Area 64 by AdamWatters
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Area 64 is a text adventure taking place in the fictional town of Withrope. You are tasked with delivering a package to Area 64, a top secret base hidden somewhere in the town. The only problems are: you don't have anything other than what you can find around town, You're told to keep the package 'alive' (whatever that means), and to top it all off you don't even know where Area 64 is! There are six different music tracks in the game so ake sure to have your sound on!
Controls
The game's controls are simple. At the end of each passage you are given a number of options in the form of blue links. Just click the links with your mouse.
Note: In order to interact with certain inventory items you need to click the relevent button in the sidebar.
The Save System
The game comes packed with a save/load system. In order to save press save and in order to load press load (surprisingly enough). After getting certain types of game overs you are able to just return to the moments right before you died, however if you get a game over for one of the following reasons: Getting 'caught', fatigue being too high, or torch power running out you will need to restart the game.
Alternatively you can press the little < button at the top of the sidebar to go back to the previous turn.
Platforms
The game can run on most web browsers. It was only tested in Google Chrome, and iOS Safari. Firefox and Edge should also work.
THIS GAME DOES NOT WORK IN INTERNET EXPLORER.
Mistakes
If you notice any mistakes please mention them in the comments. Over 4000 words had to be written for the game, it's inevitable that I've made a mistake somewhere and didn't pick up on it.
The Source Code
If you try to view the source all you'll come across is the games (few) graphics, music tracks and an incomprehensible HTML file titled 'index.html'. In order to view the source code you'll first have to download Twine 2. After that just drag index.html into there.
Tools & Software Used
Programming: Twine 2, Visual Studio Code
Graphics: GIMP
Music: Bosca Ceoil & Audacity
Update 26/04
Fixed a bug where after dying and restarting the game, you would be brought straight back to the game over screen rendering the game unplayable.
| Youtube | https://github.com/AdamWatters310/Area-64 |
| Youtube | https://adamwatters310.itch.io/area-64 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/area-64 |
Ratings
| Overall | 550th | 3.4⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 690th | 3.086⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 773th | 2.985⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 695th | 3.486⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 70th | 3.924⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 62th | 4.03⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 38🗳️ | 38🗨️ |
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU TRY TO HUG THE MONSTER!?
@blipbloop thanks for playing. Glad you liked the sound, it took hours to get it to work
I'll go check both of your games out.
* **First frame:** There are six different music tracks in the game so `ake` sure to have your sound on!
Really liked the game though! I hugged the monster, it did take me back to a different dialogue and the monster vanished which I suppose was a good thing!
Otherwise quite a solid entry.
Text speed could have been faster.
- Small bug: after dying due to the torch running out, trying to start the game again puts me immediately into the game over screen. I can avoid the bug by loading a save, so it's not too big of a deal.
- Whoever manages the generator house did not pass password security 101.
- I like the little parallel between the starts of the two endings.
- Completion time: 34:29. With two coffees and two decoys to spare! Although, the monster only ever seemed to get farther and farther away from me, so I didn't really need the decoys. If anything, it was the torch that was the main source of death.
Would have liked fatigue and distance to monster to be a little more prominent, an option to accelerate the fade in with a click would be nice, and finally possibly a bug that my inventory persisted between plays! Very minor issues that don't detract from this.