T in Y World

by tom7
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.31
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Tried something experimental this time. This is a ZZT homage with some twists that I don't want to spoil. It's more clever than it looks, I hope.

Features:
- Very expensive simulated color-ASCII graphics
- Content & technology double-whammy
- False dichotomy
- Four new music tracks, including shamelessly self-referential theme song
- You can turn off the annoying music
- Spoiler 1
- Thrilling Computer Science based gameplay
- Integrated level editor
- Spoiler 2
- Boss battle!!

The only difference between the jam and compo versions is performance; I found out after uploading that the game is quite slow on non-awesome computers. But judge fairly:

Compo:
http://tinyworld.spacebar.org/compo.shtml

Faster:
http://tinyworld.spacebar.org/

My old games:
http://radar.spacebar.org/f/a/weblog/category/1/video_games

Soundtrack:
http://tinyworld.spacebar.org/tinyworld.zip

I made a timelapse with webcam which I will upload soon.

Love you forever,
Tom 7

Comments124

Andrew23 Apr 2012, 09:16
Nice literal take on the name. I was a bit lagging on some of the levels, I'll try to see if I can play it on another machine.
Tom 7
Tom 7author23 Apr 2012, 14:52
There seems to be some problem with the screen not updating on Chrome on linux, maybe other platforms too. I'll see if I can fix this tonight.
Erifdex24 Apr 2012, 16:24
Pretty fun game! You got a whole lot done in the 48 hours, it shows because of the amount of levels included! Great work!

I did get quite a bit of lag on the larger levels, too. My machine isn't the greatest spec beast though ;)
Tom 7
Tom 7author25 Apr 2012, 02:29
A few people have complained about performance so I made it about twice as fast with performance tweaking today. I didn't change anything else about the game. I couldn't figure out what was going on with the screen updating thing; I think it is actually a bug with that implementation of Flash.

Thanks for playing and enjoy! :)
Drabiter
Drabiter25 Apr 2012, 04:08
It's fun. And yes I suffer lag too :D The concept of letter is interesting.
johnfn
johnfn25 Apr 2012, 04:13
6 stars for the music. That intro music. oh my GOD. Fantastic take on the theme too. This is a really impressive game for all sorts of bizarre reasons that I happen to love. Amazing!
omaha25 Apr 2012, 04:17
I love it, unlike anything I've ever seen. Very very cool.
robcozzens
robcozzens25 Apr 2012, 04:21
That was crazy! You had this cool funny song being sung by an obvious human, but the explanation of how the rules work is obviously the work of a robot.
Very innovative.
mildmojo25 Apr 2012, 04:30
The applet window is too tall for my screen, even with the browser running in fullscreen mode (my screen's only 800 pixels high). 10" netbooks may only have as little as 600 pixels in height, so you might be better off limiting your height to 500px or so.

The title screen song is hilarious. I let it play all the way through before I started the game. Ctrl+M (OSX) didn't work to mute the in-game music which, while pretty good, got repetitive pretty quickly.

I got a little confused and skipped the tutorial levels thinking I'd already been through the tutorial after the introduction. Even going back through the tutorial levels, I never completely figured out the rules notation. I got stuck in the tutorial.

