{"author_link":"\/users\/frank-gevaerts","author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":1103884,"comments":[{"id":784535,"author_name":"sirikan","author_uid":"sirikan","epoch":1649132863,"text":"Nice take on the theme :).","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":786496,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649149768,"text":"Thanks for playing, @sirikan! I'll admit that I sometimes enjoy \"interpreting\" the theme :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":794267,"author_name":"Yngvarr","author_uid":"yngvarr","epoch":1649186712,"text":"Tbh, I love your games! For their familiar interface, for their simplicity and for the sense of humor. And all of them are small, but complete stories. And this one is no exception! :)\n\nHilarious ending! I had a good laugh!\n\nHere's my playthrough, I hope you enjoy it!\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/K-H3FCGJSoU","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":796853,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649198348,"text":"Thanks for playing, @yngvarr! It's always nice to see what people try, even if sometimes for me it mostly highlights things I could have done better :) Sorry about the weird parser errors yot got for some things, I know exactly what causes them, but I only found out a few hours before the end and I'd have to refactor a fair bit to the issue.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804671,"author_name":"ocwal","author_uid":"ocwal","epoch":1649272396,"text":"Oooh! I used to dabble little with Inform a few years back. \nI liked this game and the difficulty level. I especially liked the questions between every command, revealing a little bit more of the story each time.\nVeeery nice with the UNDO command.\nGreat work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804883,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649273852,"text":"Thanks for playing, @ocwal! I'm glad you liked it :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":817508,"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"commanderstitch","epoch":1649468870,"text":"There may not be much for humor or mood, (via sound\/music) but there's always a fantastically written tale with interesting puzzles to tease and think about. I did much better this time and it only took me two run throughs to get the whole thing accomplished. I'm such a good spy! xD Fit the theme perfectly, great work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":818786,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649507004,"text":"Thanks for playing, @commanderstitch! I'm hoping more playtesting before it was finished made this one a bit friendlier than some of my previous games.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819327,"author_name":"LadyMistLeaf","author_uid":"ladymistleaf","epoch":1649518736,"text":"Neat little game!  I got stuck a few times but figure it out (with your help) in the end!  Thanks for the submission!  It was fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819336,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649518896,"text":"Thanks for playing, @ladymistleaf! Seeing someone try to figure things out is always very helpful!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":822150,"author_name":"tigerfinch","author_uid":"tigerfinch","epoch":1649597343,"text":"Nice to see some IF crop up here, very enjoyable and funny :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":822204,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649598574,"text":"Thanks for playing, @tigerfinch! Glad to hear you enjoyed it :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":822288,"author_name":"Itskdog","author_uid":"itskdog","epoch":1649600555,"text":"Fun text adventure. Well done. It inspires me to make one as well.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":822301,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649600868,"text":"Thanks for playing, @itskdog! Give it a go!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":823118,"author_name":"Slecornu","author_uid":"slecornu","epoch":1649615297,"text":"Nice to see a text base adventure, but I'm kinda surprised how many I've seen so far. Good thing they've all been unique experiences. Keep it up!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":823492,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649624738,"text":"Thanks for playing, @slecornu! I like doing these even though they always end up a bit buggier than I intended :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":823738,"author_name":"Schuster","author_uid":"schuster","epoch":1649629889,"text":"Cool game, I haven't played a text command style like this since early king's quest and wilderness: a survival adventure.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":823851,"author_name":"Profugo Barbatus","author_uid":"profugo-barbatus","epoch":1649633328,"text":"That was genuinely fun, I enjoyed it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":824511,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649674811,"text":"Thanks for playing, @schuster! I hope I managed to get some of the spirit of the old tradition right :)\n\nNice to hear you enjoyed it, @profugo-barbatus! ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":826661,"author_name":"DesertMaw","author_uid":"desertmaw","epoch":1649767042,"text":"Oh man I actually managed to find the solutions but I did not throw the skin in the right place. Still a cool entry. It was fun playing something different from the usual.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":826682,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649768425,"text":"Thanks for playing, @desertmaw! I suspect there could have been more hints in various descriptions about that one.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":827148,"author_name":"Harmadillo","author_uid":"harmadillo","epoch":1649788278,"text":"Fun game. I did enjoy the internal monologue.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":827307,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1649793945,"text":"Thanks for playing, @harmadillo! The monologue was fun to write :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":830030,"author_name":"SlurpeeThief","author_uid":"slurpeethief","epoch":1649995521,"text":"I had initially thought \"don't I need to mix cement with stuff to make concrete\" but tried pouring the cement on the bollard anyways. I looked a bit prematurely at the solution and felt silly when I realized I was right with my initial hunch! Reading the black text on white background was a little hard on the eyes but overall fun game! Cool concept!\n\nEdit: Does not even need to be a dark mode. Even the light grays of this LD webpage are a lot less straining for my eyes. Changing the background to a soft color off-white would help :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":830286,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1650027233,"text":"Thanks for playing @slurpeethief! I'll try to see for next time if there's an easy way to provide a dark mode. It's not something I really notice...","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":833849,"author_name":"ricardopino","author_uid":"ricardopino","epoch":1650338915,"text":"weird but great idea!!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834053,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1650368007,"text":"Thanks for playing, @ricardopino! I like weird :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":834808,"author_name":"SketchyGalore","author_uid":"sketchygalore","epoch":1650431910,"text":"Neat! Been a while since I played one of these text adventures. I did have to look up the solution after a bit of fiddling with the bucket, but I was on the right track! I liked the writing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834882,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1650445660,"text":"Thanks for playing, @sketchygalore! I enjoy writing these things, and it's always nice to hear people like the style!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld50\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gevaerts.be\/ld50\/RC4\/play.html","text":"Link"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gevaerts.be\/ld50\/RC4\/source.html","text":"Link"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gevaerts.be\/ld50\/RC4\/solution.txt","text":"Solution"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gevaerts.be\/ld50\/RC4\/transcript.txt","text":"Transcript"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gevaerts.be\/ld50\/RC4\/HMS%20Inevitable.gblorb","text":"gblorb file (for people who have a favourite interpreter)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"67705","g_author":"1103884","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"291452","g_title":"HMS Inevitable","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"316","g_commentcount":"29","g_site2_node_id":"287740","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"287740","n_urlkey":"291452","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/hms-inevitable","n_slug":"hms-inevitable","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"103884","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"902596","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":287740,"parent":276397,"_superparent":9,"author":103884,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2022-04-04T00:46:04Z","created":"2022-04-03T21:51:25Z","modified":"2022-04-23T15:07:40Z","_trust":8,"version":902596,"slug":"hms-inevitable","name":"HMS Inevitable","body":"HMS Inevitable is a text adventure, written in inform7.\n\nIt\u2019s playable on the web.\n\nThere is no graphics or audio in this game, so I opted out of those categories.\n\nI have included a solution (only the commands I typed to get to the end) and a transcript (The commands and the output of the game). 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This solution is reasonably complete and looks at all the essential things, but do explore on your own!\n\nIf you have never played a game like this before, you basically type what you want to do and the game responds. What you need for this particular game:\n\n    Looking at things, e.g. \u201clook at rope\u201d or \u201cexamine rope\u201d, or the usual short form \u201cx rope\u201d.\n    Look at everything, including yourself! \u201clook at self\u201d or \u201clook at me\u201d. (Sorry, \u201cyourself\u201d does not work. I noticed this five minutes before the deadline, use \u201cme\u201d or \u201cself\u201d)\n    Picking things up. \u201ctake rope\u201d or \u201cget rope\u201d\n    Putting things down in specific places. \u201cput rope on table\u201c\n    Using things. 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