Living Tales by kddekadenz
In "Living Tales" you write you own story, which turns to life.
You type in a word and if it is supported the equivalent object will appear at the left (e.g. a tree).
On the right will be simultaneous a story written ("A tree comes out of the ground."). Spawned creatures will act without needing a command, they write the story, too.
game design: kddekadenz
code: kddekadenz
art: madgnomegamer(most) & kddekadenz(book)
sound: pdsounds.org, opengameart.org
We had more time than usual, but that still wasn't enough.
Expect a update on this after the compo has ended.
You type in a word and if it is supported the equivalent object will appear at the left (e.g. a tree).
On the right will be simultaneous a story written ("A tree comes out of the ground."). Spawned creatures will act without needing a command, they write the story, too.
game design: kddekadenz
code: kddekadenz
art: madgnomegamer(most) & kddekadenz(book)
sound: pdsounds.org, opengameart.org
We had more time than usual, but that still wasn't enough.
Expect a update on this after the compo has ended.
| Web (Flash) | http://kddekadenz.jimdo.com/apps-games/living-tales/ |
| Web (Kongregate) | http://www.kongregate.com/games/SkullSoft/living-tales |
| Dowload .swf | http://minus.com/l4cftpxzuGbbR |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=10000 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 66% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.07 | 130 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.95 | 108 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.76 | 153 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.20 | 134 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.59 | 95 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 4.07 | 5 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.11 | 79 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.76 | 135 |
i like this idea a LOT. the presentation is a bit crowded, it would be cool to see a version of this spread out more, say over a landscape or wider area.
I would show the verb and noun list by default with a button to close it later.
I wasn't sure why my fakeshrooms kept dying, or why more and more rats kept spawning without my summoning them, but it was fun to see the little town evolve and grow. :)
Overall, great job!
It lag a lot sadly on my computer but played it for some time anyway.
There are bug where the story says something happened and it didn't. Like a little brown mushroom appeared - or something like that - and there isn't one. I think maybe it's because you didn't made graphics for it. When I typed 'plants' it isn't showed the correct number - as assume it should show how many of them are on the screen.
The placement of the things should be corrected as they tend to be on each other in this small space. Maybe you should tilt the book even.
There should be a button to recall previous commands so you can save on typing.
Anyway I encourage you to continue developing this amazing game! :)
Was as fun as ever though!