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Nine Princesses - Text Adventure's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #5 | 3.130 | 3.500 |
| Gameplay | #6 | 1.789 | 2.000 |
| Audio/Sound | #6 | 1.342 | 1.500 |
| Art/Graphics | #6 | 2.012 | 2.250 |
| Overall | #6 | 2.068 | 2.313 |
Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Source Code:
https://codeberg.org/SethPatterson/NinePrincesses-TextAdventure
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I haven't played a text adventure in so long, this was neat :)
I was able to get some interesting dialogue from the princesses but I admit I couldn't find a way to win.
I can’t seem to make any progress. I just don’t understand what to do at all. I try saying e.g. “Say hello” and get no reply. Can you give some hints as to how to play this game?
This is based on old text-adventure games, which have relatively standard commands. https://pr-if.org/doc/play-if-card/play-if-card.pdf is a good introduction to how to play interactive fiction.
I do not know if it is possible, but adding a tutorial that explains what kinds of commands to use may be helpful.
Thank you for the feedback. I agree that I should provide more direction at the beginning of the game about the kinds of interaction that are possible with characters. The game is far from complete. I submitted it to have an entry in this jam, but expect that it will take months to get it into a polished state.
Currently, the game is only winnable for Anfisa. I suggest using commands like “ask anfisa about family” and “give item to anfisa” to progress in the game.