Memphis, Bubbleland by Sam Machell

made by Sam Machell for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Important: Memphis, Bubbleland bus tour will leave on Saturday, 17:00GMT.

Though little remains of that fine era, the Pyramid still stands. Disasters of all forms have reduced this land of leisure to little but sand... pebbles of plastic... yet we know much of the story. From the comfort of the bus, witness historic statues, mansions and golf courses... mythic creatures and deadly curses. Please do not leave your seats.

This is an online multiplayer narrative game about tomb raiding, retail executives and monuments. You and other players will take the tour at scheduled times. The first tour will begin on Saturday, April 9th, 17:00 GMT. There are 28 available seats on the bus.

The Sand Gardeners are Sam Machell and Colin Le Duc. They are not in any way affiliated with Bass Pro Shops.

Thanks to Yvan, Théo, Arthur for their precious help.

Link	https://sandgardeners.itch.io/memphis
Link	https://sandgardeners.itch.io/memphis
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/memphis-bubbleland

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Local Minimum

05. Apr 2022 · 16:38 UTC

I am intrigued, and hopefully I'll be here for the tour.

Jeremy Selwyn

05. Apr 2022 · 21:24 UTC

Tomb raiding, retail executives, and snakes! Didn't manage to get a seat yet but one can hope.

Sand-Gardeners

06. Apr 2022 · 17:41 UTC

Dear @jeremy-selwyn,

Thank you for your interest in our Bubble Bus Tours product.

Seats are first come first serve. First tour will be on Saturday at 17 GMT, so if you log in at that time, there is a chance you might get a seat.

Regards,
Bubbleland Sand Centre for Conservation and Pennance.

Tsugumi

07. Apr 2022 · 05:28 UTC

Ok... I'll mark this one.

SIGILL

09. Apr 2022 · 16:58 UTC

I was looking forward to joining this, but it appears there is something wrong as the title screen doesn't show the moment of the next tour anymore. Shame, I liked the fact that you made this something exclusive, making it seem extra interesting.

EDIT: It seems the issue is that you've uploaded a new version and I was on the old version. It appears to work now, but if the updated version was the issue a headsup would've been nice :)

EDIT2: I was in but I suddenly got thrown out and now it says "No sessions". Big sad.

Sand-Gardeners

09. Apr 2022 · 17:53 UTC

Hello @sigill,

We tried our best to warn about potential updates but considering the tight deadlines it was indeed a bit rough to communicate perfectly clearly.

We are sorry to hear you couldn't join this session, but we are already scheduling future sessions, at the rate of 3 times a week (with different timezones).

Sorry again for this, and we hope you'll be able to play the game in the future.

Local Minimum

10. Apr 2022 · 17:52 UTC

I updated my itch version of the game as there seemed to be a new version but when I applied the update it now says I should update my version though it is running the latest.

Sand-Gardeners

10. Apr 2022 · 22:16 UTC

Hello @local-minimum,

Thank you for reporting this bug to us. It's been now fixed, sorry for the inconvenience.

PS: You don't need to update the game again, it was a server-side error! Latest version is 1.0.1