SMS is a Text (Message) Based adventure game that takes place all from the view of a single phone screen. With over 50 possible decisions to make, you can control how the story will turn out! Play multiple times for different experiences!
Features:
*Complex and detailed story
*Approximately 50 decisions with several options each, resulting in many interesting outcomes
*Interact with at least 4 unique characters, including a lovable exiled prince
*3 added cups of awesome
Controls:
Up/Down Arrow Keys to scroll Point/Click with Mouse to select responses
Setup:
Download the zip, extract it, and double-click "Run SMS.exe" And that's it! Have fun!
WARNING: There is a crash bug that sometimes occurs if the user clicks on anything besides a message. As of yet, I have not been able to locate this bug hidden amongst the tangles of my sleep-deprived code. To prevent crashing, make sure you click only on message choices, and only click once! Thanks for understanding! [EDIT: I've hacked together an error handler for the time being. It's ugly, but it seems to be preventing the crashes!]
[EDIT2 (12/8/14): I've updated the source to include the hack that I threw together last night. Anyone who can find a more elegant solution will receive a gold star from me! :) Also, as pta2002 has pointed out, Mac users can just download the source and run the code from there. (Assuming you have Python installed, of course! It will work for sure with 2.x, but I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work with 3.x as well.)]
[FINAL EDIT (12/10/14): After giving my mind a rest for a couple days, I came back and tried to squash that bug. It took about 10 minutes and 3 lines of code. I guess I'll be giving myself that gold star. Download and source are both updated, probably for the last time. Thanks guys!]
Good game :D (Btw I may have found the bug, but I don't know how to fix.) And also, mac users, I think you can download the surce and compile it to play.
Playing a little more... very interesting. Found myself yelling at the phone, saying "please can I just be happy for her?" interesting game interesting choices... deeper than it looks.
Wow! Too bad about the bug, but the story is amazing and the dialogue feels very very natural most of the time - I felt that usually the response to what I said was exactly as I thought it'd be. Wonderful! A post-compo version with the smartphone look to a T would be great :) Also incredible use of the theme!
@TheMonsterFromTheDeep There's only one ending as of right now. The story plays out slightly differently depending on whether on not you encourage Dan and how you react to Fayad, though.
I found this really enjoyable. It was easy to actually feel like i was having a conversation with the people, and i started to grow a bit concerned as the story moved forward.
Actually surprisingly fun - I wouldn't have thought a game about texting people would be. Nicely written dialogue, and works really well for what it is. Good stuff!
Well written, the story is good, though I would've prefer you to implement more of a natural disaster theme than mystical one. Mystic is an easy way:) However this story was really interesting to read and I enjoyed the game like probably none of the other entries I played during this LD
Wanted to leave a comment from our team. We pretty much enjoyed playing it even though we were sceptic if a text game could be good, but you made it wonderful.
It worked me a bit up that i couldnt ask den whats wrong with him (cleary sth was not right "call no authorities..." and the sudden Jonathan). Pls make an end i want to know what happens after dead battery :D
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By now... I think Dan hates me... I don't want to get back to work and see his face!
Good game, had some really funny moments.
i am on a mac ..
really wanted to play this and see what you have done with conservation simulation
5/5
It worked me a bit up that i couldnt ask den whats wrong with him (cleary sth was not right "call no authorities..." and the sudden Jonathan). Pls make an end i want to know what happens after dead battery :D