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Unwritten by HitchH1k3r

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made by HitchH1k3r for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Every book has a beginning, but sometimes the ending has not yet been written. Enter the world of Unwritten and...

Write Your Own Story BookOpening.gif

Solve Puzzles! Puzzles.gif

Make Changes Changes.gif

Find Secrets??? Secrets.gif

...but if you want to be the writer of your own fate, you will have to Start With Nothing.

Controls

  • Book - Mouse
  • World - WASD or Arrows

Pro-Tips/Helpful Hints

  • You can write yourself out of the book to reset the level.
  • Some book choices have more than two options.
  • There are 2 collectible secret stars in each level.
  • Logs and Rocks have 4 states: normal, covered in moss, covered in mushroom/fungus, and on fire.
  • Rock smothers fire.
  • Fungal logs cannot move.
  • Logs can be pushed or rolled (if on their side).
  • Mossy logs cannot be pushed, or roll onto moss.
  • Mossy logs roll only one tile at a time.
  • Logs will stop on moss, and only roll one tile at a time.
  • You can safely stand on burning logs.
  • You can roll logs by walking on them.
  • Ground moss written into mushrooms will lift whatever is standing on them up in the air.

Version History

Oct. 7, 2019 :: v1.0.3-jam - Jam release

Oct. 12, 2019 :: v1.0.4-jam - Added analytics collection - Added 'R' key shortcut to reset level - Improved reset system to handle potential softlocks - Fixed a typo - Fixed bug where text would sometimes display incorrectly - Fixed a bug where the player move_fail animation never played - Slightly adjusted screen layout to better show the book and version number - Shifted character sprite to better read what tile they are on - Removed an errant mushroom from fungal logs

Oct. 14, 2019 :: v1.0.5-jam - Fixed analytics being very broken - Removed an out of the way checkpoint

Walkthrough

If you got stuck, or maybe just hate playing games ^_^ https://youtu.be/uDwo7ZIMvww

Youtube https://hitchh1k3r.itch.io/unwritten?ref=LD_Page
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/unwritten

Ratings

Overall 68th 4.111⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 144th 3.833⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 11th 4.426⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 159th 3.907⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 150th 4.185⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 162th 3.609⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 234th 3.769⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Avzgui
15. Oct 2019 · 18:54 UTC
A really cool idea, fitting well with the theme :slight_smile:

Too bad there is no music or sound effects :slight_frown:

Great work
Geckoo1337
16. Oct 2019 · 22:05 UTC
Impressive work for a good game. It reminds me some Sokoban gameplay. However, your project is really interesting, especially how you manage the story, starting with nothing. An amazing idea. Of course, I would like to hear some sounds and a background music. Maybe with more time, you could create a full game adding new features and sounds. So I had fun playing. You deserve more ratings - and don't understand why you have only a few ratings. Thank you for playing mine - I really appreciate your feedback ++
hiroboto
21. Oct 2019 · 02:03 UTC
Incredible graphics and UI design! would be better with sound like flipping the pages I guess, anyway good job!
mharring
21. Oct 2019 · 02:25 UTC
This is one of the most innovative ideas I've seen this jam. The swapping text mechanic is really unique and fun, the visual style is great, and the puzzles are designed very well. As others have mentioned, throw some sound and you've really got a great one here! Very well done!
dob
21. Oct 2019 · 02:42 UTC
I really like this idea, making a sokoban puzzle even cooler with changing world parameters. I got stuck in the fire area and couldn't progress - not sure what I was supposed to do. I could resurrect my guy by switching to nothing and back, but the map also reset, which stranded me.
bamberga
21. Oct 2019 · 04:26 UTC
Awesome, awesome style! The changing words element was cool, though i was sad I couldn't switch between the goblin and the traveller. I got one star then i got trapped in the fire area, and then the game froze.

I really liked the environment design and the page mechanic. The player sprites were very characterful too.
Budaniel
21. Oct 2019 · 04:41 UTC
That was really fun! I got stuck a few times, but the hints on the page got me back on track.
Bungalow
21. Oct 2019 · 09:57 UTC
Nice interpretation of the theme, tight and intuitive controls, awesome graphics. Great job!
Dongle
21. Oct 2019 · 19:22 UTC
This game was a lot of fun. This was a really awesome utilization of the theme and it kept me occupied for quite a while. Really well done!
Black Flag
25. Oct 2019 · 21:00 UTC
This game is so much fun and I really do think that this could be developed further into a commercial title! The puzzle elements are great as well as just the general innovation behind it! I am not a massive fan of the board game style movement however that might just be a personal thing, also some audio would benefit it! I think the idea and the core gameplay is there, as well as the really well designed puzzles. Overall, this is an amazing jam entry! PS also I love the fantasy theme!
Sean S. LeBlanc
26. Oct 2019 · 03:20 UTC
This is a pretty neat entry! The puzzle difficulty ramped up pretty quick, so I'm glad there was a walkthrough video, but the core mechanic feels like it has a lot of potential if you decided to expand on this. Some audio would have been nice for polish, but it's pretty impressive as-is.
EndSSGamesStudio
26. Oct 2019 · 03:37 UTC
This was one of the best I've ever played!
just needed a song.
I think you should go ahead and use this game as a project for sale, I found the style and idea amazing!
mahalis
26. Oct 2019 · 15:59 UTC
This is such a clever idea! I love the hybrid interaction between the book and the world - makes me think of the Myst universe. The art's well done and there're some really clever puzzles. Fantastic work.
Cedric Matheus
26. Oct 2019 · 18:06 UTC
Amazing!
CGIXE
26. Oct 2019 · 19:21 UTC
Loved the idea! A nice twist on the block pushing puzzle game! Would have liked some audio, but otherwise a very good game!
mosaic
26. Oct 2019 · 19:39 UTC
You could totally make this work as a commercial game. I love it! Best game I've played this Ludum Dare so far. I really like that this puzzle game really has you thinking, something not particularly many can do all the time.
DjindeGames
26. Oct 2019 · 19:57 UTC
Very nice idea and very original gameplay ! Honestly this is really cool, too bad there is no sound effect or musics, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, graphics are really good too !
Pegasus
26. Oct 2019 · 21:39 UTC
Absolutely amazing idea! I hope to see this idea implemented in a full game
lilkrit
26. Oct 2019 · 23:43 UTC
Very impressive. Reminds me of some very good indie games :)
poodle_in_need
26. Oct 2019 · 23:50 UTC
the idea makes it pretty unique, great game!
zirconcode
28. Oct 2019 · 01:10 UTC
Amazing idea and great implementation. The puzzles made me nostalgic.
kristinamay
29. Oct 2019 · 16:46 UTC
This is a reallly good idea, I really like it. I'd love to have some sounds, too, but I'd totally play a more polished and fleshed out version of it.
LarryBButler
17. Jan 2020 · 12:45 UTC
It reminded me of a graphics accelerator since 2009. I work as a screenwriter and I often edit game stories. My main work is related to creative text that I sell to students [spam] and game companies. Simple texts can be prosaic and interesting. I recently worked on the Gwent card game. This is a unique game with a direct plot of the famous saga of The Witcher.