Write Only
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Write Only, a game about robots and their silly ideas about ancient technology
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Human kind is long extinct, replaced by the race of artificially intelligent robots that they created in their image.
For centuries they have picked over the ruins of human civilisation, searching for hints as to the intentions of their creators, something to give their lives meaning. Religions rise and fall over the scattered fragments of data that they can gather.
One such religion has as its most holy relic an ancient storage device with a single commandment inscribed on its face: "Colin's Stuff - Do Not Touch". They do not have the means to read it, and intend to ensure that nobody ever does...
But now, a heretical sect has discovered another artifact, one with a 3.5" slot in its face, and a war for control of the sacred disk seems inevitable...
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WASD to move
Right mouse aims, which also slows your movement
Left mouse fires while aiming
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Update
I have updated the build on itch.io with fixes for a couple of minor visual glitches:
* The end-game level had loads of artifacts when running with a vertical resolution of 1200. There may be similar issues at other resolution, but that's the one I noticed.
* Removed the weird semi-transparent background behind the health meter. It was supposed to be transparent, and I didn't realise it was visible until I was taking screenshots.
* Also added a quit option, and an in-game pause menu with an option to quit to menu. I hate having to force quit jam games!
That is all, post-jam version with new features soon I hope!
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Update 2
Post-jam version now available!
http://gamejolt.com/games/write-only/184615
I tried to balance things a bit better - health pickups, slower bullets, lower firing rates for the enemies... Hopefully it is a bit less challenging now. I also added some new effects and fixed a couple of minor bugs that didn't get fixed in the previous update. Probably there are still lots of bugs though, so tread carefully.
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Human kind is long extinct, replaced by the race of artificially intelligent robots that they created in their image.
For centuries they have picked over the ruins of human civilisation, searching for hints as to the intentions of their creators, something to give their lives meaning. Religions rise and fall over the scattered fragments of data that they can gather.
One such religion has as its most holy relic an ancient storage device with a single commandment inscribed on its face: "Colin's Stuff - Do Not Touch". They do not have the means to read it, and intend to ensure that nobody ever does...
But now, a heretical sect has discovered another artifact, one with a 3.5" slot in its face, and a war for control of the sacred disk seems inevitable...
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WASD to move
Right mouse aims, which also slows your movement
Left mouse fires while aiming
============
Update
I have updated the build on itch.io with fixes for a couple of minor visual glitches:
* The end-game level had loads of artifacts when running with a vertical resolution of 1200. There may be similar issues at other resolution, but that's the one I noticed.
* Removed the weird semi-transparent background behind the health meter. It was supposed to be transparent, and I didn't realise it was visible until I was taking screenshots.
* Also added a quit option, and an in-game pause menu with an option to quit to menu. I hate having to force quit jam games!
That is all, post-jam version with new features soon I hope!
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Update 2
Post-jam version now available!
http://gamejolt.com/games/write-only/184615
I tried to balance things a bit better - health pickups, slower bullets, lower firing rates for the enemies... Hopefully it is a bit less challenging now. I also added some new effects and fixed a couple of minor bugs that didn't get fixed in the previous update. Probably there are still lots of bugs though, so tread carefully.