I’ve been making a browser story-game and I thought I’d give you a peek at what I’m doing.
HVU – http://www.kimichee.com/games/HVU.html
There’s nothing much there right now, but I’ll be actively adding to it and updating the infrastructure. I guess I would say it’s in “Pre-Beta”.
I just really wanted to share what I’ve got so far because you would not believe how hard it was to enable the reader to be able to pick out a hero/villain name, or to even save their progress!
I was pulling my own hair out for sure.
Anyways, now that I’ve got the basics in place, I’ll be adding story and structure to HVU. Then in March I’ll begin making scheduled updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you try HVU, you can save your progress, and later I’m going to be turning the Index back on so you’ll be able to visit previously played sections.
Plus I’ve got this thing where you can unlock bonus characters. I had a lot of fun turning Darkstar on and off 😛 With a bonus character on, you can replay already done levels or continue playing from where you’re at as a canon superhero or supervillain.
What’s up:
– Bonus characters and the Index are currently off. I’ll probably be bringing them (back) online on Thursday. It’s a lot easier to futz around with the Index on, believe me, but I’ve got a few things to move around.
– Only the tutorial/Start is available right now, and it’s not complete. But you can pick out your hero/villain name and save your progress. With the Index up, you’ll be able to play back through the tutorial section, but you won’t have to bother with the naming again.
– There are four save slots: Starburst, Blue Ice, Caspian Dukes, Darkstar. This enables you to have four characters to replay the game with, each with a different metability.
– You can choose your character’s gender pronoun, hair color, hair length, eye color, height, and body type.
– You cannot choose your legal name. Your character is only 14 in the tutorial section (early-20s in Chapter One). There might be a name change option later, only enabled when the character is 18+.
I’m really excited about HVU because not only will sections span events between “Heroes & Villains”, “Allies & Enemies”, and “All That remains”, but also with the Kanonverse (“Tuesday Night”, et al.).
There will be unlock codes and hopefully it’ll be a lot of fun. As well as a good introduction to the H&V universe for people that haven’t read the novels.
