Hi all,

This is my Ludum Dare entry. It is an interactive fiction game entitled Islands Far Away.

It is a game about a game programmer entering Ludum Dare and trying to create a game about islands.

If you haven't tried interactive fiction, I urge you to try it. This is not the typical text adventure. I think it should take about 15-30 minutes to finish. There is dark humor, strong language, and toilet humor. I would probably give this game an R rating if it was a movie, just to warn you.

Geeks and programmers should at least identify with some of it and hopefully will enjoy it as well.

It will run on any browser that supports javascript:

[EDIT: better link: supports ipad, etc]
http://parchment.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/parchment.html?story=http%3A//www.bitjets.com/islands.js

[OLD LINK]
http://www.bitjets.com/parchment.html?story=http://www.bitjets.com/islands.zblorb

Enjoy and please let me know what you think!

PS, there is only one way to die, can you find it?

Also, make sure you discover the back story as well as solve the puzzles for full enjoyment of the ending.

[UPDATE]
I have made a hint file. WARNING, THIS WILL RUIN THE FUN OF THE GAME. I would suggest using it only as a last resort.

Here is the hint file:

http://www.bitjets.com/islands_far_away_hints.htm

Also, this game is actually better if you use a stand-alone program instead of the javascript version. You can save your game progress, it is faster and you get better fonts among other things.

You can download the game file here:

http://www.bitjets.com/islands.zblorb