game...
Anyway thanks for your comment : I had a great time creating the content !! I'm happy you liked it :)
I see where you're going though, and I think if you were to ask some more thoughtful ("interpret-friendly") questions it'd turn out really well.
OT: Shows once again that HTML5 is not useful for anything yet unless you want to use Chrome or nothing at all.
But I would recommend this article : http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2010/03/22/
which gives interesting data.
However it was still interesting to try to see if I could come with a game. And I believe in a few years it may render faster in every browser.
I just don't get it.
You had your moments in blogging that is okay. Would have liked to see a timelapse though.
Anyway, I understand that I completely failed at making people understand how to play the game. I should have changed my priorities. It's a good lesson though. My friends told me the whole Week End that I should make the player know how to play.
As for the game concept, well it was a true experimentation of ideas I've had in my head for a long time.
Next time, I will try to make things clearer and funnier :)
Thanks for your comment :)
They also mattered because, there are different endings.
Eventually, each time you play you can discover a new hint about igor's life. Especially childhood and relation to women...
Thanks for having played the game. I've got a few ideas to make the concept become something nearer to a game...
@endurion : your point is agreed but maybe in a few months games such as : http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/onslaught-arena/?f=
will be available on ffox, ie and opera ?