What the community and third parties are building in StoryNexus
Playtest: Art Thou Ridiculous?
memymoi
Posts: 7
3/6/2013
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Here is my first world on Storynexus:
http://ridiculous.storynexus.com/s
It is a comedy/puzzle world in which you travel through spoof areas of various well-known movies or books. You must accomplish specific goals in order to proceed to the next area. If you have ever played "monkey island" or similar games you will be familiar with the gameplay, except for the fact that it's on storynexus.
Each area consists of various locations between which you must travel and perform various actions. Bare in mind that this game is at the very least, ridiculous.
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Hanon Ondricek
Posts: 417
3/7/2013
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I *love* Monkey Island. The second game is my favorite old school graphic adventure of all time.
I played a round of actions in your game. You've got some serious nonsense going on there. I found myself more confused than amused, but I did like that I could buy a parasitic sponge at a junk shop full of things so random they could only be used in an adventure game.
I'm not sure how long I would continue with this as so far it feels like a string of non-sequiturs. It seemed that the area I was in was to be a parody of Harry Potter? I'd recommend giving the player at least a shred of a goal to point them where they need to go next. Apparently Tom had hints, but he didn't give me any.
It was strange how you start with no money, and you can spend money to a limit until you are stopped. It seemed either completely backwards, or a smart parody and meta-critique of StoryNexus qualities. It reminded me of the "no tea" gag in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I saw you had an option to restart. Could there be an option to skip the tutorial? The tutorial didn't seem to serve any real purpose - was it once again meta-humor? - so if I could restart in the alley and get a little further that might be cool.
I'll try again to see if there's anything past where I got...but even if it is just "ridiculousness" I need a goal - or a desire to be a pirate and three tasks. If it's a "down the rabbit hole" sort of construct I need a rabbit to chase...or a letter to mail...or a list of groceries to buy...it can be nonsense, but I need a role in the story and I haven't found one yet. I only had 20 actions, so if there is a plot-thread to grab onto, you may want to increase the action bank size so I an at least get there in my first round.
edited by HanonO on 3/7/2013
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