As an rising empress, you grow an empire across the stars through high powered decision making - always one of two choices. That's how an empress rolls.
Put together over just the Saturday, I decided to keep things low stress this time and didn't make any illustrations to accompany the text. Maybe for a post-compo version if I fancy it.
Absolutely nothing fancy code-wise, just Twine with basic links. To get the 'source', just download the html file and import it into Twine 2 for editing.
There are 8 endings, be the best (or I guess MOST VARIED) empress and find them all. Yeah, yeah, yeah!
"Large and in charge." Absolutely hilarious, mostly thanks to your stunningly competent skills as a writer. Go for the post-compo version! I'm sure it will be boss as heck!
I liked this a lot. I doubt it will win any awards for writing, but it has a charming sense of humour and a simplicity and directness that I found really enjoyable.
Oh man, I'm laughing now. This is one of the funniest entries I've played this LD, and I'd be surprised if I find many that are funnier. Once or twice it seemed to be trying a bit too hard to be funny, but the remaining 99% of the time it worked. You have a very self-assured and enjoyable narrative voice here.
Gameplay-wise, it's a pretty standard Choose Your Own Adventure Story (though I like the system of always having two options, going with the theme). All the branches I played were pretty short, but they had enough detail and didn't feel rushed. I just love the storylines, plain and simple: they put me in the centre of a tongue-in-cheek pulp SF story full of dangers and wonders.
I found three endings, and will definitely come back for more after the compo. My favourite was the Dimension of Unknowable Terror ending.
To sum up: gameplay is nothing special, but the writing and humour are top-notch, and the storylines are a lot of fun. You should probably make an entry for it on the Interactive Fiction Database; it deserves saving for posterity.
I was looking for a twine game, and when I saw "Calciumtrice", I knew I was in for a treat! Great writing, had be laughing out loud. I just wish it was a bit less linear, but I liked your LD28 entry and I wasn't disappointed by this one either.
This is the funniest thing here on LD I've seen so far. I wish there were More endings and some funky illustrations, but also I understand the Point of keeping things low stress. And with the Story and this writingstyle it works perfektly anyways. :D
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A fun little twine game :)
Thanks for the great little journey through space and time. Felt good and brought me back to the days of choose your own adventures. I
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I'm the ruler of boulders 10/10
Gameplay-wise, it's a pretty standard Choose Your Own Adventure Story (though I like the system of always having two options, going with the theme). All the branches I played were pretty short, but they had enough detail and didn't feel rushed. I just love the storylines, plain and simple: they put me in the centre of a tongue-in-cheek pulp SF story full of dangers and wonders.
I found three endings, and will definitely come back for more after the compo. My favourite was the Dimension of Unknowable Terror ending.
To sum up: gameplay is nothing special, but the writing and humour are top-notch, and the storylines are a lot of fun. You should probably make an entry for it on the Interactive Fiction Database; it deserves saving for posterity.
Really impacting choices and good narration, enjoyed it a lot! Well done =)
Haha: "I am the Trash Empress and my life is metal as hell and I love it." :D