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The Pattern Beneath (TALP)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #8 | 2.623 | 2.833 |
| Documentation | #8 | 2.237 | 2.417 |
| Puzzles | #8 | 2.623 | 2.833 |
| Writing | #8 | 3.009 | 3.250 |
| Beginner-friendliness | #9 | 1.929 | 2.083 |
| Implementation | #9 | 2.315 | 2.500 |
| Overall | #9 | 2.456 | 2.653 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Have you written a text adventure before?
No
What programming language/authoring system did you use to write this game?
QuestJS
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I like the theming of all the rooms, solved 3 so far! (spoilers) currently stalled in engineer room. Have a metal gear, have a fretsaw. haven't found valid use for saw yet. feel like I might need maybe another gear (or something like it) for the machine? otherwise I think it has to do with the two 5x5 grids in other rooms (esp the star chart, which I think is what looktostars might refer to), don't know how those might map to the 3x3 sockets though.
For that part in the engineer room, try doing stuff with objects in the hunter room. The 5x5 grid isn't important yet.
I think there's a bug with that (spoiler)
I peeked at the code. We have to use the wrench, but the text says we use the screwdriver.
Thank you very much, you’re right, the text is incorrect. I will fix it in the next version. Thanks for playing.
I have updated the game.
I'm having a lot of trouble in the opening area. I've tried walking N, S, E, W. I've tried climbing the trees, vines, thicket. I've looked at my compass. I'm going to hold off on my rating until I better understand how to play this.
Thank for testing. I wanted to avoid using directions like north, south, east, and west, and instead use very few verbs. That means only the verbs you see on the left or those listed in the help are available.
The tutorial covers the first two areas. So for the beginning it would be: use compass, and then to follow the path use path. Looking back, I think that wasn’t a very good idea 🙂
Thanks! That really helps a lot!