I’ve always wanted to do Ludum Dare, but I always find out about it too late. Then, I saw Lindsey post about this edition on Twitter, and I tried to not do it, but she convinced me.

So let’s do this.

I’ve got like, less than an hour to think about how I want to do this. All I know is, I’m gonna do it in Rust. Other than that? Who knows. But it’s gonna be fun!

Last night, I thought a lot about the theme. But I also thought a lot more about what I could actually accomplish. I haven’t written a game in a long time, and am not familiar with the libraries. I’ve always been bad at graphics. I don’t know how much time Sunday I’ll have. So, I decided to stick with what I know best: text adventures. What I did with most of my childhood. No GOTOs this time.

Here’s where I was at when I went to bed:

That’s just Kanye Ipsum, not real text. But I have two rooms, with choices, and you can move between them. Success!

Next up is to write the “you win” code, and load the rooms from files rather than hardcoding them in the source. Then, to write the story….

Not too impressive, but screenshot:

Win the game!

Next up, lose the game.