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The Battle for the Earth by baconsenpaii

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made by baconsenpaii for LD 42 (JAM)

This is an interactive short story I made for Ludum Dare 42.

It shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to get through it, and will probably only take you about 10 minutes.

Be prepared for a bit of reading.

Since it's pretty much all text, I don't think I need any fancy screenshots.

The reason I decided to do a text based game is that I am on holiday, and the laptop I had access to couldn't run Unity (without lagging horrendously) and refused to run Godot (no OpenGL 3 support :/). Luckily, since it can be run entirely in a browser, it should work on mobile, but it may not be the most optimal way to run it.

In the end, I think it turned out well, but I am no writer, so don't expect too much. The theme also only has relevance in causing the events of the story, and has no relevance to the actual game mechanics, so I am prepared to rate low in that as well.

The music I added as a soundtrack is No Respect by Kingslave.

If you leave a comment, I will be sure to check out your game as well, if I haven't already done so. It may take me more than a week after the submission date, however, since this laptop can't run a lot of games.

HTML5 (web) https://baconsenpaii.itch.io/the-battle-for-the-earth
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/the-battle-for-the-earth

Ratings

Overall 848th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1185th 2.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1161th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1085th 2.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 186th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Djibess
14. Aug 2018 · 01:38 UTC
I liked that your game has a new idea. it's been a long time since i've played a text game but overall good job! i know how hard it was to create such many different story lines
BigJigglyProductions__
14. Aug 2018 · 11:47 UTC
If you like reading, this is the game for you. Nice story and interesting idea.

"I am from the city of Bradford" - Ghandi 1230BC
starvingindie
14. Aug 2018 · 16:12 UTC
Neat little story. The presentation is clean and elegant. What did you use to create?
🎤 baconsenpaii
14. Aug 2018 · 16:25 UTC
@starvingindie It was made using Ink Script.
Dragojt
14. Aug 2018 · 16:36 UTC
Nice story. the fact that it has some critcism about our world is pretty nice, and the interacitve story is well executed. Nevertheless I was hoping to get more interactions with the character's skill point, but I understand that is hard to write an story and program it that these things are less important. Also, the music chosen is excellent but after a while it can sound a bit repetitive.

After all I enjoyed a lot, and (ending spoiler) I won't forget the battle of the earth, hehe
🎤 baconsenpaii
14. Aug 2018 · 16:46 UTC
@dragojt I originally planned to have more skill based events, but I ended up running low on time and skipped them. Such are the woes of Ludum Dare.
Dev_For_Pizza
14. Aug 2018 · 17:02 UTC
oh ! a textual game ! Really good idea ! The music is cool too :)
SgtWeirdo
14. Aug 2018 · 17:42 UTC
These are a whole lot of words! Impressive how you managed to write this much good content within only 72 hours! Great job! :D
Kyona Luya
14. Aug 2018 · 18:16 UTC
This was pretty interesting. I didn't play through more than once, but I may come back to it. This was a ton of story writing for a jam game. I agree that it would have been nice to see more with the skills, but understand running out of time. The music was nice. All in all, well done!
Historymaker118
14. Aug 2018 · 20:27 UTC
Really interesting story, wonderful music. I played through a couple of times, trying some different options, and got similar results each time. I'm not sure how much my character skills were affecting things, but the story was engaging and I liked the character you created. It's nice to see something so different for the jam, and I really appreciated the atmosphere of this.
digitaldude555
14. Aug 2018 · 21:22 UTC
Yeah the story is pretty interesting and it's an interesting implemintation of the theme using it to frame the story. I would say it would be nice to have your stats displayed so you know which options you should try in the story.
krasse
14. Aug 2018 · 21:31 UTC
Interesting story. I say you have a real talent for writing. This is actually my second text-based gameplay this LD and my second in total as well. Popular category this year maybe? Anyway, I enjoyed it very much
WFMG
15. Aug 2018 · 18:00 UTC
Your game is rather unique when compared to all of the other LD submissions. The writing is pretty good, the music is great, and it really contributes to the mood.

The main issue I find with it is audience retention. I gave it a fair shot, but around the time I got to the battlefield, I was already so worn out from reading and reading, and I decided to give up.
Flower
15. Aug 2018 · 19:45 UTC
Very interesting game)
I really like music)
Sharky3188
16. Aug 2018 · 01:29 UTC
Enjoyed the character creation built into the first bit of script. Some good writing, may have been good to have different colored text for the player and other characters. Some people said there was music? i didnt hear any, maybe a bug or i just didn't get to it?
Great entry well done.
shadow64
16. Aug 2018 · 08:40 UTC
I agree with what's already been said. The music went really well with creating an atmosphere/mood and the way you worked character creation/stats into the opening was really quite brilliant. I enjoyed this a lot and I hope that you continue to do interactive fiction. It's a strength. Also, thank you for playing Dungeon Time and congrats again on finishing! :)
mrjoshuamclean
02. Sep 2018 · 14:20 UTC
I thought the writing was a bit wordy, but definitely solid. But I'm well aware there's not a lot of time to edit in a weekend game jam, especially with something of this scope.

Here's a video of my play and feedback: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/303321941