Change of Heart by sfernald
Change of Heart is a combination of survival horror and dark science fiction thriller. If you are familiar with the works of Scott Sigler (such as Infected) or perhaps World War Z, then you have an idea of what I was aiming for here.
Please note, there is a ton of strong language, gore and violence in the narrative. The is commensurate with other fiction in the genre, but I do throw the f-bomb around quite a bit (just because I can).
It is an audio only game. Basically it is a combination of an audio book and a 'choose your own adventure' book.
I managed to shrink the swf to 7 megs and it is on Kongregate now. Thank god. Still seems to sound pretty good in 32 mono.
You will listen to the story and occasionally be prompted to make decision that affect how the game progresses. There are multiple endings (even a happy one in there somewhere).
When you need to make a decision, press either 1 or 2.
The game is written in flash 10 with flash punk.
Please play this when you are relaxed and feeling like reading a book. It progresses slowly and will not give you the instant thrills of most games.
Please note, there is a ton of strong language, gore and violence in the narrative. The is commensurate with other fiction in the genre, but I do throw the f-bomb around quite a bit (just because I can).
It is an audio only game. Basically it is a combination of an audio book and a 'choose your own adventure' book.
I managed to shrink the swf to 7 megs and it is on Kongregate now. Thank god. Still seems to sound pretty good in 32 mono.
You will listen to the story and occasionally be prompted to make decision that affect how the game progresses. There are multiple endings (even a happy one in there somewhere).
When you need to make a decision, press either 1 or 2.
The game is written in flash 10 with flash punk.
Please play this when you are relaxed and feeling like reading a book. It progresses slowly and will not give you the instant thrills of most games.
Ratings
| Coolness | 0% | 243 |
| Overall | 3.08 | 115 |
| Audio | 4.36 | 1 |
| Community | 3.00 | 89 |
| Fun | 2.36 | 205 |
| Graphics | 1.67 | 280 |
| Humor | 1.75 | 257 |
| Innovation | 4.07 | 7 |
| Theme | 2.00 | 240 |
I'm pretty sure I got the good ending too :D
So far I have.
Speed up narrator
Offer subtitle option
atmospheric images/paintings for each chapter
disable/enable music and disable/enable narration
uncensored or profanity free options
rewriting story (this was of course just a rough draft)
micro choices. That is for each chapter have 1-3 player options that just slightly affect a few lines of the story, such as what is a player's favorite flower or favorite food or do they smoke, etc. Then integrate those micro-decisions into the story.
These are great ideas that I'll integrate into the mobile version. Anything else?
This would be super-awesome if coupled with action, like you know how Amnesia is sort of the opposite, with pure visual terror and no narration? Visual terror with this narration would make it amazing.
Of course, that's way out of the scope of this submission, so I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of the visual interpretation version you have planned.
Good attempt!