{"author_link": "/users/cincodenada", "author_name": "cincodenada", "author_uid": "cincodenada", "comments": [], "epoch": 1525840967, "event": "LD41", "format": "md", "ldjam_node_id": 96359, "likes": 1, "metadata": {"p_key": "114981", "p_author": "cincodenada", "p_authorkey": "1085933", "p_urlkey": "330941", "p_title": "Frogs vs. Cats: Post-Compo update, plus my favorite other text-adventure mashups", "p_cat": "LDJam ", "p_event": "LD41", "p_time": "1525840967", "p_likes": "1", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "WAYBACK", "us_key": "1085933", "us_name": "cincodenada", "us_username": "cincodenada", "event_start": "1524182400", "event_key": "72", "event_name": "LD 41"}, "node": {"_collation": {"body_sanitizer": "TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer", "event": "LD41", "removed_author": false}, "_superparent": 73256, "_trust": 1, "author": 85933, "body": "Hey all! Yet another post-compo update post. I started the compo about 16 hours late, so there were a lot of gaps, in the compo game, but I got far enough (and had enough fun!) that I wanted to keep improving. If you haven't tried the compo version and want to rate it, make sure to check out and rate [the original version](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/frogs-vs-cats) first. Frogs vs. Cats is a text-adventure platformer that is backwards from many of the other delightful text-adventure mashups I've seen (see below for more on that!), in that you control the frog around the platform in order to drive the text-adventure, which is spelled out in the sky above you, rather than controlling the game via text. Here's a little preview - the hopping gives it a bit of an original Prince of Persia feel, I think:\n\n![frogsvscats_35.gif](///raw/daf/41/z/14ba4.gif)\n\nOnce you've rated the compo version (or decided not to rate it!), if you want to play something at least a little more polished, I've piled up enough little improvements ([54 commits worth!](https://github.com/cincodenada/frogsvscats/compare/compo...master)) to post an update, I think. I've actually locked the doors, refined the controls, added a title screen with directions, fleshed out the levels, added more sounds, refined the text dialog and interactions, and of course squashed a few bugs. Check it out [over on the PICO-8 BBS](https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=31185).\n\nMany thanks to the commenters who have left much helpful feedback in the comments so far, especially @antti-haavikko for the detailed run-down that led directly to several of the improvements! Sidenote, I highly recommend their game [Binary Blocks](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/binary-blocks), it's incredibly polished and a lot of fun.\n\nAnd on that note, a shout-out to a couple other text-adventure based games I've seen and loved: [Birdy](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/birdy) is a delightful little puzzle-platformer with the text elements well-integrated into the game: the more advanced moves are longer and harder to type, and a key element of the challenge is typing them out in time - it's challenging, adorable, and a lot of fun.\n\n[AeroWrit](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/aerowrit-textflight-sim) is a very different take - a text-adventure flight simulator! It's very well done, the tutorial is top-notch and guides you through the commands very well, and the game itself is a fun little find-the-rings game, that makes very good use of the text-adventure component in a way that works really well and makes it a lot of fun.\n\nIf you have other text-adventure mashups, post them below - I'd love to try them out! And keep an eye out for a future post, I'm gonna get back to my game and actually make the \"vs\" in the title mean something :smile:\n", "comments": 1, "comments-timestamp": "2018-05-09T06:23:05Z", "created": "2018-05-09T03:59:45Z", "files": [], "files-timestamp": 0, "id": 96359, "love": 1, "love-timestamp": "2018-05-09T13:36:40Z", "meta": [], "modified": "2018-05-09T13:36:40Z", "name": "Frogs vs. Cats: Post-Compo update, plus my favorite other text-adventure mashups", "node-timestamp": "2018-05-09T06:59:33Z", "parent": 87188, "parents": [1, 5, 9, 73256, 87188], "path": "/events/ludum-dare/41/frogs-vs-cats/frogs-vs-cats-post-compo-update-plus-my-favorite-other-text-adventure-mashups", "published": "2018-05-09T04:42:47Z", "scope": "public", "slug": "frogs-vs-cats-post-compo-update-plus-my-favorite-other-text-adventure-mashups", "subsubtype": "", "subtype": "", "type": "post", "version": 285144}, "node_metadata": {"n_key": "96359", "n_urlkey": "330941", "n_parent": "87188", "n_path": "/events/ludum-dare/41/frogs-vs-cats/frogs-vs-cats-post-compo-update-plus-my-favorite-other-text-adventure-mashups", "n_slug": "frogs-vs-cats-post-compo-update-", "n_type": "post", "n_subtype": "", "n_subsubtype": "", "n_author": "85933", "n_created": "1525838385", "n_modified": "1525873000", "n_version": "285144", "n_status": "WAYBACK"}, "source_url": "https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/frogs-vs-cats/frogs-vs-cats-post-compo-update-plus-my-favorite-other-text-adventure-mashups", "text": "Hey all! Yet another post-compo update post. I started the compo about 16 hours late, so there were a lot of gaps, in the compo game, but I got far enough (and had enough fun!) that I wanted to keep improving. If you haven't tried the compo version and want to rate it, make sure to check out and rate [the original version](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/frogs-vs-cats) first. Frogs vs. Cats is a text-adventure platformer that is backwards from many of the other delightful text-adventure mashups I've seen (see below for more on that!), in that you control the frog around the platform in order to drive the text-adventure, which is spelled out in the sky above you, rather than controlling the game via text. Here's a little preview - the hopping gives it a bit of an original Prince of Persia feel, I think:\n\n![frogsvscats_35.gif](///raw/daf/41/z/14ba4.gif)\n\nOnce you've rated the compo version (or decided not to rate it!), if you want to play something at least a little more polished, I've piled up enough little improvements ([54 commits worth!](https://github.com/cincodenada/frogsvscats/compare/compo...master)) to post an update, I think. I've actually locked the doors, refined the controls, added a title screen with directions, fleshed out the levels, added more sounds, refined the text dialog and interactions, and of course squashed a few bugs. Check it out [over on the PICO-8 BBS](https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=31185).\n\nMany thanks to the commenters who have left much helpful feedback in the comments so far, especially @antti-haavikko for the detailed run-down that led directly to several of the improvements! Sidenote, I highly recommend their game [Binary Blocks](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/binary-blocks), it's incredibly polished and a lot of fun.\n\nAnd on that note, a shout-out to a couple other text-adventure based games I've seen and loved: [Birdy](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/birdy) is a delightful little puzzle-platformer with the text elements well-integrated into the game: the more advanced moves are longer and harder to type, and a key element of the challenge is typing them out in time - it's challenging, adorable, and a lot of fun.\n\n[AeroWrit](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/aerowrit-textflight-sim) is a very different take - a text-adventure flight simulator! It's very well done, the tutorial is top-notch and guides you through the commands very well, and the game itself is a fun little find-the-rings game, that makes very good use of the text-adventure component in a way that works really well and makes it a lot of fun.\n\nIf you have other text-adventure mashups, post them below - I'd love to try them out! And keep an eye out for a future post, I'm gonna get back to my game and actually make the \"vs\" in the title mean something :smile:\n", "title": "Frogs vs. Cats: Post-Compo update, plus my favorite other text-adventure mashups", "wayback_source": []}