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The Infinite Ocean
Dec. 2nd, 2010 04:06 pmContinuing my attempt to highlight MMF success stories here, The Infinite Ocean is something that its creator made seven years ago and that never got much attention at the time. However, now that it's been retooled with the Flash exporter, Armor Games have picked it up and showered boatloads of cash on to it, and it comes recommended by Terry Cavanagh QC as well.
It's a sort of bleak Mystalike adventure game, with you starting in a room in a bad state of repair with very little idea of what's going on, and with the storyline gradually revealed through the discovery of records left on the various computers. The interface is simple enough, with you being directed to pick up objects and then use them from your inventory while being chanted at Gregorianly, along with some password finding and manipulation - this and the narrative style of your character may well conjure up memories of MOTAS. Except darker. And just in case you're rubbish at adventure games, a guide is provided right in the bottom right corner.
The Infinite Ocean
It occurs to me that the name "Fusion" is getting more and more appropriate all the time... I don't know of anything else where you can have one source file and export that to EXE, mobile Java, Flash and (soon) iOS, with just the device-specific limitations to worry about.
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One of the more cheerful rooms. Just wait until you see it without the brightness turned up. |
It's a sort of bleak Mystalike adventure game, with you starting in a room in a bad state of repair with very little idea of what's going on, and with the storyline gradually revealed through the discovery of records left on the various computers. The interface is simple enough, with you being directed to pick up objects and then use them from your inventory while being chanted at Gregorianly, along with some password finding and manipulation - this and the narrative style of your character may well conjure up memories of MOTAS. Except darker. And just in case you're rubbish at adventure games, a guide is provided right in the bottom right corner.
The Infinite Ocean
It occurs to me that the name "Fusion" is getting more and more appropriate all the time... I don't know of anything else where you can have one source file and export that to EXE, mobile Java, Flash and (soon) iOS, with just the device-specific limitations to worry about.
