IFDB/IFarchive needs a couple of days and I need it now!

[WesLesley]

Hiya!

Here’s the surprise I mentioned for the big post-comp convo.

Ta-dah~!

tKatC-SE.z8 (399 KB)

It’ll be on IFDB as soon as IFarchive approves it.

[qqwy]

Cool!

I have not played the original The King and the Crown, so could you explain what is different? (In the game it is mentioned that the walkthrough-section was adapted from an earlier written document. Are there other changes/additions?)

[spoiler]I was mildly taken aback by things like

look cabinet
An intricately decorated wooden cabinet strengthened outside and in with a cage of the strongest steel in the world. This is where you keep the Royal Crown.

And, sometimes, also snacks.

look under corner
You lift up the untidy corner of the red carpet and pick up the key to the Royal Cabinet behind the throne.

open cabinet
It seems to be locked.

unlock cabinet
(with the key)
You unlock the Royal Cabinet.

take crown
I’m afraid I will not be able to help you with ‘take crown’.

I mean, uh… You can’t see any such thing.

open cabinet
You open the Royal Cabinet, revealing a Royal Crown.

take crown
You have acquired the Royal Crown.

where I would have expected multiple actions(opening/unlocking, taking the item) to be done after one other automatically. But maybe that is just me being spoiled ^^'.[/spoiler]

I love the custom error messages, by the way!

(And the fart jokes. And the dragon-slaying.)

Also, I believe the your attention is suddently drawn to X works very well in a game like this, and it was a great ride to just follow these attention-presented objects around for a while.

Although the game is of course short, I find your writing to be very enjoyable, and I love the way the endings are structured. They really add an extra layer of depth to this otherwise very lighthearted game.

I really do hope that you’ll get around to writing/finishing your novel!

~Qqwy

[WesLesley]

@qqwy

Cool!

I have not played the original The King and the Crown, so could you explain what is different? (In the game it is mentioned that the walkthrough-section was adapted from an earlier written document. Are there other changes/additions?)

[spoiler]I was mildly taken aback by things like

look cabinet
An intricately decorated wooden cabinet strengthened outside and in with a cage of the strongest steel in the world. This is where you keep the Royal Crown.

And, sometimes, also snacks.

look under corner
You lift up the untidy corner of the red carpet and pick up the key to the Royal Cabinet behind the throne.

open cabinet
It seems to be locked.

unlock cabinet
(with the key)
You unlock the Royal Cabinet.

take crown
I’m afraid I will not be able to help you with ‘take crown’.

I mean, uh… You can’t see any such thing.

open cabinet
You open the Royal Cabinet, revealing a Royal Crown.

take crown
You have acquired the Royal Crown.

where I would have expected multiple actions(opening/unlocking, taking the item) to be done after one other automatically. But maybe that is just me being spoiled ^^'.[/spoiler]

I love the custom error messages, by the way!

(And the fart jokes. And the dragon-slaying.)

Also, I believe the your attention is suddently drawn to X works very well in a game like this, and it was a great ride to just follow these attention-presented objects around for a while.

Although the game is of course short, I find your writing to be very enjoyable, and I love the way the endings are structured. They really add an extra layer of depth to this otherwise very lighthearted game.

I really do hope that you’ll get around to writing/finishing your novel!

~Qqwy

Thanks! that’s so awesome to hear. ^^

the new things are:

• the attention drawing
• a few new items
• a menu
• few layout changes
• ascii art intro
• the documentation that was in a .pdf is now included in the game file, and has spoiler warnings (even in their titles, if memory serves)
• minor bugfixes

really happy you enjoyed it