GAME: "Layers"

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GAME: "Layers"

Post by c_nordlander » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:31 am

Another text-based game of mine. I made this way back when for a Ludum Dare game jam, but never got around to showing it around here. It's essentially a Choose Your Own Adventure style game (like my previous Display of Weakness), but a bit more puzzly than most.

You're a member of a creepy cult who has decided to escape and bring the whole hierarchy down. In the process, you discover that you have the ability to shift between different planes of existence. Think a text-based Eversion crossed with... my mind, I guess.

Rather dark and unpleasant (so I guess it's seasonally appropriate).

As I mentioned, it was made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare, so some of it had to be dummied-out and there are parts that are pretty unpolished. The puzzles in particular suffer from this: they are pretty samey, and a couple don't quite make sense. Not a brilliant work, but I'm pretty happy with it nevertheless. Maybe some day I'll go back and make an updated version with more interesting puzzles.

You can die, but you'll go back to a few specific save spots, so you won't have to replay the whole thing. You can't get stuck: if you miss out on a particular area or item, there's always some other way of progressing.

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Re: GAME: "Layers"

Post by missy_misery » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:12 am

ee, this is beautifully spooky, Chris! Good work!
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Re: GAME: "Layers"

Post by c_nordlander » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:34 am

Thank you!

Bear in mind, nobody needs to feel pressured to play this or give feedback. I decided to post it because some people here seem to like my games.
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