THE GAME by Eggplant

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made by Eggplant for LD31 (JAM)
Hey all! Hope you all had a great Ludum Dare 31! :D

What we have here is a strange little program where you argue with the game menu. We took "Entire Game on one Screen" to mean the entire game is played on the menu screen. The game is just meant to be lighthearted quirky fun and is by no means considered brilliant or amazing by its authors. Unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of time for us to work this weekend so what we were able to do was limited.

With that said, enjoy! This game has only been tested on Windows, but may work on Mac and Linux as well.

Ratings

Coolness 28% 2025
Overall(Jam) 3.23 485
Fun(Jam) 3.18 408
Humor(Jam) 3.76 74
Innovation(Jam) 2.91 589
Mood(Jam) 2.95 569
Theme(Jam) 3.78 285

Feedback

rd127p77
08. Dec 2014 路 23:08 UTC
I love text-based games, also like that you programmed it in python
馃帳 Eggplant
08. Dec 2014 路 23:33 UTC
Thanks! Python is great for text-base games I think.
KristophTG
09. Dec 2014 路 15:25 UTC
Im not a fan of text based games, but it was an interesting idea for the theme.
馃帳 Eggplant
09. Dec 2014 路 17:46 UTC
Thank you!
Frozen Fractal
09. Dec 2014 路 19:44 UTC
Hah, that's a new interpretation of the theme. I liked the tone, it sounded like the offspring of GlaDOS and Mr T. This game would be very hard for people without the right geek background -- then again, how many of those play text games? :)

I did cheat by looking at the code, because I wanted to see where it was going, and many of the tests are quite arbitrary and unforgiving.

Works perfectly on my Ubuntu system, for what it's worth. Just run "python main.py".
馃帳 Eggplant
10. Dec 2014 路 01:20 UTC
Thanks man, I appreciate that. I had GLaDOS in mind while my friend and I made this. :)
Bloxri
10. Dec 2014 路 06:29 UTC
I admit it. I laughed. A lot. Thank you for this gem. Very well done, and best of luck!
馃帳 Eggplant
10. Dec 2014 路 14:02 UTC
Thanks man, my friend and I specifically decided to shoot for humor on this one. :D
Si1ver
10. Dec 2014 路 18:47 UTC
There's no school like old school
Fits the theme perfectly!
BtheDestroyer
10. Dec 2014 路 18:47 UTC
Confirmed that the .exe doesn't run on Mac using Wine.
Played this on my desktop, love text-based stuff!
馃帳 Eggplant
10. Dec 2014 路 20:18 UTC
Thanks Si1ver! And I'm glad you were able to play it BtheDestroyer!
daviosmash
16. Dec 2014 路 07:48 UTC
Love text based games. Loved this.
馃帳 Eggplant
17. Dec 2014 路 00:41 UTC
Thank you daviosmash!
danidre14
18. Dec 2014 路 15:11 UTC
WOW! Cool :D
馃帳 Eggplant
18. Dec 2014 路 23:01 UTC
Thanks so much danidre14!
cxsquared
18. Dec 2014 路 23:17 UTC
Really fun and hilarious game. Nice work.
blzkz
18. Dec 2014 路 23:23 UTC
Didn't spect that! It was fun! :)
Mechatodzilla
18. Dec 2014 路 23:54 UTC
Every programmer loves putting together the occasional conversation machine. This fit the theme. I'll admit I said "Alright, I get it." outloud once or twice.
CMWeissMedia
19. Dec 2014 路 04:10 UTC
Fun and simple, but with good humor!
馃帳 Eggplant
19. Dec 2014 路 04:52 UTC
Thank you all! We really appreciate it.
EmaNewman
22. Dec 2014 路 20:10 UTC
Great game, pal. I loved it a LOT!

So, I hope y'all are planning on participating in April next year, eh?
馃帳 Eggplant
26. Dec 2014 路 01:01 UTC
Thank you! And yes, we were planning on it. :D
EmaNewman
28. Dec 2014 路 02:45 UTC
Sweet! Well, good luck, pal.