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Twine Walker by RockhopperGames

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made by RockhopperGames for LD 41 (COMPO)

Do you love Twine?

Do you want to experience lovingly crafted but distinctly inferior versions of several of the genre's finest works?

Do you want to experience them in a way that makes reading the text distinctly unpleasant?

If you answered yes to all the above, do I have the game for you!

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STEP on a copious number of words!

STRAIN your eyes trying to read 3D text from odd angles!

STRUGGLE with 3D platforming controls!

ALL THAT AND MORE!

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And best of all, we promise you the absolute minimum in genre compatibility!

So what are you waiting for? Download this game now, and Walk the Twine!

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This game contains coarse language, references to suicide, mild drug use, references to torture, and glamorous violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

Controls

WASD - Movement

Shift - Sprint

Ctrl - Crouch

Space - Jump

Right Click - Zoom

Esc - Hold to quit

Produced in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 41, with the theme 'Combine Two Incompatible Genres'

HTML5 (web) https://rockhoppergames.itch.io/twine-walker
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/twine-walker

Ratings

Overall 431th 3.244⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 579th 2.763⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 113th 3.813⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 28th 4.329⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 488th 2.902⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 113th 3.449⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 296th 3.105⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Given 69🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Listonos
23. Apr 2018 · 01:53 UTC
Definitely interesting concept and you are right, trying to read the stories is so awkward. I think some kind of reward for going through the stories might have been good?
RobinbyZhou
23. Apr 2018 · 07:07 UTC
HAH, we have same idea, my game is also about 3d platformer + Text adventure!!!
🎤 RockhopperGames
24. Apr 2018 · 13:47 UTC
@Listonos I'm a little unsure what you meant by a reward? Do you mean some extra ability like the double jump? Making it a bit more metroidvania could be interesting, maybe, but I'd have had to think of new abilities >_<

@RobinbyZhou Your game was definitely more readable though!
notb
24. Apr 2018 · 14:13 UTC
definitely an incompatible genre combination ！ i think a reward could be just as simple as a joke or reference to something in the story that you wouldn’t understand unless you read it. great job !
Paradox ER
24. Apr 2018 · 14:21 UTC
I really dig this. It had the "Goosebumps" vibe to with the story branching and using the controls to really read all the text is pretty clever considering the theme. Well done!
🎤 RockhopperGames
24. Apr 2018 · 15:23 UTC
@notb The game was actually packed with references, but mainly to Twine games, so I can imagine they might be easy to miss (plus the difficulty in reading 3d text)

@Paradox ER Thanks for the compliments! ^_^
Iak
24. Apr 2018 · 15:31 UTC
This is weird. I like it. Full score for the Theme rating.
Ananace
24. Apr 2018 · 17:05 UTC
I honestly don't know what to say about this game, apart from it most definitely deserving five stars for following the theme.
I tried to keep track of the stories, but I'm pretty sure I failed completely at that, well done. :star:
kilosaurus
25. Apr 2018 · 13:53 UTC
The two genre are incompatible, nice proof
CaptainDreamcast
25. Apr 2018 · 14:11 UTC
It's a great take on the theme. Gameplay-wise, I'd think my only complaints would be that, at times, it was literally impossible to read the text due to the background and/or the text density. Other than that, I didn't know what Twines were before playing this game, so it took me a while to figure out I was supposed to "select" stuff (Though I guess that's on me for not googling it beforehand). I found it quite captivating and went through it multiple times. My favorite was the Tower of Chaos section, that had me giggling quite a bit. And you really had fun with that ledge level design, didn't you? Regarding the whole "rewarding the player" thing, I wouldn't worry too much about that, I think the branching paths were well-written enough to make the player want more. All in all, great job!
Steve Sparkes
25. Apr 2018 · 14:20 UTC
You definitely nailed the theme here! I ended up in hell with a part-time job. I think that means I win? Haha, good take on the theme for sure. I don't know have any improvements to suggest as the game is based around being awkward! Good job on achieving that!
Lyje
25. Apr 2018 · 14:27 UTC
Love the sheer absurdity of it! Made me laugh, but got to admit I stopped reading the text after a while!
Devastus
25. Apr 2018 · 15:07 UTC
Yeah, so you got incompatible right, that's for sure. 5/5 eye-straining experience achieved!
🎤 RockhopperGames
25. Apr 2018 · 16:47 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback and compliments!

