Onyx: A Text Adventure
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Re: Onyx: A Text Adventure
Isn't a 1937 story already public domain? If so it'd be fine to use and/or adapt. (that is, the compo cares about legality mainly)
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The story was republished in the 40s and the copyright renewed in the 70s for a play adaptation. So as far as I understand it is still a copyrighten work. But I'm no lawyer.
So ill keep looking for ideas.
So ill keep looking for ideas.
Re: Onyx: A Text Adventure
Onyx is now ready for demo. I intend to replace the story so I'm mainly looking for feedback on the program's usability and look-and-feel. That said I'm open to any criticisms about the story.
The demo is in the first post.
The demo is in the first post.
Re: Onyx: A Text Adventure
I like the greying out of invalid movement options. One of the background color choices did conflict with the greyed out text, though. Just wondering: Are you planning to make a puzzle of some sort that requires changing the background color?
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I did notice the one background color that clashes with the grey. There are no plans for integrating the background color into the game. It's just there to provide an option because my wife didn't like the blue
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Re: Onyx: A Text Adventure
I like the idea of a text based adventure on NES. I think it's a really interesting departure from what you would normally see on the system.
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Yeah at least in English, there's plenty of (graphical) adventures in Japanese.
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Not sure where you got with this Pokum, but don't forget to get it submitted on itch this weekend if you want it in the compo!