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PaperFlick!

By ddlyheadshot

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness359
Humor1553.08
Theme5593.53
Innovation6912.96
Mood7432.70
Fun10152.45
Overall10372.69

Comments

buttercupsaiyan 2013-04-28 13:10

Oh, neat, text. Adding this to my "must mentally play" later list...

vgcharlienash 2013-04-28 14:21

Thanks for the comment :) Yours is cool too :)

branch 2013-04-28 22:56

I like this game. I'm so happy it works on my OS. Most of the games don't. :-(

ddlyheadshot 2013-04-29 11:09

I know what you mean, Branch, I've hit the same problem with a lot of the games. Go check out PurpleMoustache's entry "Solitary" - I know that works and it's fantastic!

tiffi 2013-04-29 11:31

waited for some text based games, well done!

tompudding 2013-04-29 11:49

What format is your source code in? I can't read it. This game is so hard I can't even cheat :)

the-jack 2013-04-29 12:03

Very clever.

depp 2013-04-29 12:07

What is the puzzle? I'm not sure what to do. I flicked some paper balls into the basket.

morgawr 2013-04-29 12:07

I didn't quite understand what I was supposed to do so I just flicked around :)

ddlyheadshot 2013-04-29 12:18

Dietrich Epp, Morgawr: The "Puzzle" is literally just flicking balls of paper into the bin and trying to build up combos.

tompudding: The source code is in QuickBASIC/QBasic format. You can load it up in either (and QBasic is free so you don't even need to find a pirate copy of QuickBASIC :P ). If you have a full copy of MS-DOS 5, 6.0,6.1,6.2,6.21 or 6.22, you should have QBasic already installed. If not, just Google it...

tacograveyard 2013-04-30 01:54

YES! I (the coder) wanted to make a text based games but we are a team of two participating in the jam and I was outvoted. I am glad you fulfilled my dream.

tainted_code 2013-04-30 13:16

not compatible with my Win 7

ddlyheadshot 2013-04-30 19:16

Tainted_Code: As stated in the description, users of 64 bit versions of Windows will have to run it using DosBox. Most 32 bit Windows 7 users should be fine but some have problems; those people should use DosBox.

megabrutal 2013-05-01 02:10

Hehe, nice to see a QBASIC game! That was the very first programming language I learned. :D Took some time to figure out what commands I'm supposed to issue. :)

adipson 2013-05-01 20:19

Wow
good
it reminds me the era games on Commodore 64 in 80's and Amiga 500 in 90'... good text and great adventures in minimalism theme about this fact ...

ashdnazg 2013-05-10 13:39

You certainly nailed minimalism!

bentog 2013-05-10 23:47

Hooray, I hit the bin! :) So, what rating should this get on graphics?

misaelk 2013-05-14 02:40

Haha, great idea! It's very strange to find a text adventure without any exploration, yet here is one! I don't think this was particularly fun, but I kept playing (and losing) for a while. Good job.

dick_claus 2013-05-14 03:02

My high score is 2. If I work at such office I will quit after 2 point. But the game has so much fun. And I love that it is written for DOS. Remember old good times.

kunonooni 2013-05-20 01:02

I looked at the source and was like "huh?" Then I remembered QuickBasic, which is the predecessor of Visual Basic, didn't use line numbers :)

This totally brought me back to the mid-80's, playing those text adventures from Infocom. Very nice! A+

buttercupsaiyan 2013-05-28 15:56

I really liked this game.