skintkingle 2010-08-23 03:43
i wont vote as im on windows but you really have stabbed yourself in the foot by not having it on windows.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD18 → Pills
By henry-blank
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 109 | 2.80 | ||
| Fun | 116 | 2.40 | ||
| Community | 123 | 2.17 | ||
| Coolness | 139 | 2 | ||
| Overall | 155 | 2.00 |
i wont vote as im on windows but you really have stabbed yourself in the foot by not having it on windows.
I know... But until a friend of mine tried to beta-test it, I thought Curses was portable. Dumb mistake.
I might be able to host the binary for people to play via a PuTTY session to a server... but first, I really want to know how the theme applies.
Sam Rodgers > Thanks, but I'm already working on it. It should be up (intermittently) soon, by telnet, once I get it to run properly.
The theme is about the pills. Instead of taking them and being dumbed down, you can put them to better use (but not every path have this option). I know it's loose, but I sort of lost focus when writing the story...
Just played this on my netbook (ubuntu). It's pretty good. The ascii graphics are effective and the story's well-told. I got endings 8 and 1 (which was seriously creepy btw) on my two playthroughs.
I like the conversation system. At first I wasn't sure what was going on, but I think I got the idea by the end, and then I played through it a couple more times. I couldn't figure out how to really affect the outcome though. For example, I expected taking or not taking the meds would have a significant effect on the ending, but I managed to get ending 10 on two tries where I did or didn't take them. I'm probably missing some significant options, but I was only able to get ending 10 and ending 11.
All the endings are determined on the beach, not before. Branching earlier would have been too long to make...
And sorry about the telnet server, but I'm not gonna be able to make it, I'm behind schedule at work :/
Got this error at one point:
Use of "goto" to jump into a construct is deprecated at main.pl line 318.
Besides, I got it working by installing the perl-curses package on Arch Linux. I like the weirdness of it, but after playing to the end (once), I still don't quite understand who's saying what, nor where the theme comes into play. I might try once more...