Synopsis
How will you rise to the occasion?
Clio, the pretty milkmaid had been organising a special day for the past weeks, one to celebrate the anniversary of your first date. But you won't arrive empty handed...
About...
Entre-d’œufs coquilles is a slice-of-life light-hearted text-adventure, in a parser-choice hybrid format (including both text-command interactions and choice-options), created to explore different interactive puzzle mechanics in a parser.
First created in French for La Sens Dessus Dessous jam - which assigned random topics, concepts and engine previously unused by the participant (Adventuron for me) - the game was subsequently translated to English and expended for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam - a yearly competition whose goal is to create text-adventures for new parser players.
Unlike The Roads Not Taken, this was my first "proper" attempt at making a parser game in a parser engine, following the codes and conventions of the format. While it did not rank high in the competition, the game still received praise for its complexity, humour and puzzles.
You can also pet the animals!
Awards
La Sens Dessus Dessous
- Gold Medal for following all constraints
IF Short Game Showcase
- Best Puzzle-Focused Game: 3rd place
Reviews
It's far more polished than most 'first' entries, and it was one of the most rich and well-written TALJ games I played.
- Brian Rushton
It's a good size for a first parser game, and it does a good job of funneling the player into what they should do when presenting them with an interesting task, one where I thought "does that really work? That's neat."
- Andrew Schultz
The history of the eggs was a nice addition to the story as well as the puzzles, and I liked that there were multiple endings. By the way, I made sure to pet all the animals.
- T.H. Tyr