Archipelago Explorer
A downloadable game
Your sailing ship has been drifting with the tide for weeks - there is no wind.
Finally you dropped anchor near a chain of islands that you recognise - the Biuso Archipelago. The only information you have about the area is an unfinished book from one of your former shipmates.
You have been chosen to go ashore, figure out which island you’re on, and scope out possible water and food supplies.
Thanks to Dad, Mum, Jesse and Lizzy for ideas and playtesting!
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Enjoyed playing your game. Happy coincidence: I was watching the TV series "Treasure Island" the last two days here at my mothers place - not exactly the same, but some nice similarities :-)
I have plenty of free time here, so I was doing an experiment. I was wondering if and how it would be possible to embed a game like yours (interactive Google Slide based presentation) into an itch.io game page. And I was successful :-) I was taking your presentation for my tests, as it uses some more advanced features (linking slides with interactive elements).
Here are the steps:
Wow this is SUCH a good idea! Thank you so much for documenting the steps so clearly, I'm going to give it a try. I love the slides format for a prototype like this, it was so fast to throw together and edit, so I think I'll use it again for testing small ideas. It will be a huge improvement to be able to integrate it into the page like this. You're a legend 🤩
Happy to hear you like the idea. If all goes well, the result can look somehow like this. You can even trigger a fullscreen mode from the 3-dot-menu. Another nice benefit: You will get proper statistics about how many times your games was played.
Lovely little game with a developed lore.
That's so nice to hear, thank you!
That was really fun, I loved it.
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you for playing!
An appealing little bite-sized game. The deductions weren't too difficult, but I enjoyed working them out. Worth building out into a larger game, I think! Have you played Strange Horticulture? If not you would enjoy it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574580/Strange_Horticulture/
Thank you!! I'm definitely considering expanding it! I have indeed played Strange Horticulture, I loved it 😊 great recommendation
Strange Horticulture is a great reference! Can also imagine adapting the mechanic of this game to the "unknown island" plot hesperus4 was crafting here.
What an excellent idea, wondefully executed.
Thank you so much!
Fun game little game, nice world building, creative names. 10/10
Thanks so much :)
Creating a game as a slideshow is a great idea! It was fun, and certainly got me excitedly jotting down various notes.
Definitely you did a great job of transmitting the jam’s vibe.
Thank you so much!
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You are correct! There are also a couple of other options for getting one of those pieces of information :)
Thanks so much for playing!
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