Ludum Dare #41compo

PlatyPad

by euske

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.12

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Is this a platformer or text editor? No, it's PlatyPad!

Forget about the ordinary boring text editing business.
Your days are so much more exciting and frustrating with PlatyPad!

There is no endgame. Writing a sentence you intended to write is a win.

Comments14

p-r23 Apr 2018, 20:33

"my paper is due tomorrow, but I have no text editor..."

->finds this

"I don't think I'll be sleeping tonigth"

mikedirl24 Apr 2018, 12:30

Good game and made with your own game engine as well. Its a nice idea its also makes a change that there is no endgame, sometimes you want to play a low stress game. The graphics are nice and retro kinda like the spectrum.

mrspeaker24 Apr 2018, 12:43

Ha ha! Why did you even think of this?! It's brilliant! How many WPM can you do? I'm up to 1.

Mathiouza24 Apr 2018, 12:45

I wanted to write SUPER! ... But when I was almost done with UPER! a del.line enemy erased the entire line ... x))) I saw the game in the flood of the event, I was really surprised by the game, and that is a really good idea ! Obviously that is not THE game, because there are any goal, and that is just characters, but that is quite fun ^^

Congrats and keep coding :)

utoxin24 Apr 2018, 12:54

LOL. This is so great. Good job. Certainly one of the more unique things I've seen this jam. :)

voxel27 Apr 2018, 14:31

While presented as an irreverant lo-fi mashup game/editor, PLATYPAD is clearly the artist's critique on the dichotomy of entertainment and productivity software. Can a game be used to be productive, and can you enjoy using productivity software? While the game does not directly answer the question, it prompts the user to consider such issues through suggestive imagery, challenging gameplay and forcing the player to define their own goals. Truly this is art

tsjost30 Apr 2018, 02:12

dollarone30 Apr 2018, 15:50

finally writing articles is fun again! excellent theme-interpretation

loveapplegames5 May 2018, 21:05

Very funny! And difficult as hell. It reminds me of file managers that are also first-person shooters ("file management that hurts!")
http://ingles.homeunix.net/software/fpfm/index.html

patrickgh35 May 2018, 22:42

Wow! This is so so cool. One of the most memorable games I've played. Great concept and presented perfectly, with the website theme and the text copyable to the side and stuff. I think it deserves a lot of ratings; you should rate a bunch more games!