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About the StoryYou’ve inherited a mutant hog farm from your Uncle Crackpot. Take care of those hogs and check items off your to-do list, because the hog farm is your launching pad for a bigger and better endtimes career! Game Details |
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Entrant, Main Festival - Spring Thing 2023
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Wacky mutant hog farming simulation, May 16, 2023This is a very wacky short Ink piece, where as the opening says:
"Today is your first day as a mutant hog farmer in the wild wastelands of Arizoona."
It’s bonkers, but highly entertaining. Surprisingly effective at world building. And it does have depth in terms of being a state management game. You are limited in what you can do each turn, and always need to do more than you have time for.
I only played through once but really enjoyed it. I didn’t encounter any bugs, and it was solidly implemented. I was pleased to see in the credits at the end that there were a lot of testers. This game certainly made me laugh a lot. Thank you!
A short but amusing pig farming simulation, May 6, 2023I enjoyed this brief respite while playing Spring Thing games.
You play as a mutant pig farmer dealing with bikers. Life is kind of unfair, because if you don't feed your pigs, shovel their poop, and deal with bikers, you're gonna lose your pigs! And there's not enough time to do all of that...
Fortunately you have other options as well. And trying some of them out can give you different fun endings in a short amount of time.
I reached a point where I could pick between two different endings, and I picked a deathmatch, which was pretty amusing.
I liked the game, finding it polished and descriptive, but I didn't feel like replaying it in the end.
Step 1: Revise Life Goals, July 14, 2023Adapted from a SpringThing23 Review
Played: 4/11/23
Playtime: 20min, finished as prizefighter
When I first found Adventure Snack in IFComp, I went bananas. What a lovely thing to exist in this world. Bite size IF for the busy guy/gal on the go. YPATDL is very much on brand. It is a pretty stripped down hog farm simulator, with post apocalyptic flavor in the tasks (like shoveling toxic dung or Road Warrioring). (I promised new verbs.) You have more tasks than you can complete in a day, but rudimentary prioritization schemes seem to work just fine in keeping the oinkers happy until you can figure out what you want to do next with your life. In my case, apparently, fight in death matches.
The text is consistently fun and light, more bemused chuckle than belly laugh. The graphical presentation is nicely informal. The algorithm is pretty forgiving with only slight time management tension. It appears, based on what you prioritize that you might get different end game careers. And then it’s done! I feel like an extended review a) would miss the point of these things and b) would be less successful than Adventure Snack itself in navigating the value/time equilibrium.
Adventure Snack indeed. So far, every one I have encountered (YPATDL included) is a testament to Oscar Wilde’s ‘brevity is soul of wit’ observation. It is impossible to begrudge even the goofiest premise or constrained gameplay when it is so deeply, and wryly, respectful of your time. The word I want is impish.
“Adventure Snack: what’ll those scamps get up to next?”
Spice Girl: Sporty Spice
Vibe: Playful
Polish: Smooth
Is this TADS? No.
Gimme the Wheel! What would I do if this were my project? I mean, clearly start working on the next Snack.
Spice Girl Ratings: Scary(Horror), Sporty (Gamey), Baby (Light-Hearted), Ginger (non-CWM/political), Posh (Meaningful)
Polish scale: Gleaming, Smooth, Textured, Rough, Distressed
Gimme the Wheel: What I would do next, if it were my project.
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