An Adventure on My Screen by Erhune

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made by Erhune for LD31 (COMPO)
An entire game on one screen? Then welcome to my apartment in Tokyo, Japan, where "An Adventure on My Screen" is running... well... on my screen.

Can't make it there? Too bad for you.
...wait, come back! Here is what I'll do: I'll film my screen and stream it on Twitch, so for the next weeks you can actually play the game! I know, I know, I'm fantastic!

And don't worry, I've also hooked up the game controls to the Twitch chat, so you can actually *play* it. Just bear with the lag, m'kay?

Basic commands are described on the Twitch channel description, be sure to read it too! If you are impatient, you can start by GOING TO THE LAKE, kill some bugs and when you have collected 200 Gold you can GO TO THE SMITH to BUY A KNIFE.

Oh... And also be nice to the other players. It can get cramped with everyone on my screen, so I've limited to game to 32 simultaneous players. If you don't appear in the game, just wait, you'll be queued in the world when someone leaves!

Changes:
8 dec 2014: added some immediate feedback on the Twitch chat to compensate for the ~20s delay between commands and visual feedback
21 dec 2014: fixed a minor bug where the HP of your character would be incorrectly restored if you log back after a game restart
9 jan 2014: the game is no longer playable on Twitch (I need to get my work monitor back ^^')
12 jan 2014: added a offline build of the game to this page

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.82 73
Audio 1.94 877
Fun 3.10 535
Graphics 2.95 645
Humor 3.73 52
Innovation 4.64 3
Mood 3.55 118
Theme 4.77 3

Feedback

Croze
08. Dec 2014 路 04:18 UTC
This gets 5/5 for every category but audio and graphics, obviously. This is really freaking awesome
chaosed0
08. Dec 2014 路 04:24 UTC
I'll admit, I couldn't put up with the lag and the screen flicker, but it's very cool.
Ozcr
08. Dec 2014 路 04:38 UTC
A really cool concept, although the delay was somewhat discouraging.
馃帳 Erhune
08. Dec 2014 路 04:38 UTC
Croze > Thanks ^^

chaosed0> Yeah I wish I could have much less delay, but not much I can do unfortunately... :(
MrPhil
08. Dec 2014 路 11:36 UTC
Impressive! It was a let down that nothing happened after the Boss Battle :(
馃帳 Erhune
08. Dec 2014 路 11:45 UTC
MrPhil > I'm actually quite impressed you got to beat the boss!
Paprika
08. Dec 2014 路 13:32 UTC
Awesome idea!!! Anyone can play game on the same screen by typing command in chat even from a mobile phone. Well, Twitch has lag. But what if it was on the big public screen at game convention or something? I see so much potential on this idea. Cool stuff!!
Team Flashlight
09. Dec 2014 路 00:46 UTC
Really unique idea using Twitch!
mrspeaker
09. Dec 2014 路 03:20 UTC
+1'd for the textbook camera stand. +4'd for the awesome game & concept.
Azlen
09. Dec 2014 路 04:10 UTC
Great idea, the delay is hard though
panda
09. Dec 2014 路 04:20 UTC
This is AMAZING! It needs to get 10/5 for the theme.
Phyyl
09. Dec 2014 路 04:48 UTC
Best intergration of the theme EVAR. This game is so nice, I litterally am sitting on the edge of my seat. Very nicely done, hope to see more from you!
Ossi
09. Dec 2014 路 05:01 UTC
So I just spent about 45minutes on this game farming up and vanquishing the boss with my friends and others that joined in. It's so good. The concept, the execution and the entire experience is super great. The only thing I can say against this is the latency, but that is obviously unavoidable. Either way Erhune, I always love the multiplayer elements in your Ludum Dare games, they're so well done and I've never seen them made in such short amounts of time. Overall great and very innovative! Excellent work!
Simon
09. Dec 2014 路 13:33 UTC
This is an awesome concept :)
RHY3756547
09. Dec 2014 路 19:28 UTC
Avid player of Twitch Plays Pokemon here, you nailed it with this! ;) I spent much longer playing than I would have liked to, but I had fun. Great use of the theme, well balanced gameplay (apart from Armageddon :P) and impressive twitch stream setup.
theomg
10. Dec 2014 路 03:00 UTC
Really creative, very cool.
Murchurl
10. Dec 2014 路 07:26 UTC
I must say this I a pretty cool interpretation of the theme it's a really cool idea. lag kinda wrecks it though, other than that this is a really interesting entry!
mrexcessive
10. Dec 2014 路 19:03 UTC
Hi there. Not rated yet.
Nice idea. Was OFFLINE on 10Dec at 19:07 GMT.
metalchouchen
12. Dec 2014 路 03:30 UTC
Hello, that really cool. I also make game playable on Twitch at the last Ludum Dare :) I love the concept of "Twitch play something". Congrats!
allurious
12. Dec 2014 路 09:56 UTC
Really interesting interpretation of theme! Let down by the lag you have when streaming (unavoidable) but an interesting take. (:
nokusu
12. Dec 2014 路 10:07 UTC
Quite innovative concept, a bit laggy yet fun, nice work :)
egos
12. Dec 2014 路 11:20 UTC
good idea. remember the pokemon on twitch tv
Kabukky
12. Dec 2014 路 13:23 UTC
Very impressive and innovative. It also reminds me of twitch pokemon.
This is probably the best interpretation of the theme I've seen. I mean, it takes all places on ONE screen (yours!). Again, really creative.
sorlok
12. Dec 2014 路 22:48 UTC
Points for innovation! Interesting concept; really clever take on the theme.
Mach60KAS
13. Dec 2014 路 01:22 UTC
Holy wow, this is an incredible interpretation of the theme! As a fan of TPP, I really love what you've done for this dare! The balancing is a little funny (1000 gold for armor, yeesh) but apart from that I loved it. Fantastic work! (Also caught the GoT reference with the Innkeep, I think).
PIXEL^3
14. Dec 2014 路 10:54 UTC
Good stuff. I got 4 of us in there at one time and had a blast with it. Sometimes when we went to the smith though we were just outside his range and couldn't sell things.

Also I kinda wish you designed around the delay better since you're bound to be very aware of it. For example make the combat slower or some such.

-AlucardX60
Teesquared
15. Dec 2014 路 03:13 UTC
Taking a simple MMO and putting it on Twitch was a really interesting idea. I played alone though and I couldn't get enough gold to buy a knife and kept dying. But I can see how it would be fun with friends.
wilbefast
16. Dec 2014 路 18:50 UTC
Hehehehehe =D

Well there has been 'Twitch Plays' so not a brand-new idea. It does fit perfectly with the theme though, I'm surprised nobody else thought of doing something like this! At least not amongst those whose games I played. Good job, very clever :)
01rafael
20. Dec 2014 路 20:35 UTC
Graphics is fancy! I like it!
NicePenguins
22. Dec 2014 路 16:15 UTC
Ahah that's genius xD !
joekinley
23. Dec 2014 路 07:36 UTC
Brilliant idea. I'm trying to hack it right now. Awesome. Great. Love it. Good job Mr.
MintArcade
24. Dec 2014 路 02:04 UTC
Very creative, I had a blast. Thank you for very original game.