× To see the music code, click here. As usual, my goal was simplicity and small file size, so anyone can edit it. So, no MP3, no plugins, etc. Just procedurally generated piano-like notes. Copyrights should not be a problem: these are generally very old tunes from public domain sources. See the idividual javascript files for where each tune came from. That information needs to be displayed discretely in the game when the musc is used.

× This is what I planned to do next: 1. CSS animations. See animations_0.js Note that the DIVs are not inherited, because that causes problems with clip-paths (or requires too many rigging DIVs, that slows down the rendering). So you will need to use SVG paths for complicated movements (e.g. so that a person's foot stays on their leg). 2. Remembering changes. So you can move objects, and the game will remember where they are. Meaning, that when the game loads, it should check a list of changes first. 3. Randomising. See g.fakeRandom(). Every object has a unique address, and that can generate numbers that seem random, but always give the same result. Use that to create endless different planets, scenes, etc. 4. Add a ton of content. Once the basic mechanics work, you need to fill the universe with interesting stuff. 5. Simple point-and-click mechanics: click A and B for result C. Use this to build simple stories. Don't forget to automate clues. 6. Stories. The power of the game is not in its clever mechanics, but in its potential for quickly adding endless stories. Read your favourite book, then translate it into a series of A + B = C choices. Add random variation. E.g. "Goldilocks and the three Bears" can be "Goldilocks and the Three @anything". The better you get at this, the more interesting and fun the game becomes. 7. User-driven content. Make it easy for users to add their own content. My goal was to make this game super easy to edit, so users want to edit existing games, write their own games, share, improve, etc. Then the game takes on a life of its own! This is linked to my obsession with simple, offline code. Imagine if somebody finds a copy of this game in a hundred years. It probably won't work right on future hardware. But they should be able to see all the code, see how everything works, fix whatever does not work, and get it running again. So the game should last forever and grow forever. Basically, the game is designed to take over the world. Or do whatever you want. :)

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