Recursion by BlakeMartin

made by BlakeMartin for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Explore a fictional 80's operating system and enjoy a little text adventure in this short meta horror game with a climactic ending! Game is best played with HEADPHONES!

If you don't understand the controls (I don't blame you) you can enter "RUN QUEST" and "START" to get straight into the text adventure action! Don't forget that you can enter HELP at any time to view a list of commands.

I wasn't able to fully finish every basic OS command such as CD or DIR, but I hope you enjoy!

A bug that I wasn't able to resolve in time causes several sound effects to not play, which heavily damages the experience. :(

Youtube	https://blakemartin.itch.io/recursion
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/recursion-1

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Elderoy

06. Oct 2020 · 13:20 UTC

- I was hooked once inside the house :) but stuck with the nightstand
- Nice ambiance (sound and FX)
- It would be nice to use the up arrow key to repeat the last text entered/make the typing less tedious (although it is the intension to mimic an old os, so maybe not)

Nice experience overall :)

🎤 BlakeMartin

06. Oct 2020 · 14:05 UTC

Hi Elderoy! Thanks for the feedback! Actually, arrow keys were a feature I would have liked to have implemented but I had to focus on other things given the time constraints. I'm glad you enjoyed!

Q-Bert Reynolds

06. Oct 2020 · 14:26 UTC

This was super interesting. It was eerie and well executed. I would like to play a longer version of this.

Lynexis

09. Oct 2020 · 15:46 UTC

Neat idea, pretty well executed. I really like the oldschool CRT effect, and the sound really sells it. I also like how you added shortcuts in the different recursion levels. I actually started mapping out the locoations (old text adventure habbit ;D) before I realized it is quite linear (nothing wrong with that though). Just FYI, I played it fullscreen in 1920x1200 and it worked fine. Also, there might be a typo in Ludum Dare, it looked like Ludem Dare to me, but that might have been the CRT effect.

gamesplusjames

09. Oct 2020 · 23:51 UTC

This is a cool idea! I really love the old monitor style and the background ambience really adds to the feel of the game and takes me back very quickly :D Great work!

Capital-Ex

10. Oct 2020 · 00:09 UTC

I know the Ludum Dare is on a tight schedule, but I do wish there was a bit more to poke around with on the computer. Tho, I regularly use the command line for various task; so, I naturally want to poke around as much as I can. However, I absolutely love the short story presented in the game. The ending definitely caught me by surprise. Short, but sweet. Very nice work!