Backpack Quest is the result of being the artist on another jam entry, then having a spare moment at the end of the jam. I made Backpack Quest in a very stressful six hours, making sure to cram in as many coding bad practices as possible.
A fun little game, reminds me of a text based version of the EYEZMAZE "GROW" series of flash games. If you added branching paths as well as varying responses to the objects used it you could fit a lot of writing in here and it'd be quite engaging (maybe add a tree showing the possible paths you can take, with untaken paths greyed out?).
This game is a little gem. Im a fan of Earthbound so I loved the quirkiness in Backpack Quest. The minimal art style is nice and fitting. The story narrative is fun to explore. My highest score: 435
I had a nice moment playing your game. Unfortunately there's not much to say about it... It is well written and restarting over and over again to try and get a higher score / read other possibilities gives a nice value to the game. Maybe the interface could be a little more elaborated (instead of just stacking the paragraphs one onto the other). Anyway, kudos!
Well, I went from -575 to 350 but couldn't go above that, I'm not a good adventurer. :(
Anyway, nice sprites, the text presentation is simple but well thought and clear.
I didn't encounter any bug / problem (Mozilla Firefox, up to date).
As for the writing, good job! It's pretty funny and there are many possible outcomes.
Since it's a bit short, you can retry a lot of times without it getting boring, in this kind of game it's a good thing. (well, to be honest, with this writing, I could play longer runs with no problem^^).
I really liked this, might be my favorite so far. I loved the writing and had a good time experimenting with different outcomes for each situation. I think you had just the right number of items to take with you, it felt challenging but manageable. Good work!
Awesome, tried it a few times, really funny! The only thing that could be improved is that when you choose an item, you start reading and then the box jumps below! You could just add another click to show the next step in the adventure so you can read the consequence of your silly choice without it jumping out of your sight mid-sentence :) good job!
I know the feeling! I got called into work during LD41 and the rest of my team gave up. When I finally got out of work I just about gave up myself out of despair because there was so little time remaining... but then I had a brilliant idea and hacked together a game in the last three hours.
I agree with dietzribi's comment about improving how the content scrolls to make it easier to read, but it was fun to discover what everything did.
Super fun, got to 600 as a score ($$$) and -800 as a low (don't steal princesses & murder is bad). Didn't know what to expect at first but now I find myself going through and trying out all the possibilities!
Edit: I've updated this about 10 times because I'm having so much fun going for the highest and lowest possible scores
Too bad the spare moment wasn't at the start to compete in the compo, I think it would be a strong contender in that category. A lot of content for 6 hours of development, and the humor is good. My highest score was 475, lowest -700. I agree with earlier comments that the scrolling is confusing at first.
Hahahahaha this is such a fun game, I literally stared at the key hahah. I really like both the idea and the execution of the game. Some music would be great, otherwise I think the UI fits the vibe of the game. I did feel like my decision has some weight to the story rather than following a scripted visual novel, though I think it pretty much was. That is hands down one of the best game of this kind I played in this LD. Well done!
PS. I couldnt help myself but try to find the best solution. Ended up getting 335 points, is that the highest score? Idk. Im sure having global leader board for this game would do wonder!!
This is probably the game is spent the most time playing this ludum dare. It was really fun to try to get the highest score and the best ending possible. Picking the worst options was hilarious too :D Good job!
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It is well written and restarting over and over again to try and get a higher score / read other possibilities gives a nice value to the game.
Maybe the interface could be a little more elaborated (instead of just stacking the paragraphs one onto the other).
Anyway, kudos!
Anyway, nice sprites, the text presentation is simple but well thought and clear.
I didn't encounter any bug / problem (Mozilla Firefox, up to date).
As for the writing, good job! It's pretty funny and there are many possible outcomes.
Since it's a bit short, you can retry a lot of times without it getting boring, in this kind of game it's a good thing. (well, to be honest, with this writing, I could play longer runs with no problem^^).
I agree with dietzribi's comment about improving how the content scrolls to make it easier to read, but it was fun to discover what everything did.
I like how many possibilities there are.
Edit: I've updated this about 10 times because I'm having so much fun going for the highest and lowest possible scores
PS. I couldnt help myself but try to find the best solution. Ended up getting 335 points, is that the highest score? Idk. Im sure having global leader board for this game would do wonder!!
"Um, that's a key."
Yes. It is for you. Wed me.
"No."
If I remember correctly, I managed to hit 600 points. Best ending ?
Good work !