Last Question
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In lieu of a tutorial, here's more or less how the mechanics work
Please read this before playing
There's a story told starting 30 seconds from when you create your first drone. Try and keep the AC powered to hear it through. And keep your volume up.
When you create a drone, you get a console you can type in on the left of the screen. If you input HELP you get a list of commands.
To acquire power to feed the Cosmic AC:
1. JUMP to a planet
2. find a laptop or fusion core (use the RENDER command to get a first person view)
3. bring a drone with a *CABLE* to a laptop, or a *FUSION REACTOR* to a fusion core, and use the DRAIN command while facing it
4. JUMP back to the home forge
5. use DEPOSIT to transfer power from your drone to the AC
Some other notes
- drones with a *REFUELER* can be used to move power to and from drones. This is useful if your drone is stuck with no power. Just send a refueler to it. Use the TRANSFER command, with a positive or negative value.
- drones with a *GRABBER* can PICKUP laptops and fusion cores, and JUMP with them, but must DROP them before other drones can use them.
- a drone with a *HAMMER* can CRUSH a drained laptop or fusion core. A drone with a fusion reactor can then DRAIN additional power from the wreck.
- use INSPECT when facing any object to learn how much power it stores.
Now on to the description.
Feels like every other game I make I'm happy with, and the rest are kinda shit. This one feels kinda shit, sorry about that.
Game's inspired, and features, Asimov's short story "The Last Question". All audio is ultimately created by me, but if you feel that I shouldn't be entering the Compo with the text of a cult science fiction story, then feel free to rate things as though it wasn't there.
I don't know if it's possible to beat the game, I didn't have the time to check because I was staring at my digestive tract for the last 6 hours of the compo, attempting to set it on fire with my eyes so it'd be less painful.
Enjoy or something. I dunno.
Also there's a postLD version which I recommend using(
Win,
*Nix,
OSX). It fixes a number of game breaking bugs, and adds one feature I added during submission hour, so the game becomes a 49 hour game instead of 48. The game actually notices when you run out of power (huhoy!), doesn't break, and dims the screen.
I'm supposed to add screenshots so here you go
Please read this before playing
There's a story told starting 30 seconds from when you create your first drone. Try and keep the AC powered to hear it through. And keep your volume up.
When you create a drone, you get a console you can type in on the left of the screen. If you input HELP you get a list of commands.
To acquire power to feed the Cosmic AC:
1. JUMP to a planet
2. find a laptop or fusion core (use the RENDER command to get a first person view)
3. bring a drone with a *CABLE* to a laptop, or a *FUSION REACTOR* to a fusion core, and use the DRAIN command while facing it
4. JUMP back to the home forge
5. use DEPOSIT to transfer power from your drone to the AC
Some other notes
- drones with a *REFUELER* can be used to move power to and from drones. This is useful if your drone is stuck with no power. Just send a refueler to it. Use the TRANSFER command, with a positive or negative value.
- drones with a *GRABBER* can PICKUP laptops and fusion cores, and JUMP with them, but must DROP them before other drones can use them.
- a drone with a *HAMMER* can CRUSH a drained laptop or fusion core. A drone with a fusion reactor can then DRAIN additional power from the wreck.
- use INSPECT when facing any object to learn how much power it stores.
Now on to the description.
Feels like every other game I make I'm happy with, and the rest are kinda shit. This one feels kinda shit, sorry about that.
Game's inspired, and features, Asimov's short story "The Last Question". All audio is ultimately created by me, but if you feel that I shouldn't be entering the Compo with the text of a cult science fiction story, then feel free to rate things as though it wasn't there.
I don't know if it's possible to beat the game, I didn't have the time to check because I was staring at my digestive tract for the last 6 hours of the compo, attempting to set it on fire with my eyes so it'd be less painful.
Enjoy or something. I dunno.
Also there's a postLD version which I recommend using(
Win,
*Nix,
OSX). It fixes a number of game breaking bugs, and adds one feature I added during submission hour, so the game becomes a 49 hour game instead of 48. The game actually notices when you run out of power (huhoy!), doesn't break, and dims the screen.
I'm supposed to add screenshots so here you go