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[TALP] Beneath The Exhibition's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #4 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Documentation | #5 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Beginner-friendliness | #7 | 2.643 | 2.643 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.012 | 3.012 |
| Writing | #7 | 3.214 | 3.214 |
| Puzzles | #7 | 2.643 | 2.643 |
| Implementation | #8 | 2.357 | 2.357 |
Ranked from 14 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?
JavaScript
Approximately how long did it take to write this game?
Around a month of pure programming and 2 months of testing & adapting
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Is fun :3
I played this for a bit a day or so ago. I like the premise so far, and the main character as well.
(spoiler-y) I'd made my way past the numpad (which did seem like it gave me a fail response after I first entered the wrong code but then let me past anyways, but I went back and entered the right code). Did look at the pdf since I couldn't figure out what to do next, which told me how to find the bcase. I can't find the tbox though, I feel like I've tried examining every room the pdf said it might be, so that's where I stalled. HINT also never seemed to give me a hint.
The numpad error was already fixed, I just selected the wrong file to be played in browser ^^" I can't think of any reason why the toolbox shouldnt be findable. If you want to try again and still come across that error I'd be super happy if you could file me a bug report here (https://forms.gle/5FLKTwSP3NqAgQ8Y7) or/and contact me via discord (username patrickdott56)
(spoilers) A-ha, I found it, it was in the passcode door room. Was able to finish the game from there!
Seems like basic directions like N,S,E,W do not work. I have to type out 'go north'. For a beginners game that is a lot of cognitive load especially given that the exit directions are listed in the text as 'North' or 'South' but those actions do not work. They need to be prepended with go. Also when I say 'take the book' it doesn't pick it up. When I am talking to iris when I press enter it tells me to finish reading first.
That's true, my parser doesn't recognize direction without the verb yet, and I'll definitely make that clearer in the tutorial. Having "the" in the sentence is also something my parser can't work with yet, but I'll fix that. Thank you for drawing my attention to that!
¿Isn't any game file to download?
True, until now you could only play it in the browser, but I added a downloadable version now. Just unzip it and run the index.html