Ludum Dare #37compo
The Library of Babel
Puh, that was a hard one. Halfway through the compo i decided to ditch the idea i was working on because i couldnt minimize the scope and startet all over again.
Now i fear the scope is too small^^
This game is based on a Novel by Jorge Luis Borges, that i always wanted to put into a game format; The Library of Babel. Of course the time was too short to realise everything i had in mind for the game. Not unusual for Ludum Dare ;P
So this game was mainly a test of my programming skills. You wander around in a library that streches infinitly and search the books, comprised of random letters, for your fate.
So far there is not much game inside, no objective or end to be found. Just as someone finding him/herself in such a library.
Interesting additions would be:
-implementing other liberians or even multiplayer
-adding objectives (eg finding something or someone)
The Library of Babel is a really good read, btw :)
Now i fear the scope is too small^^
This game is based on a Novel by Jorge Luis Borges, that i always wanted to put into a game format; The Library of Babel. Of course the time was too short to realise everything i had in mind for the game. Not unusual for Ludum Dare ;P
So this game was mainly a test of my programming skills. You wander around in a library that streches infinitly and search the books, comprised of random letters, for your fate.
So far there is not much game inside, no objective or end to be found. Just as someone finding him/herself in such a library.
Interesting additions would be:
-implementing other liberians or even multiplayer
-adding objectives (eg finding something or someone)
The Library of Babel is a really good read, btw :)
Comments4
Regarding to the game, I have some questions for you in order to see how accurate it is respect to the novel: are the books' contents randomly generated? In the novel they were not. There was a limited number of books, not infinite, and each one was unique and different from the rest. If you generate them randomly, there could be two or more identical books. If they're not randomly generated... then how did you do it?? :D
There are only unique books in this library and its somehow finite, because if you wander to the "end" of the library, the last room, the last floor and the last bookshelf the numbers overflow and you get from say: 1024 to -1024. In reality you get to visit about 18 Trillion rooms for 18 Trillion floors.