Behind the Fence

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★69%
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Disclaimer

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This was made alone, in the last 24 hours of the jam.

I wish I had more time, to make something better.

Excuse the lack of polish and subpar writing at times.

The OSX version has been fixed (at least it should), tell

me if it runs better for you :)

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Description

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This is an interactive adventure, set in another time.

Too few detours, but a writing constraint: only alexandrines,

all game long.

Click the dialog options to advance in the story

Clicking, pressing Space & Enter will hurry the text along.

Take your time, though, enjoy the soundtrack. Bathe in the mood.

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Credits

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Story, engine, ooc language, story editor, soundtrack by me - @fasterthanlime

Some ambient sounds taken from Freesound.org

Some fonts from dafont.

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Tech stack

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The ooc programming language

The TypeScript programming language

The Duktape JavaScript engine

SDL2, OpenGL, Freetype, OpenAL, libogg + libvorbis

A custom web-based story editor see: https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/589967248145707009

...using Ruby, Sinatra, CoffeeScript, space-pen.

Genres: adventure

Comments23

metalfist21321 Apr 2015, 15:30
My favorite part about this game is the music. I have not been so much into text-based game, but I like it. It has a great atmospheare.
Junber
Junber21 Apr 2015, 15:43
Very intersting story. The music whilst I really enjoyed it stopped after a while and restarted just once each day. Nice interpreation of the theme too.
Andy Gainey21 Apr 2015, 15:45
I gave it a shot, made it through to the end, but the commas and phrasing produced a rhythm that I found to be rather laborious, filled with too many pauses. But maybe my mind simply isn't in a poetic mood at the moment; it is a rather subjective affair.

The ambient sounds upon beginning particular scenes was a nice touch, though.
rectangular Tim21 Apr 2015, 15:49
Well this was better than I expected. Such a beautiful little story. The music really makes this. Well done.
Smiley
Smiley21 Apr 2015, 15:52
doesn't start on OSX 10.10 :( no errors
bernardery
bernardery21 Apr 2015, 16:14
I'm having trouble getting it to run on mac. I exctract the zip into an executable, click on the executable, and then... nothing happens.
Mak
Mak21 Apr 2015, 16:31
Great story and music, both made me shiver! Also a good use of other sounds. I finally regreted my decission, but didn't play again because I dind't want to change the path I took.

Just one slight thing, I would prefer for the music to never stop (except in the mornings, I liked it when just the wind flew).
boateye21 Apr 2015, 17:11
Excellent music and mood! This is just not my kind of game. the poetic writing I found hard to follow, but I naturally have issues following a text only story. For someone else, I can see them enjoying the story, but all I could do was enjoy the soundtrack. Good thing it's a great soundtrack!
geckojsc21 Apr 2015, 17:39
This is really clever, really well written! It's been a long time since I read any poetry so it took me a while to get into it.

I imagine the game would be a lot more accessible with some artwork scrolling in the background to match the mood and illustrate what's happening at each point.

You perfectly captured the atmosphere of war-time research and development, where everybody works on their small part in isolation and nobody gets to see the big picture besides a few important, high-ranking people.

The game asks some tough questions. I'd like to think I'd be able to 'do the right thing' in such a situation, but it's impossible to know for sure.
Archonthewizard
Archonthewizard21 Apr 2015, 19:43
The music was great. It's not might type of game, but I definitely appreciate the work put into it. Great use of audio
Jerre
Jerre21 Apr 2015, 19:45
It works for me on OSX 10.10.2!
I normally do not play text adventures, but I had the feeling it was too linear, it did not feel like a game too me.
Dir3kt
Dir3kt21 Apr 2015, 20:14
I'm really not into twine like games. Have to say it is the first time I finish one :D At the end it was a pleasing experience for me. Especially liked that for once I could relax while playing a LD game. Thank you.
scorched
scorched21 Apr 2015, 20:17
Didn't see the weapon in this odd game, but the narrative rocks. Another time I wish there was a narrative grade in LD.
Tasteslikefuture21 Apr 2015, 21:58
Nice entry! Very moody, great music... a lot of atmosphere for a text driven game. Good work!
monkeedude121221 Apr 2015, 21:58
Music was good. An interesting language challenge, but it really didn't translate into a game at all, it felt like just reading.
lizard455
lizard45521 Apr 2015, 22:22
Amazing! The story and audio all blend well to create a mysterious mood.
Jordan
Jordan21 Apr 2015, 23:03
I really love the concept, interesting to play. Good job for 24 hours.
DeadFragment
DeadFragment21 Apr 2015, 23:12
Amazing music! I found it hard to follow the story, and it was hard to tell what my decisions were doing, though this is probably my fault more than the game. However, the mood and music alone was enough for me to enjoy the experience. Good job!

-Hando
Jakob37
Jakob3723 Apr 2015, 18:46
I really enjoyed the music! The text was nice too, I became a bit text-overloaded after a while, but that says more about me than the game. Nice job :)
leafo
leafo24 Apr 2015, 05:10
love the music! nice alexandrines
Dohxis27 Apr 2015, 18:22
Interesting story

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