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The Final Novel

By teddy

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation264.19
Theme1003.90
Mood1343.58
Humor1913.05
Overall2413.55
Audio4072.95
Fun5563.05
Graphics9652.43
Coolness165936

Comments

teddy 2014-08-25 00:05

Dont look at it yet XD, still using my last hour of the Compo XD

dinos 2014-08-25 01:59

Great idea! I like the "social experiment" part of it. I have already purchased 5 words! :D

sargonius 2014-08-25 05:17

Just perfect! I really like this social part :-)

endesga 2014-08-25 05:19

Wow, this is a cool game! :D

ViliX 2014-08-25 05:21

Well.. it's definietly different type of game than a classic LD game :D (in a good way)

vividhelix 2014-08-25 05:23

Brilliant idea. I'd like to subscribe to see what the hivemind comes up with :)

kyru 2014-08-25 05:25

Neat idea, I like how you used the theme here. If this was expanded I could see it being a real neat internet thing where a bunch of people write something crazy.

bloodjohn 2014-08-25 05:27

Good story, but where is the game? :)

cheshyr 2014-08-25 05:31

Impressive to get network code running in that much time. Soundtrack is pretty nice too. Well done.

teddy 2014-08-25 05:33

OH! @vividhelix, I forgot I was going to accept people emails so that I would send them the result when it is all done... Ill add that in now :P... I have all the code for it, just not the GUI... derp

andybrown 2014-08-25 05:35

Wow, that's a pretty impressive experiment. The story is really well done, and the music is very soothing. I do sometimes get "not enough resources" when trying to upgrade mines (and having more than enough resources).

teddy 2014-08-25 05:45

OK! put in the email subscription if you want to get that info of the end result, just make a new account :).

@AndyBrown That prob means you are desynced with the server, just refresh the page, re-login and it should work. Thanks!

hyouko 2014-08-25 05:45

I fully expect to come back to this tomorrow morning and find something utterly bizarre written. It already has flaming dragons - not fire-breathing, mind you, *on fire*. Definitely keep developing this; I want to see where the story ends up.

One small, marginally ironic nitpick: there are a fair number of typos and misspellings in the intro text crawl.

cheshyr 2014-08-25 05:51

Level 7 mine costs 20, but never have enough resources? ;-) You're welcome for the 'on fire', btw.

cheshyr 2014-08-25 05:53

Sorry, I know you can't fix thigns like this now. I'm more amused by this than I expected, frankly. I said it before, but again... well done.

teddy 2014-08-25 06:01

Thanks guys! Totally get in touch on twitter, I love keeping in contact with fellow gamedevs. And next ld I want a solid partner to do the jam with! solo is fun, but draining lol. twitter: @teddynashor

Also as for the lvl 7, it should cost 55000, not sure why it says 20... I think the client and server have slightly different formulas? I believe I can fix minor bugs, as I think that is allowed in the rules? Ill check, otherwise, wait till 50k to press it. :P

cheshyr 2014-08-25 06:10

think the math might be glitchy. level 6 was 110k. either way, hive mind ftw. i was thinking of a network game in the coming months as well, so it'll be fun to see how this one turns out.

vinhuman 2014-08-25 06:11

A very cool concept. I wish I knew words were going to increase in cost. They're breaking my bank over here! I'm curious to see where this will go.

lythom 2014-08-25 07:55

Hi there ! Here are some feedbacks.
What i liked :
- Big work achieved ! Very impressive.
- The idea of making a novel together.
- Everything is clear because explained when unfinished (no 'I don't know what it is')
What imo could be improved :
- Music (but I recognize the effort, it can be really hard to even have one xD)
- Remove unfinished work to achieve a more polished effect

Great overall, had fun reading (and writing :p) the novel so far !

bakwards 2014-08-25 12:15

Looking forward to when you publish our novel! And I would love to see this keep on growing!

njord 2014-08-25 14:25

Haha this is fun :) A bit lacking in actual gameplay features, but the social part is nice. Curious to see what story comes out of this in the end ! +1 for the nice, long intro.

coumn 2014-08-25 16:12

Fantastic concept! Just need a better look!

mrexcessive 2014-08-29 16:15

Hi there. I purchased one word... but it was quite time consuming although had 14 mines running. Quite cow-clicker in nature. The celloish music began to grate after a while, though it had a lovely tone. I think you need more gimmicks/rewards/flashing things in the non-word part of the game to keep people interested.

grooveman 2014-08-30 20:33

I can never commit to cookie-clicker type games, but I can see people getting super into this. All it needs is the ability for different users to pool their resources together and you have a meta political drama waiting to happen.

tkia_ 2014-09-06 14:21

Cool idea, with a lot lot lot of polish, I could see this becoming an actual project. There's been lots of collaborative-novel type stuff on the net that have all gone pretty well.

apiotrw 2014-09-13 14:45

Very interesting and unusual concept. :)