Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower
A brief story of love, romance and cosmic horror.
Originally written in a week, this interactive vignette whisks you through a world where terrible powers and inhuman foes threaten the very existence of humanity - and the only one who can save us is a magnificent bastard in pink trainers.
Since that initial week of work, I've spent some time fleshing the thing out (with plenty of help from my trusty beta-testers). It's still a small game, but the setting is much more fully implemented, and I threw in a few additional endings for good measure.
--PLAY ONLINE--
Love, Hate etc. is available to play in your browser via Parchment.
--DOWNLOAD--
Or you can download the story file (mirror|random mirror) and run it with a Z-machine interpreter.
See this page for help finding an interpreter. I use Frotz, while others swear by Gargoyle.
13 comments:
Another excellent game by you kind Sir CEJ. Fantastic, simply fantastic!
Excellent indeed. Thanks for that!
*SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS*
These are the endings I found:
Stabbing yourself with the dagger
Stabbing Peyton with the dagger
Running away
Willingly being stabbed by Peyton
Is this all of the endings?
Will I ever get learn of the horror that lies in Peyton's left eye? :)
@Gnome: I accept your hyperbole with gratitude.
@Commissar64: There is, in fact, one more ending - what I tend to think of as the game's "good" ending, relatively speaking.
@ Pacian: I humbly thank you for accepting my very reasonable hyperbole. Not to go and try stab things. How didn't I think of this?
Quite an excellent game. Touching at times and very funny.
I really adored this. Very evocative. Though so many things are left unexplained, the setting still feels rounded out. I also love how your decisions lend nuance to Nicky, how each ending gives him a specific feel. I would love to see more of this world and these characters!
That "good" end took the longest to find, heh. I'm glad I stuck with it, though.
Thanks, D. I'm glad you liked it.
I also find this game absolutely fantastic! I wrote a couple of lines over at my page at
http://www.stereosanctity.org/?p=53
Thanks, Stadtgorilla!
I'm glad you liked it.
I like the direct style and, well, pacing of your IF. They just flow fluidly. Even a short one like this is packful with mood, drama and characterization.
Short and excellent IF like this is what is needed to get more people into it, I believe. I usually point beginners to this one, Cadre's 09:05, Plotkin's Shade and Nelson's Balances.
so, keep it up. You're one of my favorite IF authors, hands down. Wish TADS got a web interpreter too...
Thanks Ricardo.
TADS kind of has a web interpreter, but it's not as simple to use as Parchment (the games have to be compiled in a particular way), and I've never got my head around it.
I was so happy when I found the "good" ending! Although the story was short, I can't. Stop. Thinking about it.
Thanks. :)
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