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Congrats on the rating!

Deopite how tragic the game is, I can really see how much of your talent shines through from beneath. If you make a non-shitpost game/novel in the future, I’d be glad to see it!

Darn. Did you get a specific error message on Guix? Racket’s distributions are supposed to bundle everything and run on Unix, so I’m surprised it didn’t work for you.

Building from source is pretty straightforward if you’ve used a command line before:

• Install Racket from your package manager or from download.racket-lang.org
• raco pkg install --auto req-lib (dependencies)
• raco req -d (dependencies)
• racket sludge-game/main.rkt (play it)

This even worked for screwtape on BSD with no errors.

The tools are mentioned briefly in the game description and elaborated on a bit in the readme.

Specifically:

• Ruckus 3D model designer and visualiser by Cliff L. Biffle: https://docs.racket-lang.org/ruckus/Getting_Your_Ruckus_On.html
  • Here are all the 3D models I created: https://github.com/cloudrac3r/sludge/tree/main/sludge-game/design
• Declarative GUIs by Bogdan Popa: https://docs.racket-lang.org/gui-easy/index.html
• All the game data is in here: https://github.com/cloudrac3r/sludge/blob/main/sludge-game/room.rkt
  • Rooms are places with a distinct 3D model and set of commands
  • Cutscenes control all text display and text advancing. They’re code, so they can also pause the text log and call out to something that isn’t text, like setting flags or opening the totally legit email program in a new window.
• And most of the engine is in here: https://github.com/cloudrac3r/sludge/blob/main/sludge-game/main.rkt This is jam quality programming, so don’t look too deep into the main.rkt file ;)

Would you mind sharing the OS and specs of the computer you were using that cut the living room in half?

OK, I created that empty directory and that got it working. Thanks!

Hi, I tried again with the main.zip link you posted, but now I get this error:

* (load "init.lisp")
While evaluating the form starting at line 8, column 0
  of #P"/var/home/cadence/Downloads/SpringLispGameJam2024/wizkeep/deps/bundle.lisp":
While evaluating the form starting at line 14, column 0
  of #P"/var/home/cadence/Downloads/SpringLispGameJam2024/wizkeep/init.lisp":

debugger invoked on a SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD tid=322877 "main thread" RUNNING {1001138003}>:
  Failed to find the WRITE-DATE of /var/home/cadence/Downloads/SpringLispGameJam2024/wizkeep/deps/local-projects/:

    No such file or directory

If I’m reading it right, I need a deps/local-projects/ folder that wasn’t supplied in the zip?

By the way, I would have preferred a cover image that wasn’t AI generated.

This is ridiculous, in a great way. Apparently, thinking fast is not my strong suit :) Could you explain what the enemy symbols represent? Also, is it possible to win or lose the overall game?

Thanks for the hint! I was able to solve the rest of the levels pretty quickly after that. :)

Thanks for checking!

It felt weirdly hard to play. I think the crowd watching gave me anxiety lol. I’m proud of you for not using pixel art!

I wasn’t able to solve level 3. Is it possible?

Pretty enjoyable, though I got fatigued by so many puzzles and wasn’t sure when they’d end.

Sheesh, this one is so difficult lol. I’m proud of you not using pixel art!!

This is so good. No notes. My favourite level is 3-4.

OK the ending is cute :)

It’s balanced surprisingly well.

Didn’t expect to see a Flutter game here!

I wish slots in real life was this profitable…

Also I like that the hitboxes are generous and don’t kill me too easily.

These dudes straight vibing. 61.35. Nice simple, fun game!

I think that analysis has more words than the actual presentation

big fan of how the choices do absolutely nothing

fweaking allos

This writing is so bad but also… kind of touching… hmm…

Thanks for making it!

I’m impressed you managed to have everything from the features list and have it still be terrible. Also it’s so cool that you voiced the whole thing!

this is the perfect representation of being autistic: being overstimulated at a party and not being able to hold a conversation. nightmare.

I love/hate how this is a deliberately horrible concept combined with some absolutely raw lines

Unfortunately, this game did run just fine on my computer.

went from thinking this was perfect for the worst vn jam to thinking this was perfect

absolutely tragic. I can confirm I got clickbaited by the title

I love how this is such a high effort bad game

yes, very bad :>

she’s just like me fr

\27. Snail Society (I forgot to add the wrench to the thumbnail when I initially submitted it)

yup

Yes! It would also make your milk consumption habits more affordable.

🤎

I agree! Though yours looks like it has better code quality, so in terms of who’s the real winner here… let’s call it a draw. ;)

can confirm I was lured in by the cover image

?/5

X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  150 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  32
  Current serial number in output stream:  33

I think it doesn’t work on Wayland, even with GDK_BACKEND=x11?

This is extremely impressive. How much experience do you have making games? I can’t imagine how dedicated I’d have to be to make a game like this with the time limit!

Install sdl2 and sdl2-image… Install a Common Lisp implementation… Install Common Lisp packages (and transitive dependencies) on your system and make sure they are available in ASDF:CENTRAL-REGISTRY. I recommend installing them using Guix

Sorry, I have absolutely no idea how to do this. Is it possible to play your game without doing these steps? Alternatively, could you give instructions of which commands I should run to make it work?