Chicken Farm - An Interactive Guide to Raising Cocks by Shawn Pillai

Comment Shawn Pillai

First, thank you for review Silver. I'd like to explain that I'm aware of the Groundhog Day issues. I considered doing an update that allows the descriptions to display correctly and not repeat upon reentry to an area. I just didn't have the time.

The game (narrative?) was a project for a Digital Writing class that I took in Spring 2013. I had to move on to our other projects. It was an English class, and I'm an English major, so the elements are strictly narrative. I chose a platform that would allow me to simply tell a story. It was, and still may be, a choose your own adventure style game rather than a perverted narrative.

That being said, I had no idea that people were browsing/playing the game still. I hope I made you laugh.

Review Silver

I don't think the author has really got the hang of the fundamentals of text adventures. It is very story driven so, for example, you will enter an area and be treated to a ream of unsolicited dialogue from whoever is present. Not such a bad thing, if that's your bag. The problem is that if you leave that particular area then return to it you get the entire scene played out to you all over again in true Groundhog Day fashion. The author has spent some considerable time on descriptions so I almost feel guilty awarding it a mere two stars. This would be more suited as a choose your own adventure, minus the choices. Has the author considered writing a book instead?