Chess Chatter by caryoscelus
A short visual novel about a dangerous post-apocalyptic sport of chess. In a world where stakes are high and food is shit, one man and one woman find themselves in the arena. Watch as their story unfolds.
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NOTES:
Make sure to play with sound.
Accidently, text displaying speed wasn't saved. If you would like to play with text appearing effect, set speed in preferences.
If you have trouble with interface, see http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Help
If you want to play, play Post-jam, it's slightly better. If you want to judge, consider following differences.
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Post-jam vs Jam
- chess positions graphics instead of static board
- minor sfx change
- extended credits
- typos
- minor fix of text speed
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Credits:
caryoscelus - idea, text, scripting, music, sound mixing, minor gfx
lonely2012 - character design, backgrounds, editing, minor text
transient team - moral support
Using Ren'Py engine: http://renpy.org
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links:
http://transient-team.github.io/
http://caryoscelus.github.io/
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NOTES:
Make sure to play with sound.
Accidently, text displaying speed wasn't saved. If you would like to play with text appearing effect, set speed in preferences.
If you have trouble with interface, see http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Help
If you want to play, play Post-jam, it's slightly better. If you want to judge, consider following differences.
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Post-jam vs Jam
- chess positions graphics instead of static board
- minor sfx change
- extended credits
- typos
- minor fix of text speed
----
Credits:
caryoscelus - idea, text, scripting, music, sound mixing, minor gfx
lonely2012 - character design, backgrounds, editing, minor text
transient team - moral support
Using Ren'Py engine: http://renpy.org
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links:
http://transient-team.github.io/
http://caryoscelus.github.io/
| POST-JAM (GNU/Linux, Windows, OS X) | https://github.com/caryoscelus/chess-chatter/releases/download/v0.1.1/chess-chatter-v0.1.1-all.zip |
| JAM (72h) (GNU/Linux, Windows, OS X) | https://github.com/caryoscelus/chess-chatter/releases/download/v0.1/one-screen-1.0-all.zip |
| Source repo | https://github.com/caryoscelus/chess-chatter |
| Release page | https://github.com/caryoscelus/chess-chatter/releases/tag/v0.1 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=17960 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 72% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.24 | 468 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.74 | 93 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.63 | 814 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.26 | 85 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.65 | 460 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.72 | 107 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.59 | 959 |
I'm not sure how it fits to the current LD theme.
I'll admit with some shame I lost interest during one of david's monologues during the chess game (I was so hoping to watch a game, too! ^.^)
Wish there was a bit more interaction.
One of the best impressions I've had so far though, nicely done.
"I'm not sure how it fits to the current LD theme." - in sorta "literal", there's a game and there's a screen.
"(I was so hoping to watch a game, too! ^.^)" - that was planned, but i postponed it too much and didn't have time to finish. Will be in post-jam soon, though.
// caryoscelus
In the bad part, I felt introducing the narrator that long started the game made it a bit confusing at the start, which is something you could fix.
Good to know that we can lose our humanity, but we'll always have chess...