The in-game music got a little overbearing after a while, and ctrl+m didn't seem to work (OSX).
hamburger
hamburger25 Apr 2012, 05:02
I love this! It is a very good feeling to try to wrap my head around the text based rules while enjoying the awesome music. It is amazing to see all the variety of behavior that comes out of these simple rules, and then the rules are right there and you can edit them and share them and this game is perfect!
Tom 7
Tom 7author25 Apr 2012, 13:54
Note: In flash on mac, "control" means "apple key". This was confusing to me too. :)
HeuGamer
HeuGamer26 Apr 2012, 03:13
I love the theme song at the start! :D
leafo
leafo26 Apr 2012, 05:27
This is really cool. I also love the music. I like the addition of level editor.
dukope26 Apr 2012, 05:42
Fantastic music and really fun puzzle gameplay. Loved it.
nornagon26 Apr 2012, 05:45
Incredible. This is awesome :D
Kassoon
Kassoon26 Apr 2012, 05:46
Interesting! Some of the puzzles were a bit obtuse due to the way the rules have to function in ascii, but it's a neat idea
Sestren27 Apr 2012, 01:09
This is an amazing concept for a game. I love that you can build your own levels, complete with your own rules. A basic concept like "search and replace" has been expanded into a fun and unique game. 5 stars overall!
Shadow
Shadow27 Apr 2012, 02:43
AMAZING entry. Way too creative. Loved the intro theme and the in-game music. I'm guessing it may be a little bit too hardcore for more traditional game dudes (casual gamers will probably fail to enjoy something like this) but for me it was fun as hell (figurative). Kudos!
Bread28 Apr 2012, 10:01
I really like all of this. The theme music is probably my favourite bit, though.
Puzzlem00n
Puzzlem00n28 Apr 2012, 21:16
This just made me want to burst with awesomeness overload. I'll have to come back and make a level some time.
summaky
summaky29 Apr 2012, 13:11
VERY clever entry. I like the way that these simple rules produce such variety of outcomes.
CappaGames29 Apr 2012, 15:01
High marks for innovation, but it was a bit confusing.
Pacifist Games29 Apr 2012, 17:22
Incredibly innovative, but I had a very hard time grasping the gameplay mechanic. Loved the title song!
JaJ
JaJ29 Apr 2012, 18:51
This is hard to rate because I love it so much and I don't really know why.
FunkyDelPueblo
FunkyDelPueblo30 Apr 2012, 00:30
Incredibly innovative. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the way rules work, but a very very clever idea.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:45
ARE YOU A QUANTUM PHYSICS
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:46
T in Y World made me invest in teleportation technology.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:46
T in Y World changed my life.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:46
But not necessarily for the better.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:48
T in Y World isn't a game, it's actually a thesis on life, the universe and everything written collaboratively by all Nobel physicians that have ever lived, that are presently alive and that have yet to be born.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:51
T in Y World made half of the atoms in my body disappear.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:52
T in Y World had sex with my mother a couple of decades back.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:53
Man, I can't wait for T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:57
Mom, I can't sleep without T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:57
Aww, I'm sorry darling, here's your very own T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 09:58
Thanks mom, now I can finally dream the eternal dream, after 23,000,000 years of waiting.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:01
Without T in Y World, the Earth would start spinning the other way.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:02
T in Y World is a filthy, lying whore.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:04
Thanks to T in Y World, the world is running out of alphabet.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:05
Now we will have to develop telekinesis to communicate.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:07
On the other hand, who needs communication when we have T in Y World? You can go tell that to Martha Bailey in Texas. Without communication.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:08
I fed T in Y World to my dog.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:09
T in Y World trapped me in the comments section.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:10
I hope the sun explodes.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:14
Wait. I -am- on the opposite end of Milky Way.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:14
Not our sun though, that would be silly. I mean the one on the opposite end of Milky Way.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:15
This is the right time to pray to T in Y World, which is, any time at all.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:16
Sometimes there is no time because T in Y World hoards it all to itself.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:18
Then we will simply have to make our own time using duct tape and searingly hot lava.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:18
And fail miserably. Mom, my time is going backwards.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:19
And by sleep, I mean bringing your dad's T to my Y, if you know what I mean.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:19
Shut the fuck up daughter, I'm trying to sleep.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:20
Thanks to T in Y World, I'm located 30 feet above myself.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:21
When I grow up, I want to be T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:22
wait shit is this even the right comments section
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:23
"Every comments section can be the right one if you just learn to free your mind." -T in Y World
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:24
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" -T in Y World
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:25
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - T in Y World
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:26
"Yeah, uhh, I think I'll have a double cheeseburger. Hold the onion though, it always makes me fart." -T in Y World
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:27
"""Everything for everyone" -Ron Paul" -T in Y World"
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:28
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Always remember to escape your quotes properly"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" -Quote Man, a superhero alias for T in Y World
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:30
As Quote Man, T in Y World once saved the universe from certain doom. They forgot to escape a quote when writing the laws of physics.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:31
The result would've been a reality with infinite gravity where everything is flat and constantly kind of hungry even though it just ate.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:32
My god is an edible one.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:33
Mom, mom is bullying me.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:34
Don't worry daughter, I'll summon Quote Man to make her stop.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:36
The fate of chemistry classes still remains unknown, though.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:36
""G'day madame, Quote Man in your service"-- OH SHI--
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:36
And that was the end of Quote Man.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:37
But presumed TASTY AHHHAHHHAHAHAHAH
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:41
Then it gave me AIDS.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:41
T in Y World cured my cancer.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:46
Then it turned me into a 5-dimensional hypersphere.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:47
With cancer, AIDS and Asperger's.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:48
Some of which I'd never known I've had before.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:48
And lasers coming out of my orifices.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:50
My avatar is a 2-dimensional photo of the 5-dimensional hypersphere.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 10:59
NO T IN Y WORLD. ONLY KHLAV KALASH.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 11:00
Thank you Mario! But our T is in another Y!
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 11:06
<Jiggawatt> I should've known that, I'm a T IN Y WORLD connoisseur.
<Jiggawatt> Every weekend I retreat to a closet and stare at different types of T IN Y WORLD.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 11:11
Whenever I sneeze, some T IN Y WORLD comes out. Is this bad?
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:39
I sold everything I own because of T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:39
As well as everything my neighbours owned.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:45
And by everything, I don't just mean expendable property. I'm now just a brain chilling in a vat.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:46
As are my neighbours, so they can't hurt me.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:48
I once thought I launched an EMP, but it was just a blood vessel popping while trying to comprehend T in Y World.
Jiggawatt30 Apr 2012, 12:48
Not until they've had such a hazardous exposure to T in Y World that they mutate the ability to send electro-magnetic pulses with the power of thought alone.
Tom 7
Tom 7author30 Apr 2012, 13:47
I guess I should add brain spasm to the list of side effects. :)
zeh
zeh30 Apr 2012, 17:20
Oh, and the title wins.
zeh
zeh30 Apr 2012, 17:20
What a great game. Great idea, art, execution, concept, story, dialogue. It's one of those rare gems of a game where gameplay is king and the production time was spent not on an a vein attempt to imitate life through an unbearable amount of polished polygons but rather on a new, abstract, transcendent metaphor. It screams its love for the medium, and it's a scream of unconditional, complete love.

