Living Tales

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
In "Living Tales" you write you own story, which turns to life.
You type in a word and if it is supported the equivalent object will appear at the left (e.g. a tree).
On the right will be simultaneous a story written ("A tree comes out of the ground."). Spawned creatures will act without needing a command, they write the story, too.

game design: kddekadenz
code: kddekadenz
art: madgnomegamer(most) & kddekadenz(book)
sound: pdsounds.org, opengameart.org

We had more time than usual, but that still wasn't enough.
Expect a update on this after the compo has ended.

Comments22

jonnopon3000
jonnopon300027 Aug 2012, 21:20
This is a really interesting entry - it's a totally unique concept and it's quite fun to try all the commands to see what happens. With a little expansion this could be really awesome.
Porpentine27 Aug 2012, 21:44
"Plants were eating plants in this cruel world" haha, what pathos!

i like this idea a LOT. the presentation is a bit crowded, it would be cool to see a version of this spread out more, say over a landscape or wider area.
SusanTheCat
SusanTheCat27 Aug 2012, 21:52
Very calm and relaxing game. Love the music.
axcho
axcho28 Aug 2012, 04:24
Interesting - I wish I were better able to understand the dynamics and relationships between the objects I added. It didn't help that a lot of the time they appeared overlapped with each other and I couldn't see everything...
Switchbreak
Switchbreak28 Aug 2012, 11:47
Super fascinating. I spawned a bunch of rats and they kept planting trees then cutting them down. I couldn't figure out anything to do beyond spawning rats and mushrooms and watching them run around, but the concept is great. I love the art and the music as well.
juaxix28 Aug 2012, 11:47
Wow, a big sandbox of life, this project has a true potential!
alvivar28 Aug 2012, 11:58
Cool idea. I really would like to play an extended version of this!
marudziik
marudziik28 Aug 2012, 13:20
Very good idea. Spawning a few rats and plants made it play on its own, and was quite interesting experience - however, after some time the framerate dropped drastically. The concept is really great and I like the not-so-obvious take on the theme.
ButtercupSaiyan
ButtercupSaiyan28 Aug 2012, 19:40
I like the idea behind it! Of course it's a bit like Scribblenauts where too many options is overwhelming.

I would show the verb and noun list by default with a button to close it later.
Nickolai5128 Aug 2012, 21:34
Really nice entry, would have to agree with others though that it felt a bit squashed... It also ran quite slowly for me, though I think that's because my internet connection is pretty poor!
Kumquat
Kumquat29 Aug 2012, 18:22
Very nice idea, quite unique. Your game has lots of potential :D
Kinokochan29 Aug 2012, 19:38
Really interesting concept, and a great interpretation of the theme!
I wasn't sure why my fakeshrooms kept dying, or why more and more rats kept spawning without my summoning them, but it was fun to see the little town evolve and grow. :)

Overall, great job!
RawBits
RawBits30 Aug 2012, 19:16
I love the idea! An interactive and evolving story. Nice job! :)

It lag a lot sadly on my computer but played it for some time anyway.
There are bug where the story says something happened and it didn't. Like a little brown mushroom appeared - or something like that - and there isn't one. I think maybe it's because you didn't made graphics for it. When I typed 'plants' it isn't showed the correct number - as assume it should show how many of them are on the screen.
The placement of the things should be corrected as they tend to be on each other in this small space. Maybe you should tilt the book even.
There should be a button to recall previous commands so you can save on typing.

Anyway I encourage you to continue developing this amazing game! :)
mohammad7 Sep 2012, 21:45
Kinda reminds me of ScribbleNauts on playground mode.
Was as fun as ever though!
triliyn
triliyn7 Sep 2012, 22:23
This would have been really nice if the objects didn't overlap so much. As it is, it was still fun to play, but all the actors got stuck and I couldn't tell what was going on.
Cake&Code9 Sep 2012, 05:32
Haha, pretty funny game! It was a little strange to have to press Help in order to know any commands in the game, but it went well from there. Neat setup!
Qaterknan
Qaterknan12 Sep 2012, 19:39
I got it working somehow and it was nice. But I didnt know what does what.
thewiseguy9914 Sep 2012, 23:16
Unique game/idea. Relaxing music. Nice...
Loyalty16 Sep 2012, 16:41
unique game idea. I think it has a lot potential!
matheod
matheod16 Sep 2012, 22:03
Wow, really innovative game, i love it !
pardue18 Sep 2012, 00:07
Great idea, very unique!

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