Explore! between alpha and beta...

[sippan]

My latest attempt at a game is called Explore!, it started as an attempt to create a modern version of Desert Trek but now it is just... a game. The objective is to discover things in the desert, and doing this places little souvenir items on the game's splash screen.

If anyone is bored, please check out the alpha/beta version and provide some constructive criticism. http://iskub.sippan.se/explore/exploretest.zip

The "engine" is basically complete, what I have left to do is add some more encounters/title screen accessories, and then some tweaking.

Also, if anyone is a musician interested in creating two or three very basic little melodies for this game without getting paid (because it is a freeware game and I have no money), e-mail me :) sippan@sippan.se

(p.s. The ReadMe file in that zip is in Swedish, but there's nothing important in it that can't be gathered from a quick glance by an English-speaker, I think.)

[AndyKorth]

Works on my Mac!

I like the desert dust storm effect.

[Explore!: 43 distance travelled, 2 shoppes visited, humoured the statue. 1 major title screen accessories and 2 minor ones unlocked]

Second time around:
[Explore!: 111 distance travelled, 2 shoppes visited. 0 major title screen accessories and 2 minor ones unlocked]

[igame3d]

Oh yes the sand storm effect is very nice.
I don't know how much it involves but some interaction with nomads or adventurers would be interesting.

"Start New Game" is not starting a new game at the end.
Ah it expects and only accepts "copy"

[Explore!: 88 distance travelled, 3 shoppes visited. 0 major title screen accessories and 3 minor ones unlocked]

[Muskrat]

This is fun, I'm interested in what other puzzles and challenges you will come up with.

[Explore!: 165 distance travelled, 3 shoppes visited, humoured the statue. 1 major title screen accessories and 2 minor ones unlocked]

I got the legs thing, but I had to search it on google. :sneaky:

[sippan]

This is fun, I'm interested in what other puzzles and challenges you will come up with.

[Explore!: 165 distance travelled, 3 shoppes visited, humoured the statue. 1 major title screen accessories and 2 minor ones unlocked]

I got the legs thing, but I had to search it on google. :sneaky:
You cheater ;)

[Jason Colman]

I like the idea of this game a lot, but I would like it better if there were more things you could do - I tried typing in various verbs but they weren't recognised.
I am VERY THIRSTY! No really, I am. I'd better get some beer.

[Jason Colman]

Well, I played this some more last night with my 6 year old son. He loves it! So much so that he woke me up at 6.30 this morning to play it some more! Now I have found the legs, but I'm stuck... :(

[ccccc]

Cool! Didn't take me to long to learn, once I got the fact that if you know your gonna die, you might as well run, I got good. From the first/second time I played and on:

[Explore!: 83 distance travelled - 0 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 57 distance travelled - 0 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 52 distance travelled - 0 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 85 distance travelled, 2 shoppes visited - 0 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 60 distance travelled - 1 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 180 distance travelled, 3 shoppes visited - 0 major title screen accessories unlocked]
[Explore!: 183 distance travelled, 4 shoppes visited - 1 major title screen accessories unlocked]

[MarkJ]

Man, I totally remember Desert Trek. Not only that, I remember (and probably still have somewhere), the book on Mac game programming that the Desert Trek author wrote. Anyone else read that?

[skyhawk]

[Explore!: 350 distance travelled, 6 shoppes visited - 1 major title screen accessories unlocked]

>!>

I'm getting so far, that it's no longer keeping track of my progress using the bar at top (sounds like a bug)


jesus!
[Explore!: 1545 distance travelled, 20 shoppes visited - 2 major title screen accessories unlocked]
here's a pic for any unbelievers
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c11/skeldi/ExploreSS001.png

[ccccc]

WOW how long did that take you?!?!

[skyhawk]

like 15 minutes or so.