The audio is great but it gets irritating after a while.
MadGnomeGamer30 Apr 2012, 23:34
Whattheheck? It wants me to install something in French?
Tom 7
Tom 7author30 Apr 2012, 23:57
Wha? It's a flash game embedded in the web page. There are no downloads or installs.
Fireblend
Fireblend1 May 2012, 01:30
Woah, this is insane. Incredible that you could come up with such complexity in such a short amount of time. Congrats!
kylerhoades1 May 2012, 12:18
This is SUPER FANTASTIC AMAZING! Love it. I love the rules concept and the fact that it is one big world that gets created by everyone as we go along. I think this is one the few entries I've seen that I'll actually come back to again and again. Brovo, sir, on an excellent game!
Datamosh
Datamosh1 May 2012, 16:46
The screen had too much height for me, so I had to scroll up and down a little bit. The idea is good, although it did confused me! So much to read :P Music was retro but relaxing AND the main theme it's the greatest thing I've ever heard so far.
uberneen
uberneen2 May 2012, 15:57
Nice, I was having fun before I began to even play.
madflame991
madflame9913 May 2012, 12:18
I'm very happy to see ASCII-art based games - pretty bold.
Danik
Danik3 May 2012, 13:10
Really nice. It's amazing how complex things can be made from such a simple concept. I think it's very educational as well.
Alexandre3 May 2012, 16:46
Loved this! It's also great to be able to share levels with everybody!
AD-Edge
AD-Edge4 May 2012, 05:59
Very unique concept, I like how individual letters have their own traits, youve very quickly established a whole other world!
chambers
chambers4 May 2012, 08:07
Wow, I... I don't even have words to describe:
-how awesome this game is
-how awesome my experience was
-how the soundtrack overall is awesome
-how difficult it is to play this game and understand it.
-how amazed I am that, so far, no one complained about how difficult it is to understand how the rules work, considering not all of us are programmers.

