Comments on: Save the City (Thomas Palef)

By: Vincent Povirk

Vincent Povirk — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:51:36 +0000

You can easily read the source code of the game in the linked play.js file.

That enter works may be a bug, as it’s not programmed in specifically. The game subtracts 32 from each non-space character to map it to a keyboard keycode (for letters this happens to transform lowercase into uppercase, and it also happens that the keycodes for letter keys are their uppercase ascii values). The ascii code for ‘-’ is 45, and the keycode for enter is 13.

To get the ‘?’ you’d have to type the “IME mode change” key. I have no idea how to do that. Anyway, there are no lines after “are you a hacker?”, and I’m not sure what will happen if you somehow get past it. Kill screen maybe?

By: Aquin

Aquin — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:49:57 +0000

enter enter enter

Although, I don’t think there’s a way past that question mark. Unless there is. Maybe the game is an iceberg and we’ll never have any idea.

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:05:09 +0000

—you are not supposed to see this—

By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:09:15 +0000

But that’s the beauty of it, you can still use it if it makes it easier for you. It just won’t do anything.

By: Jabberwok

Jabberwok — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:04:39 +0000

Interesting idea. It feels very strange to not use the space bar…

By: Tympanum

Tympanum — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:24:35 +0000

Lovely!

Nice art & concept. Love how in bed the narrative is with your actions.