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CharacteRiser by alexhonor

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made by alexhonor for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

:exclamation: Disclaimer

Sound added as part of Post Jam update. Keep that in mind while rating (we've opted out Audio anyway, just FYI)

A text farming simulator, literally!

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:video_game: How to play

  • Interact by typing commands (this uses letters from your inventory!)
  • Plant letters from your inventory to harvest more typing material
  • You can repeat commands by choosing them from console with up and down arrows
  • Input "WIN" command to win!

:art: Made by team ToxicOtter

@alexhonor - gamedesign, programming

@MoonDweller - gamedesign, programming

@renrok - art

:wrench: Bug Fixes

10.01.23

  • letters offset in inventory is fixed
  • money color is tuned

11.01.23

  • console colors are finetuned
  • console messages punctuation is partially fixed

14.01.23

  • up & down arrows fixed
  • minor bug fixes
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/characterizer

Ratings

Overall 22th 4.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 66th 4⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2th 4.724⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 16th 4.5⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 446th 3.534⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 154th 3.889⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

LandoSystems
10. Jan 2023 · 04:10 UTC
Really interesting entry! Love the concept of planting and harvesting letters to spell commands. Took a little bit to get the hang of what was expected but definitely enjoyed it. Great work!
LDJam user 262142
10. Jan 2023 · 22:17 UTC
i like it, it's got like an incremental/clicker vibe while also having a little bit of strats of how to get the next letter. The other commands were clear but the shears one took a bit to figure out: i came back to it later when i literally had no more moves left to get the letter O and trial and errored it alphabetically. Other than that, it was honestly a good solid game.
Richard Jedlicka
10. Jan 2023 · 22:47 UTC
Well well done! This is very cool and interesting game concept. I enjoyed playing. Thanks for this game.
Alexascher
11. Jan 2023 · 15:56 UTC
My favorite game so far. Very fresh twist on the clicker genre. Liked the puzzly nature of shear mechanic, and the console tips were great. The only minus is the lack of SFX (hope you will add it in the future) :fire: :fire: :fire:
Yamzho
14. Jan 2023 · 18:13 UTC
Very interesting take on the theme ! I love minimalistic games and this one is definitely one of them. Well done ! (I played with and without the sound on. This is way better with ! ;) )
CGreen
14. Jan 2023 · 18:28 UTC
I liked this game, I felt compelled to complete it because it was so simple. Be interested to see this game expanded but have no suggestions on how to do so.
amarokczukay
14. Jan 2023 · 18:29 UTC
what an absolutely original idea! I've never seen something like that before, so just for that, big congrats! it was not easy first, and the UI is a bit rough (but none of that is a problem to me anyway). Really, it's a breathtaking concept, really well executed!
sonicpixelation
14. Jan 2023 · 18:32 UTC
I got really sucked into this one. Great concept and a lot of fun to play
nullval
14. Jan 2023 · 18:51 UTC
really smart and original, I loved the text highlighting showing what letters were missing from the commands :D
ApolloWales
14. Jan 2023 · 19:00 UTC
This game was super fun to play and I have not seen anything like this. There was one bug when you sold a letter there was a chance you would get the money but keep the letter, this happened three times in a row to me. Apart from that I wish to congratulate you on making an awesome game!
cat chef
14. Jan 2023 · 19:28 UTC
Engaged all the way thru the end! I like that there's no explanation for the special abilities you can spell, it was really rewarding to figure out the puzzle of this game. The sound effects were appropriate and kept things juicy, and it felt great to finally buy the N! Perfect little game, well done
Rulrite
14. Jan 2023 · 19:50 UTC
Such a fantastic idea, and extremely well-executed! The gameplay was original and undeniably engaging. It might have taken a bit of thought to see the true path to the goal, but for a puzzle game, that's hardly a bad thing. I can see that you had a vision and managed to make exactly what you set out to make. Congrats!
KeithSwanger
14. Jan 2023 · 19:56 UTC
Really fun puzzle game with a lot of really interesting ideas! Nice work, I was compelled to play to the end! Hiding a lot of the buy options behind "Upgrade" was a fantastic way to keep players from feeling overwhelmed at the start. Really smart idea!
sakura_magika
14. Jan 2023 · 20:23 UTC
A+ for innovation! i love seeing people make creative text based games, buying harvesting and selling the very letters you use for commands is such a wonderful idea, especially for the theme.

i think the delay for seeding is a bit too long tho, i want to play this game fast!
MoonDweller
14. Jan 2023 · 20:25 UTC
@apollowales, thank you for your feedback.
I'm not sure if the described bug with letters exists as a bug of inventory.
Actually our inventory UI can be misleading, because it can show only 4 letters (but in fact you can have more)
chompdev
16. Jan 2023 · 01:13 UTC
I didn't want it to end :) Genius idea! I love the absolutely bulletproof execution of a smart concept in such a clean and minimalist design. The shears are a very fun idea, and I love the steadily expanding, logical requirements for more valuable letters. Excellent job on the game design, from start to finish!

![score46.PNG](///raw/044/42/z/5681b.png)
cassowary
16. Jan 2023 · 01:57 UTC
What, this is so creative! I love this! There was so much more depth to this than I expected going in. It's really cool how much you managed to accomplish in the end and I like that by the end you end up collecting every letter, very satisfying. The shears was a cool idea too, requiring some lateral thinking. Great work all around.
LDJam user 250905
16. Jan 2023 · 04:16 UTC
Wow, that was fantastic!!! *Really* really innovative idea, I didn't understand everything until about 10 minutes in, but I ended up getting into the groove of the game and actually finished it! It was *LONG*, but I don't really think I can say that's a bad thing -- The art is simple and honestly does it's job just as well as any other style could, along with the new sound effects adding *just enough*, without actually requiring much work to implement!

My takeaway from this is, I have nothing negative to say about this game, it's really really well made and anything I would try to add to it is either unnessesary or harmful to the simplicity of the game; great job, keep it up! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Matank
16. Jan 2023 · 05:59 UTC
Cool idea! Really liked this game, very innovative twist on the theme.
rrsmtz
16. Jan 2023 · 06:37 UTC
Proof that constraints only increase creativity. Great job!
naomiajacobs
16. Jan 2023 · 06:41 UTC
What an innovative idea! LOVE the original and clever mechanics. I didn't want it to end, one of the best I've seen so far.
Szieberth Adam
16. Jan 2023 · 22:55 UTC
I can only say what others before. Excellent idea! :thumbsup:
leokrechmer
17. Jan 2023 · 14:04 UTC
Hey!
Unfortunattely I just can't rate the game, as I didnt sumbmit mine this time. Great idea! Very old school game design, and I really really like the game overall. Sounds are not so authenthic though, but still, great submission!
Thank you!
kr0k
19. Jan 2023 · 17:48 UTC
Ok I planned half an hour to play several games. Instead I played this. ![2023-01-19 18_47_17-CharacteRiser _ ldjam.com _ Ludum Dare game jam — Mozilla Firefox.png](///raw/cdf/c4/z/56a63.png)

If this would be a demo to a paid full game I'd buy it.
Convg
02. Feb 2023 · 20:31 UTC
The links are gone
🎤 alexhonor
03. Feb 2023 · 22:30 UTC
@convg Sorry, but we do not have native builds. Although, we have a web build right on this page, that you can play right in the browser!
Convg
07. Mar 2023 · 12:34 UTC
@alexhonor Oh my bad I thought that was a video :laughing: