The Theft of Purpose by gaarlicbread
This is puzzling world inspired by games like Myst.
The name comes from a complex story that isn't obvious from playing the game. The crystals in the game are called virtues, and your world's main virtue, called purpose, has been stolen into another world. You must save your world by restoring the virtues to their rightful places.
=== Playing ===
*Windows* Download, unzip, and run Game.exe. Maximize the screen before you press enter since the game takes over the mouse while playing. Press alt+F4 when you're done.
*Mac* Download, unzip, and run the app; you may have to right-click the app icon and choose open since it will be from an "unrecognized developer" (no one recognizes me, so sad). Maximize the window before you hit return to start playing.
Enjoy!
The name comes from a complex story that isn't obvious from playing the game. The crystals in the game are called virtues, and your world's main virtue, called purpose, has been stolen into another world. You must save your world by restoring the virtues to their rightful places.
=== Playing ===
*Windows* Download, unzip, and run Game.exe. Maximize the screen before you press enter since the game takes over the mouse while playing. Press alt+F4 when you're done.
*Mac* Download, unzip, and run the app; you may have to right-click the app icon and choose open since it will be from an "unrecognized developer" (no one recognizes me, so sad). Maximize the window before you hit return to start playing.
Enjoy!
| OS/X | http://tylerneylon.com/The_Theft_of_Purpose.zip |
| Windows | http://tylerneylon.com/TToP_windows.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=33106 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 28% | 1836 |
| Overall | 3.13 | 638 |
| Fun | 2.93 | 651 |
| Graphics | 3.27 | 432 |
| Innovation | 3.33 | 422 |
| Theme | 3.40 | 444 |
Anything I can do to fix this? More than willing to put in some effort if it helps.
If anyone still has trouble running the windows version, you can download the needed runtime components directly from Microsoft here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Just click the Download button on that page. I hope the current zip file makes downloading that unnecessary, though!
That means the application couldn't start correctly.
Also, @nintendoeats, maybe the app requires windows 8 despite my efforts to avoid that. If anyone has gotten it to run on windows 7 lemme know. Otherwise I'll assume I messed up the dependencies and it only runs on windows 8. Sorry :(
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Probably best to remove msvcr120.dll from the archive; if it's not installed properly it won't help.
The game's a good piece of work. The portal is impressive. But I couldn't figure out the puzzle at all.