Interesting existential thought, being the creation of some programmer in some other universe. I enjoyed it for a while, although my people turn bad really quickly! Good job!
I like the 80s word processor aesthetic. I especially like games that encourage you to learn their own internalised logic, such as the 'God' code of this game. Learning the ropes was fun and kept play interesting for a while. Good job at doing so much with graphically so little assets.
Really nice work. My first reaction was to ls, so good job on that ;) I like the concept a lot, would love to see more control and ways to poke at the world. Maybe send a flood to pare back the people when they get out of control.
Time run fast this weekend, had not as much time as I would have liked.. flood was an option even before sending prophets :D But yes, the lack of 'ls -la' is inexcusable. Sorry!
I can appreciate the idea of a deity with a command line, it's a small smile which lasts for a while.
Tackling managing the entire cosmos creates certain expectations with the player, and I understand you chose the limited interventions certain monotheistic religions have to highlight what the game is joking about.
It feels like walking through a story more than an interactive experience, where things happen in order for as long as you have things to try out. Eventually you run out of animals and plants as the humans increase in number, and a balance can never happen.
I don't know how much time you had left to spare, but some options given to the player would have made the universe feel more like their own.
For example, creating a prophet could have had options about what kind of prophet you are sending out - it could be an 1) enthusiastic 2) raccoon who 3) can breathe fire. Same goes for the messiah. As long as you are all-powerful, might as well have a little fun on the way out.
hahaha! I love it. This is a really clever take on a god game. All of my humans went to hell :( rip planet spacemars. Really dig the feel of this game. I wish there were a bit more flavour features in there, even if they dont 'do' much. sending messages to my believers, causing natural disasters, etc. Very cool though! Awesome entry. :D
Love the concept and the command line interface. Making the player learn the interface and how to be god was fun. Not sure if the monster concept was apt for this.
Excellent concept, really well thought out, really enjoyed the game. Would love to see this with some keyboard tapping sounds when you type. Excellent job.
Very innovative. You should add more options to control the humans (send them asteroids if they turn bad :D). A godlike despot :D. Oh, and humans prayers should be received as emails :D (like in Bruce Allmighty).
I really enjoyed the interface, it felt solid, usable and intuitive. I created a few worlds and couldn't really figure out how to make more nice people and were forced to kill everything, I suppose I really am a monster...
nice idea executed well. As others have said, if you come back to this it would be nice to play up the strategy aspect and let people individually balance plants / animal / people / good / evil
I'm a sucker for a good command line so I really enjoyed this game. It's a great take on the theme too! PS I actually found the sound of the keys to be soothing myself, nice touch there. Nicely done!!
The funny thing is me and my friends were discussing just yesterday the concept of the world working like a gaming engine, and some celestial game designer handling things trough small bits of information in something akin to a program language. Would suck to be a deity if you still have to work with a terminal like that. Couldn't last long in it but had fun!
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Tackling managing the entire cosmos creates certain expectations with the player, and I understand you chose the limited interventions certain monotheistic religions have to highlight what the game is joking about.
It feels like walking through a story more than an interactive experience, where things happen in order for as long as you have things to try out. Eventually you run out of animals and plants as the humans increase in number, and a balance can never happen.
I don't know how much time you had left to spare, but some options given to the player would have made the universe feel more like their own.
For example, creating a prophet could have had options about what kind of prophet you are sending out - it could be an 1) enthusiastic 2) raccoon who 3) can breathe fire.
Same goes for the messiah. As long as you are all-powerful, might as well have a little fun on the way out.
As others have said, if you come back to this it would be nice to play up the strategy aspect and let people individually balance plants / animal / people / good / evil
It was enjoyable to play, and could have been even more interesting with more options.
Well, we had a nice run.
>ARMAGGEDON