Esca by tnelsond
This is written in C (Standard 89) and uses SDL and SDL_ttf.
I didn't quite finish as well as I wanted, but it's playable. It runs well on both Linux and Windows.
To play, type in a command followed by a space.
The commands are usually pretty basic stuff like "run" or "sprint".
(Those aren't real commands in the game, if I told you what the commands were that would spoil the fun.)
Just remember commands are separated by spaces which means when you type a space the command starts over.
This is a simple game which hones your typing skills, so any key that isn't a letter or a space will just send gobbley gook to the program.
Keep typing and you can help Esca (The purple rectangle) escape from illiteracy.
EDIT: If anyone can beat this please let me know. As for right now it's probably too hard. (I made the level in the last couple minutes before the compo ended) :D.
People who have finished the game:
-Tnelsond (ofcourse :))
-Shadow
-the31 (editted the mapfile)
-LegacyCrono
-jwfrosty
I didn't quite finish as well as I wanted, but it's playable. It runs well on both Linux and Windows.
To play, type in a command followed by a space.
The commands are usually pretty basic stuff like "run" or "sprint".
(Those aren't real commands in the game, if I told you what the commands were that would spoil the fun.)
Just remember commands are separated by spaces which means when you type a space the command starts over.
This is a simple game which hones your typing skills, so any key that isn't a letter or a space will just send gobbley gook to the program.
Keep typing and you can help Esca (The purple rectangle) escape from illiteracy.
EDIT: If anyone can beat this please let me know. As for right now it's probably too hard. (I made the level in the last couple minutes before the compo ended) :D.
People who have finished the game:
-Tnelsond (ofcourse :))
-Shadow
-the31 (editted the mapfile)
-LegacyCrono
-jwfrosty
Ratings
| Coolness | 7% | 68 |
| Overall | 2.55 | 354 |
| Audio | 1.00 | 371 |
| Community | 3.08 | 118 |
| Fun | 2.24 | 359 |
| Graphics | 1.71 | 450 |
| Humor | 1.67 | 297 |
| Innovation | 3.81 | 38 |
| Theme | 1.90 | 468 |
All you have to do is type a command, then a space, then another command.
Or do you mean like create new commands?
Yeah, I should probably polish and simplify it and make the learning curve easier, I'm the only one I know who actually beat it.
For a post compo version I'm envisioning two lines of text, one for running, another for jumping. If you type the text from the first line then your character moves, and if you type stuff from the second line your character jumps. And as you progress through the game you'd have to type more and more to "escape" bad guys chasing you or something like that.
Sometimes the 'hints' are a bit misleading because when you find them you just go and try to input the command and sometimes the result is instant death. LOL.
It kinda feels good once youn manage to finish.
Good job.