Collaborative Game Idea

[Quantum P.]

Later than I expected, but I just sent mine in.

Looking forward to playing this game!

[InfoSponge]

Looking forward to playing this game!

[asiekierka]

nupanick, you know it's pointless releasing a version with like, five boards

no-one will play it

or, the reverse, no-one will the care for the final edition.

either way, you fail

except if you just wait.

Dec 20th, get your entries spinning!

[Scribbit]

Dec 20th? I was expecting this to happen, I'm extending the deadline to dvoracking New-Year's! Anyone who actually wants to play the "first draft" can email me for it.

[Dr. Dos]

give me a map of what boards are in

[Scribbit]

Code: Select all

N = Nupanick
I = infosponge
J = Jur
Q = Quantum P
C = Commodore
R = RobertP


Map:

       +
     
   +-R +-Q
   | | |
   J>+-N>C
   | | ^ V
   +-+ I<+ 

About halfway there, and the entries I've gotten are pretty good!

P.S. If you sent yours to me and it's not on this map, I may have forgotten it. Please remind me.

[Scribbit]

So, after trying a few of the boards that were finished on time, I'm considering adding a thingy to my central board to reset your stats, in case you got a lot of items on one board but are willing to set them back to normal to replenish your health. Particularly, after playing Jur's board I was quite low on health and some form of replenisher would be good.

That being said, it was a good action board, Jur! You did not miss the point like you feared.

As of this post I have finally solved Quantum P's puzzle. That thing was tricky, but fun.

RobertP, I wandered around yours but eventually figured out what the object was and solved it.

Commodore, your board was... interesting. I liked it.

infosponge, I had a bit of trouble figuring out where the entrance to your board was supposed to go, but I got it connected right and I think everything worked out. Nice idea and artwork.

We are now waiting for 7 more entries, which must be in before new year's day, although before Christmas would be preferred so I can finish it over school break. Edits, fixes, and updates to previously submitted boards are good too.

[InfoSponge]

Yeah... I messaged Zamros about where our boards should meet, but he thought we shared a different edge. When I was like "uh, no, other edge, how's about we connect on the bottom?" he didn't reply so i did it my way because seriously? fuck him.

RobertP's board was a fun little puzzle

Jur's board was really cool, but by the end it was so full of heads that dosbox started to chug a little :(

Quantum P's board was hard, and I still haven't figured it out, but it's cool as shit.

Commodore's board was hilarious and i laughed the whole time. I was jacked like a motherfucker, but still, funny is funny. Props.

[Quantum P.]

I think Nupanick originally set the deadline to Nov. 30 just to make sure we had all started by Dec. 1. :)

Anyway, I'm glad for the extension -- the ending is an afterthought, and I'd really like to improve it.

[Scribbit]

Are you kidding? You had an awesome puzzle and you nearly overloaded ZZT, and now you're looking to add more? Your enthusiasm amazes me. I'm still working out a cool way to write "COLLABYRINTH" for the title screen.

P.S. the puzzle hints on the faded parchment was a nice touch, without that kickstart I never would have figured out what to do.

[Dr. Dos]

There are 12 people.

Collabyrinth is 12 letters.

I'll make a sweet ass "b".

You guys figure out what letters you want.

[Scribbit]

I'm assuming that doesn't include me. Unless asiekierka's not doing one.

Are you doing a letter, asie? I think I'll assign space requirements if we're doing a collaborative title page.

[InfoSponge]

Y. Y. Y. Y. Y.

[Commodore]

A for me please

[Scribbit]

The screen's 60 by 25, right? so... you each get a rectangle 14 tiles wide by 7 tiles high. That leaves a little space on the edges, and you can fill up the rectangle entirely if you want because the space between letters is factored in. That sound good?