Freeware Game Pick: Chatroom (TheJBurger)
Chatroom is a short game designed to simulate an IRC chatroom, created by the developer of La Croix Pan for a friendly One Room One Week competition held in the AGS forums. The story is set in the year 2097, where your character is holed in an underground military bunker with only a working computer to use as means of contact with the outside world.
Save and restore functions can be accessed by pressing the F5 or F7 function key. The game has a proper ending. (hints)
Name: Chatroom
Developer: TheJBurger
Category: Adventure
Type: Freeware
Size: 5MB
Comments
That was interesting. A little frustrating at times, since some obvious replies seemed to be left out by the parser. Luke was way too patient with me.
Overall it was fun, though.
Posted by: David | August 11, 2008 9:29 AM
Fun! Beat it in an hour or so, was a little bit tricky, had to have the right answer about survival... Thanks for the link, Indiegames!
Posted by: Armyofnone | August 11, 2008 11:36 AM
Very nice game. The text parser was very good though I wish there had been more hints in luke's replies for what to talk about.
Posted by: Oob | August 11, 2008 4:18 PM
This is kinda irritating... Half the time he doesn't even answer... and I can't figure out what to say or ask to advance the plot.
Posted by: Carlz0r | August 11, 2008 4:29 PM
More fun than the first dot hack game(which isn't saying much.)
Posted by: kataztrophy | August 12, 2008 1:11 AM
Interesting concept. I hated how I had to repeat the question sometimes because for some reason he didn't get it (although it was a valid question). Story was a bit predictable.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 12, 2008 10:38 AM
Did anyone catch the message at the very end of the game (before the window closes itself)?
I can make out "This is a lie" or something, but it's too fast to be sure.
Posted by: Roger | August 13, 2008 9:00 AM
http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/misc/chatroom2f.png
Posted by: Tim | August 13, 2008 11:14 AM
this game is SO broken. people who managed to go through just got lucky, because it only has a very narrow, strict path you can walk on, and the game gives you no hint at all what this path is.
you're pretty much blindfolded in a labirynth in this game.
Posted by: deABREU | August 13, 2008 12:26 PM
What? The game gives you plenty of hints. Roger is constantly giving you hints about what to do.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 13, 2008 7:04 PM
If you type "really?" causes Luke to randomly say yes or no.
On my frist playthrough Luke said "I'm not a bot" and I asked "really?" to which he replied, "no". Luke. Is. The. Bot!
Posted by: Cracktackle | August 15, 2008 3:57 AM