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PLAYTESTERS WANTED - Little-World.exe

Hey all. Long time lurker here,

I'm looking for participants to play a small game I've created for a cool test of sorts.

There's no goal, no score, nothing to win or lose. It's more of a little space: a house, a yard, some grass and flowers, a cat. You can walk around, build things, knock things down, whatever your mind can come up with.

There's a small character who follows you around and talks back if you type to her. She's meant to feel like a kid - colorful, curious, a little clingy. There's also a chatbox if you want to talk to her.

I grew up somewhere with a lot of rules and not a lot of say in anything, and I just wanted to make a place with none of that. I'm curious to know how people act when the locks come off. I have a guess, but I'd rather not go into too much detail in case it changes what you do.

The link's below, runs in browser, nothing to install. The world is your oyster.

littleworld-game.neocities.org
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throwaway_devlog · 3 years ago
this is charming actually. the cat animation is way better than it has any right to be for something this small. what did you use for the little chat thing, some kind of markov chain?
thatkernel2048 [OP] · 3 years ago
Yeah basically, just weighted phrase generation plus some keyword matching so it feels a little less random. Wanted her to feel like she's actually listening. Glad the cat landed, spent way too long on that walk cycle.
pxl_hermit · 3 years ago
played for like 20 min, kind of relaxing?? built a little fence then got bored and just talked to her for a while instead. she asked if I was ok which caught me off guard lol. neat little thing, could see this being a nice fidget-toy type game if you polish the movement a bit
GrindstoneGD · 3 years ago
no offense but there's nothing to actually do here. no fail state, no progression, not even really a puzzle. feels like a tech demo more than a game. the writing for the npc is decent though, better than most of the "ai companion" stuff people post here
thatkernel2048 [OP] · 3 years ago
That's fair. Wasn't really trying to make something with a loop, more just, a place. Appreciate you playing anyway.
verywilloweed · 3 years ago
the little flowers wilt if you don't water them?? i did not expect that level of detail lol. also she remembered my name after i closed the tab and came back, is that stored locally or is there a server side thing happening
thatkernel2048 [OP] · 3 years ago
A bit of both honestly.
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bytesizedbrian · 3 years ago
not really my thing but respect for finishing something. most people (me included) never get past the prototype stage. good luck with it