For that matter, what is a "narrative game". None of the sample games would fit the definition in my head of "narrative game". If I google for "narrative game", the sample games certainly don't seem to fit.
And, assuming there is a common definition of "narrative game", what does this library do special to facility making "narrative games" that other game engines do not?
since last night I had the idea for one,
where you're an adult and you have to do adult things
like file taxes and go to work and dust your house
and the less you do these things the harder life gets,
but the more you do them, the easier it gets,
and the goal of the game is to die with no debt.
I kind of love the look.
Maybe with a new set of ansi escapes we can get Zork to look like that. :D
It's so much more impressive. Those 3D effects are just insane. Just look at that 3D globe.
Highly reccomend, its so good that it takes all the fun out of designing my own janky custom system.
I was definitely wondering how I would do this outside of Excel, but I have so many projects going on right now that figuring this one out didn't sound fun :D
& Evennia is very cool if you want to make a multiplayer one!
One of these days I'll try out Inform7 it seems so cool but haven't had an idea for a game that could use it yet
And it breaks the IDE until you somehow uninstall it and every dependency. And kill all its temporary files.
Its selling point isn't for building mechanics-first games like a more general engine (e.g. Pico-8).
But what you can do is easily make maps, a character that walks between maps, NPCs, and triggers for dialogue/text.
Consider other engines aimed at non-programmers like RPGMaker: the main games people make with it are "narrative games" where you walk around and read text/dialogue, usually with zero additional mechanics outside of the built-in map + trigger system. It's probably 90% of games built with it!
So I'd reckon they're saying "you can build those games with this tool too".
> Odyc.js is a tiny JavaScript library designed to create narrative games by combining pixels, sounds, text, and a bit of logic.
It's a cool project. I like that your examples use ASCII maps. So simple to prototype. No need to break out a map editor.