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dravianis updated a game 89 days ago
A browser game made in HTML5.
Updated title.
pinkunz rated a Maze 116 days ago
A browser Maze made in HTML5.

I didn't want to publicly rate this while the TALJ was ongoing as I'm an organizer of the Comp, but now that it's been over for a hot minute, I feel comfortable circling back. 

This is my single favorite parser from this author. They started as primarily a Twine author and have rather rapidly expanded into other authoring systems over the last two years. I don't know if it's from trial and error or simply from playing and reviewing so many different types of games, but this game shows an implicit understanding of the typical tropes and design shorthand that has risen up around the hobbyist parser scene over the last three decades.  

As for the game itself, I really enjoyed the tone and especially the relationship with the Minotaur. It made me think of Emily Short's *Bronze*, but nowhere near as dark. The game is also a bit longer than you might assume; my playthrough was over 90 minutes. The built-in tutorial is robust and shows alot of consideration, and I would really be interested to know how people new to parsers interact with this game in particular. Something else to note is the design of the game is more open than one might assume. There are a number of optional side-quests than can be pursued at any time, as opposed to a system of rigid gating. My only friction with the game was some disambiguation issues, but that isn't anything that wouldn't improve with either more testing and/or more experience writing parsers. 

I really hope this author continues writing in a variety of gaming engines. 

A browser Maze made in HTML5.

Pretty obtuse, doesn't recognize a lot of verbs. Took ages to figure out the salve. Author likes to show off their ancient greek vocabulary

A browser Maze made in HTML5.
dmarymac rated a game 157 days ago
A browser game made in HTML5.
jay cee rated a Maze 200 days ago
A browser Maze made in HTML5.
A browser game made in HTML5.
A browser game made in HTML5.
A browser game made in HTML5.
zeno pillan rated a (TALP) 205 days ago
A downloadable (TALP).
A browser Maze made in HTML5.
A browser game made in HTML5.
EastBooks updated a game 224 days ago
A browser game made in HTML5.
2 new uploads:
The Basilisk and the Banana Play in browser
The Basilisk and the Banana - download to play offline 7.8 MB
manonamora updated a Maze 225 days ago
A browser Maze made in HTML5.

General fixes (typos), added responses to extra commands (from received transcript), fixed previously codded commands.

Main fix: items should not disappear when dropped.

2 new uploads:
Lysidice_and_the_Minotaur_20240512_1443.html Play in browser
Lysidice_and_the_Minotaur_Offline.html 2.3 MB
davT666 updated a game 230 days ago
A downloadable game for Windows.
Added platform Windows.
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