tfw Chinese Family Dinner Moment has seen a bunch of views but not that many interesting comments and ratings :-(
no more social media. i make text games that are poorly rated in game jams and talk about cool niche stuff.
tfw Chinese Family Dinner Moment has seen a bunch of views but not that many interesting comments and ratings :-(
it took a while for "single choice parser" to click with me what it meant but when i did i very much love it, even as something i dont particularly relate to. felt like a rat slamming against the walls of a maze when i came to spamming every verb i could think of until realizing there never was a maze. just a dead end
that is honestly a great summary of the game, yeah.
i knew that i would use the parser in a controversial and abrasive way (someone asked for hints built into the game and i flat-out said no esp since i already have one). i wanted to harness the frustration and “negative” energy of someone using a parser to show how the character’s agency isn’t there.
so i’m happy with the experiment, though i am always hungry for opinions lol.
the biggest hint i got was trying to use the "eat" command only to be told peking duck of all things was inedible. "who the hell says no to pekin- oh."