Pocket Monster World Collector Adventure by justking144

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made by justking144 for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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On your 10th birthday, Professor Pond informs you that you must start on a journey to collect all the monsters in the world, while he keeps your mother company.

Travel through vast forests, oceans, and an active volcano to collect every Monster and become a Pocket Monster World Collector Adventure Champion!

Ratings

Overall 332th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 181th 3.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 520th 3.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 216th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 710th 1.559⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 2th 4.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 406th 3.525⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Brandsma
Oct 07th · 15:03 UTC
Funny story, we had a good laugh
Maghwyn
Oct 07th · 16:21 UTC
Absurdly funny dialogue I wasn't prepared for. Good one.
UmbraLux
Oct 07th · 16:51 UTC
I was curious about the dialogue, 'cause of the other comments...i'm not disappointed xD
Fun little adventure with a funny story indeed.
Jawdan
Oct 07th · 17:16 UTC
Funny dialogue, nice!
MistaGiggles
Oct 08th · 18:40 UTC
I had a laugh playing this, brilliant dialogue! Great parody of pokemon
Prunus Padis
Oct 08th · 18:55 UTC
Nice parody game. I like that you allowed me to just trying to keep biting the turtle until i die, way to die kid :D
Ciphereo
Oct 09th · 06:55 UTC
An interesting conversation!
HaaYaargh
Oct 09th · 11:21 UTC
Unironically fun adventure :heart:

What did you use to make this text based adventure? Is this some kind of branching dialogue tool?
🎤 justking144
Oct 09th · 14:00 UTC
@haayaargh

this is just pure js lol. The dialogue is stored in different objects, some of which contain functions that trigger when they're displayed

here's an example

"opening_choice": {
"text": () => `I'm in battle with a wild ${pokemonStats[currentPokemon].NAME}. What should I do?`,
"choices": [
{ text: "Fight", next: "Fight1" },
{ text: "Tell My Monsters to Fight", next: "monsterFight1", condition: hasMonsters },
{ text: "Run Away", next: "runAway1" }
]
},
LDJam user 280189
Oct 09th · 16:43 UTC
Haha this was really funny, well done!
thegrottman
Oct 09th · 16:54 UTC
I definitely had a good laugh, especially fighting the Fallen One, lol. I tried waiting multiples of 37 hours by the volcano, hoping something would happen, alas, just my shoes began to melt :D Funny story, nicely done mechanically. Good job :D
Taximan981
Oct 10th · 03:03 UTC
Fun twist and parody of pokemon, simple and short, but reading all the dialogue was a treat. I have been informed that nintendo lawyers are on their way so watch out for that :\. Great game!
Nomelu
Oct 11th · 02:22 UTC
A fun idea to make a text based adventure! I think it wouldve been nicer if the UI fit on the page instead of having to scroll, or having buttons appear half offscreen at the top. I enjoyed the humor in it!
Chaol
Oct 12th · 06:19 UTC
actually too good
LULU_hihi
Oct 13th · 14:03 UTC
bibbly accurate pokemon
LULU_hihi
Oct 13th · 14:07 UTC
would be really cool with funny illustration!
kalgynirae
Oct 14th · 03:53 UTC
Always fun to see games made outside of the usual game engines! I see it works a bit better on itch.io than in the embed here on ldjam (which sometimes requires scrolling up and down to see the buttons).
5H08
Oct 19th · 07:30 UTC
i wanted to venture out but i got scared and kept turning back
FireSlash
Oct 23rd · 08:20 UTC
Would have loved to see more, but enjoyed it for what it was. I wonder if Pond got shot down or not...