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Horizon by spolvid

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made by spolvid for LD25 (COMPO)
Call it divine intervention, call it a message from the gods, call it anything you want.

Call it a hunch.

Something tells you what you've been looking for is here. After all these years, you can practically taste it on your tongue.

The air is cold and bitter, the attitudes of your men moreso.

Normally marching for as long as you have been would make you want to set up camp, but not today. Your men might want to stop, but that doesn't matter. They're all too afraid of you to say anything.

The snow crunches beneath your feet.

You are close.

Web https://dl.dropbox.com/u/957632/Horizon/Horizon.html
Source https://dl.dropbox.com/u/957632/Horizon/Horizon.html
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=4163

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 3.05 328
Fun 2.72 429
Graphics 2.19 629
Humor 1.63 663
Innovation 2.67 449
Mood 3.89 20
Theme 3.48 240

Feedback

kroltan
17. Dec 2012 · 11:29 UTC
Interesting story!
RandomM00
17. Dec 2012 · 12:00 UTC
Very nice! Had me on the edge of my seat!
patricklorio
17. Dec 2012 · 12:01 UTC
I too brunt out after 48 hours of game making to read. Sorry.
arch.jslin
17. Dec 2012 · 12:14 UTC
The mood is really intense. A story worth playing! :)
Porpentine
17. Dec 2012 · 12:23 UTC
Good death march sim
ananasblau
17. Dec 2012 · 14:03 UTC
I know, text adventures, but some backgrounds, maybe snowflakes flying through swirled by the mouse pointer and you'd improve on the mood.

None the less, a nice story.
goerp
17. Dec 2012 · 14:37 UTC
short but sweet, good storytelling!
L
17. Dec 2012 · 16:36 UTC
The story is a tad generic, but the mood is quite nice.
TeamQuadratic
18. Dec 2012 · 01:05 UTC
Interesting, I was very curious to see where the story would go.
WiseGAMER
18. Dec 2012 · 01:05 UTC
Interesting Story
ming_tea
18. Dec 2012 · 04:11 UTC
Enjoyable read.
RARoadkill
18. Dec 2012 · 04:14 UTC
I have not played a text based game in awhile. Cool story
ripter
18. Dec 2012 · 04:18 UTC
Good story. I expected opening the box to take you back to the start. I think with more time you can make it a lot longer and follow some of the choices.
haxpor
19. Dec 2012 · 05:31 UTC
Really interesting story, good job!
Gungnir
19. Dec 2012 · 08:38 UTC
Good game although a little short.
I liked the touch of having to click the dots. Really builds the anticipation.
saguaro
20. Dec 2012 · 00:18 UTC
I enjoyed this, but I wish there were more paths. Nice to see an IF entry.
Tobias Wehrum
23. Dec 2012 · 19:59 UTC
Nice short story! Definitely on the shorter side though - I think it could've done with either a few more choices or being a little longer overall.

I love the description! It really made me want to play the game. Good job, all in all!
VDZ
29. Dec 2012 · 16:58 UTC
The story started out interesting, and I was really curious who the protagonist was and what he was doing, but the conclusion to the story was just disappointing. What little answers the story did provide were generic and uninteresting, while major questions (who is the protagonist? Why is he looking for that artifact, what does he plan to do with it?) remained unanswered. In a story that seems simply made to make the reader curious to those questions, it's very disappointing that they are barely answered.