Play game
It's Time to Kill a King's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Thematic Relevance | #2 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Historical Accuracy | #6 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Gameplay | #12 | 2.375 | 2.375 |
| Overall | #15 | 2.375 | 2.375 |
| Graphics | #20 | 1.625 | 1.625 |
| Audio | #23 | 1.125 | 1.125 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Historical Accuracy
https://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/introduction/murderersennacherib.htm
https://lockwoodonlinejournals.com/index.php/jaos/article/download/752/596
Thematic Relevance
The game is about you killing Sennacherib, an Assyrian king. He was a King that headed wars on the surrounding lands. He had been know as a dictator and even removed his son from the royal line. With everyone hating him, he was a prime target for assassination.
Disclaimers
All asset were Text based and made by me in Microsoft World 2010.
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
A small text adventure game made with evident earnestness.
- As you know, the images didn't load in your game. Did you find out what the issue was? I would be interested to know more about it!
- I think it would be really neat to see the previous choices also padded and less merged with the rest of the text, even if the choices have already been made. At the moment, due to no dividers/padding, it is too close to the previous paragraph.
Thanks for making the game and sharing it with us!
The issue is that for squiffy, you have to code the images a different way for online play. I had coded it for offline play.
The writing in this was very good, it flowed well and I felt immersed in the environment. It was refreshing to play a text adventure and I think it lends well to the jam format. If I had to make a critique I would say some audio would definitely enhance the experience. Overall, great job though!
I enjoyed the setting. As people said elsewhere, your writing for the environments were very descriptive. Good Stuff.
Thank you, All i want is for people to enjoy the game
pretty cool :) just.. the pictures dont want to load for me :(
Yeah, I discovered that the coding for online and offline use are different. I can make an update.
It’s been a while since I played a text adventure game! Nice choice of setting. Your descriptions were quite vivid. I felt like I could picture the temple and the guards.
One note – the two pictures on the webpage didn’t load for me, so I thought it was broken at first. But when I clicked continue, the text worked without a problem.
Thank you, I was partly inspired by the game Reign of Grelok in Fallout 3. The issue with the images is that coding for Online use and Offline use are different. I'll make an update to it in the future.
The game unfolds an intriguing story that's not widely known, reminiscent of old-school text-based games. Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to assassinate the king. It's a pity there's no background audio, and the initial images didn't load for me. The historical and thematic depth is solid, though. Could definitely use some enhancements in the audio and graphics.
Thank you, I was partly inspired by the game Reign of Grelok in Fallout 3. The issue with the images is that coding for Online use and Offline use are different. I'll make an update to it in the future.