alley 404

Description:

Mixed with plants, food, uncommon scenes & even suitable for vegetarian players, recommended for users who'd like to know how simple HTML-codes could define a bunch of exciting stuff? View some funny lines while exploring hidden regions, could additionally direct you to innovative paths with alternate ending-sequences.

Controls/FAQ:

• hover your mouse over specific spots = german translation

• single or double-click with your mouse's pointer

• optionally: using your mouse-wheel

• interact with your keyboard on spots that could stay in connection to your current struggle or recently unlocked hints

• patience / wait some moments

• how to get rid of that fullscreen? click 'esc' on your keyboard

Hint:

• 'emptiness' replaces by spotting your cursor's icon*, interacting with a left-click on that section, hitting a keyboard-button in reference if that textline there, for unlocking stuff.

Features:

• its storyline being based on a concept, so no single letters/numbers/icons within a verb or noun would refer to progressing there, also no 'shortcuts' that includes more than one key being coded either

• be sure you're using that fullscreen-button anyway to notice each appearing text that could be missing if you'd prefer using its minimized game-tab instead

• that game-file's programmed without any sound/audio or graphical parts, to keep it simple and quite minimalistic in size & it won't be offered as download-version for reasons

• tested on "basilisk"-browser which is similar to "firefox" (on windows8.1-version) & originally it got tested on a laptop-screen, while firefox also gets its "input"-section highlighted and even able to rewrite somehow

• "explorer", "opera", "chrome" won't quite get every line appear perfectly - still the codes itself should work, in case you enable your javascript and for the first type also its activeX-elements there

• planned to get reviewed on VR, linux, mobiles (also if the itch's fullscreen-button being visible/clickable)

probably won't support those devices:

• Samsung Galaxy A70 (system: android, browser: chrome)
issue: error-message

Updates:

• in europe timezone
  19.12.2020 publishing its origin file
  07.01.2021 releasing its first update
17.01.2021 added some devlog-files
26.01.2021 scrollbars enabled on itch-platform
03.02.2021 edited custom itch-font/colours/style
28.02.2021 planned sequel (in european timezone)
05.04.2021 slightly adding a in-gamehint of a spot where users could probably get stuck
august2021+ planning to add another chapter to this (so far) 39kb-sized txt-file & game's type being changed from 'released' to 'in development' aka "under construction", possibly an added new devlog-post could be released close about the new version's part or after sharing it as playable-version too

• the file itself got recoded with those new section but also including some fixed bugs & this game's description on "itch" getting more hints of 'how to play' or how players could progress in-game

• comparison to its main-file:
  restart-background & some additional font-textlines: colour update, also replacing specific input-tags and small paragraphs appear rather bigger
  
  seeds & harvestable groceries: text appearing in a bigger size
  
  skip/continue-lines: ID's added & first one getting visually hidden
  
  setTimeout-feature: delayed in timing-effect
  
  interacting with something: fixed. gets its correct paragraphs visible
  
  pen&paper referring to an edited scene
  
  chapter-spot: fading-effect
  
  plantation: additional spaces & delayed timers
  
  seeds: text bit varies from its origin version
  
  ending-scene: new stuff added (e.g. workers' text getting actually vanished than still staying active & some 'random' object will get slightly different options for getting selected)

Devlogs:

• https://crossfire271.itch.io/alley-404/devlog/213538/devlog-game-design

• https://crossfire271.itch.io/alley-404/devlog/210902/devlog-credits

• https://crossfire271.itch.io/alley-404/devlog/215929/devlog-unsupported-devices