One short demo piece from an upcoming pico8 text adventure with fighting fantasy style combat, that allows both pad and keyboard input.
PAD INPUT:
(L,R,U,D): Change cmd/item
Z: select.
X: return.
Enter: Menu
KEYBOARD INPUT:
To change to keyboard input select "keys on" in menu.
Use (R,U,D) arrow keys to submit commands! Not Enter as normal.
Backspace and Left arrow keys to delete!
Keyboard input is restricted to one or two word, (CMD)-(ITEM) style input. Using the following cmds and shortcuts in ( ) :
Commands:
use -item-
get -item-
examine -item-
talk -NPC-
give -NPC-
(i)nventory
(n)orth, go north
(e)ast, go east
(s)outh, go south
(w)est, go west
Battle Commands:
(Fight)!
(Shoot)!
(Item): -item_
(Escape)!
You can also turn off music/sfx and change the palette on the menu.
Nice. It really evokes that early text adventure style. I got stuck after I figured out the robot's code parser though. Couldn't really of think what to do next.
I would probably change the interface though. Instead of using the directional buttons until you find the right option, it might be more intuitive if it moved a cursor over a grid of the options.
I also found a bug. After I discovered the robot's parser, I could dig up the recent grave to get infinite bullets and paper scraps.
Cheers. I think I need to make it a little more clear that you need to bury the corpse at the beginning, I had planned on a little intro to explain why you're in the graveyard. I think theres alot better ways to do the UI, but it was sort of meant to be a solution to keeping that old type-in style but on a pad. I'll certainly give it a think though. Thanks for the bug spot, thats an easy fix.
I have thought about text adventure games in pico, good approach you have here. Personally the up/down arrow menus get frustrating to me.
I like the style and atmosphere of this game, keen to see how it turns out.
I really like this approach to the controls. Frustration with guessing the right text command puts me off most text adventures. Here I can just play the game and have fun.
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