------------------------------------------------------------ EDIT - The .apk works best on Tablets, or on phones running ICS or higher. Mostly it's a matter of screen size, but also of performance. ------------------------------------------------------------
From the Recursive Frog team ::
What if one day a mysterious person sent you an app on your smartphone that lets you peer into the past, and put right what went wrong? Your relationship with your girlfriend has devolved significantly over time. Would it be possible to evolve it into something better?
:NOTE: Once you see the "Force Close" screen after visiting the past, it means the scenario is complete.
FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT, download the .apk and play as a person using a smartphone while you, yourself, are using a tablet such as the Nexus 7. STAND UP AND TURN YOURSELF AROUND to look around the scene, just like the character in the game is doing.
For the time being, the apk is hosted on my own site. I'll push it to Google Play once I can convince Unity to sign with my keystore.
The game is short, not complete, but open-ended and a huge mind trip. Play around as much as you want.
Wow, this is such a cool concept. There are still a few kinks to be worked out I think, I walked through the front door into an eternal free fall... Really great idea though, I'll have to check it out on my girlfriends Nexus 7 tomorrow.
Huh, I could have sworn I'd closed that door off before I pushed it up to the web. Hope it's not against the spirit of the rules to double check that and patch it up..
Great concept, I enjoyed the change of perspective - didn't quite see the connection to "evolution" though... Navigating the rooms was a bit clumsy, especially without the ability to back up.
Cool to see a more storytelling-focused approach pay off. Nice. :)
johnfn : You missed nothing. This was what we managed to get through in the allotted time. The game deserves a really detailed post-mortem, but more than that it deserves post-compo work.
Nice idea. I'd love to see it on the phone I'll give it a shot later. You should definitely keep working on it, I'm very interested in how it turns out.
Interesting concept, but ultimately it was a bit too vague for me. I liked exploring the house, but I felt the smartphone part was a bit odd -- I'm left wondering why you chose to make a 3d game have a dating flashback sim text adventure?
I played it on the web, but it sounds like the android turning around would be neat to try.
I tried to bring her back the book but it didnt change the dialogs... Is there more content than this ? Anyway, I Think your game idea is gold and deserve more work than a 72h jam. I regret I dont possess smartphone to use it at its full potential.
Interesting concept, this has potential. At first I didn't get what the force close was about, I thought I had made some sort of mistake. Then once you reload the app it goes really weird, like your still holding the books (which you can drop). Add some more story and fix the bugs and this will be awesome!
This was really cool. I ran it on my Droid Pro, which is a little outdated and has crummy screen resolution. Due to other hardware problems, the scene kept flipping around and jumping, but I'll assume my character was just drunk. But seriously, the game seems like a solid start to something that could work well. It's interesting to be on the phone on a game on my phone!
Feyleaf : it is unfortunately a problem common to moto droids. My droid 3 has similar issues. I have a solution but it will make the rotation a bit less smooth on the current set of devices on which it works super nicely.
I won't leave us droid owners out in the cold post compo :)
Very, very cool concept. Using the phone to "see" what was in the room was refreshing and quite creepy. As mentioned in other comments, the movement was extremely frustrating. Also I'm glad I read the other comments before trying every possible permutation of the dialog trying to "fix" the past when it cannot be fixed =)
Really great idea, however there's a few bugs (like the fact that in one "world" you go through things) and it needs a proper ending as well, but otherwise well done!
Wow. This really blew my mind. It was extra creepy because a coffee table in the game was placed exactly where it was in my living room. GET OUT OF MY BRAIN. I can't wait to see what else you come up with.
Puzzlem00n : It's been a while since I touched the webplayer version, but I think what happens there is that you can't actually get close enough to "touch" the magazine without the ability to pivot the camera down, which you can't do in the webplayer. I can't say it's something I'll spend much time on, as I'm focused on the mobile version.
Kevin: I was hoping you wouldn't notice that I took the blueprints from your house. ;)
Very nice concept! I love the recursive phone in a phone(tablet) concept. The font was a little hard to read on my transformer (tf101). When I was playing this for the first time I was sitting in the waiting room of a doctor I was about to see. After turning around a bit, I decided to better play this at home. People were already looking at me as if I was crazy (or came from the future). Again: Virtual augmented reality is a pretty nice idea! Keep up the good work!
Interesting concept. Unfortunately it couldn't pick up the accelerometers on my phone (Android 2.2 "Froyo") so I had to play the web version, which was undoubtedly not ideal.
There were a few glitches (Em kept restarting talking to me when she had went to get the drinks, and she was occasionally invisible and/or teleported to next to the fridge.
Also, I picked up the book, and then couldn't put it down anywhere...
But I think this is promising. It wasn't perfect, but it has potential.
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Cool to see a more storytelling-focused approach pay off. Nice. :)
I played it on the web, but it sounds like the android turning around would be neat to try.
Anyway, good work.
I would love to see a post-compo version some time, because this is just too interesting not to follow up on! :D
But seriously, the game seems like a solid start to something that could work well. It's interesting to be on the phone on a game on my phone!
I won't leave us droid owners out in the cold post compo :)
Hope you take this to a full release.
Basically, I like what's here. It's a pretty cool concept, even if I don't get to see it on a tablet all augmenty-like.
Kevin: I was hoping you wouldn't notice that I took the blueprints from your house. ;)
Dark Acre: I'm workin' on it. :)
There were a few glitches (Em kept restarting talking to me when she had went to get the drinks, and she was occasionally invisible and/or teleported to next to the fridge.
Also, I picked up the book, and then couldn't put it down anywhere...
But I think this is promising. It wasn't perfect, but it has potential.