{"author_link":"\/users\/raymond-bourke","author_name":"Raymond Bourke","author_uid":1240216,"comments":[{"id":636122,"author_name":"araz vakili","author_uid":"araz-vakili","epoch":1619491775,"text":"nice\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":636423,"author_name":"Braden land","author_uid":"braden-land","epoch":1619492750,"text":"Really cool game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":636480,"author_name":"AbigailCorfman","author_uid":"abigailcorfman","epoch":1619492933,"text":"I really like this concept and I want to explore further, but I don't understand what I'm supposed to do once I've pressed space over a text box. If I press backspace, it seems to take the letters, but I don't know how to get Peter's letters back into the book. Help?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":637585,"author_name":"poboy","author_uid":"poboy","epoch":1619497664,"text":"Really cool concept!  Would love to see this developed further.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":637687,"author_name":"teenythanos","author_uid":"teenythanos","epoch":1619498299,"text":"This is SO creative!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":639008,"author_name":"mrmedic","author_uid":"mrmedic","epoch":1619507376,"text":"What a nice idea! The graphic style fits perfectly to the game and the animations are great. I had a hard time typing the right letters, especially that the letter \"_\" is just a space. Regardless of that, there is much potential in the story telling. Well Done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":650978,"author_name":"Pharaohcity","author_uid":"pharaohcity","epoch":1619551284,"text":"The concept for this game is so amazing, I would love to see it fully fleshed out some day. Good luck!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":654746,"author_name":"Raymond Bourke","author_uid":"raymond-bourke","epoch":1619565020,"text":"@pharaohcity , @poboy\n\nThanks for the feedback! I plan to keep working on this. I wish there was a way to let you know when I am done.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":654801,"author_name":"Raymond Bourke","author_uid":"raymond-bourke","epoch":1619565323,"text":"@abigailcorfman \n\nWhen you press backspace, the letters that are in the text box you are interacting with are added to \"Peter's Letters\". You can only type letters that Peter has, and you do so by simply typing the key after you have pressed space and are in a text box field.\n\nIt is really unclear how it is supposed to work because I didn't have time to flesh out the game with a GUI, a tutorial, an introduction, or anything like that to really communicate to the player well. \n\nI think I am going to try to add a few things like this as well as a couple of bug fixes and a few more pages to the story and upload the new version to itch.io when I can so that the game has a good foundation, then start making a long and complete story mode.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":654822,"author_name":"Raymond Bourke","author_uid":"raymond-bourke","epoch":1619565447,"text":"@teenythanos\n\nThank you so much! I wish I could have had more time to do my ideas justice in the jam.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":673973,"author_name":"lesinvisible","author_uid":"lesinvisible","epoch":1619716604,"text":"Very fresh and creative concept, I love such type of games. 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Each page would warn you not to go any deeper into the story, because the main character is fated to fail if you keep turning the pages.\n\nWhat I ended up with was a lot of spaghetti code that would support the systems of a game like that, but without much content. There is only one \"level\" (page) to play, and it is a particularly easy one. The game has no introduction, no menus, has some bugs, and is a far cry from the epic story I envisioned.\n\nIt was still fun though and I learned a lot. This was my first time making a graphical game without an engine to help me and it was a quite a journey. I think I will keep working on this project and see if I can turn it into a real game.\n\nThe gameplay is built around changing the text of the story to make it have a better outcome for the friar. You control the friar with the WASD keys, and enter text fields with SPACE. The ENTER key will let you move around again and stop editing the text. 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