This is a time-travel text adventure based on the idea that you can visit ten different time zones but only spend a given second in history in each one.
There's no audio and I'm not an artist but the main reason for the text approach was it interested me when I had the game idea. Proving that a game's structural logic is solid through text only is quite an intriguing tool imo.
The game's very simple once you work it out. I didn't work on it as much as I would have liked due to other commitments over the weekend - only did about 18 hours in total. It needs a lot more work and testing really. but, hey, I'm sure lots of entries are like that.
Disclaimer - Mac and Linux builds are provided blind so let me know if they don't work (and if you can see the problem, even better.)
I've tried the linux version, I went to the first era, I returned to the void but could go to the previous one, then I pressed the space key and stuff went and leaved the screen.
Well written, and fits the theme very well. I kinda got stuck though - I found the medical dart, but I never found any injured, dead or dying people anywhere in Time to use it on, and never saw anything else useful. Did I miss something?
Have updated builds with: Fix game completion stopper bug. A couple of typos in the text. Changed font to a free one. (Not sure if there was an issue using the default Unity one but done just in case.)
Excellent use of the theme! I really like your idea of ten discrete seconds rather than a single ten-second period. A bit of Chrono Trigger here, yes?
The very first puzzle -- the Roman bit you allude to in an earlier comment -- is by far the hardest in the game. Once you're through that, it's pretty straightforward.
@Darien Thanks. Obviously had no time for gameplay balancing. Puzzles and text were all a first-pass job. So thanks for the feedback. Hopefully will develop the game further in future.
Hi, I'm missing something, you are going to have to spell out what 'see the roman connection' means :-O I cannot use the DDD or the dart in the roman time. Thanks!
Nice one. Only issue I had was that I used the medical dart on the guy before I could pick up the papers, then couldn't get them after that so had to restart. Very nice take on the theme, and fun to play. Good work :)
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X-0r5 Sep 2013, 12:29
Unable to get any further than the medical dart. Travelled everywhere, even to that museum, etc. There is nothing to use the dart on, no way to find any other equipment part, nothing to use the DDD on. Is the order of visits even relevant?
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X-0r5 Sep 2013, 12:41
Ah. Solved it. Spoiler(?) You *can* use the DDD in order to have an effect.
(SPOILER) OK. First step is to use the DDD to interrupt the fighting Romans so that there is no skeleton and hence no museum in present day. (Apologies for the subtlety of it all.) And, the medical dart is a bit of a red herring at the beginning - I didn't have time to lock it away until later.
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Fix game completion stopper bug.
A couple of typos in the text.
Changed font to a free one. (Not sure if there was an issue using the default Unity one but done just in case.)
The very first puzzle -- the Roman bit you allude to in an earlier comment -- is by far the hardest in the game. Once you're through that, it's pretty straightforward.