Encounter console by Peping

made by Peping for LD30 (COMPO)

Encounter Console is a short interactive adventure. Help bridge the gap between a virtual world and "the outside", reality.

The game features 3 minigames, all controled through custom console via keyboard. Some replies from the game are dynamic and can change based on events outside game.

This is my first Compo entry.

Download the source code at:
http://ld30.peping.cz/bugfix1/source.zip
http://ld30.peping.cz/encounterConsole-source2.zip

Web	http://ld30.peping.cz/
Source	http://ld30.peping.cz/bugfix1/source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=19602

Ratings

Coolness	57%	3
Overall	3.92	47

Audio	3.31	223
Fun	3.92	40
Graphics	3.47	329
Humor	3.81	36
Innovation	4.08	43
Mood	3.92	45
Theme	3.94	86

Feedback

donan

25. Aug 2014 · 05:02 UTC

Nice game ^^

bogdanmaier49

25. Aug 2014 · 10:11 UTC

Really nice to play. Feels like he really talk to me if I give him the correct answers at first questions about my name and stuff. The sound kinda annoy me after a while.

simileinchen

25. Aug 2014 · 10:43 UTC

Haha, good one! Very neat implementation of the console. It looks so nice and seems so intelligent....well it is, I'm sure! It did know, I was lying with the adress! Goddamit!

OadT

25. Aug 2014 · 10:45 UTC

Cool game, also really cool atmosphere, but I had a small problem. Before the 3. Minigame the game didn't accept 'help' as answer, so I started without knowing what to do. Then I made an invalid answer and couldn't see the field anymore because of the error messages. So maybe show the field again after an error message :)

Zoomyzoom

25. Aug 2014 · 10:45 UTC

Holy Sh*t!! I love the intro! I told me I love how (spoilers) it described to me what the thing I said was!!, amazing idea.

CptDustmite

25. Aug 2014 · 10:56 UTC

A cool idea, I had a lot of fun talking with our mysterious friend - I wish he/she/it had real general AI so we can have a chat haha. Eventually I failed at the maths challenges and gave up lol. The audio was a bit annoying when it was fast and repetitive, otherwise it was good!

icedvariables

25. Aug 2014 · 11:02 UTC

Is this a bug? http://postimg.org/image/q8y2gv18z/

Apart from that, cool game!

🎤 Peping

25. Aug 2014 · 12:18 UTC

@icedvariables: Yes, that was a bug. It's fixed now, I added a website for those who got stuck there: http://ld30.peping.cz/bugfix1/finalMinigame.html

Tarian

25. Aug 2014 · 13:16 UTC

I really enjoyed that, I almost gave up on the maths one, glad I persevered. Great game!

AdventureIslands

25. Aug 2014 · 13:56 UTC

The match challenges was too much for me, but this was pretty clever entry, Really liked the talking AI.

Morusque

25. Aug 2014 · 22:32 UTC

I love this game.

Dasginger

25. Aug 2014 · 23:15 UTC

This is such a good idea, really impressive job on the terminal emulator! One of the most immersive entries I've played, good job!

blurryroots

26. Aug 2014 · 19:24 UTC

Challenging but fun. Good job!

esayitch

26. Aug 2014 · 20:25 UTC

Very cool game, got me hooked for a relatively long time xD The expansion mini-game likely needs a checkpoint system after each level I think, but aside from that, everything about this screams polished and well-executed. Very awesome.

Naytron

26. Aug 2014 · 20:26 UTC

Well realised console... felt quite spooky interacting with it!

Yoni

26. Aug 2014 · 20:29 UTC

Great game! Nice riddles, pleasant audio, and a cute story, matching the theme!

LTPATS

26. Aug 2014 · 21:22 UTC

Really fun, though sometimes pressing enter too much could really screw up some of the minigames haha. Because I couldn't see the grid I would have to just guess coordinates to fail and restart the minigame. Overall I really enjoyed this and think it would be cool to see more minigames,etc. Great job!

pjimmy

27. Aug 2014 · 10:17 UTC

nice, very entertaining

43iscoding

27. Aug 2014 · 10:18 UTC

Very interesting game. Addicting... and story is interesting aswel! Good job!

sneeuwpopsneeuw

27. Aug 2014 · 10:21 UTC

a realy great that makes you think twise. the best part is that it goes on for a long long time.

grifdail

27. Aug 2014 · 10:28 UTC

Who ! This is really awesome. It really put me in the mood !

Boberro

27. Aug 2014 · 10:30 UTC

Looks very cool, but I had same problem as LTPATS - I pressed enter at begining of 3rd minigame, gibberish filled the screen and I wasn't able to solve it.

Ofursnati

27. Aug 2014 · 10:31 UTC

Nice job.

Aomeas

27. Aug 2014 · 15:08 UTC

That immersion was brilliant ! :D

hb3p8

27. Aug 2014 · 18:04 UTC

Very unusual gameplay. Cool Idea.

Toubib

27. Aug 2014 · 21:29 UTC

I LOVED it. My computer is alive!

ClownAround

28. Aug 2014 · 02:12 UTC

Fantastic concept. Executed very well. Loved the mini games.

chadiik

28. Aug 2014 · 22:13 UTC

Heheyy! Cool game, nice ending music!
The bugs while typing are really neat! :D

mrexcessive

02. Sep 2014 · 12:47 UTC

Hi there. Interesting idea. Played with your 'AI' for a while. like the training quiz... Like the whole SFX around the console typing. Great sounds too, nice escalation as things develop. Very Dark Star sounds. Went wrong at second 'play', the coordinate entry for ABC|123 was not able to recover after I pressed Enter too early... which was a shame. Good job overall!