This is an interactive short story I made for Ludum Dare 42.
It shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to get through it, and will probably only take you about 10 minutes.
Be prepared for a bit of reading.
Since it's pretty much all text, I don't think I need any fancy screenshots.
The reason I decided to do a text based game is that I am on holiday, and the laptop I had access to couldn't run Unity (without lagging horrendously) and refused to run Godot (no OpenGL 3 support :/). Luckily, since it can be run entirely in a browser, it should work on mobile, but it may not be the most optimal way to run it.
In the end, I think it turned out well, but I am no writer, so don't expect too much. The theme also only has relevance in causing the events of the story, and has no relevance to the actual game mechanics, so I am prepared to rate low in that as well.
The music I added as a soundtrack is No Respect by Kingslave.
If you leave a comment, I will be sure to check out your game as well, if I haven't already done so. It may take me more than a week after the submission date, however, since this laptop can't run a lot of games.
I liked that your game has a new idea. it's been a long time since i've played a text game but overall good job! i know how hard it was to create such many different story lines
Nice story. the fact that it has some critcism about our world is pretty nice, and the interacitve story is well executed. Nevertheless I was hoping to get more interactions with the character's skill point, but I understand that is hard to write an story and program it that these things are less important. Also, the music chosen is excellent but after a while it can sound a bit repetitive.
After all I enjoyed a lot, and (ending spoiler) I won't forget the battle of the earth, hehe
This was pretty interesting. I didn't play through more than once, but I may come back to it. This was a ton of story writing for a jam game. I agree that it would have been nice to see more with the skills, but understand running out of time. The music was nice. All in all, well done!
Really interesting story, wonderful music. I played through a couple of times, trying some different options, and got similar results each time. I'm not sure how much my character skills were affecting things, but the story was engaging and I liked the character you created. It's nice to see something so different for the jam, and I really appreciated the atmosphere of this.
Yeah the story is pretty interesting and it's an interesting implemintation of the theme using it to frame the story. I would say it would be nice to have your stats displayed so you know which options you should try in the story.
Interesting story. I say you have a real talent for writing. This is actually my second text-based gameplay this LD and my second in total as well. Popular category this year maybe? Anyway, I enjoyed it very much
Your game is rather unique when compared to all of the other LD submissions. The writing is pretty good, the music is great, and it really contributes to the mood.
The main issue I find with it is audience retention. I gave it a fair shot, but around the time I got to the battlefield, I was already so worn out from reading and reading, and I decided to give up.
Enjoyed the character creation built into the first bit of script. Some good writing, may have been good to have different colored text for the player and other characters. Some people said there was music? i didnt hear any, maybe a bug or i just didn't get to it? Great entry well done.
I agree with what's already been said. The music went really well with creating an atmosphere/mood and the way you worked character creation/stats into the opening was really quite brilliant. I enjoyed this a lot and I hope that you continue to do interactive fiction. It's a strength. Also, thank you for playing Dungeon Time and congrats again on finishing! :)
I thought the writing was a bit wordy, but definitely solid. But I'm well aware there's not a lot of time to edit in a weekend game jam, especially with something of this scope.
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After all I enjoyed a lot, and (ending spoiler) I won't forget the battle of the earth, hehe
The main issue I find with it is audience retention. I gave it a fair shot, but around the time I got to the battlefield, I was already so worn out from reading and reading, and I decided to give up.
I really like music)
Great entry well done.
Here's a video of my play and feedback: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/303321941