I love the concept overall. And even more than the concept, how much content you actually included in the game and how the rules were presented. I think you could have made it easier for everyone to understand the rules through more extensive and friendly tutorials, but I guess it's part of the planned experience to make it all absurdly confusing.

Congratulations and thanks for this inspiring game.
Pierrec4 May 2012, 11:54
That was weird...Cool
blob
blob4 May 2012, 18:31
Very clever Idea. Took me a while to get the rules.
Datw6 May 2012, 16:34
Good game, really innovative and fun. And I loved the music, haha.
dray6 May 2012, 17:39
i think you broke my mind, nice game :)
Chaoseed7 May 2012, 07:49
This is AWESOME! A cool take on cellular automata and player-created levels. Also, the title theme gets into my head and makes me want to wave a lighter. Check out my level, "spark"!
Gareth Jenkins7 May 2012, 10:35
A truly excellent game -- had me smiling throughout. What a joy :)
Ishisoft
Ishisoft7 May 2012, 11:21
Fantastic stuff. I got a bit lost once it all opened up, I probably should have done the tutorials. The way the rules are all explicitly shown is ace though. Lovely music too.
Dr.Pingu
Dr.Pingu7 May 2012, 15:00
Seriously, your introduction is awsome.
The rest of the game is not at the same level but still great.

You did a nice work : bravo !
jimmypaulin
jimmypaulin7 May 2012, 16:00
Really superb entry. Love the production rules based gameplay, I remember zit from years ago and this is a great homage. The presentation is great in terms of the retro ascii art and sound/music. To have this much content in 48hrs is a real achievement. My favourite is the "slime mold". It was a bit confusing which screens are "hub" screens, since they are made in engine, though this maintains the feel nicely. Great work
Jedi7 May 2012, 19:44
Mindfuckingly-good! :) +5's left and right.

Music is awesooome! I just wish there was more to the audio, like having the songs change on their own after a while because the songs are great but they do get old.

I think it needs a cheat-sheet for the rules. I will never remember the difference between ) and (, for instance. Having a way to play levels the community makes is sooooo great. I'd give you +5 community, if that was still a thing :). My only complaint here is that it's very hard to navigate the user-made levels; I kept wandering into the same few rooms and "hallways" and got lots of 404 errors.
Jezzamon
Jezzamon8 May 2012, 05:50
Wow... I sunk about 6 hours into this game.

5/5 in many of the categories. :D
CherryNukaCola
CherryNukaCola9 May 2012, 13:25
Love this! Fun concept, great puzzles! Well done.
Canard Sauvage9 May 2012, 21:22
Pure awesomeness! I would love to see the timelapse and the growing of the game, but nevertheless: 5/5 in everything, absoulte number one right now (the best rating I have given in 60+ ratings ;) ).
KevinWorkman
KevinWorkman10 May 2012, 01:42
I don't like to repeat comments, but I don't know what else I could say that hasn't already been said. This is awesome. It's really impressive that you came up with a fun set of rules and simple gameplay that can be fun and addicting in such a short amount of time. Great job.
Thief
Thief10 May 2012, 11:18
It's not loading for me, I only get a black screen. Any ideas?
I have google chrome and the latest flash player...
Thief
Thief10 May 2012, 12:06
Oh it just took ages and ages to load. Played it now, it's interesting ...
RobProductions11 May 2012, 22:44
Wow a lot more in-depth than I thought! I like the music and the mechanics but that bomb level is a little too hard. Maybe there should be a difficulty option? Anyways great job!
Ranoka
Ranoka13 May 2012, 17:39
No princess? :( Really nice game! Impressed that you managed to make the game and get so much content in it for the time limit.
Make A Game
Make A Game14 May 2012, 00:29
Great puzzle game. I had a bit of trouble trying to grasp some of the final rules, but after some headbutting, I finally got them.
iczubak18 May 2012, 15:11
Absolutely amazing and full of possibilities. Excellent job!

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