#jam game

[ranarh]

"The Year-Long Monday" is a massive scenario for ClosedMondays. Following along the "52 weeks, 52 cards, 52 games" jam, one new illustrated card is added each week to create a sprawling multiverse setting.

The year-long Monday by Ranarh

A massive scenario/hack for Closed Mondays. Save reality itself by scouring the Infinity Castle for a mystical artefact!

[manonamora-if]

.... I've been looking at maps of Naples for references...

[manonamora-if]

Might as well use the template I've created for this quick meme game...

[manonamora-if]

Jam Entry - Exquisite Cadaver

Introducing Exquisite Cadaver, a surrealist Interactive Game.

cadavre exquis - a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled, each collaborator adding to the composition in sequence, following a previously fixed rule.

You play as an aspiring writer, currently struck with writer’s block. You are going to meet at a café two of your closest friends : Renaud and Camille, both also involved in the artistic world. After catching up with them, they will propose to play a few rounds of Exquisite Cadaver. Hilarities ensues.

This game is based on the real-life game of cadavre exquis, a game invented by surrealist artists, as a new form of entertainment, in the 1920s in Paris.

A short story mode introducing you to the game , and where you get to play the different positions of the game. The other items are randomized each round.

An endless mode, where you can play to infinity or only insert the type of words you want.

Playtime: 15mins

Play on Itch.io

Submitted in: Fortnightly Fiction Jam 14

Find the full list of words in the game here

[manonamora-if]

Jam Progress Day 1 + 2

Statistics

Total Word Count: 3618 (+ 1532 since Jan 1)

Coding Status: Not started

What has been done:

Game Entry announced for the Ranked Jam (depending on how the story progress, I might submit it to the unranked too)

Created some animated visual stuff for Tumblr (Yay Canva)

Starting Outline plotted: where I have stopped plotting right now could stand as a cliffhanger on it own, but I might expand it later?

Core mechanics will be basic Choice/Consequence.

About 4-5 passages have been completely written (not proof-read).

What needs to be done:

Settle on the UI/Visual: I want a futuristic/spaceship look (duh). Not looking forward to mess with CSS. Prob using a template :P

Write the whole thing (+ proofread)

Code the whole thing

Test the whole thing

Other/Notes:

UI: I want to focus on the Web version first. If there is some time left, I would want to optimize for mobile (however possible). If not, it will be a post-jam update.

No Romance in this game. Limited cast. Maybe I'll create a separate post for them. I need to name them first.

GAME POST | TAGS (x, x, x) | DEMO RELEASE : End of Jan.

K. Worked enough on this for today. Gonna edit CRWL some more.

[manonamora-if]

Project 3 - Jam Entry (3)

Deadline: 1 week - Game Intro: here

What I have done so far:

I have a chunk of the "story" down, though it is not really the focus of the game. It is pretty much only there as a setting. After a while, the passages repeat themselves, mainly because I don't want to create hundreds of rounds with their own substance. There is only so many synonyms for "write".

The code is also done and tested. The game is basic enough that is didn't need very complicated code to begin with. I ended up settling on giving the player a text box where they can write whatever they want. It is easy enough and give the player more agency. I plan on have a page where the player can get some random words if they don't know what to put in.

Regarding the random adjectives, nouns and verbs, I have set some array variables with those kind of words. There are currently about 200-ish words for each category. I might end up adding more, but these should be enough for now.

The player will be able to choose their name/pronouns.

What do I still need to do:

Proofread the writing and adding a bit more flavour to the text

Add a forced ending (there will be a maximum of rounds you can play)

Edit the Stylesheet to make it look pretty

Playtest the game

If there is some time/I am motivated enough

Add more words that will randomly appear in the result.

Add an endless mode: no story, just input/output. that mode will be open after playing 3 rounds.

Add some achievements?

[highretrogamelord]

JAMGame for the ZX81

[manonamora-if]

Project 3 - Jam Entry (4)

Deadline: 4 days - Game Intro: here

What has been done since the last update

Proofreading has been done, there should not be mistake? Though I realize now that if I add anything, I'll have to do this again 😂 I have some idea on maybe give some more dialog, or adding titbits depending on how many rounds you end up playing. But I am not sure if it is needed in the game or not. I think I'll try to test a few out, see if it fits at all. If not, well it could end up as a future down the line update.

I coded a forced ending. After a while, when you end up clicking on Play again, you will not go to another round but in the Ending passage. I wrote the setting in a way that you rip a page from a notebook every time you play another round. There are usually 96 sheets of paper in a notebook, but I though 96 rounds would be a bit too much. So the game will end after 30 rounds (10 for each type of words).

Since I already had the base gameplay coded, I pretty much copy pasted it in new passages to create the Endless mode. You need to play a few rounds of the story mode to unlock it and get a notification when you do unlock it.

I edited the Stylesheet to match what I wanted. I used this Template this time around, and changed only a few things. There will be a light and dark mode.

I have also been working on the words lists (adjectives, verbs and nouns). This is the current list that I have on the game at this moment. The list will be much bigger when it will be uploaded (and the document will also be updated then). There will be thousands of words in there (for each category).

What do I still need to do:

Add some achievements

Add a bit more flavour in the story mode