{"id":327,"date":"2014-10-27T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=327"},"modified":"2020-05-06T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T20:23:18","slug":"bw2-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Games from Nothing: Black &#038; White Exercise #2  \u2014 Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monster is a single-player game based on the idea of mixing random possibilities. The basic setting is a village where five people\u00a0live: a monster who can breath fire in the night to destroy the village; a hunter who can kill the monster; a wizard who brings light to indicate monster&#8217;s position, a witch who has a speed potion, and a innocent villager.\u00a0The goal of the game is to find the hunter and to save the village from the monster&#8217;s potential harm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44\" width=\"499\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-44.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The game starts as five characters doing spiral motion. If\u00a0they move out of the screen, they would soon reappear in the center. The player can tap to trigger their special abilities.<\/p>\n<p>1. the innocent villager that does nothing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-56-57.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>2. the wizard who indicate the light<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-335 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-35[1]\" width=\"503\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-27-00-59-351.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. the witch who speeds up its motion to create visual confusion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-328 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20\" width=\"501\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-58-20.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. the hunter that kill the monster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-57.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>5. and most importantly, the monster that destroy the village:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-330 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46-640x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46\" width=\"502\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46-624x998.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot_2014-10-26-17-57-46.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the game play is made of random chances, it also involve strategy. The player can keep track of the moving characters that he or she tried previously in order to detect the monster and the hunter.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of design, I used text and emoticons to differentiate the characters, so the player can easily tell them apart, and also have a better visual experience.<\/p>\n<p>possible change list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>adding more villagers for more difficulty<\/li>\n<li>characters that need to be tapped in a certain order<\/li>\n<li>a character that will change everyone&#8217;s speed<\/li>\n<li>a character that assist the monster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster is a single-player game based on the idea of mixing random possibilities. The basic setting is a village where five people\u00a0live: a monster who can breath fire in the night to destroy the village; a hunter who can kill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,13,16],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-from-nothing","tag-games","tag-classes","tag-black-white-exercises","wpcat-5-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14016,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/14016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}