Exponential Cris(m)is

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Santa has to deliver presents to every entity in the Multiverse, but he can only do this by using dangerous unbounded exponential self division. Good thing he got the Omnicube 9000 for Christmas this year.

How To Play

* First, decide who you would like to give a gift to.
* Next, follow the button choices that would lead you to that recipient.
* Then, if your recipient does not yet exist, create them.
* Next, choose two new buttons for the next player.
* If you continue to play eventually you'll reach the edge of the known universe.
* But, do not despair, you can keep playing to expand the multiverse indefinitely by continuing to choose, make, and give gifts to new recipients.

Pro-Tips

* You can use the back button in the upper left to go back up a level.
* Buttons that will go to the editor have a special icon at the end.
* Once in the editor, you cannot go back.
* More of the story will be revealed the further you go.

Credits

programming - HitchH1k3r
graphics - Naali
writing & music - Tlyn

Comments31

Ghen
Ghen15 Dec 2015, 04:22
dude, this game is weird and extra creepy because of the song D:, somehow remind me of saladfinger :/
but really interesting and unique nontheless
broiledvictory15 Dec 2015, 04:30
This is fantastic, completely weird, I'm confused and I think that's a good thing. I'll probably come back to this one in the future.

Question, I get to a screen where I can "paint" does this submit a new character or something?
sathorn15 Dec 2015, 04:35
I don't understand.
Ka-Wiz15 Dec 2015, 04:44
holy crap what a cool idea
host this forever pl0x

reminds me of that one web drawing game that got super popular awhile back... the one where you had to draw what the last person described, and then someone described your drawing, etc etc... yeah, that one
LastResortGames15 Dec 2015, 18:48
This is awesome! Stuff like this is so interesting. I just hate having to draw things for myself.
tantumgames16 Dec 2015, 10:13
Oh, God! Good idea, nice done!
TomenLuca
TomenLuca16 Dec 2015, 17:40
Interesting idea, very unique
Mikaza16 Dec 2015, 19:06
Very creative !
DinnerInTheDark16 Dec 2015, 19:10
I miiiiiiight have drawn some inapproprate stuff (wops), so sorry about that ;) I'm guessing i'm not the only one though. Very cool concept, nicely done. Cheers!
x92rwzb16 Dec 2015, 19:14
Fun game but didn't quite understand it.
hitchh1k3r
hitchh1k3rauthor16 Dec 2015, 19:36
@DinnerInTheDark It's okay, we expected that ^_^ We tried to make seed content that would guide people a bit, but are more interested it what and how many people do what. There is a content warning, so as long as things don't get too offensive I shouldn't have to censor anything.
Nizar8916 Dec 2015, 19:54
Reminds me somehow of "We the Giants". But I didn't understand a thing before reading your description :D. Maybe the game should be more explicit?
Very nice idea on how to use the theme. Congrats!
Move127
Move12717 Dec 2015, 22:26
This is a fantastic idea. I love it!
PickleCrew19 Dec 2015, 04:23
Very creative, good job guy!
rjhelms19 Dec 2015, 22:07
Woah. This game is super weird, but I love it - great stuff!
SHLFStudios19 Dec 2015, 22:18
Really cool idea. I'll be honest, I didn't get it until I read the comments, But now I have to go back and make some stuff. It would be cool if there was more art and world/experience building content in it before you get to the crowd sourced art part of it. I think you would get a flooding of content with some tweaks. The music made me a bit sleepy. Something more upbeat would be really cool. Creative idea!
piper8219 Dec 2015, 22:22
great idea.
PaperboxStudios
PaperboxStudios20 Dec 2015, 08:36
Interesting, I like that it has player driven content. A lot of features have been included in a short time period, very impressive!
Xanjos23 Dec 2015, 01:02
Strange but interesting concept. I really like how most of the content is entirely generated by other players.
LeReveur
LeReveur31 Dec 2015, 00:45
"You make the game while playing it !" It would be an interesting LD theme :D
acotis
acotis31 Dec 2015, 00:59
Whoa, weird. What if two people tried to add something in the same place at the same time? Cool concept.
DDRKirby(ISQ)31 Dec 2015, 18:08
Wahaha, neat.
ciaodavinci
ciaodavinci31 Dec 2015, 19:04
This was so much fun! Great concept, and the design was intuitive.
PowerSpark
PowerSpark31 Dec 2015, 19:44
Interesting experiment, it needs more entries.
A-Flat Miner Studios2 Jan 2016, 07:28
Ooh, a self-modifying entry... clever. Would love to see an annotated (with gift/recipient) path guide when this is all over.
MorganLeFay4 Jan 2016, 17:58
This is such a weird but fun game!
Tapehead
Tapehead4 Jan 2016, 19:47
well.. this is a very creative entry! well done!

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