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Song of Elements by Sascha

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made by Sascha for LD30 (COMPO)
Explore the story of two intertwined elemental worlds:
A blazing realm of forges and fires and an ocean realm of forested islands and vibrant life.

Find story endings ranging from the heat-death of the worlds to harmonic coexistence.

An interactive novel, made with Twine.

A single playthrough should take about 3 minutes!

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The Game/Story was made with Twine.
Graphics were made using PyxelEdit.
Web http://saschanarr.com/games/song_of_elements.html
Source (Twine) http://saschanarr.com/game_files/song_of_elements/The%20Song%20of%20Elements.tws
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=25135

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall 3.26 504
Fun 2.98 620
Graphics 2.53 902
Humor 2.35 540
Innovation 2.95 721
Mood 3.85 56
Theme 3.83 136

Feedback

talecrafter
25. Aug 2014 · 06:02 UTC
Wonderful atmosphere.
Went the way of the dryad and marvelled at your words.
Although the ending is not very surprising it is a strong theme and resonates with human life.
Kinta
25. Aug 2014 · 11:12 UTC
Wonderful and very atmospheric story that drags you right in. Very well done! :)
PunyOne
25. Aug 2014 · 11:54 UTC
Nice story - I think that inclusion of some ambient music in the background would be very beneficial for immersion.
bluemaroo3
27. Aug 2014 · 17:58 UTC
Thoroughly enjoyed playing this. Beautifully written. Really felt like my decisions could have a huge impact on the story.
mrexcessive
27. Aug 2014 · 20:49 UTC
Hi there. Good to find another twine entry. Good job!
PaperBlurt
28. Aug 2014 · 09:28 UTC
Very special and weird (as in good) writing.
Good work...
flatgub
30. Aug 2014 · 08:12 UTC
Beautiful...
-Flatgub <3
Snoother
30. Aug 2014 · 23:26 UTC
Quite fascinating to play; to watch and engage in the development and connection of the two worlds. It is generally well written -- maybe a few trite, almost cliched, lines -- but the writing is usually distinctively odd and weird enough to maitain interest. I do really like the approach to colours in telling the story also.
ztiromoritz
02. Sep 2014 · 11:21 UTC
Cool stuff.
garygreen
04. Sep 2014 · 18:50 UTC
Nice work. Smart use of different coloured text too.
Crosstales
07. Sep 2014 · 20:58 UTC
Very good story-telling and a nice mood!
Well done!
shashwat
07. Sep 2014 · 21:13 UTC
Interesting, but highly restrictive.
HotBoxGames
07. Sep 2014 · 22:37 UTC
Woah, that was intense. Really great concept and beautifully written. Kept me playing until the end and even reloaded to see the different possible endings! "BASK IN THE GLORY OF YOUR FLAME LORD!!!"

Good job.
hbocao
07. Sep 2014 · 23:49 UTC
I'm not a big fan of "visual novels", but I liked your writing. Congrats!
MJamesShort
08. Sep 2014 · 20:27 UTC
Great job! Really enjoyed it
Menesetsu
09. Sep 2014 · 16:44 UTC
Beautiful piece of art! I like the language in the story and the message itself. Thank you :)
whalebot
09. Sep 2014 · 21:29 UTC
I love this style of writing. Great work!
kristoffer zetterberg
11. Sep 2014 · 15:49 UTC
good writing, i like your colorful prose. simple but good use of the theme too.
dadman
11. Sep 2014 · 18:01 UTC
I liked the floaty writing style making me feel like some kind of conciousness that was unwilling to commit to anything when I kept getting the choice to change my mind. I also liked the use of coloured text to make the 'Connected Worlds' part very obvious.
I don't know if it was just 'a ending' or the ending I got after the longest play through but the ending with 'The End' at the bottom was really cool.
Kojan
13. Sep 2014 · 13:02 UTC
The storyline was great. Also it's the first time I see this type of game !
barryrowe
14. Sep 2014 · 01:22 UTC
I'm not big on these types of games usually, but this story was nice.
TobiasW
14. Sep 2014 · 21:09 UTC
Great story! I really liked that we get to explore both sides of it :)
raddevon
15. Sep 2014 · 14:24 UTC
Nice story! Love the way you've color-coded phrases related to the two "elements." Great work!