Age of Fable - free, online RPG

[Jolly Steve]

I've made this free, retro-style game, which is at www.ageoffable.net - any feedback is welcome.

[LongVin]

Pretty good.

[GimliFett]

Pretty neat! Playing through on my lunch break.

[playswithfire]

Interesting. Got an end I did not expect. will probably continue experimenting with this

[Frosty]

I'm playing it. I seem tio lose money really quickly :p

[GimliFett]

Accidentally closed my window/game. ARGH! I was 2nd level and reallly enjoying it. A save feature of some sort would be nice, I think. I don't know the logistics of that sort of setup, but I wanted to comment. I really love the game, and will let others know of it and continue to play more myself.

[Hyfigh]

I'm having a blast! Great work!

[Prometheus]

I like it a lot, although I kind of feel like a Deus Ex Machina return to a well known spot would be preferable to ending the game when you reach somewhere that hasn't yet been coded.

[Darkxarth]

Well, I played as the Faun and it was fantastic, at least as far as I got. After a certain point in the story, it pretty much froze. But, I'm getting ready to start over and I just want to say this game is great!

[Bag_of_Holding]

Wow, this is great! I'm playing as a fairy (Aww...) and enjoying it immensely.

[RTGoodman]

I like it, but I had two rather abrupt end-games. The first time I just got somewhere that said it hadn't been created yet, so game over. Then I started over and ended up in a city full of dead people and died after burying them - it was pretty sad...

[Mr. Friendly]

Pretty spiffy!

Keep up the good work!

[Glawackus]

I dig the medieval/Renaissance art and the little glimpses of lore...is there a backstory to this, or did you just make it up as you went along? It seems to me as if this could be a really cool campaign setting (and hey, all that art's in the public domain now, too! )

[Zeful]

This seems interesting but the pictures seem so random.

[Mewtarthio]

The FAQ should include an entry on what, exactly, Heroism does. Yeah, I know now that it measures your resolve and courage in the face of adversity, but only after losing a bunch of Heroism doing mundane jobs and eventually failing my Heroism roll against resigning myself to life as a frog. Oh, well. That's what first games are for, right?

Oh, and Zeful, you just lost the game.

[Zeful]

Several time actually but this is really confusing

[Perducci]

I like this, but I keep getting to parts where the game isn't finished....it's aggravating.

[Yeygresh]

A very enjoyable game you have here! I'm sorry I can't comment more than that, I want to get back to playing :]

Also:

The main road out of Karrakara is crowded, as it would be at any time of the day or night.

You see what looks like a large bird, coming towards you. As it gets closer you see that it's a man on a flying carpet. He is richly dressed, and has a bird made of fire.

He lands in front of you. 'I am Prince Dimitri!' he announces in a booming voice. 'You look like a trustworthy type - here, take care of this for me!' He hands you a bag, and flies off as suddenly as he appeared. You look inside the bag, and are astonished to find that it's full of cowrie shells.

gain 100 shells

Somewhat bewildered, you continue your journey.

Sweet!

[hamstard4ever]

This is awesome! I love the sense of humor of the game: the Temple of Pie, the "G-rated" ghosts... brilliant.

My one complaint is that the fade-in/out is a little slow for my tastes. Other than that, this is great.

[Vectner]

Tons of fun. It reminds me of those old choose your own adventure books. I like how you can go back and try a different options.

[Darkxarth]

This is awesome! I love the sense of humor of the game: the Temple of Pie, the "G-rated" ghosts... brilliant.

Have you gotten the Ugly Stick? That was what did it for me!

[philippos]

This game is a superfun choose your own adventure story, with chance built in!! sweet. but the getting to the unwritten parts is a little bothersome, dont know if the coding is too hard but you could always have a return to karrakara option on parts that aren't finished. otherwise very cool.

[de-trick]

I won at level 1, but good game

[Dragonmuncher]

Awesomeness.

I had a problem here: http://www.apolitical.info/webgame/g...%3EI9%3C;9%3C9

It was all NON-EXISTENT ATTRIBUTE and really slowed down the comp for a moment.

Hm... only thing I can think of is that I wish more of the items DID more. Like, I got a box, and a goblin cloak, and an Ugly Stick, and that Mysterious Box, and a medallion, and more, and very little of it ever became relevant. I mean, it was cool seeing that stuff, but I wish I could have beaten someone with my Ugly Stick. Maybe I just didn't get to that part?

And I was extremely disappointed when I got to a "I haven't written this part yet" section. By the dancing guys in the street, I believe it was.

Hm... I just finished being a magic guy. Now I think I'll be a streetwise guy. With more stamina! I kept feeling I was about to die any moment...

[Bosh]

Cool little game. Lots of bits keep on getting my character beat up or killed. I had the most fun so far with a bard character, max charisma and fairly sneaky but useless in combat.

How do you gain a level? I adventured quite a bit and couldn't seem to gain one...

[ghost_warlock]

That was actually a lot of fun.

Started out with a custom character (scoundrel) and ended up a knight. I was a bit annoyed that, after min/maxing seafaring into the toliet the game randomly decided to make me start on a boat. After that, I mostly roamed around town until I almost ran out of money and lost by becoming a complete and utter b@$tard!

Ending stats:

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Stamina: 5/13 ( near death)
Charisma: 17 ( beautiful)
Duelling: 10 ( average)
Brawling: 6 ( weak)
Seafaring: 1 ( terrible)
Magic: 10 ( fair)
Heroism: 1 ( wicked)
Scouting: 10 ( fair)
Roguery: 16 ( great)
Luck: 25 ( blessed)
Healing: 5 ( mediocre)
Streetwise: 19 ( cunning as a ****house rat)

Level:1 Cowrie Shells:5

Blessings:
Charisma (1)
Shelter (2)

Items:
your war-hammer
magic fur
Ugly Stick
Piteous Mew

[Bosh]

Hmmmm I think a really good fix would be any time you get to a dead end you get the option of going back to the city instead of having the game end, that would make it possible to avoid getting dead-ended...

[ghost_warlock]

Oh, and I noticed that, once my Stamina/health started to decline, I tried to go to the temple district to buy healing it was apparently no longer an option. What happened to it?

[Bosh]

Oh, and I noticed that, once my Stamina/health started to decline, I tried to go to the temple district to buy healing it was apparently no longer an option. What happened to it?

You're too poor. Go the halfling temple at the docks and eat pie instead (if you're honorable).

[ghost_warlock]

Okay, made it to an unfinished part this time.

Ending stats:

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Abanazir Hekabe
faun


Stamina: 8/14 ( sickly)
Charisma: 20 ( mesmerising)
Duelling: 1 ( clumsy)
Brawling: 7 ( unremarkable)
Seafaring: 1 ( terrible)
Magic: 20 ( overwhelming)
Heroism: 1 ( wicked)
Scouting: 13 ( good)
Roguery: 20 ( legendary)
Luck: 18 ( charmed)
Healing: 10 ( fair)
Streetwise: 17 ( cunning as a fox)


Level:1 Cowrie Shells:57

Blessings:
Charisma (3)
Duelling (6)
Brawling (1)
Seafaring (1)
Magic (2)
Heroism (1)
Roguery (9)
Luck (9)
Streetwise (4)
Shelter (1)

Items:
your club
dwarven medallion
crown
black pearl
box from the armoured hut
glass bottle
magic fur

Companions:
Imp
Piteous Mew
I had Oryun, too, but he left after all I did was roam around town for a while.

BTW, you may want to put a limit on how many times you can try to get a blessing for free...may stop the unscrupulous (like me) from seriously weighing the odds in their favor.

Oh, and is it possible right now to make amends for the murder?

@V: Great! Now I know how to save so I can continue playing my b@$tard faun when more is scripted!