Ludum Dare #43compo
Hostile Territory
Sorry for putting such an obvious spin on the theme, but I had a lot of fun adding in oodles of body horror. Feel free to skip this one if that isn't your thing.
Also; this was something of an exercise in keeping track of multiple endings, (including a seeeeeecret hidden one) so if you have any feedback on that, I am very interested in hearing it :)
IMPORTANT: For some reason the online version of this game sometimes freezes up for a second or two when starting a timer. And the game has *many* timers. If you have some extra time and/or energy to burn, I recommend downloading the file and running it through Quest (http://textadventures.co.uk/quest) instead.
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FireBug5 Dec 2018, 21:58
Interesting idea! I have no idea what was going on, but the mood was creepy and I wanted to find out how it ends. I didn't mind the black screen like the previous player did, but I couldn't figure out what it means.
Porcus_Pie12 Dec 2018, 01:10
I always enjoy playing text based Jam games, they always are different and unique. You set a very strong mood with this game, everything was described very vividly and in quite a visceral and emotive manner. I would have liked a few more options in choices rather than simply just "hand" and "foot" and whilst I got that I was trying to get away from something, perhaps a bit more world building could have been cool. Overall though this was cool, and I really enjoyed it
Hempuli12 Dec 2018, 01:14
Very nice story! I liked the writing, and it was interesting to see where the story went. For a moment I was expecting a twist ending, even. Good work!
There was one sentence I didn't know how to parse, though:
"Then hear hurry off to relay the information"
What did it mean?
There was one sentence I didn't know how to parse, though:
"Then hear hurry off to relay the information"
What did it mean?
It's a bit unclear what "hand", "foot" means in the context of the sentence. I thought it was the opposite of what it is.
Background changing to black is a bit disturbing. I think it would be better if it was all in one color.
As you wrote, the screen froze for me in web version for a second. But one time it froze completely.
Also you can't select option previously selected (from second to last sentence), but you can select older one to go back a couple choices. I'm not sure it was supposed to work that way.
Anyway, I liked it a lot. Not many text adventures here. Always good to see those.
Keep it up! Cheers!