a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

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a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

Post by nomediakings » Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:25 am

Hi folks!

I was inspired by my burn in 2015 to create a free interactive fiction game set on the playa!:
http://texturewriter.com/blackrockcity
It gives you six choices to make before the world goes white. Choose wisely. Or wildly. The dust storm won't care.

It's a very short experience but very varied. 64 different endings. You can play it on anything with a browser (desktop, tablet, phone). Super-awesome cover art by fellow Toronto burner Trish Lamanna.

Love any feedback, pos or neg!

If playing it makes you curious about my design process I wrote this post:
http://nomediakings.org/games/finding-a ... -city.html

Jim

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Re: a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

Post by trilobyte » Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:22 pm

I'm moving this over to the General Q&A board, since that's a better fit for general discussion of things related to the event. The greeter's station is more for personal introductions, and not for plugging projects. Congrats, it looks like a fascinating project!

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Re: a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

Post by BoyScoutGirl » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:33 pm

Played three stories. Text as a medium is a good choice to capture the "anything could happen" world of the playa. Pages were brief enough to mirror the sorts of memories I hace of the burn: snippets of interactions that are vivid but often out of place or unmoored. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

Post by nomediakings » Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:50 pm

Thanks much BoyScoutGirl!

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Re: a text adventure videogame set at Burning Man

Post by happydragon » Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:41 pm

That was pretty awesome, thanks!

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