The Check-Out Line by Tomodachi
The Check-Out Line is an interactive fiction/text adventure game with a focus on story and atmosphere. There's more to it than you see on the surface.
I am a narrative designer with minimal coding ability so I used Twine to complete this jam project. I included a few fun features but nothing extremely code-intensive. Theme: Stuck in a loop!
| Youtube | https://thebesttomo.itch.io/the-check-out-line |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/title-tba |
Ratings
| Overall | 784th | 3.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1290th | 2.881⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 535th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 141th | 4.214⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 821th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 620th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 53🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
I did run into an error at some point - I clicked "Turn Around" on my second time that I had that option (After clicking "Continue" the first time around), and got the following error, and then the music started playing over itself:
"```NotSupportedError: Operation is not supported
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html line 905 > injectedScript:6:2
n@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:905:3418
D@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:905:9454
append@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:906:27979
c@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:920:22077
goToPassage@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:920:22437
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:921:31431
dispatch@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:906:22652
add/y.handle@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/2800277/index.html:906:20643```
(This is probably due to a bug in the Harlowe game engine.)"
Speaking of the music, I really liked what you did with the audio - The subtle shifting of the loop and gentle, but somewhat melancholy melody worked really well to set the stage for the narrative! :)
**Spoilers:**
I had a really hard time choosing whether I should "give in" or "resist" but in the end I ended up resisting and going back to the loop.
Also, I assumed the **Turn Around** _"error"_ and the music playing over itself was intentional (and a nice touch).
_Congrats on making a unique experience!_
Thanks for the compliments. I'm glad it was a fun experience.