[DTGMA-1] NeoPost: The game about forums

The problem with taking the time to post in a forum about a game about posting in a forum is that at some point you get overwhelmed with your cereal bowl of meta and stick to programming the spoon. Or something. It's mostly a reflection of reading forums for a decade.


Pick something to post about.


Marvel in your generally reprehensible skillset.


lolz?

Fun Facts
* Maybe 6 images in the game total right now, it's almost entirely rectangles, lines and text
* Mostly done in 3 weekends
* Unlike my day job, this had little to no planning. Just went straight to code fun

Ideas / Planning
- I actually took in a lot of feedback based on general crowd reaction. So I spent a few days clarifying UI bits. "Helpful" is now "Sarcasm", it's now clearer who's being owned, various other things.
- Working on the refresh page right now. It involves slamming F5 repeatedly. It's also a balance mechanic to reduce ban risk.
- User creation is also on the way. Think of "Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar".
- There is actual progression, I swear. It just relies on me getting User Creation and refresh working.
- There are different types of bans with different results, but when you get banned you don't lose your stats or start over. It's just another stage in your meta persona.
- The ads links work, by the way. But I need to actually get some quality nigerian scams and bonus powers working through it.
- The other big change coming is Defense Forces. It's kind of like alignment or Paragon/Renegade, only more like Nintendo/Sony/Sega.
- Some other stuff I'm forgetting at the moment.

Anything obvious I'm missing?

Love the writing in there.

Just out of curiosity, was Forum Wars an inspiration?

You don't have to put DGTMA -1 if it's not for the trimester jam by the way ;)

Well, it was. Kind of. I had a title screen with robots and everything. But Nick has apparently decided against it so I guess I'll find a mask and protest at his office.

I have never played Forum Wars...is that an iOS game? It's mostly based on my experience reading NeoGAF and similar forums over the years...

Also, this GIF, again NeoGAF related.

Ah, was it? My apologies...I was working on 3-4 different things at work whilst composing the post, so I didn't thoroughly check up on each game. Consider it reinstated! I'll make the appropriate edits presently.

Whichever. It sort of fell into the DTGMA lap (since I started it the weekend after the announcement?) and I intend to work on it as a app store product, but I did make the token 15 minute effort to adhere to the rules ;)