Hey there! Now that the shimmering issues are fixed, I went ahead and recorded a "Let's Play" vid for your game (linked below). Unfortunately, I ran into a situation where the game just hung, without responding to keyboard or mouse (36:25 mark). Also, you promised a mountable dragon after a win, but I did not find it :(
This might be the most unusual game I've played in forever. It took me quite a while to figure out what I was looking at, but after understanding the way 3d space worked, I couldn't rest until I got the egg and escaped (final screenshot attached below).
For anyone who wants to give this a try but is as confused as I was for the first many minutes:
The action is happening in 3D space, and your screen is showing you a 2D section of this space on a specific altitude. You start on a platform at altitude 1, and need to climb up and find the dragon egg.
Every press of "z" button lets you look one altitude below, and every press of "x" button lets you look one altitude above.
If you flap twice in a row, you'll go higher, and if you don't flap twice in a row (actually I think one of the mounts can do it thrice), you'll go lower.
You want to plan your ascent/descent in a way that avoids lava fountains and doesn't crash you into walls. Because your mount has limited flaps, you have to "jump" from one island to another upwards.
Hovering over cells brings up their information in the bottom right view.
After getting the egg, descend all the way back to the center of the original platform to win.
I think the Dragon AI might be bugged and not being able to follow me through warped walls. Or is it on purpose? I also didn't figure out whether I can kill it - it seems kinda tedious to get the egg to experiment. Perhaps the wizard mode keys were exactly for this purpose?
Congratulations! Thank you very much for the informative gameplay explanation! I am big dwarf fortress fan and the world view follows the same mechanics so I have wrongly assumed people will already be familiar the view mechanics as I am : (
Yea the dragon ai has trouble wrapping through the edges of the map because it will take the closest possible one of its choosable locations, and due to the dragons special movement style it will basically pivot on the spot and try to race back to you. The Dragon IS Killable, and you get a special shoutout in the end screen if you do kill the dragon and escape but it is pretty hard. If you escape with the egg you should now have the Dragon as a flyable mount! Once you fly the dragon you can see why it's so hard to kill, and what it would take to kill it.
Thanks very much for showing so much interest in this little experiment!
Due to the old-school looking interface and humorous mount descriptions, I got kinda excited to play the game itself. Moreover, whatever shapes and forms were dropped upon me when the game started were so outlandish that I craved to figure out what the hell was going on even stronger. Sadly, it's practically impossible to play in my browser (Chrome 64-bit), as its frames keep shimmering (see the video below). Anything you can do about it? :(
oh wow, thats not right... I've played and tested on Chrome 64 on a Mac and its been okay. Just tried Firefox and it also ran. But Safari is dead on load. Can you provide more details? Are you on a Windows or Linux machine? Have you tried fullscreen and windowed? Thanks!
I'm actually on a Mac as well... OSX version 10.14. Chrome version 80.0.3987.132. I tried both fullscreen and windowed, same result. I tried Firefox just now and it still shimmers at the start and death screens, but doesn't during the game itself. Will give it another try :)
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Hey there! Now that the shimmering issues are fixed, I went ahead and recorded a "Let's Play" vid for your game (linked below). Unfortunately, I ran into a situation where the game just hung, without responding to keyboard or mouse (36:25 mark). Also, you promised a mountable dragon after a win, but I did not find it :(
This might be the most unusual game I've played in forever. It took me quite a while to figure out what I was looking at, but after understanding the way 3d space worked, I couldn't rest until I got the egg and escaped (final screenshot attached below).
For anyone who wants to give this a try but is as confused as I was for the first many minutes:
I think the Dragon AI might be bugged and not being able to follow me through warped walls. Or is it on purpose? I also didn't figure out whether I can kill it - it seems kinda tedious to get the egg to experiment. Perhaps the wizard mode keys were exactly for this purpose?
Congratulations!
Thank you very much for the informative gameplay explanation!
I am big dwarf fortress fan and the world view follows the same mechanics so I have wrongly assumed people will already be familiar the view mechanics as I am : (
Yea the dragon ai has trouble wrapping through the edges of the map because it will take the closest possible one of its choosable locations, and due to the dragons special movement style it will basically pivot on the spot and try to race back to you. The Dragon IS Killable, and you get a special shoutout in the end screen if you do kill the dragon and escape but it is pretty hard. If you escape with the egg you should now have the Dragon as a flyable mount! Once you fly the dragon you can see why it's so hard to kill, and what it would take to kill it.
Thanks very much for showing so much interest in this little experiment!
Due to the old-school looking interface and humorous mount descriptions, I got kinda excited to play the game itself. Moreover, whatever shapes and forms were dropped upon me when the game started were so outlandish that I craved to figure out what the hell was going on even stronger. Sadly, it's practically impossible to play in my browser (Chrome 64-bit), as its frames keep shimmering (see the video below). Anything you can do about it? :(
oh wow, thats not right... I've played and tested on Chrome 64 on a Mac and its been okay. Just tried Firefox and it also ran. But Safari is dead on load. Can you provide more details? Are you on a Windows or Linux machine? Have you tried fullscreen and windowed?
Thanks!
I'm actually on a Mac as well... OSX version 10.14. Chrome version 80.0.3987.132. I tried both fullscreen and windowed, same result. I tried Firefox just now and it still shimmers at the start and death screens, but doesn't during the game itself. Will give it another try :)