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It runs entirely in the browser? Then why not put it in a gh-pages branch so it can be played too? I did this for my ludum dare text adventure: http://willia

It runs entirely in the browser? Then why not put it in a gh-pages branch so it can be played too? I did this for my ludum dare text adventure: http://williame.github.io/ludum_dare_23_tiny_world/ http://williame.github.io/ludum_dare_23_tiny_world/

mjn 13y ago
The canonical playable version is already hosted online on his own site: http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/ http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/
- willvarfar 13y ago
  But if he puts it on gh-pages then the forks are also playable online. Bit late now, perhaps.
  - starefossen 13y ago
    Or just use the rawgithub url: http://rawgithub.com/Continuities/adarkroom/master/index.html http://rawgithub.com/Continuities/adarkroom/master/index.htm...
Jd 13y ago
Ok, so I just played through your game since you put the link here. Qs: (1) are you supposed to interact w/ the NPCs? Only substantial interaction I noticed is when you turn on the lighthouse and the pirates run away (2) Looks like you don't need to solve any of the puzzles to win the game? (3) Seem to be a lot of unneeded items also? In general, a bit confused. I never did anything w/ the brick, the rake, the racket, the music, or moby dick, and yet managed to win the game it seems.
- willvarfar 13y ago
  Thank you for playing! We made it for a Ludum Dare contest http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=10313 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview... which has a 72 hour deadline and we simply didn't have time to finish it, basically. So theres lots of started plot twists which don't get used or go anywhere, e.g. we added the NPCs but didn't get a working conversation system in there. There are plenty of surprising problems in making this game; here's a write-up: http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/21865366869/how-to-make-a-text-adventure http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/21865366869/how-t... Thx again for playing! You might like some of our other LD entries: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/author/william_edwards/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/author/william_edwards/
  - Jd 13y ago
    Very cool, thanks for your response. Btw, do you know any other online sources for good minimalist games (text adventures or otherwise) ? I'm trying to use some as a way to teach programming.
    - willvarfar 13y ago
      playing them or programming them? These days text adventures are called "interactive fiction" and if you google that, suddenly you find a lot of stuff, including http://www.theescapist.com/ http://www.theescapist.com/ But programming games? GameMaker might be a good bet.

mjn 13y ago

The canonical playable version is already hosted online on his own site: http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/ http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/

willvarfar 13y ago
But if he puts it on gh-pages then the forks are also playable online. Bit late now, perhaps.
- starefossen 13y ago
  Or just use the rawgithub url: http://rawgithub.com/Continuities/adarkroom/master/index.html http://rawgithub.com/Continuities/adarkroom/master/index.htm...

Jd 13y ago

Ok, so I just played through your game since you put the link here. Qs: (1) are you supposed to interact w/ the NPCs? Only substantial interaction I noticed is when you turn on the lighthouse and the pirates run away (2) Looks like you don't need to solve any of the puzzles to win the game? (3) Seem to be a lot of unneeded items also? In general, a bit confused. I never did anything w/ the brick, the rake, the racket, the music, or moby dick, and yet managed to win the game it seems.

willvarfar 13y ago
Thank you for playing! We made it for a Ludum Dare contest http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=10313 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview... which has a 72 hour deadline and we simply didn't have time to finish it, basically. So theres lots of started plot twists which don't get used or go anywhere, e.g. we added the NPCs but didn't get a working conversation system in there. There are plenty of surprising problems in making this game; here's a write-up: http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/21865366869/how-to-make-a-text-adventure http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/21865366869/how-t... Thx again for playing! You might like some of our other LD entries: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/author/william_edwards/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/author/william_edwards/
- Jd 13y ago
  Very cool, thanks for your response. Btw, do you know any other online sources for good minimalist games (text adventures or otherwise) ? I'm trying to use some as a way to teach programming.
  - willvarfar 13y ago
    playing them or programming them? These days text adventures are called "interactive fiction" and if you google that, suddenly you find a lot of stuff, including http://www.theescapist.com/ http://www.theescapist.com/ But programming games? GameMaker might be a good bet.