Something embarrassingly bad by madmaw

made by madmaw for LD21 (-)

This is really just a proof of concept that something like this could be done in SVG + Javascript (apparently it can), but it might briefly entertain a certain kind of person.

Longer-term it's supposed to be a logic puzzle game, which may explain why most of the development time was taken up getting side-tracked and solving logic puzzles and drafting terrible stories to go in the left-hand panel.

Web	http://madmaw.com/
Source	http://madmaw.com/room_tower_intro.svg
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=5068

Ratings

Coolness	1%	311
Overall	1.58	489

Audio	1.00	371
Community	2.50	239
Fun	1.36	487
Graphics	1.36	482
Humor	1.50	335
Innovation	3.45	98
Theme	1.70	488

Feedback

scriptblocks

23. Aug 2011 · 23:32 UTC

I couldn't get it to to work but your description made me laugh

KevinWorkman

24. Aug 2011 · 03:18 UTC

I really really love the idea behind this game, but I can't quite get it to work :c

Am I doing something wrong?

Maybe a hint about how to get past the first level would help!

geckojsc

26. Aug 2011 · 00:44 UTC

Fantastic concept, I'd happily play a full game around this idea. :D

Shigor

26. Aug 2011 · 12:22 UTC

Does it work at all? I think I understood your idea, but it didn't help me... random attempts to say something had no result either.

summaky

27. Aug 2011 · 18:48 UTC

I didn't know how to play...

Dark Acre Jack

28. Aug 2011 · 17:13 UTC

Cool proof-of-concept, let us know if it gets developed further.

Chaoslab

04. Sep 2011 · 21:17 UTC

Tried it in Firefox. Maybe I didn't get it but couldn't get much to happen. :-)

Jacic

10. Sep 2011 · 16:09 UTC

I think I get what you meant with the symbols, but I couldn't get anything to happen.

🎤 madmaw

13. Sep 2011 · 10:38 UTC

Thanks to everyone who played (or attempted to), it probably was working, you just didn't know it because of the terrible UI. I am actually planning on developing this further, although hopefully the UI and level of polish will render the finished product unrecognisable.

The "solution" for those who are interested is to ask the "bird" to TMMN (Tell Me My Name) then to tell the "door" the symbol the bird replies with. At that point you get the fantastic ending animation.