I Try My Best

Play: Published / Work In Progress

The game is written in Twine, so it's a game-like Choose Your Own Adventure story. Studying game development at the moment, I wanted to exercise my newfound coding confidence and stretch my design muscles, but I also wanted to make something that was in some way personal, even if it wasn't about me exactly, I wanted it to be definitively mine. I wrote the game as part of the Dublin Twine & Jam.

Some points of note:

• There is a slightly dynamic headshot with a confidence level at the top of each page past a certain point in the story.
• Each confidence level has a bank of random quotes that could be applicable to that frame of mind.
• You will read the story very slightly differently (only one or two passages) depending on your gender and sexual orientation.
• Though it is buggy, there is an adventure-game-style puzzle in the living room of the party.
• There is a timing element established early in the story to set up a not-yet-implemented flirting mechanic later on, to keep the game exciting.

Currently Working On:

A design doc to tease out the rest of the story with the priority on flirting with the girl on the couch.

Recent Updates:

• 26th November 2013
  • Fixed coding bug for living room puzzle.

Play here: