A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game

Re:A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game by ipodize on Friday June 28, 2013 @11:11PM (#5961388)

I just bought a compass, and entered "A barren world" on my iPad... And I'm stuck. What are the controls for this part of the game?

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Re:A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game by ximeng on Friday June 28, 2013 @11:13PM (#5961393)

arrow keys

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Re:A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game by ipodize on Friday June 28, 2013 @11:19PM (#5961401)

Darn, guess I'll have to start all over again on my PC.

Seems like there'd be a use for a way to "save" games by emailing a parameterized URL to yourself... Or just an alternative to arrow keys for all of those tablet users out there.

Still a great game, though! Next time I'm feeling like procrastinating on a 2007 vintage netbook, I'll know where to look :)

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Re:A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game by emhs on Saturday June 29, 2013 @05:05AM (#5961825)

No reason you can't "save" and transfer your game by moving your cookie. You just need to get at your iPad cookies.

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Re:A Dark Room - minimalist text-based game by ipodize on Saturday June 29, 2013 @05:56AM (#5961887)

I think it's actually using local storage, which is a bit harder to get at. But I ended up surpassing my iPad game within 15 minutes anyway... Good fun :)

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