@CaptainDreamcast That's probably on me! Twine games are sorta a genre to themselves, but that means they've got some of their own rules that can throw new players off. I've had a discussion about that with a friend before, so I should have thought of that before hand! I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much though! (I did have fun with the ledge part XD )
Local Minimum
26. Apr 2018 · 18:10 UTC
I was quite confused how to rate this game for 'fun'. As a concept game it was near perfect. I really enjoyed it, yet in some other senses it was rather the opposite of fun.

I tried to read some bits in the beginning. And it was really quite hard. When the texts got longer... I can't say I didn't do too much reading then... I might never have appreciated double-jump as much as when I discovered it was a thing here.

It would have been nice with some player shadow or similar because it was really hard to get a sense of where ground was for myself. But on the other hand, this game was everything about making it hard for the player, so perhaps that was perfect as it was too.

Very good use of the theme! And an interesting experience.
TomekS
27. Apr 2018 · 07:04 UTC
Wow, very innovative idea. My brain hurts a bit it's fun to play. I think you could not highlight the selections in another color, just keep them normal and let player discover which are they. Good effort.
Chao
27. Apr 2018 · 12:12 UTC
Woah.
This is amazing.
I can't even begin to imagine what divine presence inspired you to execute such an incredible idea.
And your writing was really good too, the whole standing on text thing would have been cool by itself, but I actually wanted to keep reading as well.

Just a few missed opportunities you could have capitalised on.
-It would have been sick if there had of been some options placed in a hard to get to spot, perhaps even an impossible spot.
-I was really expecting something interesting to happen when I fell off the edge of the world.

Other than that, amazing job. Fives all around.
🎤 RockhopperGames
29. Apr 2018 · 08:23 UTC
@Local-Minimum That's understandable! The lack of a shadow is mainly due to not having a player model, but it's something I'll be sure to look into when I get around to updating my code! Thanks for the feedback!

@TomekS That was definitely something I considered! I decided against it this time, because I'd previously had arguments with a friend about whether it was good when twine games do that, and because I hadn't put in a way of going back if you accidentally collide with a section.

@Chao Thanks so much for such high compliments! I would have liked to put some options further out as well, but the code for placing the text was pretty basic, and I didn't want to push it too much during the 48 hours. Something special happening when you fall isn't something I considered though, and I'm sure there would be some interesting opportunities there!
nilstastic
01. May 2018 · 18:18 UTC
Oh, this was an interesting game, 3D text adventure :-) I tried to follow the stories, but I think I failed greatly. :-) I loved the idea though. good job!
Mr.MadCat
04. May 2018 · 12:01 UTC
Really cool idea.
And very hard to read ;)

You definetly nailed the theme. Reading was pretty straining, but the game was kind of enjoyable. In a weird way.

Well done.
Joror
11. May 2018 · 14:12 UTC
Ha, weird combo! Took a little bit of time to figure out what was going on, but jumping-to-read was soon invented.

The stories are wacky, which is good fun. Got stuck scratching a dogs(?) ears a lot. :D

Ideas:
- A long fall one where the messages are far enough in between to read them while still falling
- Rocket/jet booster to jump way up to 'overview'
- Gun for shooting letters - each complete alphabet gets you X points
- Big reset X somewhere in a corner you can jump to
- Some music/effects
SecretPocketCat
11. May 2018 · 15:35 UTC
I usually avoid reading when playing, but this's a cool idea and definitely fits the theme - more so than anything else I've player probably. (My favourite part is still the splashscreen though, had to screenshot it to read it :smile: ).
LeviDSmith
12. May 2018 · 07:18 UTC
I wish there was more to do in this game, but it did make me laugh when I randomly ended up in Twine hell, which was totally unexpected. Nobody likes Twine games anyway, right?
Brendo
15. May 2018 · 04:03 UTC
Quite an effective and unique take on the theme! I only wish the text you were standing on was more readable.
Bentekiller
15. May 2018 · 10:10 UTC
Spend so long reading the text, the 3d text was hard to read when it was just white. I got dizzy in the end by all that jumping! Cool environments as in effects and skybox! Got stuck in a loop scratching BP, and another time, got some powerful eyelashes to destroy my enemies with!