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A jam submission

Dicing with LifeView game page

Game Jam game by BurbleGames
Submitted by BurbleGames (@BurbleGames) — 3 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Dicing with Life's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#11123.4833.483
Presentation#15913.3333.333
Overall#16923.1563.156
Enjoyment#25402.6502.650

Ranked from 60 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Instead of health, you have dice. And... You really got to earn those dice.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Submitted

Wasn't expecting a text based RPG here but I was pleasantly surprised. I got killed by otik and a goblin :*). 


Definitely going to have a lot more runs on this one!

Submitted

Wasn't expecting a text based RPG here but I was pleasantly surprised. I got killed by otik and a goblin :*). 


Definitely going to have a lot more runs on this one!

Submitted

Ow my ears, that being said very appropriate sounds. I love that there is a text adventure in the jam and that is a good one to boot. excellent writing and the interface was really polished, awesome entry!

Submitted

Really liked the console vibe of the game. It felt really unique. Unfortunately I haven't found a way of getting a dice.

Developer

Hey thanks.  There is some help on the itch.io page.  use the "roll dice" command and keep pressing down or left and right if there is a block to the side.  You'll get the hang of it.  Oh, but be sure to jump back to the main screen before the timer runs out though :)

Submitted

The green CRT monitor effect sells the old school text adventure feel. However, I did have to deduct a star from enjoyment because 'pet dog' was not a recognized command!

Developer

Haha fair enough :)

Submitted

Good game, but it seems impossible. There doesn't seem much you can do. Perhaps if you give more hints and objects, it will feel actually possible. Good work!

Developer

I've added the much-requested "help" on the main game page.  Thanks for playing.

Submitted

Ooh! This was a really unique entry! The old boot up noise, overall aesthetic, and the fact that you typed in commands to proceed really made me feel like I was playing an old choose your own adventure game! Also, I loved looking at all of the different messages that I would get when I did something that couldn't/shouldn't be done! Great work!

Submitted

Really neat use of theme. Aesthetic is charming. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to find dice when I roll dice. I'm not very good at text adventures but you clearly put a lot of work in.  Interested in seeing this expanded. Good job.

Submitted

I really liked the idea, but I think my poor understanding of rolling dice really hurt my ability to progress. I couldn't fight anything without using all of my dice, and I didn't get how finding them worked. But I was invested enough that I wanted to see what I could find and kept trying for a good while.

Submitted

How nice! It's easy to see how much effort you put in it and that was effort well spend my friend! <3
I wanted to take the doggo but I couldn't, then I typed "fight" and now Santa won't bring me anything but coal for the rest of my life Q__Q

Submitted

The first thing I did was say hello, I then immediately punched Otik in the face and he killed me. 10/10,  there is definitely something wrong with me. 

Submitted

Nice text-adventure game, I had fun playing this and it was interesting to see the dices combined with text adventure!


Great job!

Submitted (1 edit)

Such a unique idea, to create a text adventure. And love the presentation! Can tell that a lot of care went into this :)

Would suggest adding an option to scroll up on the computer and re-read earlier text.

Submitted

WOW! The artstyle and presentation for this game is OUTSTANDING! I usually do not like text adventure games, but this one was really cool. The atmosphere reminded me a lot of the diabolic game Pony Island. Really cool concept, and although I did not fully understand the "roll dice" command, I thouhg it was really original to include that minigame. Really cool overall! Congratulaions, great work!

Developer

Hey thanks :)

Submitted

Like the link between the terminal and the "Real" world )

The style is great but music a bit loud though)

Nice job! 

Submitted

Awesome!

Submitted

The game have interesting story but I'm not get how "roll the dice" command work and always got 0 dice.

Developer

Heya, so when you "roll dice" you are given a set amount of time to "mine" dice.  And each go costs you a dice.  If you don't return by the time the timer reaches zero then you lose the dice you have collected on that run.  Meaning the deeper you go, the bigger the risk :)  This should have been made clearer in the game.  I think it's a fun mechanic though as it makes buy upgrades a real necessity.  Anyway, thanks for playing :)

Submitted

This is a really in depth text adventure. I even killed the dog because I wanted to test. I felt bad. Good job though.

Submitted

Not my type of game.

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