The Sadness of Rocky Barbato is about an ex porn star.
An OLD porn star, not having the same youthful stamina anymore. He looks back at his life and sees that he's missing something, that he's been focusing on the surface, instead of looking beneath it - seeing what really matters.
But this drives him a bit crazy unfortunately.
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Made in Twine and I used Photoshop for all graphics.
Wanted to use graphics, animations and colors as I feel that gives Interactive Fiction games an extra kick, and I really like working with the design portion of a Twine game...
Hope you enjoy it!
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UPDATE 28/4:
Thanks to eldog who spotted a typo!
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UPDATE 29/4:
Thanks to Crowbeak who spotted a typo! I removed an "a".
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UPDATE 29/4:
Real BIG thanks to Gazok for extensive proofreading! (as I'm not a native english speaker, some errors and typos manage to slip me by)
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UPDATE 4/5:
Tweaked the timings a bit, went from 6 seconds to 5 seconds on one part (!)
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UPDATE 7/5:
Got an e-mail from Phrostylicious who had spotted yet another typo (man I suck at proofreading!)
I love twine games, another rad one to add to the list. This was well-written and had a good story. And it stayed funny all the way through, always great. Nice job!
Not what I expected, but nevertheless good. Nice use of graphics and timed scenes. The prose was a bit bland at times, but overall it's pretty well-written.
Played it a second time: upping my score slightly. The prose works better than I originally thought and, on reflection, it really is a bloody good premise.
Great stuff. Well executed choose your own adventure book that Chuck Palaniuk would probably enjoy. Nice work! Great visual style considering it was 90% text
Well, that was pretty cool! Well-written and humorous, with a few really surprising scenes (especially heaven and hell). And the best thing: Great execution! I don't think I've ever seen a Twine game that had so many changes in style - and all of them fit well here. Really good job!
I listened to Lovage http://youtu.be/Od8FfT1U820 while playing this. Once the talking stops it works pretty well.
The piano intro song kicked in just as I clicked onto the highway.
The game is fantastic. Your use of colour is perfect and the pacing is brilliant. Every time I play one of your games I think I really want to make something like this but I just don't have the skills!
Pretty neat for the first bit, but it kind of lost me when he tries to steal a kid. And then I think I got stuck in the guard's office, trapped by the number of choices.
Humorous, sad, then creepy. But you kept me involved in the story from start to finish. I didn't expect much when I started, but I was sure shown what for - good job! :)
Unique, involving story, and great use of colour and graphics. A bit linear, but you can't have everything.
Definitely one of your best games. (I may have enjoyed "Alone/Awake" more, but that's because I'm more of a science fiction fan. This story has better visuals, though.)
I always find myself underestimating and then being super impressed by the ingenious stuff people can do in Twine. I really ought to try it some day...
This was, in turns, bizarre, darkly comic, disturbing, surreal, pathos-inducing, and probably more adjectives that I haven't learned yet. :D I agree with the person who saw similarities with this and Chuck Palahniuk's work, and I sensed a bit of Hunter S. Thompson in there too in the way the story itself seemed to go off-road and make a dash for the border (probably to bat country). I'm just glad I'm came along for the ride! :)
synd att du inte kunde spela mitt spel, det blev ju lite annorlunda den här gången, hade ont om tid, en bra idé som inte funkade i Twine, och en kompis som kan programmera. men det blir säkert nya Twine-spel i framtiden.
ditt spelade jag däremot, och det är jag glad för! du har verkligen lyckats få till nya sätt att använda programmet på som känns fräscha och intressanta och bidrar till upplevelsen. du är dessutom lyckats väldigt bra med humorn här, speciellt tajmingen är toppen. bra jobbat!
Not sure categories like "fun" really apply to this game, but that you for this... "experience"? Something strangely profound a melancholic, but also very funny on occasion. I'm not sure I have the emotional intelligence to did that far into it, but it gave me a moments pause and quite contemplation about life the universe and everything, even if I'm not sure I understood exactly why it did. Good job sir :)
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Great SMS scene.
You've got a "hear" instead of a "here" in there, but that is me just being a smelly spelly.
rylgh: The font is from Google Web Fonts, Trade Winds and Metamorphous is used for Rectum Rangers :)
Really great use of theme, now I know a lot more about retired porn stars.
Love the overall aesthetics!
So much enjoyment from such minimalistic delivery.
Also the typos add to the fun. Leave them in man.
I like these sort of choose-your-way games.
I had trouble identifying with the first part, being female, but it was interesting. Lots of good storytelling techniques used.
Its pretty cool that you can replay parts of the game by changing the URL.
The ending was a bit unexpected!
Love the God on cellphone ;p~
The piano intro song kicked in just as I clicked onto the highway.
The game is fantastic. Your use of colour is perfect and the pacing is brilliant. Every time I play one of your games I think I really want to make something like this but I just don't have the skills!
At http://rocky.paperblurt.com/#1l.3.p.a.b.c , "resides" "needs" and "hits" shouldn't have those 's's.
http://rocky.paperblurt.com/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g should be "fridge has been"
http://rocky.paperblurt.com/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g.s.c.1p.o.7.1m "lived has given", "elderly existence"
http://rocky.paperblurt.com/#1l.3.p.a.b.c.t.1q.f.c.1g.s.c.1p.o.7.1m.1f.1e.5.1e "just not to oblige you"
As for the rest of the game, "Schindler's Fist."
That is all.
But seriously, I really liked a lot of the jokes.
Definitely one of your best games. (I may have enjoyed "Alone/Awake" more, but that's because I'm more of a science fiction fan. This story has better visuals, though.)
An interesting interactive story.
Good job on making it and submitting to the compo !
This was, in turns, bizarre, darkly comic, disturbing, surreal, pathos-inducing, and probably more adjectives that I haven't learned yet. :D I agree with the person who saw similarities with this and Chuck Palahniuk's work, and I sensed a bit of Hunter S. Thompson in there too in the way the story itself seemed to go off-road and make a dash for the border (probably to bat country). I'm just glad I'm came along for the ride! :)
synd att du inte kunde spela mitt spel, det blev ju lite annorlunda den här gången, hade ont om tid, en bra idé som inte funkade i Twine, och en kompis som kan programmera. men det blir säkert nya Twine-spel i framtiden.
ditt spelade jag däremot, och det är jag glad för! du har verkligen lyckats få till nya sätt att använda programmet på som känns fräscha och intressanta och bidrar till upplevelsen. du är dessutom lyckats väldigt bra med humorn här, speciellt tajmingen är toppen. bra jobbat!