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Literate

By mokosha

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness277
Innovation1733.73
Theme2813.83
Mood3133.22
Graphics4673.23
Overall5233.23
Fun6922.95

Comments

greenyuk 2014-12-08 04:55

Won't run i'm afraid. I'm missing OpenAL32.dll

minibobbo 2014-12-08 04:57

I was confused how the scoring and timer were being measured. So I didn't know how I was doing or how long I had. This was tricky. I thought I was going along pretty well but then the letters started disappearing on me.

The intro is also super cool.

maxyan 2014-12-08 05:00

Graphics is so stylish, but hard to differentiate X from K characters.

eforen 2014-12-08 05:12

I really like the way the timer and score are laid out because it looks like gibberish at first glance and then when you take a closer look ohhh hay!!! The game load time was a little slow and stuttery for my liking but over all I like the aesthetic! I would have given more fun if it was faster paced I found my self mentally waiting a lot.

snuux 2014-12-08 08:02

Game about symbols. It's very fun!

cutandreil 2014-12-08 08:48

I haven't understand what's going on on the first game.
After reading the description on this page, things gone better.
I end up with only 7 poins :(

lion123 2014-12-08 08:50

Doesn't run on my Win7 64x. It says can't find dict.txt (though i can clearly see it there)

wandersenus 2014-12-08 08:58

nice game!

alexfalkenberg 2014-12-08 08:59

I really, really dug the idea of this one. And Haskell--yessssss. Nice job!

kalugny 2014-12-08 16:43

The game is a little short on feedback, but it's so cool you made it in Haskell (you should've used Elm and put it online though ^_^)

conk 2014-12-08 16:47

Gotta love the layout, and the scoring and timer were confusing, but really cool, apparently I don't know long words, managed to get 27 though (:

davesoft 2014-12-08 19:48

For me on windows 8 it crashes, catching the error in a dos box it's saying:

LD31.exe: Internal Error: OpenGL shader compilation failed!
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed

mokosha 2014-12-08 20:11

@davesoft Can you post the full output (that also gives your OpenGL version and driver info)?

noahbrocz 2014-12-08 20:27

Very interesting game. Check my game too: Presidents bodyguard simulator.

error031 2014-12-08 20:41

I get
LD31.exe: Internal Error: OpenGL shader compilation failed!
too bad, I realy wanted to play it :(

thristhart 2014-12-08 20:44

I get a crash on win8:
Checking string: toss
LD31.exe: dict.txt: hGetContents: invalid argument (invalid byte sequence)
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
(happens with any string afaict)

hwinwuzhere 2014-12-08 21:19

Wow. Very cool, but very, very hard :P

danielilett 2014-12-08 21:22

I really like this one. It's quite distinctive and different from most of what I've looked at so far, and it's pretty addictive trying to get as many points as possible. The timer/score didn't confuse me personally, but I can totally see why it would confuse people - maybe switching to a more conventional system would be better, so that players don't need to spend ages figuring out their score, when they could be using that time better to make more words. The graphics are awesome, it has a nice retro 'educational game' feel to it, but isn't boring. Nice work.

kraln 2014-12-09 14:01

Five stars across the board--wonderful aesthetic, fun game, super.

ViliX 2014-12-09 19:17

Very original entry. You get a lots of stars :)

spartanicecream 2014-12-09 21:06

I like the text graphics for the game. Good work.

redsigmagroup 2014-12-10 04:44

I actually really enjoyed the visuals! However, while I found the mechanic interesting, it didn't actually appeal to me all that much. Great job none the less though!

asobitech 2014-12-10 09:23

Great use of ASCII

fleegle2000 2014-12-10 17:53

Interesting concept. I wasn't really clear on what I was supposed to do until I read the post - there should be some indicator in-game of how to play. Even after reading the post I wasn't sure why I lost when I did. As @MiniBobbo said, the scoring and timer wasn't clear. Nice idea but execution needs a bit of work. Still impressive what you were able to do in 10 hours. Good work!

igoramendola 2014-12-10 23:25

I get this error:
LD31.exe: Internal Error: OpenGL shader compilation failed!
( http://igoramendola.com/extra/literate-error.jpg )
My onboard graphic card is: Inter(R) HD Graphics (Core i3)
I'll probably buy a new graphic card (my self-present for Christmas! ☃) in a few days, and then I try again. I won't vote until then ^^

mokosha 2014-12-11 02:30

The OpenGL shader compilation bugs should be fixed. @igoramendola, thanks for the error report!

igoramendola 2014-12-11 09:30

Nice. You're welcome :D

dohxis 2014-12-11 19:50

Really liked the idea :) Nice game

srakowski 2014-12-11 23:36

I really really like the concept of this game. The timer and scoring rows were done quite well. And HASKELL! That is quite cool my friend. Well done!

rjhelms 2014-12-12 17:57

This is a really unique entry - great job!

terrytheplatypus 2014-12-14 15:58

Very clever, maybe a little pre-game tutorial would be better, but very fun and polished-looking.

renaldo 2014-12-14 16:02

The concept is very compelling, but I found it a little difficult to play with the mouse. The game is fun and its style is perfect.
Outstanding job you've made!

2014-12-15 03:46

pretty weird, i did not understand, but for what it is, it is pretty good.

endingchaos 2014-12-18 16:37

Interesting Concept!

igoramendola 2014-12-18 19:10

I returned to check and now it works ^^

It's a very interesting concept and it's a good challenge (specially for me because English isn't my first language). My best is 32, so far. Perhaps if my monitor was touch screen I could make more hehehe. Nice work :D